Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Protein Design and Structure Prediction

This post was originally published on Astrology News Service

Sue Kientz

The 2024 Chemistry Nobel Prize, awarded for groundbreaking discoveries in understanding the structure and folding order of protein structures, is another win for Artificial Intelligence, the second for this year. Those honored from Physiology/Medicine, Physics, and now Chemistry, are truly working on the absolute cutting edge of their fields, lifting the veil on subjects that even a few decades ago, were hardly imagined to be comprehensible much less open for manipulation, like the ubiquitous, versatile protein now proves to be. Can we see this again represented celestially in this group of scientists as we have with the other laureates?

Chemistry Nobel Winners

Three Chemistry winners will split the Nobel award, both in added prestige and financially. Here we can analyze only two of the trio, as John Jumper’s birthdate is unknown.

David Baker (born October 6, 1962)(1), looks to be someone who is not content with first results, but must go over them a few times to be certain his determinations stand on firm ground. His Sun conjunct Mercury Retrograde (both 12 Libra) signals such a trait. The two also square dwarf planet Orcus (12 Cancer), pointing to wanting to get things right and in good order, and oppose dwarf planet Eris (10 Aries), adding the concern of how much to rely on other people, as Eris represents The Other, and particularly so in opposition. Baker’s birth time is unknown, but he may have a Capricorn Moon that completes a Grand Cross with the others. That’s a lot of energy and drive to handle with only one supporting outlet, Sun/Mercury Retrograde (abbreviated Rx) trine Saturn (4 Aquarius), giving a sober yet valuable practical sense, especially with career matters, and dwarf planet Gonggong (12 Aquarius), leading one to be sensitive and intuitive. Here is certainly a person who is happiest working on something difficult. Also notable is Venus (22 Scorpio) trine Mars (27 Cancer), evidence of a good social outlet, even as Mars additionally is opposed to Saturn and semisquare (45 degrees) Pluto (10 Virgo). His energies (Mars) are ever focused on work (Saturn) and the search for deeper answers (Pluto).

When a clear-cut mark of achievement arrives like the news of winning a Nobel Prize, it must be seismic for Baker, and indeed it’s represented by transiting dwarf planet Makemake (11 Libra), harbinger of the extremely unusual and impossible, closely conjoining Baker’s Sun/Mercury Rx, square his Orcus, opposite his Eris, and trine his Gonggong all at once. When Neil Armstrong stood on the moon, Makemake was exactly conjunct his Sun, so one might imagine that, similarly, this too has been quite a surreal experience for Baker. That’s not all, as Jupiter (15 Gemini) also joins the party, trine his Sun/Mercury, as does Uranus (24 Taurus) with a sesquiquadrate (135 degrees) and Venus with a trine (from 4 Aquarius, conjunct his Saturn exactly). Transiting Uranus is also opposite Baker’s Venus and sextile his Mars. He must feel on top of the world!

Now we turn to Demis Hassabis (born July 27, 1976)(2), and see a similar dynamism, with the same markers of wanting to get things right, devotion to work, determination, and commitment. Hassabis’ Sun (4 Leo) is conjunct Saturn (6 Leo) and Orcus (26 Cancer), and the grouping is square Uranus (3 Scorpio) on one side, and dwarf planet Sedna (4 Taurus) on the other. As mentioned in the earlier Nobel articles, Sedna correlates to an enduring commitment, the need to follow through despite every setback. This T-Square of ambitious celestials appears to be the perfect traits needed for uncovering nature’s most guarded secrets, which is what Hassabis’ achievement is all about. In addition, his Mercury (16 Leo) and Venus (15 Leo) are conjoined with Makemake (19 Leo) and all three oppose Gonggong (18 Aquarius), illustrative of an acute awareness of something fragile (Gonggong) that is of supreme value (Venus).

How is this time then represented in the celestial hierarchy to signify that Hassabis has indeed done what seemed impossible for so long, to not only figure out how proteins are shaped, but how they fold and unfold, knowledge of which will allow creation of new proteins, leading to new medicines and many other things undreamed of? As Hassabis said, this “ushers in a whole new world in science.”(3) Gift-bearing Jupiter is again at work, transiting sextile Hassabis’ Venus and Mercury, as the Sun (19 Sagittarius) at the time of the Nobel Ceremony is trine, mirroring a perfect day. Jupiter also squares his Mars (12 Virgo), signaling a new direction in his efforts. And like with several other of the laureates shown so far, Venus (4 Aquarius) brings both monetary boon and reputational gold, in this case as it opposes Hassabis’ Sun exactly, while transiting Mars (6 Leo) conjoins his Sun. New challenges are on his doorstep, with transiting Haumea (2 Scorpio), the ability to transform, heal, and effect significant change, square his Leo Sun, Pluto (0 Aquarius), great power and control, opposite his Sun, and Sedna supportive with a long-term sextile. This Nobel prize looks to be his ticket to greater accomplishments ahead.

Is it not a wonder, with so many worthy nominees for each year’s Nobel Prizes, and therefore chosen from what must be a sizeable pool of esteemed candidates, that each of the 2024 laureates so far examined shows multiple markers of success, achievement in science, financial and reputational gain, as well as excitement and joy? And we’re not done yet, as there are three more prizes to go, including an analysis of the founding chart of the anti-nuclear weapons group that won the Nobel Peace Prize. Stay tuned!

Previously released ANS articles on the 2024 Nobel Prizes winners

Check back for more analysis of this year’s Nobel Laureates, throughout this week.

Title Image credit: Background: By Photograph, JonathunderMedal: Erik Lindberg (1873-1966) – Derivative of File:NobelPrize.JPG, PD-US, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58432969. Text by the author.

Notes and References

1. Baker, David, 6 October 1962, Seattle, WA, USA, 7 a.m. CT used, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Baker_(biochemist)
2. Hassabis, Demis, 27 July 1976, London, England, UK, 7 a.m. UT used, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/hassabis/facts/
3. Smith, Adam. “Demis Hassabis Interview, First Reactions,” 9 October 2024, NobelPrize.org, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/hassabis/interview/

Author Bio

Sue Kientz specializes in astrology’s mid-sized planetary bodies, the largest asteroids and massive trans-Neptunian dwarf planets Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and others discovered this century. Her experience researching the latter led to her book More Plutos, which received a 2016 eLit Award. More Plutos also addresses how resonance, fractals, and intuition can explain how astrology works. Sue argues that the dwarf planets are astrology’s great breakthrough, equivalent to what microorganisms did for medicine. Website: MorePlutos.com; Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorePlutos; E-mail: [email protected]