James Clerk Maxwell — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1831-06-13 (time unknown) · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The biography gives an unusually precise address, 14 India Street, Edinburgh, and the date, but still no hour of birth.
Maxwell unified electricity, magnetism and light in his equations, and also did foundational work on the kinetic theory of gases and colour vision. The birthplace is documented to the house, 14 India Street in Edinburgh's New Town, and the coordinates follow that address rather than the city centre. No time of birth is recorded.
Reading the chart
Gemini Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mercury carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Air is the leading element (49% weighted), while earth 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 21°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 119.1063° → 133.2859° (Cancer → Leo).
Sun trine Jupiter (orb 0°40′, applying): Sun and Jupiter flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Mars opposition Neptune (orb 1°04′, separating): Mars and Neptune face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Jupiter opposition North Node (orb 1°21′, applying): Jupiter and North Node face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Western natal chart
Sun Gemini 21°39′ · Moon Cancer or Leo (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini 21°39′ | — | — | direct |
| Moon | Cancer or Leo (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Gemini 1°14′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Venus | Leo 2°05′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Cancer 25°30′ | — | fall | direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius 22°19′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo 26°44′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius 14°16′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn 24°26′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries 10°32′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Sun △ Jupiter (trine, orb 0.7°)
- Mars ☍ Neptune (opposition, orb 1.1°)
- Jupiter ☍ North Node (opposition, orb 1.3°)
- Mercury ⚹ Venus (sextile, orb 0.9°)
- Saturn ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 3.1°)
- Sun ⚹ North Node (sextile, orb 2.0°)
- Mercury ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 3.8°)
- Jupiter ☍ Saturn (opposition, orb 4.4°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Wood (乙). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 辛卯 Xīn Mǎo | 甲午 Jiǎ Wǔ | 乙卯 Yǐ Mǎo |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 1833 | 癸巳 | indirectResource |
| 12.3 | 1843 | 壬辰 | directResource |
| 22.3 | 1853 | 辛卯 | sevenKillings |
| 32.3 | 1863 | 庚寅 | directOfficer |
| 42.3 | 1873 | 己丑 | indirectWealth |
| 52.3 | 1883 | 戊子 | directWealth |
| 62.3 | 1893 | 丁亥 | eatingGod |
| 72.3 | 1903 | 丙戌 | hurtingOfficer |
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 | |||