John Calvin — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1509-07-20 (time unknown) · Noyon, France
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The encyclopedic biography gives the Julian day and the town of birth; no hour of birth is stated.
French theologian of the Reformation, author of the Institutes of the Christian Religion and the leading figure of Reformed Protestantism at Geneva. Sources give 10 July 1509, a Julian (Old Style) date predating the Gregorian reform; it is converted here to its Gregorian equivalent of 20 July 1509 by the ten-day sixteenth-century offset. No time of day survives.
Reading the chart
Cancer Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Jupiter carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Neptune — flow acquires direction.
Water is the leading element (47% weighted), while air 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 26°46′ Cancer: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates protectively, tidally, by feel and memory — the keynote is belonging.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 38.2580° → 50.6092° (Taurus).
Grand trine: Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus (fire) — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Yod: Jupiter sextile Neptune, both quincunx Mars — an adjustment pattern focused on Mars.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Neptune — flow acquires direction.
Stellium in Cancer: Sun, Venus, Mars — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury opposition Neptune (orb 0°22′, applying): Mercury and Neptune face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Mercury trine Uranus (orb 0°22′, applying): Mercury and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Pluto conjunction North Node (orb 1°57′, applying): Pluto and North Node fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Western natal chart
Sun Cancer 26°46′ · Moon Taurus (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer 26°46′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Taurus (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Leo 5°29′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Cancer 19°17′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Cancer 8°00′ | — | fall | direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius 9°29′ | — | domicile | retrograde |
| Saturn | Virgo 21°33′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Uranus | Aries 5°50′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius 5°51′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius 14°28′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury ☍ Neptune (opposition, orb 0.4°)
- Mercury △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.4°)
- Pluto ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 1.9°)
- Mars □ Uranus (square, orb 2.2°)
- Venus ☌ Lilith (mean apogee) (conjunction, orb 2.3°)
- Uranus ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 0.0°)
- Jupiter ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 3.0°)
- Venus ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 2.3°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Wood (甲). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 己巳 Jǐ Sì | 辛未 Xīn Wèi | 甲申 Jiǎ Shēn |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 1513 | 庚午 | sevenKillings |
| 14.1 | 1523 | 己巳 | directWealth |
| 24.1 | 1533 | 戊辰 | indirectWealth |
| 34.1 | 1543 | 丁卯 | hurtingOfficer |
| 44.1 | 1553 | 丙寅 | eatingGod |
| 54.1 | 1563 | 乙丑 | robWealth |
| 64.1 | 1573 | 甲子 | friend |
| 74.1 | 1583 | 癸亥 | directResource |
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 | |||