Chen-ning Yang
Chen-ning Yang (born October 1, 1922, Hefei, China; died 2025), was a Chinese physicist. Yang's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Albert Einstein Medal and National Medal of Science.
Chen-ning Yang’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Dog, with 
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Chen-ning Yang’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
Chen-ning’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily
Amber · Blush · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Chen-ning, according to the stars
Core essence
Chen-ning makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Chen-ning is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Chen-ning needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Chen-ning needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Chen-ning wants to be loved
Chen-ning wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Chen-ning even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Chen-ning creates
How Chen-ning makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Chen-ning creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Chen-ning is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Chen-ning 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Chen-ning does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Chen-ning's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
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Libra Sun
Libra SunMakes the peace, keeps the peace.
Chen-ning Yang's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 1, 1922, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.
Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
Chen-ning Yang was born on October 1, 1922, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Chen-ning Yang's birth date, October 1, 1922, 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 Chen-ning’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Chen-ning Yang's date-only chart is Mars square Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Chen-ning Yang combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
Chen-ning’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Chen-ning Yang, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 20° Aquarius 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.
stableMarssquareSaturn0.0° to 0.4° orb
Chen-ning’s drive grinds against their discipline.
stableMarssextileUranus0.0° to 0.6° orb
Chen-ning’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarsoppositionPluto0.5° to 1.1° orb
Chen-ning’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableUranustrinePluto0.6° orb
Chen-ning’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsquarePluto0.9° to 1.0° orb
Chen-ning’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunconjunctionSaturn2.6° to 3.5° orb
Chen-ning’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunsquareMars3.0° to 3.4° orb
Chen-ning’s core identity grinds against their drive.
stableSunsquarePluto3.5° to 4.5° orb
Chen-ning’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussquareNeptune4.6° to 5.4° orb
Chen-ning’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter5.5° orb
Chen-ning’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 9.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 9.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Chen-ning’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 ℞Aries 15°34′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Chen-ning may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresScorpio 23°10′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. Chen-ning is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosScorpio 15°36′ (moves 0.67° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Chen-ning is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 16°24′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Chen-ning is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces or Aries during this date
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Chen-ning is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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.
- Ceres conjunction Venus 0.7°
- Hygiea trine Neptune 1.1°
- Chiron trine Neptune 1.9°
- Eros square Neptune 1.9°
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°).
Chen-ning’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. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Chen-ning 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 Chen-ning’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 Libra · Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, SaturnThree 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.
T-square onto Sun · Mars, Pluto, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Saturn · Mars, Pluto, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.4°
- Mercury quintile Neptune 0.5°
- Mars biquintile Neptune 1.1°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.2°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Chen-ning Yang, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Chen-ning’s cards
Every card is computed from October 1, 1922, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Chen-ning Yang, 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
Chen-ning’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q181369, 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 Nobel foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Chen-ning Yang at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chen-ning Yang.
Quick answers about Chen-ning Yang’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Chen-ning Yang?
- Chen-ning Yang was a Libra: born October 1, 1922, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog.
- What was Chen-ning Yang's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 1, 1922 birth.
- What time was Chen-ning Yang 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 Chen-ning Yang's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the October 1, 1922 birth date.
- What was Chen-ning Yang's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 1, 1922 birth date.
- Where was Chen-ning Yang's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Chen-ning Yang's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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