Tenzin Gyatso’s birth chart
SpiritualBorn July 6, 1935, Taktser, China
Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong. His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
The Sun trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.3°)
What he needs
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Feels calm when things are in order and useful. Shows care through small, practical help. His purpose and his feelings are on the same side: the life he chooses and the comfort he needs go together.
The Sun sextile the Moon (almost exact at 0.4°)
How he loves
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury sextile Venus (close at 2.9°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit
A restless, clever mind. Loves words, news and the fun of a good exchange.
What drives him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Gets things done through people, charm and fairness. Prefers teamwork to a fight, and fights hardest for others. He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
The Sun square Mars (wide at 5.2°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touches everything else in it. Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Tenzin Gyatso was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 25% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, thirteen days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Tenzin Gyatso, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2024, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1994 and 1995. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Tenzin Gyatso
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Tenzin Gyatso’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Tenzin Gyatso was born on July 6, 1935, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong.
What is Tenzin Gyatso’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Feels calm when things are in order and useful. Shows care through small, practical help.
What is Tenzin Gyatso’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 July 6, 1935. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Tenzin Gyatso’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.
How does your chart compare with Tenzin Gyatso’s?
Set your chart beside Tenzin Gyatso’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 Tenzin Gyatso’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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