Franklin Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican-American astronaut who has the record for the most spaceflights, totaling seven, alongside astronaut Jerry L. Ross. After leaving NASA in 2005, he founded a private company called Ad Astra, which focuses on the development of advanced plasma rocket propulsion technology. Years of research resulted in the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a powerful electric propulsion device that theoretically could transport a crewed spacecraft to Mars in just 39 days.
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Age (Today)
Your next birthday is 290 days away.
Place of Birth
Time Zone - America/Costa_Rica (6:0 W)
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Meaning of the name - Franklin
free man, free landowner
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Generation Group
Franklin Chang-Díaz belongs to the Baby Boomers group.
Place of Birth: San José
Educated At: Hartford Public High School | University of Connecticut | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: physicist | engineer | astronaut
Employers: Rice University | National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Awards Received: NASA Space Flight Medal | NASA Distinguished Service Medal | NASA Exceptional Service Medal | Great Immigrants Award | United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Astrology Analysis
Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.
Ephemeris for April 5, 1950
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on April 5, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for April 5, 2025 |
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| Sun | 15 Aries 23 | 16 Aries 12 | 27 Gemini 52 |
| Moon | 25 Scorpio 50 | 24 Cancer 20 | 15 Leo 10 |
| Mercury | 24 Aries 34 | 26 Pisces 58 | 6 Gemini 54 |
| Venus | 29 Aquarius 10 | 25 Pisces 43 | 20 Taurus 59 |
| Mars | 26 Virgo 57 | 25 Cancer 13 | 3 Libra 4 |
| Jupiter | 28 Aquarius 4 | 16 Gemini 44 | 7 Pisces 14 |
| Saturn | 14 Virgo 26 | 24 Pisces 58 | 14 Virgo 9 |
| Uranus | 1 Cancer 17 | 25 Taurus 0 | 4 Cancer 46 |
| Neptune | 16 Libra 0 | 0 Aries 14 | 14 Libra 35 |
| Pluto | 15 Leo 52 | 3 Aquarius 37 | 16 Leo 22 |
| Rahu | 7 Aries 5 | 26 Pisces 28 | 3 Aries 7 |
| Ketu | 7 Libra 5 | 26 Virgo 28 | 3 Libra 7 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2025
Note: Multiple transits occurring in close proximity often signify a major event in a person's life.Franklin Chang-Díaz's 2025 Transits to Natal Planets
- Saturn opposition Saturn
Exact: 11 January, 2025 - Mars aspects Jupiter
Exact: 11 January, 2025 - Ketu conjunction Mars
Exact: 12 March, 2025 - Saturn opposition Mars
Exact: 01 May, 2025 - Jupiter trine Jupiter
Exact: 31 May, 2025 - Mars square Moon
Exact: 10 June, 2025 - Jupiter trine Venus
Exact: 10 June, 2025 - Mars aspects Rahu
Exact: 30 June, 2025 - Mars aspects Mercury
Exact: 30 July, 2025 - Mars conjunction Ketu
Exact: 19 August, 2025 - Mars opposition Rahu
Exact: 19 August, 2025 - Saturn opposition Mars
Exact: 28 September, 2025 - Mars conjunction Moon
Exact: 28 October, 2025 - Ketu conjunction Saturn
Exact: 07 November, 2025
