Scientist · Virgo Sun

Dennis Ritchie birth chart

September 9, 1941
Bronxville, New York, United States
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunVirgo

☽︎MoonAriesorTaurus

Main elementEarth 48%

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Who shares this sky

Dennis Ritchie shares this sky. Otis Redding was born the same day, so the sky is nearly the same, and the split is on the map: Bronxville here, Dawson there.

Sun in Virgo with Mars in Aries. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 344 here, Otis Redding and Bohdan Stupka among them.
Two planets retrograde: Mars and Uranus. Otis Redding and Michel Foucault have the same set, 1 chart in 306 here.
Zero water. No planet in Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, which happens in 1 chart in 17 here. John Dalton and Stephen Hawking are missing it too.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Virgo Sun reads as precise and self-critical, with the Moon in Aries or Taurus depending on birth hour. By the book, Mars in Aries + Venus in Libra + Saturn in Taurus reads as someone who hits first, needs beauty and balance and learns what's enough. Elements run earth 48%, air 35%, fire 16%, water 0%, mutable first at 52%, the nearest mix to Carmen Electra.

Planets

Red dashes: Venus opposite Mars (0.0°), Sun square Jupiter (3.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♍︎ Virgo 16°fixes what others missnearest chart: Adam Sandler 16°
☽︎Moon · emotions♈︎ / ♉︎Aries or Taurusdepends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♎︎ Libra 4°argues both sidesnearest chart: Friedrich Nietzsche 4°
♀︎Venus · taste♎︎ Libra 23°needs beauty and balancenearest chart: Palmer Luckey 23°
♂︎Mars · drive♈︎ Aries 23° ^℞hits firstnearest chart: Otis Redding 23°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♊︎ Gemini 19°grows by learning everythingnearest chart: Otis Redding 19°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♉︎ Taurus 28°learns what's enoughnearest chart: Otis Redding 28°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♊︎Uranus in Gemini5% of charts here

♆︎ ♍︎Neptune in Virgo6% of charts here

♇︎ ♌︎Pluto in Leo8% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Venus opposite Mars (0.2°). Taste and drive pull from opposite ends, and only Hiam Abbass has it tighter at noon.
Mercury sextile Pluto (0.8°). The mind gets an easy opening from the need for control, as tight as Otis Redding’s.
Saturn trine Neptune (1.5°). Self-control and the dreamer side run downhill together, as tight as Otis Redding’s.

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Matched by trait profile:

Harry Potter: Viktor Krum
Marvel: Spider-Man
Star Wars: Poe Dameron
Superman: The Flash (Barry Allen)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Shasta
Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes
Bungo Stray Dogs: Ango Sakaguchi

Famous people whose charts click with Dennis Ritchie

Amy Winehouse leads at 92%, Leo XIV closes the list at 88%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

Otis Redding, born the same day, so only hour and place can split these two.
Nas, 32 years later, repeats the Sun and Mercury signs, average gap 30°.
John Dalton is the nearest in science (1766): same Sun, split on Mercury and Venus.

Born on September 9

Otis Redding (music) was born on the same day of the same year. September 9 also belongs to Jamie Miller (1997, music), Adam Sandler (1966, film) and Colonel Sanders (1890, business). September 9, 1941 was a Tuesday, and the Moon was waning gibbous.

Among scientists

Of this chart's placements, Venus in Libra is the rarest among scientists (3%), closest to Carl Benz and Antoine Lavoisier. Virgo ranks 6th of 12 Suns here, with John Dalton and Michael Faraday nearest on the same Sun.