Dmitri Mendeleev — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1834-02-08 (time unknown) · Tobolsk, Russia
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives the date in both calendar styles and states no hour of birth.
Chemist who arranged the known elements into the periodic table and predicted the properties of ones not yet discovered. The source gives 8 February 1834 New Style, corresponding to 27 January Old Style, and the Gregorian form is used here. He was born at Verkhnie Aremzyani near Tobolsk in Siberia, with no time of birth recorded.
Reading the chart
Aquarius Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mars carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (exaltation).
Stellium in Aquarius: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Air is the leading element (63% weighted), while water 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 19°09′ 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 308.8758° → 321.0095° (Aquarius).
Stellium in Aquarius: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Saturn opposition Pluto (orb 0°41′, separating): Saturn and Pluto face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Jupiter square Neptune (orb 0°18′, applying): Jupiter and Neptune grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Sun conjunction Uranus (orb 3°12′, applying): Sun and Uranus fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Western natal chart
Sun Aquarius 19°08′ · Moon Aquarius (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius 19°08′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Moon | Aquarius (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Aquarius 15°11′ | — | — | direct |
| Venus | Aquarius 12°20′ | — | — | direct |
| Mars | Capricorn 20°43′ | — | exaltation | direct |
| Jupiter | Aries 29°31′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Saturn | Libra 10°26′ | — | exaltation | retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius 22°20′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn 29°49′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Aries 11°06′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Saturn ☍ Pluto (opposition, orb 0.7°)
- Jupiter □ Neptune (square, orb 0.3°)
- Sun ☌ Uranus (conjunction, orb 3.2°)
- Sun ☌ Mercury (conjunction, orb 4.0°)
- Mercury ☌ Venus (conjunction, orb 2.8°)
- Venus △ Saturn (trine, orb 1.9°)
- Venus ⚹ Pluto (sextile, orb 1.2°)
- Sun ☌ Venus (conjunction, orb 6.8°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Fire (丙). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 甲午 Jiǎ Wǔ | 丙寅 Bǐng Yín | 丙寅 Bǐng Yín |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 1843 | 丁卯 | robWealth |
| 18.6 | 1853 | 戊辰 | eatingGod |
| 28.6 | 1863 | 己巳 | hurtingOfficer |
| 38.6 | 1873 | 庚午 | indirectWealth |
| 48.6 | 1883 | 辛未 | directWealth |
| 58.6 | 1893 | 壬申 | sevenKillings |
| 68.6 | 1903 | 癸酉 | directOfficer |
| 78.6 | 1913 | 甲戌 | indirectResource |
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 | |||