Birth Chart

William R. Hamilton

William Rowan Hamilton

Sun Leo

Moon Sagittarius

Ascendant Gemini

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Leo - 11°07' - in house 4

↣ Moon in Sagittarius - 00°03' - in house 7

↣ Mercury in Virgo - 00°34' - in house 4/5

↣ Venus in Leo - 29°46' - in house 4/5

↣ Mars in Libra - 02°44' - in house 5

↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 26°38' - in house 6

↣ Saturn in Libra - 11°37' - in house 5/6

↣ Uranus in Libra - 17°31' - in house 6

↣ Neptune in Scorpio - 25°22' - in house 6 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Pisces - 10°25' - in house 11 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Capricorn - 16°17' - in house 8/9

↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 17°46' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Aquarius - 09°41' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 14°36'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 4

↣ Moon in house 7

↣ Mercury in house 4/5

↣ Venus in house 4/5

↣ Mars in house 5

↣ Jupiter in house 6

↣ Saturn in house 5/6

↣ Uranus in house 6

↣ Neptune in house 6

↣ Pluto in house 11

↣ North Node in house 8/9

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Jupiter antiparallel

↣ Sun and Saturn sextile (0°30' applying)

↣ Sun and Neptune antiparallel

↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°29' separating)

↣ Sun and Midheaven opposition (1°26' applying) antiparallel

↣ Moon and Mercury square (0°31' applying)

↣ Moon and Venus square (0°17' separating)

↣ Moon and Mars sextile (2°41' applying)

↣ Moon and Jupiter conjunction (3°25' separating)

↣ Moon and Neptune conjunction (4°41' separating)

↣ Moon and North Node parallel

↣ Moon and Ascendant antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (0°48' separating) parallel

↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (3°56' separating)

↣ Mercury and Neptune square (5°12' separating)

↣ Venus and Jupiter square (3°08' separating)

↣ Venus and Neptune square (4°23' separating)

↣ Mars and Saturn conjunction (8°53' applying)

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Jupiter and Neptune conjunction (1°15' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven parallel

↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (5°55' applying)

↣ Saturn and North Node square (4°41' applying)

↣ Saturn and Ascendant trine (6°09' separating)

↣ Saturn and Midheaven trine (1°56' applying)

↣ Uranus and North Node square (1°14' separating)

↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (0°15' separating)

↣ Neptune and Midheaven parallel

↣ Pluto and North Node sextile (5°53' separating)

↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°11' separating)

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°42' applying)

↣ North Node and Ascendant antiparallel

Birth data

Original name: William Rowan Hamilton
Chart date: 04/08/1805
Chart time: 00:00
Date and time quality: B Biography/autobiography what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Latitude and longitude: 53°20' North · 6°15' West
Time zone: 00:25 West

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William R. Hamilton — Photo: Reproduction

About

William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish mathematician, physicist and astronomer whose work left a lasting mark on mathematics and physics. He is best known for the discovery of quaternions, an extension of complex numbers that opened the way to new algebraic structures and found applications in representing rotations in space. In mechanics he developed the Hamiltonian formulation, whose influence extended across classical analytical mechanics and became fundamental to modern theories, including quantum mechanics and quantum field theory — hence the commonplace use of the term “Hamiltonian” in physics.

A child prodigy, Hamilton also distinguished himself in optics, where he introduced concepts such as the characteristic function of ray systems, contributing to the theory of caustics. He held the chair of astronomy at Trinity College Dublin and, although more inclined toward theoretical mathematics than observational work, played a prominent role in the scientific life of nineteenth‑century Ireland. In addition to his scientific activity, he wrote and composed poetry during periods of personal distress.

Hamilton’s legacy endures in the algebraic and formal tools he developed, which have been widely incorporated into pure and applied mathematics, theoretical physics and fields that require a rigorous description of motion and symmetry.

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