Katherine Johnson
Born August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA
Historical figure
Sun in Virgo
Sun in VirgoAbout Katherine Johnson
NASA mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were essential to the success of America's crewed spaceflights, including John Glenn's orbital mission and the Apollo 11 moon landing. One of NASA's pioneering human computers, her life story was told in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, and she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Katherine Johnson the Virgo
Virgo notices. A mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury, Virgo sees the detail everyone else walked past: the thing that's slightly off, the step that would make this work properly, the small fix that quietly saves the day. It's a practical, useful kind of intelligence, applied to real things rather than abstractions.
Katherine Johnson's birth chart
- Trine
- Sextile
- Square
- Opposition
- Dotted: uncertain without a birth time
- Conjunctions sit side by side
Drawn from the birth date alone: without a birth time there is no Rising sign or houses, and a planet that changed sign that day shows both signs.
Make your own free birth chart →Katherine Johnson's planets
| Sun | Sun in Virgo |
|---|---|
| Moon | Moon in Aries or TaurusUncertain without a birth time |
| Mercury | Mercury in Virgo |
| Venus | Venus in Leo |
| Mars | Mars in Scorpio |
| Jupiter | Jupiter in Cancer |
| Saturn | Saturn in Leo |
| Uranus | Uranus in Aquarius |
| Neptune | Neptune in Leo |
| Pluto | Pluto in Cancer |
Elements
Strongest: Fire, Earth and Water
Modalities
Strongest: Fixed
The Moon could be in Aries or Taurus, which can move one count.
Katherine Johnson's love archetype
The Tender Blaze
In Chinese astrology
Katherine Johnson is an Earth Horse in the Chinese zodiac.
