Portrait of Shanghai

Shanghai

provincial-level municipality in China

city
CancerLibra

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Founded
July 7, 1927
Origin
People's Republic of China
Sun sign
Cancer

Shanghai, provincial-level municipality in China, was founded on July 7, 1927 in People's Republic of China. With the Sun in Cancer, Shanghai's chart begins from a Cancer core. The chart is cast for the event date (noon), the standard approach for founding charts.

Astrological profile

With the Sun at 14° Cancer, this chart is anchored in a protective, feeling-based core — an instinct to nurture, remember, and shelter. Yet the surrounding placements pull outward and upward: Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Neptune all cluster in expressive Leo, wrapping that private Cancerian center in warmth, display, and creative appetite. The Libra Moon (approximate, as the birth time is unknown) adds a diplomatic, relational instinct, seeking balance and pleasant company. The overall temperament is a study in contrast — soft, self-protective water at the identity's root, ringed by bold, radiant fire.

Several exact aspects sharpen the picture. Moon sextile Mars (orb 0°) fuses feeling with initiative, giving emotional responses a ready, energetic outlet — the Libra Moon isn't merely passive but capable of decisive action. Mercury trine Saturn (orb 0°) lends the retrograde Leo Mercury a structured, disciplined mind: thought that is deliberate, organized, and durable rather than merely showy. Jupiter conjunct Uranus in Aries (orb 0°) is a signature of restless expansion and sudden, pioneering impulses, reinforced by trines linking it to both Mercury and Saturn — a rare bridge between innovation and stability. Sun conjunct Pluto (orb 1°) in Cancer intensifies the core, adding depth, resilience, and a capacity for reinvention beneath the nurturing surface.

The balance is emphatically Fire (7) and Cardinal (5), with no Earth at all — a temperament driven to initiate, radiate, and grow, less inclined toward slow consolidation. In short: a protective heart propelled by bold, self-renewing momentum.

An interpretation of the chart above, generated from the computed placements.

Natal placements

SunCancer 14°
MoonLibra 19°
MercuryLeo 2°
VenusLeo 30°
MarsLeo 19°
JupiterAries 3°
SaturnSagittarius 2°
UranusAries 3°
NeptuneLeo 25°
PlutoCancer 15°
ChironTaurus 7°
CeresAries 3°
PallasAquarius 22°
JunoCapricorn 15°
VestaCapricorn 23°
LilithLibra 14°
North NodeGemini 27°

Computed from the birth date (noon). The Moon is approximate and angles are omitted without a birth time.

Shanghai is a protective and intuitive Cancer Sun, with a balanced and relational Libra Moon. The chart leans fire and cardinal.

Major aspects

Moon Mars 0°Mercury Saturn 0°Jupiter Uranus 0°Sun Pluto 1°Mercury Jupiter 1°Mercury Uranus 1°Jupiter Saturn 1°Saturn Uranus 1°Venus Saturn 2°Neptune North Node 2°

△ trine · ⚹ sextile flow easily · □ square · ☍ opposition create tension · ☌ conjunction fuses energies · ⚻ quincunx asks for adjustment

Element & modality balance

Fire
7
Earth
0
Air
1
Water
2
Cardinal
5
Fixed
4
Mutable
1

Founded the same day

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