Selman Waksman

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Scientist · Cancer Sun

Selman Waksman birth chart

  • July 22, 1888
  • Nova Pryluka, Ukraine
  • Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses
☉︎SunCancer
☽︎MoonCapricorn
Main elementWater 51%

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It takes four placements to single out Selman Waksman: Moon in Capricorn, Venus in Leo, Jupiter in Scorpio and Saturn in Leo. Arnold Schwarzenegger comes closest: same Moon, Jupiter and Saturn, but Venus in Cancer.

  • Sun on a sign change. The Sun moved from Cancer to Leo on this date, and the birth hour is unknown, so the Cancer label here is the noon reading.
  • Mercury in Cancer with Saturn in Leo. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 172 here, Blaise Pascal and Javon Walton among them.

What the chart says

In astrology, this date sits on the line between two Suns, and without a birth hour the Capricorn Moon stays open too. By the book, Mercury in Cancer + Venus in Leo + Jupiter in Scorpio reads as someone who thinks through memory, wants grand gestures and grows through hard truths. Elements run water 51%, earth 28%, fire 14%, air 7%, cardinal first at 67%, the nearest mix to Conor McGregor.

Planets

Red dashes: Sun square Mars (1.0°), Venus square Mars (2.0°).

Generational · shared by a whole age group
♅︎ ♎︎Uranus in Libra6% of charts here
♆︎ ♊︎Neptune in Gemini4% of charts here
♇︎ ♊︎Pluto in Gemini7% of charts here

Tightest aspects

  • Sun square Mars (0.2°). The ego keeps colliding with drive, and only Charlie Watts, Taeyang and Rowan Blanchard have it tighter at noon.
  • Mercury square Uranus (0.3°). The mind keeps colliding with the rule-breaking streak, as tight as Ray William Johnson’s.
  • Venus sextile Neptune (1.1°). Taste gets an easy opening from the dreamer side, as tight as Milly Alcock’s.
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Famous people whose charts click with Selman Waksman

Marie Curie leads at 96%, Miley Cyrus closes the list at 89%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

  • Isaac Stern, born 1920. 1 of 4 planets share a sign (Venus), and Mercury splits, Cancer here against Leo.
  • Rosalind Franklin is the nearest in science (1920): same Venus, split on Mercury and Jupiter.

Born on July 22

July 22 also belongs to Selena Gomez (1992, music), Federico Valverde (1998, sport) and Larray (1998, creator). On July 22, 1888 the Moon went from waxing gibbous to almost full.

Among scientists

Of this chart's placements, Moon in Capricorn is the rarest among scientists (4%), closest to Robert Hooke and Tim Berners-Lee.

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Cancer compatibility

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