Painter
Zao Wou-Ki
Chinese brush tradition dissolved into Parisian abstraction.
Zao Wou-Ki was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under French-trained Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu.
- Born
- 1920-02-01, Beijing, ChinaA Sunday
- Died
- 2013-04-09, Nyon, SwitzerlandA Tuesday, aged 93
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1920-02-01, Beijing, China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then
Asia/ShanghaiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 11°00′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 27°37′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 7°40′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 3°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 0°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 13°25′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Virgo | 10°18′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 0°30′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 10°08′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 6°05′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2013-04-09, Nyon, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 19°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 8°06′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 23°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 22°42′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 21°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 13°17′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 9°36′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 9°08′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 4°28′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 11°35′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Zao Wou-Ki 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.