Architect
Shigeru Ban
Japanese architect who builds emergency shelter from cardboard tubes after disasters, and a Pritzker Prize winner. Born in Tokyo.
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Many of his notable designs are structures which are temporary, prefabricated, or incorporate inexpensive and unconventional materials in innovative ways. He was profiled by Time magazine in their projection of 21st-century innovators in the field of architecture and design.
- Born
- 1957-08-05, Tokyo, JapanA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1957-08-05, Tokyo, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 12°25′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 10°51′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 8°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 12°04′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 28°02′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 29°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 7°43′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 7°37′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 29°59′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 29°32′ | Direct |
Shigeru Ban 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 Shigeru Ban 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.