Ansel Adams — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1902-02-20 (time unknown) · San Francisco, United States
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives 20 February 1902 in the Fillmore District of San Francisco; no hour of birth is stated.
American landscape photographer known for black-and-white work in Yosemite and the American West, and co-founder of the f/64 group. Both the date and the San Francisco birthplace are documented. No sourced time of birth was found.
Reading the chart
Pisces Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Saturn carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Aquarius: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Air is the leading element (51% weighted), while fire 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 1°16′ Pisces: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates porously, imaginatively, dissolving hard edges — the keynote is empathy.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 122.5621° → 136.4677° (Leo).
Stellium in Aquarius: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Sun conjunction Mercury (orb 4°06′, separating, out of sign): Sun and Mercury fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Sun trine Neptune (orb 2°30′, separating, out of sign): Sun and Neptune flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Mercury trine Neptune (orb 1°36′, separating): Mercury and Neptune flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Pisces 1°16′ · Moon Leo (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces 1°16′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Leo (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Aquarius 27°10′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius 21°50′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Mars | Pisces 9°20′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius 3°10′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn 23°28′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius 20°46′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Gemini 28°45′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini 16°41′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Sun ☌ Mercury (conjunction, orb 4.1°)
- Sun △ Neptune (trine, orb 2.5°)
- Mercury △ Neptune (trine, orb 1.6°)
- Venus ⚹ Uranus (sextile, orb 1.1°)
- Mars △ North Node (trine, orb 2.7°)
- Jupiter □ North Node (square, orb 3.5°)
- Uranus ☍ Pluto (opposition, orb 4.1°)
- Mercury ☌ Venus (conjunction, orb 5.3°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Wood (甲). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 壬寅 Rén Yín | 壬寅 Rén Yín | 甲戌 Jiǎ Xū |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 1907 | 癸卯 | directResource |
| 14.6 | 1917 | 甲辰 | friend |
| 24.6 | 1927 | 乙巳 | robWealth |
| 34.6 | 1937 | 丙午 | eatingGod |
| 44.6 | 1947 | 丁未 | hurtingOfficer |
| 54.6 | 1957 | 戊申 | indirectWealth |
| 64.6 | 1967 | 己酉 | directWealth |
| 74.6 | 1977 | 庚戌 | sevenKillings |
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 | |||