Jonas Salk — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1914-10-28 (time unknown) · New York, United States
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The encyclopedia biography names the date and the parents but no hour; no birth record or family statement giving a time was found.
Salk developed the first effective inactivated polio vaccine, announced in 1955, and declined to patent it. He was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. The city of birth is documented but the hospital and hour are not, so the time is left unknown.
Reading the chart
Scorpio Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mars carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Scorpio: Sun, Mercury, Mars — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Water is the leading element (63% 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 4°26′ Scorpio: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates intensely, privately, with all-or-nothing focus — the keynote is depth.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 330.4004° → 342.6490° (Pisces).
Stellium in Scorpio: Sun, Mercury, Mars — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Saturn conjunction Pluto (orb 0°04′, applying): Saturn and Pluto fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Sun trine North Node (orb 0°17′, separating): Sun and North Node flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Mercury conjunction Mars (orb 2°38′, applying): Mercury and Mars fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Western natal chart
Sun Scorpio 4°26′ · Moon Pisces (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio 4°26′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Pisces (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Scorpio 22°51′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Venus | Sagittarius 10°37′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Scorpio 20°13′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius 13°03′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Cancer 2°10′ | — | detriment | retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius 7°43′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Leo 0°27′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Cancer 2°06′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Saturn ☌ Pluto (conjunction, orb 0.1°)
- Sun △ North Node (trine, orb 0.3°)
- Mercury ☌ Mars (conjunction, orb 2.6°)
- Sun △ Saturn (trine, orb 2.3°)
- Sun △ Pluto (trine, orb 2.3°)
- Sun ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 3.1°)
- Sun □ Uranus (square, orb 3.3°)
- Sun □ Neptune (square, orb 4.0°)
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.
| 甲寅 Jiǎ Yín | 甲戌 Jiǎ Xū | 丁亥 Dīng Hài |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 1918 | 乙亥 | indirectResource |
| 13.5 | 1928 | 丙子 | robWealth |
| 23.5 | 1938 | 丁丑 | friend |
| 33.5 | 1948 | 戊寅 | hurtingOfficer |
| 43.5 | 1958 | 己卯 | eatingGod |
| 53.5 | 1968 | 庚辰 | directWealth |
| 63.5 | 1978 | 辛巳 | indirectWealth |
| 73.5 | 1988 | 壬午 | directOfficer |
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 | |||