Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa (born July 4, 1951, Kyoto, Japan), aged 75, is a Japanese chemist. Kitagawa's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Order of Culture and Clarivate Citation Laureates.
Susumu Kitagawa’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rabbit, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Cancer, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Rabbit, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Susumu
Susumu Kitagawa’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Visionary
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Susumu in the U.S.?
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outside the current top list
~351
Americans share it since 1914
1919
its peak year
Susumu is in US records from 1914, but 1951 is not one of the years it clears the SSA's five-birth reporting threshold. It was busiest in 1919.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Susumu’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on S (1) and closes on U (3). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Susumu’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 3 · 4 · 6
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia
Sky blue · Pearl · Silver
The record
What sets Susumu apart
Post Malone (1995) and Michael Sorrentino (1981) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Susumu, according to the stars
Core essence
Susumu feels the room before entering it. The core of Susumu 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 Susumu, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Susumu is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Susumu needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Susumu wants to be loved
Susumu wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Susumu openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Susumu creates
How Susumu makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Susumu creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Susumu is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Susumu is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Computed from Susumu's birth date. Working below.
Where Susumu sits
Six lines
Susumu’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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.
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 Susumu Kitagawa
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Kyoto on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Kyoto that night
Computed for 35.01°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Kyoto at 9 p.m. that evening: Izar of Boötes, within 7.9° of the exact zenith.
Of the 82 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 35.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −55.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 0% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 8° below the horizon.
How unusual Susumu's chart is
Chart pattern score
65 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Cancer · T-square onto Sun · 1 planet at a critical degree
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.
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Cancer Sun
Cancer SunHard shell, soft centre.
Susumu Kitagawa's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 4, 1951, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Cancer means →Metal Rabbit
Metal RabbitThree steps ahead, no fuss.
Susumu Kitagawa was born on July 4, 1951, which falls in a Metal Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rabbit means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Carries the whole room's weight.
Susumu Kitagawa's birth date, July 4, 1951, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Susumu’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Susumu Kitagawa's date-only chart is Sun square Jupiter, with an orb of about 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Uranus, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Susumu Kitagawa combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Visionary.
Susumu’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 14° Cancer depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMoonconjunctionUranus0.1° to 7.0° orb
Susumu’s feelings and need for freedom act as one.
stableSunsquareJupiter0.9° to 1.8° orb
Susumu’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableSunconjunctionUranus1.1° to 2.0° orb
Susumu’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.6° orb
stableJupitersquareUranus2.8° to 2.9° orb
stableMarssquareSaturn3.1° to 3.8° orb
stableMercurysquareNeptune3.5° to 5.5° orb
stableVenussextileMars3.5° to 3.7° orb
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune4.1° to 4.2° orb
stableSunsquareNeptune5.0° to 5.9° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto5.7° orb
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.0° to 9.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal7 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Susumu’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 28°58′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresPisces 16°38′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 6°46′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 20°47′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer or Gemini during this date
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 0.1°
- Hygiea trine Mercury 0.4°
- Chiron opposition Mars 1.1°
- Chiron square Saturn 2.4°
- Chiron trine Venus 2.5°
Susumu’s dominant planets
1. ☽ Moon10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Uranus; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Venus, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
4 major aspects
Configurations in Susumu’s chart
Stellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, Mars, UranusThree 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 · Jupiter, Neptune, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.1°
- Venus semi-sextile Saturn 0.2°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.2°
- Venus semi-square Uranus 1.7°
More people like Susumu
Other chemists
- Phillip Sharp1944
- Paul L. Modrich1946
- Morten P. Meldal1954
- Fraser Stoddart1942
- David MacMillan1968
- Thomas Cech1947
Born in Japan
- Yoshitomo NaraJapanese artist
- Haruki MurakamiJapanese writer
- Shin Dong-jooKorean/Japanese businessperson
- Takemitsu TakizakiJapanese businessman
- Takaaki KajitaJapanese physicist and astronomer
- Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaJapanese actor
More charts like Susumu’s
Fellow Cancer suns
- Yitzhak TshuvaIsraeli businessman
- Dagmar DolbyAmerican billionaire heiress, philanthropist
- Nelson MandelaPresident of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist
Born in Rabbit years
- Eva LongoriaAmerican actress and producer
- Elliot PageCanadian actor
- Ernest WaltonIrish physicist and Nobel laureate
Also born on July 4
- Post Malone1995
- Michael Sorrentino1981
- Douglas Leone1957
- Becki Newton1978
- Alyssa Miller1989
- Malia Obama1998
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Joe RickettsAmerican businessman (born 1941)
- Anthony BamfordBritish businessman (born 1945)
- Finn RausingSwedish businessman
Other Cancer Rabbit charts
- John Howard NorthropAmerican biochemist
- Camillo GolgiItalian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate
- Léon JouhauxFrench trade unionist
- Martin Lewis PerlAmerican scientist
Other Evergreen Visionarys
- Audra McDonaldAmerican actress and singer (born 1970)
- Drew PinskyAmerican radio and television personality, physician, addiction medicine specialist
- Tiffani ThiessenAmerican actress (born 1974)
- Kevin SmithAmerican filmmaker (born 1970)
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Gordon R. DicksonCanadian-American science fiction writer
- Thomas M. DischAmerican science fiction author and poet
- Catherynne M. ValenteAmerican writer (born 1979)
From the journal: Polarities: why each sign has an opposite · How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan
Susumu’s cards
Computed from July 4, 1951. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen VisionaryWestern zodiac
CancerChinese zodiac
Rabbit 卯Life Path
9 · Healer☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Susumu’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q11401680 (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 日本学士院, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Susumu Kitagawa at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Susumu Kitagawa.
Quick answers about Susumu Kitagawa’s chart
- How old is Susumu Kitagawa?
- Susumu Kitagawa is 75 years old, born July 4, 1951 in Kyoto, Japan.
- What zodiac sign is Susumu Kitagawa?
- Susumu Kitagawa is a Cancer: born July 4, 1951, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
- What is Susumu Kitagawa's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rabbit, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 4, 1951 birth.
- What is Susumu Kitagawa's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Susumu Kitagawa's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Susumu Kitagawa's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Susumu Kitagawa's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Uranus; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
