Buster Keaton — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1895-10-04 (time unknown) · Piqua, United States
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). Wikipedia states the full date and the small Kansas town of birth; no hour is given.
American silent-film comedian, director and stuntman, known for The General and Sherlock Jr. and for a deadpan style built on physical precision. He was born into a touring vaudeville family passing through Piqua, Kansas, a village of a few hundred people. No time of birth is recorded.
Reading the chart
Libra Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Stellium in Scorpio: Mercury, Saturn, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Air is the leading element (47% weighted), while fire 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 11°15′ Libra: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates relationally, aesthetically, by weighing and balancing — the keynote is equilibrium. In fall: its confidence runs low here; support from allied planets matters (check its aspects).
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 14.0799° → 26.2072° (Aries).
Stellium in Scorpio: Mercury, Saturn, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury conjunction Saturn (orb 0°01′, separating): Mercury and Saturn fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Sun conjunction Mars (orb 2°10′, applying): Sun and Mars fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Venus square Neptune (orb 0°37′, applying): Venus and Neptune grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Western natal chart
Sun Libra 11°15′ · Moon Aries (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra 11°15′ | — | fall | direct |
| Moon | Aries (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Scorpio 6°37′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Virgo 18°37′ | — | fall | retrograde |
| Mars | Libra 13°24′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Jupiter | Leo 5°05′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio 6°35′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Uranus | Scorpio 17°55′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Gemini 18°00′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini 12°40′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury ☌ Saturn (conjunction, orb 0.0°)
- Sun ☌ Mars (conjunction, orb 2.2°)
- Venus □ Neptune (square, orb 0.6°)
- Sun △ Pluto (trine, orb 1.4°)
- Mars △ Pluto (trine, orb 0.7°)
- Mercury □ Jupiter (square, orb 1.5°)
- Pluto □ North Node (square, orb 0.0°)
- Jupiter □ Saturn (square, orb 1.5°)
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.
| 乙未 Yǐ Wèi | 乙酉 Yǐ Yǒu | 甲申 Jiǎ Shēn |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.9 | 1904 | 甲申 | friend |
| 18.9 | 1914 | 癸未 | directResource |
| 28.9 | 1924 | 壬午 | indirectResource |
| 38.9 | 1934 | 辛巳 | directOfficer |
| 48.9 | 1944 | 庚辰 | sevenKillings |
| 58.9 | 1954 | 己卯 | directWealth |
| 68.9 | 1964 | 戊寅 | indirectWealth |
| 78.9 | 1974 | 丁丑 | hurtingOfficer |
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 | |||