Birth Chart
Hugo Gernsback
Hugo Gernsbacher
Sun Leo
Moon Gemini
Ascendant Cancer
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Leo - 23°30' - in house 3
↣ Moon in Gemini - 18°39' - in house 12
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 19°35' - in house 4
↣ Venus in Cancer - 14°52' - in house 1
↣ Mars in Libra - 11°53' - in house 5
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 17°23' - in house 3
↣ Saturn in Gemini - 21°59' - in house 12
↣ Uranus in Virgo - 26°22' - in house 4
↣ Neptune in Taurus - 23°19' - in house 12
↣ Pluto in Gemini - 02°07' - in house 12
↣ North Node in Libra - 15°26' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Cancer - 09°08' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Pisces - 08°10' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Gemini - 11°22'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 3
↣ Moon in house 12
↣ Mercury in house 4
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 5
↣ Jupiter in house 3
↣ Saturn in house 12
↣ Uranus in house 4
↣ Neptune in house 12
↣ Pluto in house 12
↣ North Node in house 5
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon sextile (4°51' applying)
↣ Sun and Jupiter conjunction (6°07' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn sextile (1°31' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune square (0°11' separating)
↣ Moon and Mercury square (0°56' applying)
↣ Moon and Venus parallel
↣ Moon and Jupiter sextile (1°16' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn conjunction (3°20' applying)
↣ Moon and Neptune parallel
↣ Moon and North Node trine (3°13' separating)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (7°17' applying)
↣ Mercury and Venus sextile (4°42' separating)
↣ Mercury and Saturn square (2°24' applying)
↣ Mercury and Uranus conjunction (6°47' applying)
↣ Mercury and Neptune trine (3°44' applying)
↣ Venus and Mars square (3°00' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter parallel
↣ Venus and Neptune parallel
↣ Venus and North Node square (0°33' applying)
↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (5°44' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (5°30' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node conjunction (3°33' applying)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant trine (0°31' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant square (2°44' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (4°36' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune square (5°56' applying) parallel
↣ Jupiter and North Node sextile (1°57' separating)
↣ Saturn and Uranus square (4°23' applying)
↣ Uranus and Neptune trine (3°02' separating)
↣ Uranus and Pluto trine (5°46' applying)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (9°14' separating)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven square (6°02' separating) antiparallel
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°04' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant square (6°17' applying)
Birth data
- Original name
- Hugo Gernsbacher
- Chart date
- 16/08/1884
- Chart time
- 01:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Latitude and longitude
- 49°36' North · 6°09' East
- Time zone
- 00:25 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Hugo Gernsback was an inventor, publisher and magazine editor born in Luxembourg, a central figure in the emergence of science fiction as a genre. He emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century to pursue innovations in batteries and over his life accumulated roughly 80 patents across diverse fields — from battery manufacturing methods to electrical devices and practical articles.
As an editor he founded pioneering technical popularization publications and, above all, the magazine Amazing Stories, which helped institutionalize the literature of “scientific fiction” and launch the careers of authors such as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein. He introduced terms and editorial practices that shaped the field and helped popularize technological and speculative themes.
His own literary output received mixed critical response; works such as Ralph 124C 41+ are remembered today more for their anticipatory ideas than for literary quality, while his greater impact remains as an enabler of the field. The Hugo Award, created in his honor, annually recognizes significant contributions to science fiction, reflecting his lasting legacy in culture and the publishing industry.
