Martin Karplus — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1930-03-15 (time unknown) · Vienna, Austria
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The Nobel Foundation's official laureate record gives 15 March 1930 in Vienna, Austria, but publishes no birth hour.
Martin Karplus received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Nobel Foundation documents a birth on 15 March 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Because no birth hour is published, this chart omits time-dependent angles and houses.
Reading the chart
Pisces Sun — Moon sign, rising sign and sect are unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Saturn carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Water is the leading element (40% weighted), while earth is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Mutable modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is adapting — adjusting and redistributing energy.
Sun at 24°08′ Pisces: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates porously, imaginatively, dissolving hard edges — the keynote is empathy.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 175.9277° → 190.3547° (Virgo → Libra).
Mercury square Jupiter (orb 0°14′, applying): Mercury and Jupiter grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Saturn square Uranus (orb 0°25′, separating): Saturn and Uranus grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Mars opposition Neptune (orb 3°01′, applying, out of sign): Mars and Neptune face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Western natal chart
Sun Pisces 24°08′ · Moon Virgo or Libra (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces 24°08′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Virgo or Libra (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Pisces 9°03′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Venus | Aries 3°08′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Aquarius 28°36′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini 9°17′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn 10°46′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Uranus | Aries 10°21′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Virgo 1°37′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer 17°29′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury □ Jupiter (square, orb 0.2°)
- Saturn □ Uranus (square, orb 0.4°)
- Mars ☍ Neptune (opposition, orb 3.0°)
- Neptune △ North Node (trine, orb 1.7°)
- Jupiter ⚹ Uranus (sextile, orb 1.1°)
- Mercury ⚹ Saturn (sextile, orb 1.7°)
- Sun △ Pluto (trine, orb 6.6°)
- Saturn ☍ Pluto (opposition, orb 6.7°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Wood (甲). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 庚午 Gēng Wǔ | 己卯 Jǐ Mǎo | 甲子 Jiǎ Zǐ |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1937 | 庚辰 | sevenKillings |
| 17 | 1947 | 辛巳 | directOfficer |
| 27 | 1957 | 壬午 | indirectResource |
| 37 | 1967 | 癸未 | directResource |
| 47 | 1977 | 甲申 | friend |
| 57 | 1987 | 乙酉 | robWealth |
| 67 | 1997 | 丙戌 | eatingGod |
| 77 | 2007 | 丁亥 | 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 | |||