Alexander Todd
Alexander Todd (born October 2, 1907, Glasgow, United Kingdom; died 1997), was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate. Todd served as President of the Royal Society and member of the House of Lords. Todd's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Copley Medal.
Alexander Todd’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Fire Goat, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Goat, with 
Life Path 11 in numerology.Your match with Alexander
Alexander Todd’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Visionary
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Alexander in the U.S.?
#30
US rank in 2025
~740,668
Americans share it since 1880
1993
its peak year
Alexander ranked 92nd in 1907, the year of this birth, with 279 American boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Alexander’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
9
Soul Urge · meaning
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on A (1) and closes on R (9). Two values tie for most repeated, 4 and 5: craft against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Alexander’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
11 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy
Amber · Blush · Flame orange
The record
What sets Alexander apart
Mahatma Gandhi (1869) and Alisson Becker (1992) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Alexander, according to the stars
Core essence
Alexander makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Alexander is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Alexander needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Alexander needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Alexander wants to be loved
Alexander 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. Alexander gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Alexander creates
How Alexander makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Alexander builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Alexander is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Alexander is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Alexander does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Alexander's birth date. Working below.
Where Alexander sits
Six lines
Alexander’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Alexander Todd
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Glasgow on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Glasgow that night
Computed for 55.86°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Glasgow was Alderamin, in Cepheus, 83.6° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 95 catalog stars were up in all.
From 55.9°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Glasgow at all: they sit past the −34.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waning crescent, 20% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 25° down.
How unusual Alexander's chart is
Chart pattern score
44 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Libra · T-square onto Sun
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →Alexander Todd at a glance
Libra Sun
Libra SunCharming. Still deciding.
Alexander Todd's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 2, 1907, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Fire Goat
Fire GoatMakes everything a bit more beautiful.
Alexander Todd was born on October 2, 1907, which falls in a Fire Goat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Goat means →Life Path 11
Life Path 11Sees what the rest missed.
Alexander Todd's birth date, October 2, 1907, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 11 means →What stands out in Alexander’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Alexander Todd's date-only chart is Sun sextile Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Alexander Todd combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Visionary.
Alexander’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 16° Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunsextileJupiter0.0° to 0.7° orb
Alexander’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableSunsquareUranus0.2° to 1.2° orb
Alexander’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
stableMercurytrinePluto0.5° to 2.0° orb
Alexander’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssextileSaturn0.6° to 1.2° orb
stableVenussquareNeptune1.4° to 2.6° orb
stableMercurysquareMars1.8° to 2.7° orb
stableSaturnsquarePluto1.8° to 1.9° orb
stableVenussquareUranus3.4° to 4.6° orb
stableVenussextileJupiter3.8° to 4.9° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus4.5° to 4.8° orb
stableUranusoppositionNeptune6.0° orb
possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 8.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Alexander’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 13°21′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 7°02′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Aries 26°19′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 28°29′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 19°43′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros opposition Mercury 0.3°
- Chiron trine Venus 0.6°
- Eros sextile Pluto 1.5°
- Ceres trine Uranus 1.8°
- Hygiea opposition Mercury 2.4°
- Eros square Mars 2.5°
Alexander’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4 pts
disposes Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Alexander’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
T-square onto Venus · Uranus, Neptune, VenusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 0.4°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.5°
- Mercury quintile Uranus 0.7°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.0°
- Jupiter semi-square Pluto 1.4°
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Alexander’s cards
Computed from October 2, 1907. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JudgementAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Goat 未Life Path
11 · Visionary♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
丁
yin Fire
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Alexander’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q157242 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
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The same Alexander Todd at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Alexander Todd.
Quick answers about Alexander Todd’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Alexander Todd?
- Alexander Todd was a Libra: born October 2, 1907, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was Alexander Todd's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 2, 1907 birth.
- What was Alexander Todd's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
- What was Alexander Todd's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Alexander Todd's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Alexander Todd's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
