Naguib Mahfouz — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1911-12-11 (time unknown) · Cairo, Egypt
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The birth line of an encyclopedic biography gives 11 December 1911, Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt, and states no hour; the article body places the family in Old Cairo.
Egyptian novelist, author of the Cairo Trilogy and Children of Gebelawi, and the first Arabic-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The birth date and city are documented; no time of birth appears in the sources consulted.
Reading the chart
Sagittarius Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Jupiter carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Yod: Jupiter sextile Uranus, both quincunx Pluto — an adjustment pattern focused on Pluto.
Earth is the leading element (44% weighted), while air 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 18°15′ Sagittarius: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates expansively, candidly, aimed at the far horizon — the keynote is meaning.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 144.4487° → 158.4220° (Leo → Virgo).
Yod: Jupiter sextile Uranus, both quincunx Pluto — an adjustment pattern focused on Pluto.
Mars trine Uranus (orb 0°35′, separating): Mars and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Mercury conjunction Lilith (mean apogee) (orb 1°37′, applying): Mercury and Lilith (mean apogee) fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Venus opposition North Node (orb 2°29′, separating, out of sign): Venus and North Node face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Western natal chart
Sun Sagittarius 18°15′ · Moon Leo or Virgo (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius 18°15′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Leo or Virgo (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Capricorn 8°38′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Scorpio 2°13′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Taurus 26°34′ | — | detriment | retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius 0°12′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Saturn | Taurus 14°25′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn 27°09′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Cancer 23°16′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini 28°10′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mars △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.6°)
- Mercury ☌ Lilith (mean apogee) (conjunction, orb 1.6°)
- Venus ☍ North Node (opposition, orb 2.5°)
- Mars ☍ Jupiter (opposition, orb 3.6°)
- Uranus □ North Node (square, orb 2.6°)
- Uranus ☍ Neptune (opposition, orb 3.9°)
- Pluto ⚹ North Node (sextile, orb 1.6°)
- Venus △ Pluto (trine, orb 4.0°)
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.
| 辛亥 Xīn Hài | 庚子 Gēng Zǐ | 乙卯 Yǐ Mǎo |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 1912 | 己亥 | indirectWealth |
| 11.1 | 1922 | 戊戌 | directWealth |
| 21.1 | 1932 | 丁酉 | eatingGod |
| 31.1 | 1942 | 丙申 | hurtingOfficer |
| 41.1 | 1952 | 乙未 | friend |
| 51.1 | 1962 | 甲午 | robWealth |
| 61.1 | 1972 | 癸巳 | indirectResource |
| 71.1 | 1982 | 壬辰 | 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 | |||