Émile Durkheim — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1858-04-15 (time unknown) · Épinal, France
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The encyclopedic biography gives the day, the town and the parents' names, but no hour of birth.
French sociologist, one of the founders of the discipline, known for The Division of Labour in Society, Suicide and The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. He was born at Épinal in Lorraine, and the coordinates are for that town rather than Paris, where he later taught. No hour of birth appears in the biographical record.
Reading the chart
Aries Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Venus carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Taurus: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Earth is the leading element (51% 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 25°12′ Aries: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates directly, impatiently, with first-mover courage — the keynote is ignition. Exalted: honored guest conditions — this function is elevated, sometimes idealized.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 38.6972° → 53.4790° (Taurus).
Stellium in Taurus: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Venus conjunction Pluto (orb 0°56′, separating): Venus and Pluto fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Sun square Saturn (orb 3°19′, separating): Sun and Saturn grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Saturn trine Neptune (orb 1°41′, applying): Saturn and Neptune flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Aries 25°12′ · Moon Taurus (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries 25°12′ | — | exaltation | direct |
| Moon | Taurus (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Taurus 14°05′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Taurus 6°46′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius 2°02′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Jupiter | Taurus 20°39′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Cancer 21°53′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Uranus | Taurus 27°18′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Pisces 23°34′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Taurus 5°50′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Venus ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 0.9°)
- Sun □ Saturn (square, orb 3.3°)
- Saturn △ Neptune (trine, orb 1.7°)
- Jupiter ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 1.2°)
- Mars ☍ Uranus (opposition, orb 4.7°)
- Jupiter ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 2.9°)
- Saturn △ North Node (trine, orb 4.6°)
- Mercury ⚹ North Node (sextile, orb 3.2°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Earth (戊). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 戊午 Wù Wǔ | 丙辰 Bǐng Chén | 戊寅 Wù Yín |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 1865 | 丁巳 | directResource |
| 16.8 | 1875 | 戊午 | friend |
| 26.8 | 1885 | 己未 | robWealth |
| 36.8 | 1895 | 庚申 | eatingGod |
| 46.8 | 1905 | 辛酉 | hurtingOfficer |
| 56.8 | 1915 | 壬戌 | indirectWealth |
| 66.8 | 1925 | 癸亥 | directWealth |
| 76.8 | 1935 | 甲子 | sevenKillings |
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 | |||