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was one of the most influential scientists who ever lived, and remarkably a self-made man of little formal schooling. Born near London in 1791, he rose to become the first Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution and gave us the principles of electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and the laws of electrolysis. He established the very idea of the electromagnetic field, invented the first electromagnetic rotary devices at the root of every electric motor, discovered benzene, coined words we still use such as anode, cathode, electrode and ion, and lent his name to the farad. Einstein kept his portrait on the study wall beside Newton.
His Sun in Virgo is written all over this life. This is the sign that shines not by seeking the limelight but through hard work, service and painstaking mastery, the jack of all arts who becomes master of all. Faraday embodied it: the tireless experimentalist, principled to the bone, who refused to build chemical weapons and loved science more than money. His Moon in Cancer, the Moon at home in its own tender house, gave him that deep well of feeling and devoted care, the man who quietly gave himself to public service, to lighthouses, to cleaner air, to the good of others.
Date: 22 September 1791
Time: 12:00
Latitude: 51.4934246°
Longitude: -0.1007282°
Location: Newington Butts, London, UK
The accuracy of the natal data for this archive is rated X (No time). A known birth date but no birth time. House cusps and the Ascendant cannot be placed with confidence.
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Sun in Virgo
Mercury in Libra
Aspects (Hard) Moon-Square-Mercury
Northnode in Libra, Southnode in Aries
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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. The hour pillar is omitted as the birth time is unknown.
日主 · Day Master
Warm and focused, like candle or lamplight: attentive, sensitive and illuminating, guiding others through the dark.
Year
Xin
Yin Metal
Hai
Pig · Water
納音 釵釧金
藏干 Hidden Stems
Ren 正官 Direct Officer
Jia 正印 Direct Resource
Month
Ding
Yin Fire
You
Rooster · Metal
納音 山下火
藏干 Hidden Stems
Xin 偏財 Indirect Wealth
Day
Ding
Yin Fire
Mao
Rabbit · Wood
納音 爐中火
藏干 Hidden Stems
Yi 偏印 Indirect Resource
from age 5
Bing Shen
Fire · Monkey
from age 15
Yi Wei
Wood · Goat
from age 25
Jia Wu
Wood · Horse
from age 35
Gui Si
Water · Snake
from age 45
Ren Chen
Water · Dragon
from age 55
Xin Mao
Metal · Rabbit
from age 65
Geng Yin
Metal · Tiger
from age 75
Ji Chou
Earth · Ox
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The lunar mansion (nakshatra) each placement falls in, one of 27 sidereal star-fields, with symbolic art. Pick an art style, and click any image to enlarge it and read its meaning.
Nakshatras are sidereal. The Lahiri ayanamsa (≈ 20.9°) adjustment has been applied to this chart’s tropical positions to place each on its nakshatra.
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A symbolic image for every placement in this natal chart. Each of the zodiac's 360 degrees carries its own Sabian symbol: a scene clairvoyantly divined in 1925 by the medium Elsie Wheeler, who perceived an image for every single degree in one sitting. Whichever planet falls on a degree takes on the colour of that symbol. Pick an art style, and click any image to enlarge it and read its symbol.
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