Pharmacologist
Tu Youyou
Chinese pharmacologist who found the malaria drug artemisinin in an ancient text.
Tu Youyou is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria; these discoveries were a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives in South China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. Tu was born, educated and carried out her research exclusively in China.
- Born
- 1930-12-30, Ningbo, ChinaA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1930-12-30, Ningbo, China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then
Asia/ShanghaiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 7°44′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 0°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 21°49′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio | 27°08′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 15°54′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 16°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 13°29′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 11°28′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 5°39′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°03′ | Retrograde |
Tu Youyou 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 Tu Youyou 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.