Novelist & playwright

Gao Xingjian

Chinese French writer of Soul Mountain, the first Chinese language Nobel laureate in literature, whose work is banned in China.

Born1940-01-04, Ganxian District, People's Republic of ChinaA Thursday
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1940-01-04, Ganxian District, People's Republic of China · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn12°38′Direct
MoonScorpio7°35′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°47′Direct
VenusAquarius12°13′Direct
MarsAries0°06′Direct
JupiterAries1°32′Direct
SaturnAries24°27′Direct
UranusTaurus18°12′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo25°30′Retrograde
PlutoLeo2°11′Retrograde

This is Gao Xingjian's chart for 1940-01-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

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.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.