Herbert Saffir was an American engineer, born on March 29, 1917, in New York and passed away on November 21, 2007, in Miami. He graduated from Georgia Tech and, alongside meteorologist Robert Simpson, developed the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, which measures hurricane intensity. In the 1960s, he worked on a project under United Nations studies to reduce hurricane impacts and establish an alert system. This project classified hurricanes scientifically from categories 1 to 5, which is still widely used today to measure their strength.
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Time Zone - America/New_York (5:0 W)
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Meaning of the name - Herbert
bright army, famous warrior
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Herbert Saffir belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Brooklyn
Place of Death: Miami
Cause of Death: myocardial infarction
Educated At: Georgia Tech
Occupation: civil engineer
Astrology Analysis
Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for March 29, 1917
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on March 29, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for March 29, 2026 |
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| Sun | 8 Aries 26 | 9 Aries 1 | 23 Cancer 33 |
| Moon | 0 Cancer 18 | 28 Leo 34 | 26 Gemini 14 |
| Mercury | 8 Aries 25 | 11 Pisces 54 | 28 Cancer 14 |
| Venus | 1 Aries 17 | 28 Aries 49 | 15 Leo 21 |
| Mars | 2 Aries 19 | 21 Pisces 19 | 22 Gemini 14 |
| Jupiter | 8 Taurus 33 | 15 Cancer 39 | 3 Gemini 8 |
| Saturn | 24 Cancer 25 | 5 Aries 10 | 3 Leo 25 |
| Uranus | 22 Aquarius 15 | 28 Taurus 40 | 22 Aquarius 47 |
| Neptune | 2 Leo 9 | 2 Aries 7 | 4 Leo 11 |
| Pluto | 2 Cancer 21 | 5 Aquarius 10 | 4 Cancer 25 |
| Rahu | 15 Capricorn 43 | 7 Pisces 31 | 9 Capricorn 56 |
| Ketu | 15 Cancer 43 | 7 Virgo 31 | 9 Cancer 56 |
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