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, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Tiger, with 
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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.
André’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
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
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where André sits
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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.
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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. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
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. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
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. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
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
No documented birth time exists for André Lwoff, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 2° Taurus or Gemini depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
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
André’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableMercurysextileVenus2.8° to 3.8° orb
André’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileSaturn2.9° to 4.0° orb
André’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableUranusoppositionPluto3.1° orb
André’s need for freedom pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableJupitersextileUranus4.5° to 4.6° orb
André’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
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
Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 14°30′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. André is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.
⚳ CeresGemini 7°30′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has André feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosAries 13°15′ (moves 0.66° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. André is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 4°32′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. André is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 9°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has André leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Chiron trine Sun 2.4°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 2.7°
Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).
André’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
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
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: André is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
How the score is built
- Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
- Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
- Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
- Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
- Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.
Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.
Configurations in André’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
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 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- 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°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for André Lwoff, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
André’s cards
Every card is computed from May 8, 1902, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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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
No birth time is on public record for André Lwoff, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
André’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q223309, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Portrait by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same André Lwoff at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
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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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Tiger.
- 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 time was André Lwoff born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- What was André Lwoff's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the May 8, 1902 birth date.
- What was André Lwoff's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 8, 1902 birth date.
- 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.
