Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.[1][2][3] He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.[4] These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world.[5] He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory.[6]

Edison was raised in the American Midwest. Early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions.[4] In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. With 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries, Edison is regarded as the most prolific inventor in American history.[7] Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 due to complications from diabetes.

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****DISCLAIMER: The source data is courtesy of Astro DATABANK (https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Edison,_Thomas). The day of his birth is in no doubt & vast majority of the reports claim he was born one a snowy night in the early hours. I analysed the two most commonly reported birth times of ~ 1 and 3 AM in great details. Given his phenotype, various details of his life, we believe the Sag rising is more fitting ( plus his mother had a tremendous influence on him & moon in rising is very appropriate).

Also, not only Scorpio rising is a huge mismatch to his overall character/personality, as well as his look/phenotype, his north lunar node as his destiny/mission would be quite of a mismatch if placed in the 12th house, given the heavy emphasis of his 11th house (or 10th in Placius) achievements which would be possible with a Sag rising Edison. Also, we used the sabian symbol method and placed Symbol for Sag 10-11 which is beyond fitting as it is literally about a ' LAMP' & the ONLY sabian symbol that mentions the word 'LAMP"! I therefore rectified his birth time to 3:04 LMT. Having said that, given Edison's birth time is speculative regardless, symbols and degrees of the main Glyph & the moon should not be relied upon. Gaia