Jacques Cousteau — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1910-06-11 (time unknown) · Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The Wikipedia biography names both parents, the commune and the date, but records no hour of birth.
French naval officer and film-maker, co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung demand regulator in 1943, whose films and television series aboard the Calypso opened undersea exploration to a mass audience. He was born at Saint-André-de-Cubzac in the Gironde, north-east of Bordeaux. No time of birth is recorded.
Reading the chart
Gemini 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, Saturn — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Earth is the leading element (44% weighted), while fire 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 19°40′ Gemini: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates curiously, quickly, through variety and words — the keynote is circulation.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 125.1435° → 138.5784° (Leo).
Stellium in Taurus: Mercury, Venus, Saturn — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mars opposition Uranus (orb 0°42′, separating): Mars and Uranus face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Venus opposition Lilith (mean apogee) (orb 0°19′, applying): Venus and Lilith (mean apogee) face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Mercury conjunction North Node (orb 1°44′, separating): Mercury and North Node fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Western natal chart
Sun Gemini 19°39′ · Moon Leo (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini 19°39′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Leo (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Taurus 29°49′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Taurus 8°54′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Mars | Cancer 25°14′ | — | fall | direct |
| Jupiter | Libra 4°45′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Taurus 2°47′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn 24°32′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer 17°57′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Gemini 26°12′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Mars ☍ Uranus (opposition, orb 0.7°)
- Venus ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 0.3°)
- Mercury ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 1.7°)
- Sun ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 6.6°)
- Uranus △ North Node (trine, orb 3.5°)
- Mars ⚹ North Node (sextile, orb 2.8°)
- Mercury △ Jupiter (trine, orb 4.9°)
- Venus ☌ Saturn (conjunction, orb 6.1°)
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 | 壬午 Rén Wǔ | 丁未 Dīng Wèi |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.9 | 1919 | 癸未 | sevenKillings |
| 18.9 | 1929 | 甲申 | directResource |
| 28.9 | 1939 | 乙酉 | indirectResource |
| 38.9 | 1949 | 丙戌 | robWealth |
| 48.9 | 1959 | 丁亥 | friend |
| 58.9 | 1969 | 戊子 | hurtingOfficer |
| 68.9 | 1979 | 己丑 | eatingGod |
| 78.9 | 1989 | 庚寅 | 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 | |||