Lydia H. Liu is a comparative literature scholar and sinologist. She holds the Wun Tsun-Tam Professorship in Humanities at Columbia University, where she also serves as the Director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. In addition to her teaching at Columbia, she is a professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, where she founded the Tsinghua-Columbia Center for Translingual and Transcultural Studies (CTTS) to promote international collaboration and research.
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Meaning of the name - Lydia
from Lydia (an ancient region in Asia Minor)
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Lydia H. Liu belongs to the Baby Boomers group.
Occupation: sinologist | comparative literature academic
Employers: University of Michigan | University of California, Berkeley
Awards Received: Guggenheim Fellowship
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 December 27, 1957
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on December 27, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for December 27, 2025 |
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| Sun | 5 Capricorn 41 | 6 Capricorn 11 | 14 Pisces 37 |
| Moon | 19 Pisces 36 | 5 Aries 7 | 13 Virgo 42 |
| Mercury | 1 Capricorn 16 | 22 Sagittarius 10 | 16 Pisces 19 |
| Venus | 13 Aquarius 49 | 3 Capricorn 48 | 4 Aquarius 56 |
| Mars | 3 Sagittarius 13 | 9 Capricorn 24 | 21 Capricorn 33 |
| Jupiter | 27 Libra 53 | 21 Cancer 55 | 1 Scorpio 0 |
| Saturn | 19 Sagittarius 19 | 25 Pisces 50 | 25 Sagittarius 20 |
| Uranus | 10 Leo 58 | 28 Taurus 5 | 8 Leo 15 |
| Neptune | 4 Scorpio 20 | 29 Pisces 27 | 4 Scorpio 33 |
| Pluto | 2 Virgo 10 | 2 Aquarius 35 | 0 Virgo 43 |
| Rahu | 7 Scorpio 36 | 12 Pisces 23 | 4 Scorpio 0 |
| Ketu | 7 Taurus 36 | 12 Virgo 23 | 4 Taurus 0 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2026
Note: Multiple transits occurring in close proximity often signify a major event in a person's life.Lydia H. Liu's 2026 Transits to Natal Planets
- Jupiter trine Moon
Exact: 11 January, 2026 - Mars conjunction Venus
Exact: 10 February, 2026 - Saturn square Mercury
Exact: 02 March, 2026 - Saturn square Sun
Exact: 11 April, 2026 - Jupiter trine Moon
Exact: 11 May, 2026 - Mars aspects Mercury
Exact: 30 June, 2026 - Jupiter trine Mars
Exact: 20 July, 2026 - Mars opposition Sun
Exact: 19 August, 2026 - Jupiter trine Saturn
Exact: 28 September, 2026 - Mars square Mars
Exact: 07 December, 2026