Birth Chart
Reginald Johnston
Reginald Fleming Johnston
Sun Scorpio
Moon Leo
Ascendant Sagittarius
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 07°53' - in house 10/11
↣ Moon in Leo - 00°22' - in house 8
↣ Mercury in Sagittarius - 00°11' - in house 12
↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 18°54' - in house 1
↣ Mars in Virgo - 28°19' - in house 9
↣ Jupiter in Libra - 17°42' - in house 10
↣ Saturn in Aquarius - 07°58' - in house 2
↣ Uranus in Leo - 15°05' - in house 8
↣ Neptune in Aries - 29°10' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Taurus - 21°58' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Aries - 26°38' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Sagittarius - 14°41' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Libra - 23°05' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Capricorn - 19°44'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 10/11
↣ Moon in house 8
↣ Mercury in house 12
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 9
↣ Jupiter in house 10
↣ Saturn in house 2
↣ Uranus in house 8
↣ Neptune in house 4
↣ Pluto in house 5
↣ North Node in house 4
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Saturn square (0°06' applying)
↣ Sun and Neptune opposition (8°43' separating)
↣ Moon and Mercury trine (0°11' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars sextile (2°03' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn opposition (7°36' applying)
↣ Moon and Neptune square (1°12' separating)
↣ Moon and North Node square (3°44' separating)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (10°38' applying)
↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (1°52' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto opposition (8°13' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant parallel
↣ Venus and Jupiter sextile (1°12' separating)
↣ Venus and Uranus trine (3°49' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (4°12' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven sextile (4°11' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus sextile (2°37' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant square (2°03' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant sextile (3°00' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven conjunction (5°24' separating)
↣ Saturn and Uranus opposition (7°07' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (0°23' applying)
↣ Neptune and North Node conjunction (2°31' applying) parallel
↣ Neptune and Midheaven opposition (6°04' applying) antiparallel
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°14' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven opposition (3°33' applying)
Birth data
- Original name
- Reginald Fleming Johnston
- Chart date
- 31/10/1874
- Chart time
- 11:00
- Date and time quality
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- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Edinburgh, Scotland - Latitude and longitude
- 55°57' North · 3°13' West
- Time zone
- 00:00
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About
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston was a Scottish diplomat and colonial administrator whose career intersected decisively with early twentieth‑century Chinese history. Educated at Oxford and long active in the British colonial service, he became known as a scholar of China and the author of travel accounts and works on Buddhism and Chinese society. He also served as the last British commissioner of Weihaiwei.
In 1919 he became tutor and adviser to Puyi, the last Qing emperor, joining life in the Imperial Palace as a rare foreigner admitted to the inner court. In that role Johnston combined educational and intermediary functions, recording the decay and corruption of the palace apparatus and introducing practical modernizations to the young sovereign’s life.
After Puyi’s expulsion from the Palace, Johnston maintained ties with the former emperor and continued to hold diplomatic and academic posts, including the governorship of Weihaiwei and, in 1931, the chair of Chinese at the University of London (SOAS), where he bequeathed his significant library of more than 16,000 volumes.
Author of Twilight in the Forbidden City (1934) and other works, Johnston left valuable testimony on the end of the Chinese monarchy and on encounters between European colonial administrations and Asian traditions, while his personal life remained marked by discreet choices and a deep intellectual engagement with Asia.
