Chemist and X-ray crystallographer

Rosalind Franklin

Photograph 51, taken in her laboratory, is the image from which the double helix was read. She died of ovarian cancer at 37, four years before the Nobel that followed from it.

Born
1920-07-25, London, England
Died
1958-04-16, London, England

Birth Chart

1920-07-25, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Timezone Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo2°09′Direct
MoonSagittarius1°43′Direct
MercuryLeo5°16′Retrograde
VenusLeo8°08′Direct
MarsScorpio6°28′Direct
JupiterLeo22°55′Direct
SaturnVirgo9°40′Direct
UranusPisces4°54′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo10°55′Direct
PlutoCancer7°55′Direct

Death Chart

1958-04-16, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Timezone Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries25°59′Direct
MoonPisces27°21′Direct
MercuryAries26°28′Retrograde
VenusPisces9°47′Direct
MarsAquarius22°11′Direct
JupiterLibra26°53′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius25°35′Retrograde
UranusLeo7°32′Direct
NeptuneScorpio3°37′Retrograde
PlutoLeo29°56′Retrograde

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.