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Albert Camus

Albert Camus (born November 7, 1913, Dréan, Algeria, 02:00; died 1960), was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. Camus is best remembered for Albert Camus, María Casares. Correspondence (1944-1959), Caligula and The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature.

Albert Camus’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Albert Camus’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Architect

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Albert in the U.S.?

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~494,420

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

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Albert’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

5 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus

Gold · Crimson · Soft pink

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What the chart says

Albert, according to the stars

Core essence

Albert does not do surface. The core of Albert is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Albert is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Albert needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Albert needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Albert wants to be loved

Albert wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Albert gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Albert creates

How Albert makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Albert creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Albert is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Albert is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Albert does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

Computed from Albert's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Albert sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Albert

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Albert

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Albert

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Albert

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Albert

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Albert

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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Scorpio Sun

Trusts slowly. Forgets nothing.

Albert Camus's Sun was in Scorpio at the documented birth time. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Water Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 5

Change finds them anyway.

Albert Camus's birth date, November 7, 1913, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in Albert’s chart

Albert’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.2° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 1.2° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.4° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.9° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 3.9° orbUranus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 5.6° orbMars fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 6.1° orbSun in Scorpio · 14°04′ · house 3☉14°Moon in Aquarius · 28°30′ · house 6☽28°Mercury in Sagittarius · 6°44′ · house 4☿6°Venus in Libra · 20°52′ · house 2♀20°Mars in Cancer · 22°06′ · house 11♂22°Jupiter in Capricorn · 13°50′ · house 5♃13°Saturn in Gemini · 16°58′ · house 10 · retrograde♄℞16°Uranus in Aquarius · 3°51′ · house 6♅3°Neptune in Cancer · 28°14′ · house 11 · retrograde♆℞28°Pluto in Cancer · 0°54′ · house 11 · retrograde♇℞0°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCVir 24°35′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCPsc 24°35′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCGem 23°58′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICSgr 23°58′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantVirgo
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • SunsextileJupiterseparating · 0.2° orb

    Albert’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • VenussquareMarsapplying · 1.2° orb

    Albert’s affections grind against their drive.

  • MoontrinePlutoapplying · 2.4° orb

    Albert’s feelings flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • MercurysextileUranusseparating · 2.9° orb

    Albert’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • VenustrineSaturnseparating · 3.9° orb

    Albert’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • UranusoppositionNeptuneseparating · 5.6° orb

    Albert’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • MarsconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 6.1° orb

    Albert’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Albert’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 10°33′ · House 7

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Albert absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 19°10′ · House 4

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Albert is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 18°54′ · House 3

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Albert is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 23°35′ · House 9

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Albert is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 27°53′ · House 7

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Albert is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.4°
  • Hygiea trine Ascendant 1.0°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 1.5°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 1.7°
  • Ceres opposition Saturn 2.2°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Albert’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

  1. 1. ♅ Uranus8 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Saturn; angular in the fourth house; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Jupiter; angular in the tenth house; 1 major aspect

A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Albert is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Albert’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated.

  • Moon semi-square Jupiter 0.3°
  • Moon quincunx Neptune 0.3°
  • Moon biquintile Mars 0.4°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Mars 0.4°
  • Mercury semi-square Venus 0.9°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.8°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.9°

Albert’s houses

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1VirgoMercury in Sagittarius, house 4emptyself, body, how you arrive
2LibraVenus in Libra, house 2Venusmoney, possessions, self-worth
3ScorpioPluto in Cancer, house 11Sunmind, siblings, the local world
4SagittariusJupiter in Capricorn, house 5Mercuryhome, family, roots
5CapricornSaturn in Gemini, house 10Jupitercreativity, romance, play
6AquariusUranus in Aquarius, house 6Moon, Uranuswork, habits, health
7PiscesNeptune in Cancer, house 11emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8AriesMars in Cancer, house 11emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9TaurusVenus in Libra, house 2emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10GeminiMercury in Sagittarius, house 4Saturncareer, reputation, public life
11CancerMoon in Aquarius, house 6Mars, Neptune, Plutofriends, community, the future
12LeoSun in Scorpio, house 3emptythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Albert’s cards

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Temperance

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The Tidal Architect

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Hour

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Albert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q34670, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Photograph by United Press International, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Albert Camus at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

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Quick answers about Albert Camus’s chart

What zodiac sign was Albert Camus?
Albert Camus was a Scorpio: born November 7, 1913, which puts the Sun in Scorpio at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox.
What was Albert Camus's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 7, 1913 birth.
What time was Albert Camus born?
02:00 local time in Dréan, Algeria, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What was Albert Camus's rising sign?
Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 02:00 birth time in Dréan, Algeria (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What was Albert Camus's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the November 7, 1913 birth date.
What was Albert Camus's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 10°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 7, 1913 birth time.
Where was Albert Camus's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 27°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Albert Camus's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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