Charles H. Townes — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1915-07-28 (time unknown) · Greenville, SC, USA
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The Nobel Foundation's official laureate record gives 28 July 1915 in Greenville, SC, USA, but publishes no birth hour.
Charles H. Townes received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Foundation documents a birth on 28 July 1915 in Greenville, SC, USA. Because no birth hour is published, this chart omits time-dependent angles and houses.
Reading the chart
Leo Sun — Moon sign, rising sign and sect are unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Sun carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Cancer: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Water is the leading element (53% weighted), while earth is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Cardinal modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is initiating — starting things comes naturally.
Sun at 4°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 326.5084° → 340.1785° (Aquarius → Pisces).
Stellium in Cancer: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mars trine Uranus (orb 1°30′, separating): Mars and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Sun conjunction Neptune (orb 4°11′, separating): Sun and Neptune fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Mars trine North Node (orb 1°44′, applying): Mars and North Node flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Leo 4°31′ · Moon Aquarius or Pisces (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo 4°31′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Moon | Aquarius or Pisces (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Cancer 17°41′ | — | — | direct |
| Venus | Cancer 21°58′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Gemini 15°34′ | — | — | direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces 28°22′ | — | domicile | retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer 9°44′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius 14°04′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo 0°20′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Cancer 2°31′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Mars △ Uranus (trine, orb 1.5°)
- Sun ☌ Neptune (conjunction, orb 4.2°)
- Mars △ North Node (trine, orb 1.7°)
- Jupiter △ Neptune (trine, orb 2.0°)
- Mercury ☌ Venus (conjunction, orb 4.3°)
- Uranus ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 3.2°)
- Jupiter □ Pluto (square, orb 4.2°)
- Sun △ Jupiter (trine, orb 6.1°)
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.
| 乙卯 Yǐ Mǎo | 癸未 Guǐ Wèi | 庚申 Gēng Shēn |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 1922 | 壬午 | eatingGod |
| 16.8 | 1932 | 辛巳 | robWealth |
| 26.8 | 1942 | 庚辰 | friend |
| 36.8 | 1952 | 己卯 | directResource |
| 46.8 | 1962 | 戊寅 | indirectResource |
| 56.8 | 1972 | 丁丑 | directOfficer |
| 66.8 | 1982 | 丙子 | sevenKillings |
| 76.8 | 1992 | 乙亥 | directWealth |
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 | |||