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Alessandro Volta carried the electric fingerprint of a Sun in Aquarius, the visionary sign of science, invention and futuristic thinking, the placement Gaia says brought us out of the Bronze Age. Aquarians shine when they gift something to the whole of humanity, and few gifts have been more universal than his: the voltaic pile of 1799, the first true electric battery, which proved electricity could be generated chemically and lit the way to an entire discipline. That his solar light sat in the tenth house, the throne at the top of the chart, is fitting for a man Napoleon idolised, whose name now lives on in the volt itself.
His Moon in Virgo gave the meticulous, methodical soul of the experimenter, comfort found in usefulness and painstaking care, and placed in the fifth house it fused his peace of mind to his creations, each invention a beloved child. A Gemini Ascendant lent the quicksilver, curious mask of the endlessly inquisitive messenger.
An Italian physicist and chemist who also discovered methane, he held his chair at Pavia for nearly forty years, then retreated to family life, and died in 1827.
Date: 18 February 1745
Time: 11:19
Latitude: 45.8080597°
Longitude: 9.0851765°
Location: 22100 Como, Province of Como, Italy
The accuracy of the natal data for this archive is rated C (Caution). Caution, no source (Original Source Not Known). Undocumented data, or a reference rather than a source. Rectified times also fall here.
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Ascendant in Gemini
Sun in Aquarius
Sun in the 10th House
Aspects (Hard) Mercury-Conjunction-Uranus
Lord of 1st House in 9th House
Northnode in Aries, Southnode in Libra
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The Four Pillars of Destiny (八字) for this birth: a Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch, with its zodiac animal, for each pillar.
日主 · Day Master
Strong and decisive, like an axe or blade: direct, disciplined and action-oriented, cutting straight to what matters.
Year
Yi
Yin Wood
Chou
Ox · Earth
納音 海中金
藏干 Hidden Stems
Ji 正印 Direct Resource
Gui 傷官 Hurting Officer
Xin 劫財 Rob Wealth
Month
Wu
Yang Earth
Yin
Tiger · Wood
納音 城頭土
藏干 Hidden Stems
Jia 偏財 Indirect Wealth
Bing 七殺 Seven Killings
Wu 偏印 Indirect Resource
Day
Geng
Yang Metal
Yin
Tiger · Wood
納音 松柏木
藏干 Hidden Stems
Jia 偏財 Indirect Wealth
Bing 七殺 Seven Killings
Wu 偏印 Indirect Resource
Hour
Xin
Yin Metal
Si
Snake · Fire
納音 白蠟金
藏干 Hidden Stems
Bing 七殺 Seven Killings
Wu 偏印 Indirect Resource
Geng 比肩 Companion
from age 5
Ding Chou
Fire · Ox
from age 15
Bing Zi
Fire · Rat
from age 25
Yi Hai
Wood · Pig
from age 35
Jia Xu
Wood · Dog
from age 45
Gui You
Water · Rooster
from age 55
Ren Shen
Water · Monkey
from age 65
Xin Wei
Metal · Goat
from age 75
Geng Wu
Metal · Horse
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