Physicist, Mathematician · Capricorn · born January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

Isaac Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, invented calculus in parallel with Leibniz, and did much of it during a plague year at his mother's house. The Principia is generally regarded as the most important single work in the history of science.

Their Capricorn side

Capricorn method: he built the entire structure from the ground up and checked every stone.

Notable works

• Principia Mathematica
• Opticks
• Method of Fluxions

Achievements

• Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
• Laws of motion and universal gravitation
• Invented calculus independently of Leibniz
• President of the Royal Society for 24 years

In their words

• “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
• “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Capricorn
• Chinese zodiac: Water Horse
• Life path number: 1 — The Trailblazer
• Born on a Sunday

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