Albert Einstein's profection years: the year he wrote four papers that changed physics.
By Marie-Ange Le, mathematician and astrologer
In 1905, a 26-year-old clerk at the patent office in Bern wrote four papers, one of them with E = mc². Physicists call it his miracle year. In his chart it was a 3rd house year: the house of writing and messages. Here is his life read with a 2,000-year-old rule that needs only a rising sign and an age.
Cancer risingProfections in 30 seconds
Your chart is a clock. Each birthday, the hand moves one house.
Scroll and watch Albert's hand turn, from birth to his letter to Roosevelt. Every 12 years it comes back to the 1st house.
- Age
- 60
- House
- 1
- Lord of the year
- ☽︎ Moon
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60 ÷ 12 = 5, remainder 0. 0 + 1 = house 1.
His chart in 3 facts
Born 14 March 1879, 11:30 am, Ulm, Germany.
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Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the 10th house
His career house holds the planet of thinking and the planet of structure. A life known for its ideas.
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Sun in Pisces, 9th house
The 9th house is big questions, science and faraway places. The Sun of a man who asked how the universe works.
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Cancer rising, Moon in the 6th house
The Moon rules his chart and sits in the house of daily work. Thinking was his daily job, even at the patent office.
His life, year by year
Same rule, seven birthdays.
A profection year runs from one birthday (14 March) to the next.
Mar 1902 to Mar 1903
Clerk at the Swiss patent office.
The 12th house is the unseen years. A young physicist no university wants.
Mar 1905 to Mar 1906
The miracle year: four papers, E = mc².
The 3rd house is writing. Its lord, Mercury, sits in his 10th house of career.
Mar 1915 to Mar 1916
General relativity.
Back to the 1st house: a new self, a new idea of gravity.
Mar 1919 to Mar 1920
An eclipse proves him right. He marries Elsa. World fame.
The 5th house is joy and good fortune. Its lord, Mars, sits in his 7th house of marriage.
Mar 1922 to Mar 1923
The Nobel Prize. The money goes to his former wife.
The 8th house is other people's money. Jupiter sits there.
Mar 1933 to Mar 1934
He gives up his German passport and never goes back.
The 7th house is partners and, in old astrology, open enemies. Mars sits there.
Mar 1939 to Mar 1940
His letter to President Roosevelt.
Back to the 1st house: he signs a letter, in his own name, that changes history.
Three years that tell the whole story
Age 26: the 3rd house, four papers
The 3rd house is writing, messages and learning. His is Virgo, ruled by Mercury, and Mercury sits in his 10th house of career.
Between March and September 1905 he sends four papers to a physics journal: light, atoms, special relativity and E = mc². A writing year, on his career house.
Age 40: the 5th house, the lucky year
Old astrologers called the 5th house good fortune. His is Scorpio, ruled by Mars, and Mars sits in his 7th house of marriage.
In May 1919 an eclipse proves general relativity right. In June he marries Elsa. In November the newspapers make him the most famous scientist in the world.
Age 43: the 8th house, someone else's money
The 8th house is shared money, debts and inheritance. His is Aquarius, ruled by Saturn, and it holds Jupiter.
In November 1922 he receives the Nobel Prize. As promised in his divorce, the prize money goes to Mileva, his first wife. You don't need to believe anything. You only count.
The lesson
Even a genius has a calendar.
He did not become Einstein in one day. He spent a 12th house year in an office, wrote in a 3rd house year, was recognized in a 5th. Count your own houses: if you are in a 12th house year right now, you may be quietly preparing your own 1905.
Your turn
Find your own year in 10 seconds.
Pick your rising sign, set your age at your last birthday.
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At 30, you are in a 7th house year. Pick your rising sign above to see its sign and your guide for the year.
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Questions
What is Albert Einstein's rising sign?
Cancer, at 12°, with the birth time of 11:30 am local time on 14 March 1879 in Ulm, Germany. The Moon, the ruler of his chart, is in Sagittarius in the 6th house.
What was Einstein's profection year in 1905?
From 14 March 1905 to 14 March 1906 he was 26: a 3rd house year in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, the house of writing and messages.
Was Einstein's Nobel Prize in his chart?
It came in November 1922, at 43, in an 8th house year, the house of shared money. The prize money went to his first wife, as agreed in their divorce.
How do I find my profection year?
Take your age at your last birthday, divide by 12, keep the remainder and add 1. That is your house this year. The ruler of the sign on that house is your guide for the year.
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