Birth Chart
Joshua Lederberg
Sun Gemini
Moon Gemini
Ascendant Leo
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Gemini - 01°56' - in house 10/11
↣ Moon in Gemini - 12°52' - in house 11
↣ Mercury in Taurus - 07°35' - in house 10
↣ Venus in Gemini - 09°47' - in house 11
↣ Mars in Cancer - 08°41' - in house 11/12
↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 22°15' - in house 6 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 09°26' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 24°54' - in house 8/9
↣ Neptune in Leo - 19°56' - in house 1
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 12°03' - in house 12
↣ North Node in Leo - 06°41' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Leo - 14°11' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Taurus - 04°01' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Cancer - 29°35'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 10/11
↣ Moon in house 11
↣ Mercury in house 10
↣ Venus in house 11
↣ Mars in house 11/12
↣ Jupiter in house 6
↣ Saturn in house 4
↣ Uranus in house 8/9
↣ Neptune in house 1
↣ Pluto in house 12
↣ North Node in house 1
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon conjunction (10°56' separating)
↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (7°51' separating) parallel
↣ Sun and Jupiter antiparallel
↣ Sun and Pluto parallel
↣ Sun and North Node sextile (4°44' applying)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°21' applying)
↣ Moon and Venus conjunction (3°05' separating)
↣ Moon and North Node parallel
↣ Moon and Ascendant sextile (1°19' separating)
↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (1°06' applying)
↣ Mercury and Saturn opposition (1°51' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (4°28' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node square (0°54' separating)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven conjunction (3°34' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter antiparallel
↣ Venus and North Node sextile (3°06' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant sextile (4°24' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn trine (0°45' applying)
↣ Mars and Pluto conjunction (3°22' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven sextile (4°40' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus sextile (2°38' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (7°20' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (2°37' separating)
↣ Saturn and North Node square (2°45' separating)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant square (4°45' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven opposition (5°26' applying) antiparallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°42' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant conjunction (5°45' applying)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (7°05' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant conjunction (7°30' separating)
↣ North Node and Midheaven square (2°40' applying)
Birth data
- Chart date
- 23/05/1925
- Chart time
- 12:01
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Bloomfield (NJ), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 40°48' North · 74°12' West
- Time zone
- 04:00 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Joshua Lederberg was a prominent American molecular biologist and geneticist, best known for his pioneering contributions to bacterial genetics. His work showed that bacteria such as Escherichia coli can exchange genetic material by conjugation, and later clarified mechanisms of transfer via viral transduction—discoveries that transformed understanding of bacterial variation and antibiotic resistance.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958, Lederberg also served as a professor and mentor to generations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Rockefeller University. His collaborations with figures like Edward Tatum and his scientific partnership with Esther Lederberg were central to the development of microbial genetics in the 1940s and 1950s.
Beyond his experimental contributions, Lederberg coined the term astrobiology and was a member of influential scientific bodies, including the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. His legacy endures in the conceptual and methodological foundations of modern microbial genetics and in the clinical and epidemiological applications that followed from his discoveries.
