Novelist & playwright
Gao Xingjian
Chinese French writer of Soul Mountain, the first Chinese language Nobel laureate in literature, whose work is banned in China.
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity." He is also a noted translator, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.
- Born
- 1940-01-04, Ganxian District, People's Republic of ChinaA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1940-01-04, Ganxian District, People's Republic of China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then
Asia/ShanghaiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 12°38′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 7°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 26°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 12°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 0°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 1°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 24°27′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 18°12′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 25°30′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°11′ | Retrograde |
Gao Xingjian is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gao Xingjian 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.