Dorothy Hodgkin — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1910-05-12 (time unknown) · Cairo, Egypt
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives 12 May 1910 at Cairo and states no hour of birth.
Chemist who determined the structures of penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin by X-ray crystallography. She was born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in Cairo, where her father worked. The source gives the date and city with no hour of birth.
Reading the chart
Taurus Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mercury carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
T-square: Venus opposite Jupiter, both square Mars — the apex (Mars) marks a recurring pressure point and growth engine.
Air is the leading element (30% weighted), while water 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 20°47′ Taurus: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates steadily, sensually, with a taste for the durable — the keynote is consolidation.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 87.6960° → 101.9478° (Gemini → Cancer).
T-square: Venus opposite Jupiter, both square Mars — the apex (Mars) marks a recurring pressure point and growth engine.
Venus opposition Jupiter (orb 0°23′, separating): Venus and Jupiter face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Venus square Mars (orb 0°56′, applying): Venus and Mars grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Mars square Jupiter (orb 1°18′, separating): Mars and Jupiter grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Western natal chart
Sun Taurus 20°47′ · Moon Gemini or Cancer (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus 20°47′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Gemini or Cancer (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Gemini 7°36′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Venus | Aries 5°36′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Cancer 6°32′ | — | fall | direct |
| Jupiter | Libra 5°14′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Saturn | Aries 29°24′ | — | fall | direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn 25°09′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer 17°05′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Gemini 25°32′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Venus ☍ Jupiter (opposition, orb 0.4°)
- Venus □ Mars (square, orb 0.9°)
- Mars □ Jupiter (square, orb 1.3°)
- Mercury △ Jupiter (trine, orb 2.4°)
- Sun △ Uranus (trine, orb 4.4°)
- Mercury ⚹ Venus (sextile, orb 2.0°)
- Uranus △ North Node (trine, orb 3.1°)
- Sun ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 3.7°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Fire (丁). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 庚戌 Gēng Xū | 辛巳 Xīn Sì | 丁丑 Dīng Chǒu |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.4 | 1918 | 壬午 | directOfficer |
| 18.4 | 1928 | 癸未 | sevenKillings |
| 28.4 | 1938 | 甲申 | directResource |
| 38.4 | 1948 | 乙酉 | indirectResource |
| 48.4 | 1958 | 丙戌 | robWealth |
| 58.4 | 1968 | 丁亥 | friend |
| 68.4 | 1978 | 戊子 | hurtingOfficer |
| 78.4 | 1988 | 己丑 | eatingGod |
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 | |||