Birth Chart

Jacques Monod

Jacques Lucien Monod

Sun Aquarius

Moon Aquarius

Ascendant Capricorn

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Aquarius - 19°37' - in house 1

↣ Moon in Aquarius - 09°02' - in house 1

↣ Mercury in Capricorn - 26°45' - in house 1

↣ Venus in Aquarius - 24°56' - in house 1/2 - retrograde

↣ Mars in Taurus - 10°01' - in house 3

↣ Jupiter in Libra - 14°23' - in house 8/9 - retrograde

↣ Saturn in Aries - 18°41' - in house 3

↣ Uranus in Capricorn - 22°46' - in house 1

↣ Neptune in Cancer - 17°07' - in house 7 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 25°00' - in house 5/6 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Gemini - 04°25' - in house 4/5 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Capricorn - 19°17' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Scorpio - 20°58' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aquarius - 16°04'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 1

↣ Moon in house 1

↣ Mercury in house 1

↣ Venus in house 1/2

↣ Mars in house 3

↣ Jupiter in house 8/9

↣ Saturn in house 3

↣ Uranus in house 1

↣ Neptune in house 7

↣ Pluto in house 5/6

↣ North Node in house 4/5

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon conjunction (10°35' applying)

↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (5°19' applying)

↣ Sun and Mars antiparallel

↣ Sun and Jupiter trine (5°15' separating)

↣ Sun and Saturn sextile (0°56' separating)

↣ Sun and Pluto trine (5°23' applying) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (3°33' applying)

↣ Sun and Midheaven square (1°21' separating)

↣ Moon and Mars square (0°58' applying)

↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (5°21' applying)

↣ Moon and Uranus parallel

↣ Moon and Neptune antiparallel

↣ Moon and North Node trine (4°38' separating) antiparallel

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (7°02' separating)

↣ Moon and Ascendant parallel

↣ Mercury and Uranus conjunction (3°59' separating)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant conjunction (7°28' applying)

↣ Mercury and Midheaven sextile (5°47' applying) parallel

↣ Venus and Saturn antiparallel

↣ Venus and Pluto trine (0°03' separating)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (8°52' applying)

↣ Venus and Midheaven square (3°59' applying)

↣ Mars and Pluto parallel

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant square (6°04' separating)

↣ Mars and Midheaven opposition (10°57' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Saturn opposition (4°18' separating) antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and Neptune square (2°45' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°42' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant square (4°55' separating)

↣ Saturn and Uranus square (4°06' applying)

↣ Saturn and Neptune square (1°33' separating)

↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°37' applying)

↣ Saturn and Ascendant square (0°36' separating)

↣ Uranus and Neptune opposition (5°39' separating) antiparallel

↣ Uranus and North Node antiparallel

↣ Uranus and Ascendant conjunction (3°29' applying) parallel

↣ Uranus and Midheaven sextile (1°48' applying)

↣ Neptune and North Node parallel

↣ Neptune and Ascendant opposition (2°10' separating) antiparallel

↣ Neptune and Midheaven trine (3°50' separating)

Birth data

Original name: Jacques Lucien Monod
Chart date: 09/02/1910
Chart time: 06:00
Date and time quality: AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Paris, France
Latitude and longitude: 48°52' North · 2°20' East
Time zone: 00:09 East

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About

Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biochemist whose research helped shape modern molecular biology. As co-author of the lac operon model in Escherichia coli, Monod clarified mechanisms of negative gene regulation — a central concept for understanding how cells control enzyme synthesis in response to their chemical environment. These discoveries earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, shared with François Jacob and André Lwoff.

Beyond his work on operons, Monod introduced key ideas about messenger RNA and, with collaborators, contributed to allostery theory, which is important to enzymology and protein regulation. His interest in microbial physiology led him to coin the term diauxie and to promote quantitative methods and continuous-culture models for studying bacterial metabolism.

Active outside the laboratory, Monod took part in the French Resistance during World War II and engaged in philosophical reflection on biology. In 1971 he published Chance and Necessity, a work that examines the philosophical implications of molecular biology and argues for an ethic of knowledge grounded in scientific explanations.

His legacy endures in our understanding of the regulatory circuits that govern gene expression and, more broadly, in the integration of theory, quantitative experimentation, and critical thought about science and society.

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