Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (born May 29, 1957, Paris, France; died 2016), was a French mathematician. Yoccoz's honours include Fields medal, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz’s zodiac sign was Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rooster, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Rooster, with 
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Jean-Christophe Yoccoz’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Seeker
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
Jean-Christophe’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Emerald, Emerald, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus
Ivory · Lilac · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Jean-Christophe, according to the stars
Core essence
Jean-Christophe is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Jean-Christophe needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Jean-Christophe processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Jean-Christophe needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Jean-Christophe wants to be loved
Jean-Christophe 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 Jean-Christophe like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Jean-Christophe creates
How Jean-Christophe makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Jean-Christophe 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: Jean-Christophe is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Jean-Christophe is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Jean-Christophe does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Jean-Christophe's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
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 be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFascinating, then gone.
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 29, 1957, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.
Fire Rooster
Fire RoosterSays what everyone was thinking.
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz was born on May 29, 1957, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 11
Life Path 11Sees what the rest missed.
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's birth date, May 29, 1957, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in Jean-Christophe’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Mars, with an orb of about 2°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Fire/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Seeker.
Jean-Christophe’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 0° to 14° 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.
stableSunconjunctionMoon0.1° to 6.6° orb
Jean-Christophe’s core identity and feelings act as one.
stableMercurysextileMars1.5° to 1.6° orb
Jean-Christophe’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussquareJupiter1.8° to 2.9° orb
Jean-Christophe’s affections grind against their growth.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° orb
Jean-Christophe’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunoppositionSaturn3.0° to 4.0° orb
Jean-Christophe’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunsextileUranus3.4° to 4.4° orb
Jean-Christophe’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableUranussquareNeptune3.6° orb
Jean-Christophe’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.1° to 10.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 2.7° to 16.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 6.0° to 18.4° depending on birth time
possibleVenusoppositionSaturnorb from 7.7° to 9.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jean-Christophe’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 17°25′ (moves 0.01° 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 Jean-Christophe making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresGemini 3°02′ (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 Jean-Christophe feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosGemini 28°22′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Jean-Christophe is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaAries 8°11′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Jean-Christophe feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 0°15′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
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. Jean-Christophe 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.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.0°
- Eros sextile Pluto 0.3°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 0.4°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.9°
- Chiron trine Venus 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 2.2°
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°).
Jean-Christophe’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus, Jupiter; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon2 pts
disposes Mars; 1 major aspect
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Jean-Christophe is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Jean-Christophe’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.
- Venus semi-square Uranus 0.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Jean-Christophe
Ted Levine was born on May 29, 1957 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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Jean-Christophe’s cards
Every card is computed from May 29, 1957, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, 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
Jean-Christophe’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q369600, 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 Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jean-Christophe Yoccoz 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 Jean-Christophe Yoccoz’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz?
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz was a Gemini: born May 29, 1957, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rooster.
- What was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 29, 1957 birth.
- What time was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz 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 Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the May 29, 1957 birth date.
- What was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 29, 1957 birth date.
- Where was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus, Jupiter; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
