Director
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Taiwanese director of A City of Sadness.
Hou Hsiao-hsien is a retired Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Other highly regarded works of his include The Puppetmaster (1993) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998).
- Born
- 1947-04-08, Meixian District, ChinaA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1947-04-08, Meixian District, China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then
Asia/ShanghaiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 17°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 17°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 19°55′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 9°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 27°02′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 26°37′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 1°57′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 18°30′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 9°13′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 11°02′ | Retrograde |
Hou Hsiao-Hsien 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 Hou Hsiao-Hsien 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.