Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1935-07-06 (time unknown) · Taktser, China
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography names his parents, the day and the hamlet; no hour is stated.
Tibetan Buddhist monk recognised as the fourteenth Dalai Lama, head of the Gelug school, who went into exile in India in 1959. He was born Lhamo Thondup in the hamlet of Taktser in Amdo, now in Qinghai province, China; the zone given is the modern one for that region, and local clock reckoning in 1935 Amdo was unsettled. No hour of birth is recorded.
Reading the chart
Cancer Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Mercury carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Neptune — flow acquires direction.
Water is the leading element (44% weighted), while fire is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Cardinal modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is initiating — starting things comes naturally.
Sun at 13°10′ Cancer: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates protectively, tidally, by feel and memory — the keynote is belonging.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 156.8474° → 168.6851° (Virgo).
Grand trine: Sun, Jupiter, Saturn (water) — an easy, self-reinforcing flow between these functions.
Kite: the grand trine gains a focal outlet through Neptune — flow acquires direction.
Sun trine Jupiter (orb 0°18′, applying): Sun and Jupiter flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Saturn opposition Lilith (mean apogee) (orb 0°51′, applying): Saturn and Lilith (mean apogee) face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Sun sextile Neptune (orb 0°53′, separating): Sun and Neptune cooperate when invited — an opportunity aspect that rewards small deliberate efforts.
Western natal chart
Sun Cancer 13°10′ · Moon Virgo (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer 13°10′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Virgo (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Gemini 25°34′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Venus | Leo 28°28′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Mars | Libra 18°23′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio 13°28′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces 10°02′ | — | peregrine | retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus 4°58′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Virgo 12°17′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Cancer 25°16′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Sun △ Jupiter (trine, orb 0.3°)
- Saturn ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 0.8°)
- Sun ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 0.9°)
- Sun △ Saturn (trine, orb 3.1°)
- Saturn ☍ Neptune (opposition, orb 2.2°)
- Jupiter ⚹ Neptune (sextile, orb 1.2°)
- Pluto ☍ North Node (opposition, orb 3.3°)
- Sun □ Mars (square, orb 5.2°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Water (癸). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 乙亥 Yǐ Hài | 壬午 Rén Wǔ | 癸未 Guǐ Wèi |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 1945 | 辛巳 | indirectResource |
| 19.8 | 1955 | 庚辰 | directResource |
| 29.8 | 1965 | 己卯 | sevenKillings |
| 39.8 | 1975 | 戊寅 | directOfficer |
| 49.8 | 1985 | 丁丑 | indirectWealth |
| 59.8 | 1995 | 丙子 | directWealth |
| 69.8 | 2005 | 乙亥 | eatingGod |
| 79.8 | 2015 | 甲戌 | 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 | |||