Ai Weiwei — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1957-08-28 (time unknown) · Beijing, China
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives 28 August 1957 in Beijing; no hour of birth is stated.
Chinese artist and documentary film-maker working in sculpture, installation and architecture, and a design consultant on the Beijing National Stadium. His date and city of birth are a matter of public record. No sourced birth time was found.
Reading the chart
Virgo Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mercury carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Virgo: Sun, Mercury, Mars, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Earth is the leading element (53% weighted), while water is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Mutable modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is adapting — adjusting and redistributing energy.
Sun at 4°35′ Virgo: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates precisely, usefully, through discernment and craft — the keynote is refinement.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 185.1942° → 199.9474° (Libra).
Stellium in Virgo: Sun, Mercury, Mars, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Saturn trine Uranus (orb 1°06′, separating): Saturn and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Sun square Saturn (orb 3°19′, applying): Sun and Saturn grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Mars sextile North Node (orb 0°18′, applying): Mars and North Node cooperate when invited — an opportunity aspect that rewards small deliberate efforts.
Western natal chart
Sun Virgo 4°34′ · Moon Libra (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo 4°34′ | — | — | direct |
| Moon | Libra (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Virgo 25°13′ | — | domicile | retrograde |
| Venus | Libra 9°43′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Mars | Virgo 12°39′ | — | — | direct |
| Jupiter | Libra 4°01′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius 7°53′ | — | — | direct |
| Uranus | Leo 9°00′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio 0°24′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Virgo 0°17′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Saturn △ Uranus (trine, orb 1.1°)
- Sun □ Saturn (square, orb 3.3°)
- Mars ⚹ North Node (sextile, orb 0.3°)
- Sun ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 4.3°)
- Venus ⚹ Uranus (sextile, orb 0.7°)
- Neptune ⚹ Pluto (sextile, orb 0.1°)
- Mars ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 2.3°)
- Venus ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 1.8°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Water (壬). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 丁酉 Dīng Yǒu | 戊申 Wù Shēn | 壬申 Rén Shēn |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 1964 | 丁未 | directWealth |
| 16.8 | 1974 | 丙午 | indirectWealth |
| 26.8 | 1984 | 乙巳 | hurtingOfficer |
| 36.8 | 1994 | 甲辰 | eatingGod |
| 46.8 | 2004 | 癸卯 | robWealth |
| 56.8 | 2014 | 壬寅 | friend |
| 66.8 | 2024 | 辛丑 | directResource |
| 76.8 | 2034 | 庚子 | indirectResource |
Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)
Moon-dependent Vedic calculations are unavailable without an exact birth time; no local-noon Moon, nakshatra or dasha is published.
Vimshottari mahadashas
| Period lord | From | To | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable without an exact birth time | |||