Physicist & engineer
Charles K. Kao
Hong Kong physicist who showed that glass fibre could carry light far enough for telecommunications, and made the internet physically possible.
Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet and the eventual creation of the World Wide Web.
- Born
- 1933-11-04, Shanghai, People's Republic of ChinaA Saturday
- Died
- 2018-09-23, Bradbury Hospice, People's Republic of ChinaA Sunday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-11-04, Shanghai, People's Republic of China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then
Asia/ShanghaiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 11°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 2°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 3°37′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 27°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 18°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 11°41′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 10°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 24°46′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 11°55′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 24°44′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2018-09-23, Bradbury Hospice, People's Republic of China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Hong_Kongthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 0°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 7°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 1°49′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 8°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 3°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 20°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 2°46′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 1°44′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 14°39′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 18°46′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Charles K. Kao was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.