Gregg L. Semenza
Gregg L. Semenza (born July 12, 1956, Flushing, United States), aged 70, is an American physician and university teacher, Nobel laureate in Medicine, author of many retracted papers. Semenza's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and Canada Gairdner International Award.
Gregg L. Semenza’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Monkey, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Monkey, with 
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Gregg L. Semenza’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Pioneer
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Gregg in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~36,624
Americans share it since 1880
1962
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Gregg’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Carnelian
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Hibiscus
Sky blue · Pearl · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Gregg, according to the stars
Core essence
Gregg feels the room before entering it. The core of Gregg is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Gregg, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Gregg is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Gregg needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Gregg wants to be loved
Gregg wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Gregg like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Gregg creates
How Gregg makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Gregg creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Gregg is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Gregg is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Gregg slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from Gregg's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Gregg L. Semenza in 15 seconds
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunHard shell, soft centre.
Gregg L. Semenza's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 12, 1956, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Fire Monkey
Fire MonkeySolved it, and made a joke.
Gregg L. Semenza was born on July 12, 1956, which falls in a Fire Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Gregg L. Semenza's birth date, July 12, 1956, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Gregg’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Gregg L. Semenza's date-only chart is Saturn square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Gregg L. Semenza combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Pioneer.
Gregg’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Gregg L. Semenza, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° Virgo 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.
stableSaturnsquarePluto0.6° to 0.7° orb
Gregg’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb
Gregg’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSuntrineMars1.6° to 2.2° orb
Gregg’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableJupitersextileNeptune3.2° to 3.4° orb
Gregg’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupiterconjunctionPluto3.8° to 3.9° orb
Gregg’s growth and depths act as one.
stableVenussquareMars4.0° to 4.4° orb
Gregg’s affections grind against their drive.
stableUranussquareNeptune4.2° orb
Gregg’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersquareSaturn4.4° to 4.6° orb
Gregg’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenussextilePluto4.5° to 4.6° orb
Gregg’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenustrineNeptune5.1° orb
Gregg’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSaturntrineUranus5.4° orb
Gregg’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableSuntrineSaturn5.7° to 6.7° orb
Gregg’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Gregg’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 ℞Aquarius 10°06′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Gregg making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresAries 17°43′ (moves 0.18° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Gregg looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 3°59′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Gregg is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Capricorn 24°58′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Gregg is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 24°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Gregg is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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.
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 1.9°
- Eros opposition Uranus 2.2°
- Ceres square Sun 2.5°
- Hygiea square Neptune 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°).
Gregg’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. ☽ Moon5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury
2. ♆ Neptune5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Gregg is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
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 Gregg’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.3°
- Mercury semi-square Pluto 0.3°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 1.2°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.5°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Gregg L. Semenza, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Gregg’s cards
Every card is computed from July 12, 1956, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Gregg L. Semenza, 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
Gregg’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1545025, 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 US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Gregg L. Semenza 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 Gregg L. Semenza’s chart
- How old is Gregg L. Semenza?
- Gregg L. Semenza is 70 years old, born July 12, 1956 in Flushing, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Gregg L. Semenza?
- Gregg L. Semenza is a Cancer: born July 12, 1956, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Monkey.
- What is Gregg L. Semenza's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 12, 1956 birth.
- What time was Gregg L. Semenza 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 is Gregg L. Semenza's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the July 12, 1956 birth date.
- What is Gregg L. Semenza's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 12, 1956 birth date.
- Where is Gregg L. Semenza's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Gregg L. Semenza's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury). Neptune is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
