Birth Chart
Karl Ferdinand Braun
Sun Gemini
Moon Aries
Ascendant Libra
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 15°29' - in house 8
↣ Moon in Aries - 26°31' - in house 7
↣ Mercury in Gemini - 20°57' - in house 8/9 - retrograde
↣ Venus in Cancer - 09°55' - in house 9
↣ Mars in Leo - 12°37' - in house 10
↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 14°13' - in house 11
↣ Saturn in Aries - 18°22' - in house 6
↣ Uranus in Aries - 28°56' - in house 7
↣ Neptune in Pisces - 07°03' - in house 5
↣ Pluto in Aries - 29°23' - in house 7
↣ North Node in Leo - 16°46' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Libra - 29°06' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Leo - 08°29' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Scorpio - 13°23'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 8
↣ Moon in house 7
↣ Mercury in house 8/9
↣ Venus in house 9
↣ Mars in house 10
↣ Jupiter in house 11
↣ Saturn in house 6
↣ Uranus in house 7
↣ Neptune in house 5
↣ Pluto in house 7
↣ North Node in house 10
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (5°28' applying)
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (2°52' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter square (1°16' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn sextile (2°53' applying)
↣ Sun and North Node sextile (1°17' applying)
↣ Moon and Mercury sextile (5°34' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn conjunction (8°09' separating) parallel
↣ Moon and Uranus conjunction (2°25' applying)
↣ Moon and Pluto conjunction (2°52' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Ascendant opposition (2°35' separating)
↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (2°35' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node sextile (4°11' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter sextile (4°18' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune trine (2°52' separating)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (3°28' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn trine (5°44' applying)
↣ Mars and North Node conjunction (4°08' applying)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°45' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven conjunction (4°08' applying) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Neptune opposition (7°10' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°50' applying)
↣ Saturn and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Saturn and North Node trine (1°36' separating)
↣ Uranus and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Uranus and Pluto conjunction (0°27' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant opposition (0°10' separating) antiparallel
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant trine (6°20' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant opposition (0°17' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°23' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven conjunction (8°16' applying)
Birth data
- Chart date
- 06/06/1850
- Chart time
- 15:45
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Fulda, Germany - Latitude and longitude
- 50°33' North · 9°41' East
- Time zone
- 00:39 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German applied physicist and inventor whose work helped establish radio communication, electronics, and television. He is remembered for introducing the tuned closed circuit and the inductive coupling between transmitter and antenna—contributions that made long‑range wireless transmission possible and directly influenced contemporaries such as Guglielmo Marconi.
In 1874 he discovered asymmetric conduction properties in metal–semiconductor junctions, leading to the first point-contact diode and anticipating the foundations of semiconductor electronics. In 1897 he built the first cathode‑ray tube—the so‑called “Braun tube”—which became the basis for the development of television and numerous applications in experimental physics.
In 1905 he invented the phased‑array antenna, a precursor to technologies such as radar, smart antennas and MIMO. He was also one of the founders of the company Telefunken, an important firm in the communications and broadcasting industry.
For his contributions to wireless telegraphy, Braun shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marconi; his legacy endures in telecommunications infrastructure and the development of modern electronics.
