Steven Chu — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1948-02-28 (time unknown) · St. Louis, MO, USA
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The Nobel Foundation's official laureate record gives 28 February 1948 in St. Louis, MO, USA, but publishes no birth hour.
Steven Chu received the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Foundation documents a birth on 28 February 1948 in St. Louis, MO, USA. 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.
Jupiter carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Mercury — flow acquires direction.
Fire is the leading element (53% 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 9°04′ 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 206.8860° → 220.5491° (Libra → Scorpio).
Grand trine: Venus, Mars, Jupiter (fire) — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Mercury — flow acquires direction.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Uranus — flow acquires direction.
Mystic rectangle: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus — two polarities held inside a supportive frame.
Stellium in Leo: Mars, Saturn, Pluto — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury opposition Mars (orb 1°06′, separating): Mercury and Mars face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Mercury trine Uranus (orb 0°28′, applying): Mercury and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Saturn square North Node (orb 1°14′, applying): Saturn and North Node grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Western natal chart
Sun Pisces 9°04′ · Moon Libra or Scorpio (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces 9°04′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Libra or Scorpio (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Aquarius 22°34′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Venus | Aries 20°06′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Mars | Leo 23°40′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius 25°43′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Saturn | Leo 17°42′ | — | detriment | retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini 22°06′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra 12°27′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo 13°12′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury ☍ Mars (opposition, orb 1.1°)
- Mercury △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.5°)
- Saturn □ North Node (square, orb 1.2°)
- Mars △ Jupiter (trine, orb 2.1°)
- Pluto ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 0.8°)
- Venus △ Saturn (trine, orb 2.4°)
- Neptune ⚹ Pluto (sextile, orb 0.7°)
- Jupiter ☍ Uranus (opposition, orb 3.6°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Water (癸). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 戊子 Wù Zǐ | 甲寅 Jiǎ Yín | 癸未 Guǐ Wèi |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1950 | 乙卯 | eatingGod |
| 12 | 1960 | 丙辰 | directWealth |
| 22 | 1970 | 丁巳 | indirectWealth |
| 32 | 1980 | 戊午 | directOfficer |
| 42 | 1990 | 己未 | sevenKillings |
| 52 | 2000 | 庚申 | directResource |
| 62 | 2010 | 辛酉 | indirectResource |
| 72 | 2020 | 壬戌 | robWealth |
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 | |||