André Lwoff
André Lwoff (born May 8, 1902, Ainay-le-Château, France; died 1994), was a French microbiologist. Lwoff's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Leeuwenhoek Medal and Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer.
André Lwoff’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Water Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Tiger, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with André
André Lwoff’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Lightkeeper
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
What André’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
3
Soul Urge · being heard
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on A (1) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 6: movement against care.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
André’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🪷 Lotus
Ivory · Blush · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1902, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets André apart
The Marjory Stephenson Prize came in 1957, when André Lwoff was 55.
Study took André Lwoff to Pasteur Institute and Lycée Voltaire.
On the family side, André Lwoff was born to Marija Jakovlevna Simonovič-L'vova and married Marguerite Lwoff.
Wikipedia files André Lwoff under Presidents of the International Union of Microbiological Societies, Leeuwenhoek Medal winners and People from Allier.
Enrique Iglesias (1975) and David Attenborough (1926) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Pasteur Institute and Lycée Voltaire
- Awards
- Marjory Stephenson Prize (1957), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1965) and Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1964)
- Citizenship
- France
- Languages
- French
- Wikipedia editions
- 55
What the chart says
André, according to the stars
Core essence
André is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of André is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How André wants to be loved
André wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How André creates
How André makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. André creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: André is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. André is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means André is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
Computed from André's birth date. Working below.
Where André sits
Six lines
André’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to André Lwoff
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Ainay-le-Château on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
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The sky over Ainay-le-Château that night
Computed for 46.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Ainay-le-Château at 9 p.m. that evening: Phecda of Ursa Major, within 7.9° of the exact zenith.
Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 46.7°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Nothing below −43.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Ainay-le-Château on any night.
The Moon, 1% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 15° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Ainay-le-Château, France
The death is recorded at Paris, Grand Paris in 1994.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for André Lwoff: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual André's chart is
Chart pattern score
55 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Taurus · 1 unaspected planet · No Water planets
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →André Lwoff at a glance
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
André Lwoff's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 8, 1902, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Water Tiger
Water TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
André Lwoff was born on May 8, 1902, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Thinks more than it says.
André Lwoff's birth date, May 8, 1902, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in André’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in André Lwoff's date-only chart is Mercury trine Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- André Lwoff combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Lightkeeper.
André’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 17° to 2° Taurus or Gemini depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMercurytrineSaturn0.0° to 1.2° orb
André’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableSunsquareJupiter0.5° to 1.4° orb
André’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableVenussquareNeptune1.1° to 2.2° orb
André’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrinePluto1.4° to 1.5° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus2.8° to 3.8° orb
stableVenussextileSaturn2.9° to 4.0° orb
stableUranusoppositionPluto3.1° orb
stableJupitersextileUranus4.5° to 4.6° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 0.0° to 9.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 13.6° depending on birth time
possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 0.6° to 14.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
André’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 14°30′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresGemini 7°30′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 13°15′ (moves 0.66° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 4°32′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 9°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron trine Sun 2.4°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 2.7°
André’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
Configurations in André’s chart
Stellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 0.3°
- Sun semi-sextile Pluto 0.5°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.7°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.4°
- Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 1.7°
- Saturn quincunx Neptune 1.8°
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From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
André’s cards
Computed from May 8, 1902. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The TowerAsterNym identity card
The Gilded LightkeeperWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
7 · Seeker♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
André’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q223309 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same André Lwoff at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by André Lwoff.
Quick answers about André Lwoff’s chart
- What zodiac sign was André Lwoff?
- André Lwoff was a Taurus: born May 8, 1902, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What was André Lwoff's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 8, 1902 birth.
- What was André Lwoff's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What was André Lwoff's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was André Lwoff's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was André Lwoff's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
