Wolfgang Ketterle — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1957-10-21 (time unknown) · Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). The Nobel Foundation's official laureate record gives 21 October 1957 in Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany), but publishes no birth hour.
Wolfgang Ketterle received the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Foundation documents a birth on 21 October 1957 in Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany). Because no birth hour is published, this chart omits time-dependent angles and houses.
Reading the chart
Libra Sun — Moon sign, rising sign and sect are unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Jupiter carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (multiple dignities).
Stellium in Libra: Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Air is the leading element (56% weighted), while earth 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 27°47′ Libra: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates relationally, aesthetically, by weighing and balancing — the keynote is equilibrium. In fall: its confidence runs low here; support from allied planets matters (check its aspects).
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 176.2413° → 191.1556° (Virgo → Libra).
Stellium in Libra: Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Sun conjunction Mercury (orb 1°49′, applying): Sun and Mercury fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Venus conjunction Saturn (orb 1°33′, separating): Venus and Saturn fuse — these functions operate as one package, for better and for richer.
Saturn trine Uranus (orb 0°02′, separating): Saturn and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Libra 27°47′ · Moon Virgo or Libra (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra 27°47′ | — | fall | direct |
| Moon | Virgo or Libra (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Libra 25°57′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius 12°55′ | — | — | direct |
| Mars | Libra 17°47′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Jupiter | Libra 15°33′ | — | — | direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius 11°22′ | — | — | direct |
| Uranus | Leo 11°20′ | — | — | direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio 2°09′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Virgo 1°50′ | — | — | direct |
Strongest aspects
- Sun ☌ Mercury (conjunction, orb 1.8°)
- Venus ☌ Saturn (conjunction, orb 1.5°)
- Saturn △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.0°)
- Mars ☌ Jupiter (conjunction, orb 2.2°)
- Uranus □ North Node (square, orb 0.8°)
- Venus △ Uranus (trine, orb 1.6°)
- Sun ☌ Neptune (conjunction, orb 4.4°)
- Neptune ⚹ Pluto (sextile, orb 0.3°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yang Fire (丙). Luck pillars run backward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 丁酉 Dīng Yǒu | 庚戌 Gēng Xū | 丙寅 Bǐng Yín |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 1961 | 己酉 | hurtingOfficer |
| 14.3 | 1971 | 戊申 | eatingGod |
| 24.3 | 1981 | 丁未 | robWealth |
| 34.3 | 1991 | 丙午 | friend |
| 44.3 | 2001 | 乙巳 | directResource |
| 54.3 | 2011 | 甲辰 | indirectResource |
| 64.3 | 2021 | 癸卯 | directOfficer |
| 74.3 | 2031 | 壬寅 | sevenKillings |
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 | |||