Bei Dao — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1949-08-02 (time unknown) · Beijing, China
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). Wikipedia states the full date and city in prose; no hour of birth appears on the page.
Chinese poet, born Zhao Zhenkai, the leading voice of the Misty Poets whose lines were carried on banners in Tiananmen Square in 1989. He has spent much of his career abroad; China observes a single civil timezone, so Asia/Shanghai applies to Beijing.
Reading the chart
Leo Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Sun carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Leo: Sun, Mercury, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Fire is the leading element (40% weighted), while air 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 9°31′ Leo: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates warmly, dramatically, with creative pride — the keynote is radiance. In its own domicile: it acts with full native resources.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 220.6988° → 234.5974° (Scorpio).
Stellium in Leo: Sun, Mercury, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury conjunction Pluto (orb 0°24′, separating): Mercury and Pluto fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Venus conjunction Saturn (orb 2°10′, separating): Venus and Saturn fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Neptune opposition Lilith (mean apogee) (orb 0°52′, applying): Neptune and Lilith (mean apogee) face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Western natal chart
Sun Leo 9°31′ · Moon Scorpio (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo 9°31′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Moon | Scorpio (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Leo 16°22′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Virgo 7°53′ | — | fall | direct |
| Mars | Cancer 6°38′ | — | fall | direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn 25°37′ | — | fall | retrograde |
| Saturn | Virgo 5°42′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Uranus | Cancer 3°02′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Libra 12°48′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Leo 15°58′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 0.4°)
- Venus ☌ Saturn (conjunction, orb 2.2°)
- Neptune ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 0.9°)
- Mars ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 0.9°)
- Venus ⚹ Mars (sextile, orb 1.2°)
- Mars ☌ Uranus (conjunction, orb 3.6°)
- Mercury △ North Node (trine, orb 3.0°)
- Sun ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 3.3°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Wood (甲). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 己丑 Jǐ Chǒu | 辛未 Xīn Wèi | 甲子 Jiǎ Zǐ |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 1958 | 庚午 | sevenKillings |
| 18.6 | 1968 | 己巳 | directWealth |
| 28.6 | 1978 | 戊辰 | indirectWealth |
| 38.6 | 1988 | 丁卯 | hurtingOfficer |
| 48.6 | 1998 | 丙寅 | eatingGod |
| 58.6 | 2008 | 乙丑 | robWealth |
| 68.6 | 2018 | 甲子 | friend |
| 78.6 | 2028 | 癸亥 | directResource |
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 | |||