Birth Chart
Empress of Japan Michiko
Michiko Shōda
Sun Libra
Moon Pisces
Ascendant Scorpio
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 25°52' - in house 12
↣ Moon in Pisces - 20°37' - in house 4/5
↣ Mercury in Scorpio - 18°22' - in house 1
↣ Venus in Libra - 18°16' - in house 11/12
↣ Mars in Virgo - 01°02' - in house 10
↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 01°53' - in house 12
↣ Saturn in Aquarius - 21°32' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Aries - 29°36' - in house 6 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 13°40' - in house 10
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 26°04' - in house 9
↣ North Node in Aquarius - 06°59' - in house 3 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Scorpio - 17°52' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Leo - 25°59' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Sagittarius - 00°24'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 12
↣ Moon in house 4/5
↣ Mercury in house 1
↣ Venus in house 11/12
↣ Mars in house 10
↣ Jupiter in house 12
↣ Saturn in house 4
↣ Uranus in house 6
↣ Neptune in house 10
↣ Pluto in house 9
↣ North Node in house 3
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (7°36' applying)
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (5°10' applying)
↣ Sun and Jupiter conjunction (6°02' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and Saturn trine (4°19' separating)
↣ Sun and Uranus opposition (3°45' applying) antiparallel
↣ Sun and Pluto square (0°12' applying)
↣ Sun and Midheaven sextile (0°07' separating)
↣ Moon and Mercury trine (2°16' separating)
↣ Moon and Neptune opposition (6°58' separating)
↣ Moon and Pluto trine (5°27' applying)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Moon and Ascendant trine (2°45' applying)
↣ Mercury and Saturn square (3°11' applying)
↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (4°42' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant conjunction (0°29' applying)
↣ Venus and Saturn trine (3°17' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (0°52' applying)
↣ Mars and Saturn opposition (9°30' separating)
↣ Mars and Uranus trine (1°26' separating)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant square (0°38' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven conjunction (5°03' applying) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Uranus opposition (2°17' separating) antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Pluto square (5°50' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node square (5°05' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven sextile (5°55' applying)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant square (3°40' applying)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven opposition (4°26' separating)
↣ Uranus and Pluto square (3°32' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven trine (3°37' applying)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant sextile (4°13' separating)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°20' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Michiko Shōda
- Chart date
- 20/10/1934
- Chart time
- 07:43
- Date and time quality
- A News report what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Tokyo, Japan - Latitude and longitude
- 35°42' North · 139°46' East
- Time zone
- 09:00 East
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Michiko Shōda is the Empress Emerita of Japan, notable for being the first commoner consort to marry the heir to the throne and for bringing a more accessible public image to the Imperial Household. She graduated in English Literature from the University of the Sacred Heart and also studied at Harvard and Oxford, earning recognition for her academic background and high public profile, including foreign trips that made her the most internationally visible imperial consort in the country’s modern history.
Married to the Emperor Emeritus Akihito since 1959, Michiko acted as a symbolic modernizer of the postwar monarchy, winning widespread popular sympathy by embodying a cultural shift within imperial tradition. Her personal story—born into a wealthy but nonaristocratic family—and the marriage, celebrated as a national event, sparked a surge of public interest and helped democratize the imperial image.
Beyond her public duties, Michiko is known for her cultural work: she has written poems and children’s books, supports causes focused on children and the preservation of Japanese artistic traditions, and pursues interests such as the tea ceremony, embroidery, and music. Following Akihito’s abdication in 2019, she assumed the formal role of Empress Emerita and currently resides at the Tōgū Palace in Tokyo.
