Birth Chart

Georg Wittig

Georg Friedrich Carl Wittig

Sun Gemini

Moon Capricorn

Ascendant Gemini

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Gemini - 25°08' - in house 1/2

↣ Moon in Capricorn - 11°52' - in house 8/9

↣ Mercury in Gemini - 02°20' - in house 1

↣ Venus in Taurus - 11°43' - in house 12

↣ Mars in Leo - 16°31' - in house 4

↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 03°50' - in house 5

↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 25°28' - in house 7 - retrograde

↣ Uranus in Scorpio - 25°53' - in house 7 - retrograde

↣ Neptune in Gemini - 20°12' - in house 1

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 13°30' - in house 1

↣ North Node in Aquarius - 06°39' - in house 10 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 11°34' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Aquarius - 05°35' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 10°22'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 1/2

↣ Moon in house 8/9

↣ Mercury in house 1

↣ Venus in house 12

↣ Mars in house 4

↣ Jupiter in house 5

↣ Saturn in house 7

↣ Uranus in house 7

↣ Neptune in house 1

↣ Pluto in house 1

↣ North Node in house 10

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Neptune conjunction (4°56' separating)

↣ Sun and Ascendant parallel

↣ Moon and Venus trine (0°09' separating)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°30' applying)

↣ Mercury and Mars parallel

↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (1°30' applying)

↣ Mercury and Saturn opposition (6°52' separating) antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Uranus opposition (6°27' separating)

↣ Mercury and North Node trine (4°19' applying)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant conjunction (9°14' separating)

↣ Mercury and Midheaven trine (3°15' separating)

↣ Venus and Mars square (4°48' applying)

↣ Venus and Pluto parallel

↣ Venus and North Node square (5°04' separating)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (1°21' applying)

↣ Venus and Midheaven square (6°08' applying)

↣ Mars and Saturn antiparallel

↣ Mars and Neptune sextile (3°41' applying)

↣ Mars and Pluto sextile (3°00' separating)

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant square (6°08' applying)

↣ Mars and Ascendant sextile (4°57' applying)

↣ Mars and Midheaven opposition (10°56' applying)

↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (0°25' separating)

↣ Uranus and North Node parallel

↣ Uranus and Midheaven parallel

↣ Neptune and Pluto conjunction (6°42' separating)

↣ Neptune and Ascendant conjunction (8°38' applying) parallel

↣ Pluto and Ascendant conjunction (1°56' applying)

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°43' separating)

↣ North Node and Ascendant trine (4°55' separating)

↣ North Node and Midheaven conjunction (1°04' applying) parallel

Birth data

Original name: Georg Friedrich Carl Wittig
Chart date: 16/06/1897
Chart time: 03:00
Date and time quality: AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Berlin, Germany
Latitude and longitude: 52°29' North · 13°21' East
Time zone: 01:00 East

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About

Georg Friedrich Karl Wittig was a German organic chemist whose work transformed twentieth‑century organic synthesis. He is best known for the Wittig reaction, developed from the use of phosphorus derivatives (phosphorus ylides or phosphonium carbanions) to convert aldehydes and ketones into alkenes, a technique that became an essential tool for constructing double bonds in complex molecules.

His academic and research career brought international recognition: in 1979 he received, jointly with Herbert C. Brown, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for advances in the use of phosphorus and boron compounds in organic synthesis. In addition to the reaction that bears his name, Wittig published studies on stereochemistry and on mechanisms involving atom–ligand complexes, contributing to the understanding of preparative reactions.

Wittig’s influence extends to pharmaceutical chemistry and natural product synthesis, where his methods enabled more direct and selective routes to functionalized alkenes. His legacy remains active in academic and industrial laboratories that adopt his reactions as standard procedures.

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