Michael Faraday — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1791-09-22 (time unknown) · London, United Kingdom
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The biography states date and parish only; no hour of birth is recorded for the blacksmith's family at Newington Butts.
Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and the laws of electrolysis, and introduced the field concept that Maxwell later made mathematical. He was born at Newington Butts in Surrey, now the Elephant and Castle area of the London Borough of Southwark. Britain had been on the Gregorian calendar since 1752, so no conversion applies; no birth time is recorded.
Reading the chart
Virgo Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Stellium in Libra: Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Air is the leading element (37% weighted), while water 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 29°23′ Virgo: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates precisely, usefully, through discernment and craft — the keynote is refinement.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 105.9544° → 118.3030° (Cancer).
Mystic rectangle: Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto — two polarities held inside a supportive frame.
Stellium in Libra: Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury trine Pluto (orb 0°01′, applying): Mercury and Pluto flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Saturn trine Uranus (orb 0°35′, separating): Saturn and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Mercury opposition Saturn (orb 3°29′, separating): Mercury and Saturn face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Western natal chart
Sun Virgo 29°22′ · Moon Cancer (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo 29°22′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Cancer (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Libra 20°10′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio 3°14′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Leo 7°28′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Jupiter | Libra 9°08′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Aries 16°41′ | — | fall | retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo 17°17′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Libra 26°21′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius 20°09′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury △ Pluto (trine, orb 0.0°)
- Saturn △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.6°)
- Mercury ☍ Saturn (opposition, orb 3.5°)
- Uranus ☍ Pluto (opposition, orb 2.9°)
- Mars ⚹ Jupiter (sextile, orb 1.7°)
- Jupiter ☌ North Node (conjunction, orb 3.8°)
- Saturn ☍ North Node (opposition, orb 3.8°)
- Venus □ Mars (square, orb 4.2°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Fire (丁). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 辛亥 Xīn Hài | 丁酉 Dīng Yǒu | 丁卯 Dīng Mǎo |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 1796 | 丙申 | robWealth |
| 14.9 | 1806 | 乙未 | indirectResource |
| 24.9 | 1816 | 甲午 | directResource |
| 34.9 | 1826 | 癸巳 | sevenKillings |
| 44.9 | 1836 | 壬辰 | directOfficer |
| 54.9 | 1846 | 辛卯 | indirectWealth |
| 64.9 | 1856 | 庚寅 | directWealth |
| 74.9 | 1866 | 己丑 | eatingGod |
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 | |||