Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, born on January 4, 1940, in Jiangxi Province, East China. He studied in state schools and obtained a university degree with a major in French in Beijing. He began a literary career and chose a life of exile in 1987 by moving to Paris, where he completed the celebrated novel 'Soul Mountain,' translated by Mabel Lee. In 1992, he received the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government, and he is also known as a screenwriter, painter, fiction writer, and critic.
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Meaning of the name - Gao
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Gao Xingjian belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Ganxian District
Educated At: Nanjing Jinling High School | Beijing Foreign Studies University
Occupation: novelist | literary critic | film director | painter | translator | playwright | writer | screenwriter
Awards Received: honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong | Commander of the Legion of Honour | Nobel Prize in Literature
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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 January 4, 1940
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 4, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for January 4, 2026 |
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| Sun | 13 Capricorn 12 | 14 Capricorn 21 | 9 Aries 50 |
| Moon | 14 Scorpio 50 | 1 Leo 55 | 10 Capricorn 11 |
| Mercury | 27 Sagittarius 36 | 4 Capricorn 21 | 16 Pisces 57 |
| Venus | 12 Aquarius 53 | 13 Capricorn 52 | 24 Taurus 37 |
| Mars | 0 Aries 28 | 15 Capricorn 32 | 28 Taurus 37 |
| Jupiter | 1 Aries 33 | 20 Cancer 52 | 18 Aries 51 |
| Saturn | 24 Aries 37 | 26 Pisces 18 | 1 Taurus 22 |
| Uranus | 18 Taurus 12 | 27 Taurus 51 | 19 Taurus 39 |
| Neptune | 25 Virgo 30 | 29 Pisces 33 | 23 Virgo 43 |
| Pluto | 2 Leo 10 | 2 Aquarius 50 | 0 Leo 39 |
| Rahu | 25 Libra 21 | 11 Pisces 58 | 20 Libra 48 |
| Ketu | 25 Aries 21 | 11 Virgo 58 | 20 Aries 48 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2026
Gao Xingjian's 2026 Transits to Natal Planets
- Mars conjunction Sun
Exact: 01 January, 2026 - Saturn square Mercury
Exact: 31 January, 2026 - Saturn conjunction Mars
Exact: 20 February, 2026 - Jupiter trine Moon
Exact: 20 February, 2026 - Saturn conjunction Jupiter
Exact: 02 March, 2026 - Mars conjunction Mars
Exact: 11 April, 2026 - Mars conjunction Jupiter
Exact: 11 April, 2026 - Mars conjunction Saturn
Exact: 11 May, 2026 - Jupiter trine Mars
Exact: 30 June, 2026 - Saturn square Sun
Exact: 30 June, 2026 - Jupiter trine Jupiter
Exact: 10 July, 2026 - Mars opposition Mercury
Exact: 09 August, 2026 - Jupiter opposition Venus
Exact: 29 August, 2026 - Jupiter trine Saturn
Exact: 07 November, 2026 - Mars aspects Mars
Exact: 27 November, 2026
