Birth Chart
Alexandra Elbakyan
Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan
Sun Scorpio
Moon Libra
Ascendant Sagittarius
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 13°59' - in house 11
↣ Moon in Libra - 05°43' - in house 10
↣ Mercury in Libra - 29°20' - in house 10
↣ Venus in Libra - 08°44' - in house 10
↣ Mars in Aries - 00°24' - in house 3
↣ Jupiter in Gemini - 03°17' - in house 6 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Sagittarius - 29°24' - in house 1
↣ Uranus in Sagittarius - 28°36' - in house 1
↣ Neptune in Capricorn - 08°03' - in house 1
↣ Pluto in Scorpio - 12°34' - in house 11
↣ North Node in Pisces - 12°22' - in house 3 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Sagittarius - 18°48' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Libra - 12°18' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Capricorn - 10°24'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 11
↣ Moon in house 10
↣ Mercury in house 10
↣ Venus in house 10
↣ Mars in house 3
↣ Jupiter in house 6
↣ Saturn in house 1
↣ Uranus in house 1
↣ Neptune in house 1
↣ Pluto in house 11
↣ North Node in house 3
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Neptune sextile (5°56' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto conjunction (1°25' separating)
↣ Sun and North Node trine (1°37' separating)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (3°35' applying)
↣ Moon and Venus conjunction (3°01' applying)
↣ Moon and Mars opposition (5°19' separating)
↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (2°26' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn square (6°19' separating)
↣ Moon and Neptune square (2°20' applying)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°42' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven conjunction (6°36' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (0°04' applying)
↣ Mercury and Uranus sextile (0°44' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars opposition (8°20' separating) parallel
↣ Venus and Jupiter trine (5°27' separating)
↣ Venus and Neptune square (0°41' separating)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°40' separating)
↣ Venus and Midheaven conjunction (3°34' separating)
↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (2°53' applying)
↣ Mars and Saturn square (1°00' separating)
↣ Mars and Uranus square (1°48' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto parallel
↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (0°48' separating)
↣ Saturn and Neptune parallel
↣ Saturn and Ascendant parallel
↣ Uranus and Ascendant conjunction (9°48' applying) parallel
↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (4°31' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node sextile (4°19' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (2°21' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant parallel
↣ Neptune and Midheaven square (4°15' separating)
↣ Pluto and North Node trine (0°12' separating)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°10' applying) parallel
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°58' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant square (6°26' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan
- Chart date
- 06/11/1988
- Chart time
- 10:35
- Date and time quality
- A Memory what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Almaty, Kazakhstan - Latitude and longitude
- 43°15' North · 76°57' East
- Time zone
- 06:00 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan is a Kazakh programmer and researcher best known for creating Sci‑Hub, a platform that provides free access to millions of paywalled scientific articles. Trained in computer science, she began working in information security and developed interests in brain–computer interfaces and neuroscience; she turned her technical expertise into a tool for researchers who lacked access to the subscription databases of major publishers.
Launched in 2011, Sci‑Hub sparked wide debate: many viewed it as a socially significant act in favor of access to knowledge, while publishers and copyright advocates characterized it as large‑scale legal infringement. Lawsuits in several countries led to damages awards against the site and pushed Elbakyan out of the public spotlight, even as she became a central figure in discussions about open access and ethics in scientific communication.
Elbakyan publicly defends the principle that scientific knowledge should be common, a stance that combines arguments for open access, critiques of publishers’ commercial practices, and references to collectivist ideals. Her legacy is controversial: she helped reshape the debate over who should control and distribute academic literature, influencing movements and policies around access to research.
