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Image: Wikimedia CommonsArt · April 26, 1917 · Guangzhou
I. M. Pei's Birth Chart
Sun in Taurus · Moon in Cancer ≈
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect. Wikipedia
Sun in Taurus
5°40′Your centre is steadiness: you slowly build things that last, and sensory pleasure orders you. You flourish when you build at your own pace and give tangible form to what you value.
Moon in Cancer
5°36′You have deep intuition and a very rich emotional world, a profound sensitivity that registers everything and needs a den to process it: your natural refuge is home, intimacy and the bonds that make you feel safe and among family.
the Moon changed sign that day
Birth time not documented
The Ascendant changes sign every two hours, and no verified birth time is recorded for I. M. Pei, so this chart doesn't set it. Their planets by sign, however, remain reliable.
Section II · The map
Their natal wheel
The sky on the day they were born. The outer ring is the twelve signs; the lines across the centre, the aspects between planets. Without a birth time, houses and the Ascendant aren't drawn.
Section III · The detail
Planets and aspects
The exact numbers behind the drawing. Each table expands one layer of the wheel.
I. M. Pei's placements
We compute the placements for the day of birth. Without the exact time the Ascendant and houses can't be fixed, but each planet's sign is reliable.
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 5°40′ |
| Moon | Cancer | 5°36′ |
| Mercury | Taurus | 25°44′ |
| Venus | Taurus | 5°42′ |
| Mars | Aries | 23°39′ |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 15°10′ |
| Saturn | Cancer | 24°33′ |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 23°17′ |
| Neptune | Leo | 2°08′ |
| Pluto | Cancer | 2°38′ |
Beyond the planets
Three keys beyond the ten classical planets, which astrology reads as axes of the chart. All four angles need your birth time.
The wounded healer: a small icy body between Saturn and Uranus. It marks the wound that, once moved through, teaches.
Not a body but a point of the Moon's orbit. It marks the direction of your growth.
The Black Moon: a mathematical point tied to the untamed and what refuses to submit.
I. M. Pei's aspects
Each aspect is an angle between two planets; it defines how they speak to each other. Aspects to the Moon are approximate: they depend on the exact birth time.
Elements and modalities
How their energy is split across the four elements and the three modalities.
Section IV · The signature
The signature of their sky
The whole at a glance: how the planets are spread, and the accents that set the overall tone of the chart.
Bucket
A group of planets with a single one opposite: that 'handle' planet becomes the channel of the whole chart.
Their energy concentrates in the element of Earth and the Fixed modality.
Sun is the most connected planet in their chart: 6 aspects tie it to the rest.
Three or more planets together in Taurus: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
Three or more planets together in Cancer: a strongly marked focus of energy in that area.
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