Alessandro Volta — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1745-02-18 (time unknown) · Como, Italy
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The biography gives town and date only, with no hour of birth in the article or its cited sources.
Volta invented the voltaic pile, the first electric battery, giving science its first steady current source; the volt is named for him. He was born at Como in Lombardy. Catholic Italy had used the Gregorian calendar since 1582, so the 1745 date needs no conversion, and no birth time is recorded.
Reading the chart
Aquarius Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Saturn carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (exaltation).
T-square: Venus opposite Mars, both square Neptune — the apex (Neptune) marks a recurring pressure point and growth engine.
Air is the leading element (63% weighted), while earth is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Fixed modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is sustaining — consolidating and holding course.
Sun at 29°59′ Aquarius: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates independently, systemically, at an observing distance — the keynote is perspective. In detriment: it works away from home, which often produces adaptive, hard-won skill rather than weakness.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 169.3754° → 184.3694° (Virgo → Libra).
T-square: Venus opposite Mars, both square Neptune — the apex (Neptune) marks a recurring pressure point and growth engine.
Stellium in Aquarius: Sun, Mercury, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Venus conjunction North Node (orb 0°40′, applying): Venus and North Node fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Venus opposition Mars (orb 1°46′, separating): Venus and Mars face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Jupiter trine Neptune (orb 0°03′, separating): Jupiter and Neptune flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Aquarius 29°58′ · Moon Virgo or Libra (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius 29°58′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Moon | Virgo or Libra (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Aquarius 5°25′ | — | — | direct |
| Venus | Aries 11°55′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Libra 10°10′ | — | detriment | retrograde |
| Jupiter | Scorpio 14°06′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Saturn | Libra 0°31′ | — | exaltation | retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius 2°49′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Cancer 14°03′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio 21°44′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Venus ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 0.7°)
- Venus ☍ Mars (opposition, orb 1.8°)
- Jupiter △ Neptune (trine, orb 0.0°)
- Sun ☌ Lilith (mean apogee) (conjunction, orb 3.0°)
- Mercury ☌ Uranus (conjunction, orb 2.6°)
- Mars ☍ North Node (opposition, orb 2.4°)
- Venus □ Neptune (square, orb 2.1°)
- Neptune □ North Node (square, orb 1.5°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Metal (庚). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 乙丑 Yǐ Chǒu | 戊寅 Wù Yín | 庚寅 Gēng Yín |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 1750 | 丁丑 | directOfficer |
| 14.9 | 1760 | 丙子 | sevenKillings |
| 24.9 | 1770 | 乙亥 | directWealth |
| 34.9 | 1780 | 甲戌 | indirectWealth |
| 44.9 | 1790 | 癸酉 | hurtingOfficer |
| 54.9 | 1800 | 壬申 | eatingGod |
| 64.9 | 1810 | 辛未 | robWealth |
| 74.9 | 1820 | 庚午 | friend |
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 | |||