Emperor Taishō’s birth chart
Until 1926Born August 31, 1879, Akasaka Estate, JapanDied December 25, 1926
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAquariusor Pisces
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it. He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun opposition Jupiter (almost exact at 0.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Aquarius or Pisces, the Cool Head
Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own. He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.
The Moon square Pluto (close at 1.8°) · For a birth after 1:30 p.m., his Moon was in Pisces.
How he loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. His taste and his appetite for more needed adjusting: he kept learning what was enough.
Venus quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.6°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury square Pluto (close at 1.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Steady, strong and very patient. He kept going long after others stopped. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mercury square Mars (wide at 5.4°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his imagination and his intensity (Mars, Neptune and Pluto) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Emperor Taishō was born the day before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twenty-three days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Emperor Taishō was born, as it was on 72 days of 1879. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Emperor Taishō, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1909, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Emperor Taishō
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Emperor Taishō’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Virgo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Emperor Taishō’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Emperor Taishō was born on August 31, 1879, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it.
What is Emperor Taishō’s Moon sign?
Aquarius or Pisces. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 1:30 p.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
What is Emperor Taishō’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on August 31, 1879. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Emperor Taishō’s Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. His taste and his appetite for more needed adjusting: he kept learning what was enough.
How does your chart compare with Emperor Taishō’s?
Set your chart beside Emperor Taishō’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Emperor Taishō’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Ministry of the Imperial Household, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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