Charles K. Kao’s birth chart
Born 4 November 1933, in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Scorpio Sun · Moon in Taurus or Gemini
Charles K. Kao’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
4 November 1933 was a Saturday: the day Charles K. Kao was born in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Their zodiac sign was Scorpio. The Moon changed sign at about 08:00, from Taurus to Gemini; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. They died on 23 September 2018, aged 84. No verified birth time is on file for them; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against air two, water two and earth one. Mutable signs hold four, cardinal signs three and fixed signs two. Three planets stand together in Sagittarius: Mercury, Venus and Mars. Closest of the aspects is the square between Uranus and Pluto, exact to a tenth of a degree. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Uranus and Pluto. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 12 other people born on 4 November, among them Matthew McConaughey, Luís Figo and Achraf Hakimi.
See the sky the day Charles K. Kao was born: the stars over Shanghai, People's Republic of China, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Charles K. Kao’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Scorpio
about 11° Scorpio at midday
A Scorpio Sun goes deep. Surface answers are unlikely to satisfy Charles K. Kao, and with this Sun, loyalty, once given, tends to be total. This placement is built for transformation: it ends chapters fully so the next one can begin.
Moon sign
Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 08:00, then Gemini (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 08:00: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon feels through the body and its surroundings. On this reading, good food, familiar places and slow evenings are what restore Charles K. Kao, and sudden change lands hard. Once they feel safe, they can be the steadiest person in the room.
Born after about 08:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini processes feeling by naming it. For Charles K. Kao, talking, writing and switching perspective are likely ways to settle, and silence can make small worries loud. They probably need people who let them think out loud.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Shanghai, People's Republic of China, at each hour of the day.
Charles K. Kao’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Charles K. Kao yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 4 November 1933, computed for Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:45 | Leo rising |
| 00:45 to 03:05 | Virgo rising |
| 03:05 to 05:25 | Libra rising |
| 05:25 to 07:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 07:45 to 10:05 | Sagittarius rising |
| 10:05 to 12:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 12:05 to 13:40 | Aquarius rising |
| 13:40 to 15:00 | Pisces rising |
| 15:00 to 16:25 | Aries rising |
| 16:25 to 18:00 | Taurus rising |
| 18:00 to 20:00 | Gemini rising |
| 20:00 to 22:20 | Cancer rising |
| 22:20 to 24:00 | Leo rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 4 November 1933, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 11° Scorpio 17' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Taurus until about 08:00, then Gemini |
| Mercury | 3° Sagittarius 37' |
| Venus | 27° Sagittarius 14' |
| Mars | 18° Sagittarius 39' |
| Jupiter | 11° Libra 41' |
| Saturn | 10° Aquarius 04' |
| Uranus | 24° Aries 46'℞ |
| Neptune | 11° Virgo 55' |
| Pluto | 24° Cancer 44'℞ |
| North Node | 25° Aquarius 14' |
| South Node | 25° Leo 14' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Charles K. Kao’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Charles K. Kao’s private life.
The Sun in Scorpio finds purpose in going past the surface of things, and Charles K. Kao's vitality tends to be fuelled by intensity rather than ease. The catch can be needing a crisis or a deep dive before they feel fully engaged. Small talk tends to bore them; a subject that interests them absorbs them completely.
Moon in Taurus or Gemini
Taurus until about 08:00, then Gemini
needs and habits
Born before about 08:00: Moon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon needs routine, familiar food and physical comfort to feel steady from day to day. A sudden change of schedule probably unsettles Charles K. Kao more than they let on. A good bed, a favourite mug or the same coffee order can turn an unsteady morning around.
Born after about 08:00: Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini runs its daily habits on conversation and mental stimulation, and Charles K. Kao is likely to settle by talking a worry through rather than sitting with it quietly. A day with no one to talk to can leave them restless. The habit is to message a friend the moment something comes to mind, before deciding what to think about it.
Charles K. Kao's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Charles K. Kao probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Charles K. Kao may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Libra
11° Libra 41' at midday
growth and excess
In Charles K. Kao's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.
With Saturn in Aquarius, Charles K. Kao's discipline probably gathers around belonging to a group on their own terms; it is the placement of the one-time outsider. The doubt means holding back the stranger ideas until there is no risk of mockery. The outsider often ends up as a trusted voice in exactly the kind of community that once seemed unlikely to accept them.
Uranus in Aries
24° Aries 46' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus spends about seven years in each sign, so Charles K. Kao shares Uranus in Aries with many people of a similar age. It marks a generation that pushes for change through direct, individual action rather than waiting for permission. In one life it can appear as impatience with the slow-moving institutions older generations built.
Neptune in Virgo
11° Virgo 55' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Charles K. Kao shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Cancer
24° Cancer 44' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Charles K. Kao to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in Charles K. Kao’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Sun sextile Neptune
about 0.6° at midday
Creativity and empathy are there when Charles K. Kao makes room for them, because identity and imagination work gently together in this aspect. The sensitivity is soft, and people notice it without it having to be announced.
Sun square Saturn
about 1.2° at midday
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Charles K. Kao pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Jupiter trine Saturn
about 1.6° at midday
Optimism and discipline reinforce each other in this trine, which lets Charles K. Kao pursue big goals with steady follow-through. Growth of this kind tends to be gradual and durable, not sudden and fragile, the sort of progress that survives a difficult year.
Venus trine Uranus
about 2.5° at midday
Closeness does not have to feel confining for Charles K. Kao, because under this trine affection and independence sit easily together. Excitement and stability manage to coexist, more comfortably than the usual choice between the two would suggest.
Mars trine Uranus
about 6.1° at midday
Charles K. Kao's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
One more aspect, listed without a reading. It is between two of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, whose aspects hold for years at a time, so everyone born while it holds shares it.
- Uranus square Plutoabout 0.0°
Scorpio Suns born within 2 years of Charles K. Kao
Also born on 4 November
How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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