Yao Ming

Yao Ming is a Chinese former professional basketball player whose NBA career made him a major bridge between Chinese and international basketball audiences. He has remained an influential public figure in sport after retiring as a player.

Sun
Virgo
Moon
Libra
Rising
Aries
Natal chartCircular natal chart with planetary glyphs, house cusps, axes, and selected major aspects.123456789101112ASC11°52'DSC11°52'MC7°24'IC7°24'

Birth details

Yao Ming
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Born
September 12, 1980
Time
19:00
Place
Shanghai, China
Timezone
UTC +8:00

Why this chart stands out

His Virgo Sun in the 6th house, Libra Moon in the 7th, and Aries on the Ascendant. A very close Sun–Neptune square alongside Sun conjunct Jupiter makes the chart notable for the contrast between precision, large-scale aspiration, and an imaginative horizon.

Planets

Sun in VirgoHouse 6
19° 50′
Moon in LibraHouse 7
23° 03′
Mercury in LibraHouse 6
3° 56′
Venus in LeoHouse 5
4° 59′
Mars in ScorpioHouse 7
9° 23′
Jupiter in VirgoHouse 6
20° 33′
Saturn in VirgoHouse 6
28° 53′
Uranus in ScorpioHouse 8
22° 19′
Neptune in SagittariusHouse 9
19° 56′
Pluto in LibraHouse 7
20° 27′

Beyond the planets

ASCAscendant in AriesHouse 1
11° 52′
DSCDescendant in LibraHouse 7
11° 52′
MCMidheaven in CapricornHouse 10
7° 24′
ICImum Coeli in CancerHouse 4
7° 24′
True North Node in LeoHouse 5
19° 54′
Chiron in TaurusHouse 2
18° 04′

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Aspects · by closeness

  • Neptune Trine True North NodeOrb: 0° 03′
  • Sun Square NeptuneOrb: 0° 07′
  • Sun Conjunction JupiterOrb: 0° 43′
  • Jupiter Square NeptuneOrb: 0° 37′
  • Neptune Sextile PlutoOrb: 0° 31′
  • Pluto Sextile True North NodeOrb: 0° 33′
  • Mercury Sextile VenusOrb: 1° 03′
  • Moon Conjunction PlutoOrb: 2° 36′
  • Jupiter Sextile UranusOrb: 1° 46′
  • Sun Sextile UranusOrb: 2° 30′

Houses · Placidus

What's this?

Houses divide the chart into twelve areas of life. A planet’s house describes where its symbolism is most likely to be expressed. Houses I, IV, VII and X are known as angular houses and relate to identity, home, partnership and public direction. Their exact relationship to the Ascendant, Midheaven and other angles depends on the selected house system.

Chart patterns

Geometric configurations formed by aspects between planets and points.

No qualifying patterns were detected with the current settings.

CHART SIGNATURE

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Chart Signature looks at the chart as a whole instead of reading every placement in isolation. The element and modality balance gives equal weight to the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, plus the Ascendant when the birth time is reliable. The Midheaven is excluded from this balance. The observations draw on planetary distribution, accepted aspects, retrogrades, sign concentrations and dispositor relationships. Only clear structural patterns are shown.

Astrological systems can use different objects and thresholds. This section follows AstrowlAI's approach and is not a universal standard.

BY ELEMENT

Fire
3
Earth
3
Air
3
Water
2

BY MODALITY

Cardinal
4
Fixed
3
Mutable
4

Structural observations

  • Bowl chart shape

    The ten planets occupy a continuous arc of 135°, leaving a substantial open region.

  • Western hemisphere emphasis

    10 of the ten planets fall on the Descendant side of the chart.

  • Libra concentration

    Moon, Mercury, and Pluto gather in Libra (3 objects).

  • Virgo concentration

    Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn gather in Virgo (3 objects).

  • Second quadrant concentration

    5 of the ten planets occupy the Second quadrant.

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  • Third quadrant concentration

    5 of the ten planets occupy the Third quadrant.

  • Neptune is the aspect-network center

    Neptune participates in 5 accepted aspects, more than any other eligible object.

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Objects11

Elements

Balance index0.99

A distribution measure from 0 to 1; it is not a rating.

Fire
3 · 27%
Earth
3 · 27%
Air
3 · 27%
Water
2 · 18%
Joint leaders
Fire · Earth · Air
Missing
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Modalities

Balance index0.99

A distribution measure from 0 to 1; it is not a rating.

Cardinal
4 · 36%
Fixed
3 · 27%
Mutable
4 · 36%
Joint leaders
Cardinal · Mutable
Missing
—
Counts by element and modality for the selected scope
Element × modalityCardinalFixedMutable
Fire111
Earth003
Air300
Water020

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