Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, born on March 9, 1934, in Klushino, Gzhatsk District, Smolensk Oblast. He made history on April 12, 1961, when he became the first human to journey into outer space, orbiting the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. His pioneering flight marked a significant achievement in the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States. Gagarin was celebrated as a hero and was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union after his tragic death on March 27, 1968, in a plane crash.
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Meaning of the name - Yuri
lily (Japanese); farmer, worker of the land (Russian, from George); polite, gentle, studious (Japanese connotation); a gem or glass (less common user submission)
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Yuri Gagarin belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Klushino
Place of Death: Novosyolovo
Cause of Death: aviation accident
Educated At: College named Yuri Gagarin (Saratov) | Orenburg Military Aviation Piloting High School | Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
Occupation: explorer | aircraft pilot | military officer | politician | astronaut
Spouses: Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina
Children: Galina Gagarina | Yelena Gagarina
Awards Received: Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class | Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class | International Space Hall of Fame | Pilot class qualification | Merited Master of Sports of the USSR | Hero of Labor | Order of Playa Girón | Order of Klement Gottwald | Order of the Star of Africa | Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" | Order of Aeronautical Merit | Star of the Republic of Indonesia | Order of Georgi Dimitrov | Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | Order of the Nile | Order of the Cross of Grunwald | Hero of Socialist Labour | Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR | Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Order of Karl Marx | Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia | Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary | Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union | Order of Lenin | Hero of the Soviet Union | Order of the Southern Cross
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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 March 9, 1934
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on March 9, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for March 9, 2026 |
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| Sun | 18 Pisces 26 | 19 Pisces 8 | 18 Gemini 9 |
| Moon | 1 Capricorn 3 | 0 Sagittarius 35 | 20 Taurus 53 |
| Mercury | 11 Pisces 3 | 14 Pisces 37 | 11 Cancer 57 |
| Venus | 10 Aquarius 35 | 4 Aries 4 | 8 Taurus 19 |
| Mars | 26 Pisces 22 | 5 Pisces 36 | 4 Gemini 59 |
| Jupiter | 21 Libra 28 | 15 Cancer 6 | 12 Libra 59 |
| Saturn | 22 Aquarius 25 | 2 Aries 41 | 28 Aquarius 20 |
| Uranus | 25 Aries 14 | 27 Taurus 57 | 0 Taurus 8 |
| Neptune | 10 Virgo 47 | 1 Aries 21 | 9 Virgo 41 |
| Pluto | 22 Cancer 40 | 4 Aquarius 45 | 23 Cancer 20 |
| Rahu | 17 Aquarius 59 | 8 Pisces 34 | 13 Aquarius 7 |
| Ketu | 17 Leo 59 | 8 Virgo 34 | 13 Leo 7 |
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