Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese physician and researcher born on September 4, 1962. He is renowned for his work in the field of stem cells. In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing this honor with John Gurdon, for their pioneering work on cellular reprogramming, which has significant implications in regenerative medicine.
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Meaning of the name - Shinya
new night, new moon
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Shinya Yamanaka belongs to the Baby Boomers group.
Place of Birth: Hiraoka
Educated At: Kobe University | Osaka City University | University of California, San Francisco
Occupation: geneticist | researcher | biologist | surgeon | physicist | professor | physician
Employers: Nara Institute of Science and Technology | Kyoto University | University of California, San Francisco
Awards Received: honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong | The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine | King Faisal International Prize in Medicine | Clarivate Citation Laureates | Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award | Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | Imperial Prize of Japan Academy | Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize | Albany Medical Center Prize | Person of Cultural Merit | Meyenburg Prize | Massry Prize | Millennium Technology Prize | Rosenstiel Award | Canada Gairdner International Award | Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research | Asahi Prize | Balzan Prize | Shaw Prize | Wolf Prize in Medicine | Order of Culture | Robert Koch Prize | March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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 September 4, 1962
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on September 4, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for September 4, 2025 |
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Sun | 11 Virgo 40 | 12 Virgo 25 | 13 Scorpio 48 |
Moon | 12 Scorpio 35 | 3 Aquarius 31 | 1 Pisces 54 |
Mercury | 7 Libra 45 | 4 Virgo 8 | 2 Scorpio 37 |
Venus | 27 Libra 49 | 12 Leo 1 | 23 Scorpio 31 |
Mars | 8 Cancer 22 | 18 Libra 20 | 12 Leo 28 |
Jupiter | 6 Pisces 56 | 18 Cancer 32 | 2 Pisces 44 |
Saturn | 6 Aquarius 1 | 29 Pisces 38 | 5 Aquarius 41 |
Uranus | 1 Virgo 39 | 1 Gemini 29 | 4 Virgo 48 |
Neptune | 11 Scorpio 12 | 1 Aries 15 | 13 Scorpio 14 |
Pluto | 9 Virgo 56 | 1 Aquarius 42 | 11 Virgo 47 |
Rahu | 6 Leo 57 | 18 Pisces 25 | 3 Leo 36 |
Ketu | 6 Aquarius 57 | 18 Virgo 25 | 3 Aquarius 36 |
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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.Shinya Yamanaka's 2025 Transits to Natal Planets
- Mars square Venus
Exact: 11 January, 2025 - Mars square Venus
Exact: 11 April, 2025 - Mars opposition Saturn
Exact: 01 May, 2025 - Jupiter trine Venus
Exact: 31 May, 2025 - Mars opposition Jupiter
Exact: 30 June, 2025 - Jupiter trine Jupiter
Exact: 10 July, 2025 - Jupiter conjunction Mars
Exact: 20 July, 2025 - Jupiter trine Moon
Exact: 09 August, 2025 - Mars conjunction Mercury
Exact: 19 August, 2025 - Mars conjunction Venus
Exact: 18 September, 2025 - Mars aspects Mars
Exact: 17 November, 2025