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Alexey Ekimov

Alexey Ekimov (born February 28, 1945, Saint Petersburg, Russia), aged 81, is a Russian physicist. Ekimov's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, USSR State Prize and R. W. Wood Prize.

Alexey Ekimov’s zodiac sign is Pisces, Chinese zodiac is Wood Rooster, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Alexey Ekimov’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Explorer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#7215

US rank in 2025

~579

Americans share it since 1970

2017

its peak year

Alexey is in US records from 1970, but 1945 is not one of the years it clears the SSA's five-birth reporting threshold. It was busiest in 2017.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Alexey’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on A (1) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Alexey’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Amethyst, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🌸 Peony · 🌿 Fern

Violet · Rose-gold · Forest

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1945, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Alexey apart

Alexey Ekimov took the USSR State Prize in 1976, at 31.

The classrooms behind this chart: Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg.

Wikipedia's editors put Alexey Ekimov under Russian physical chemists, Saint Petersburg State University alumni and Recipients of the USSR State Prize.

Linus Pauling (1901) and Steven Chu (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg
Awards
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023), USSR State Prize (1976) and R. W. Wood Prize (2006)
Citizenship
United States and Russia
Languages
English and Russian
Wikipedia editions
47

What the chart says

Alexey, according to the stars

Core essence

Alexey feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Alexey is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.

How Alexey wants to be loved

Alexey wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How Alexey creates

How Alexey makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Alexey creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Alexey is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Alexey is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Alexey goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.

Computed from Alexey's birth date. Working below.

Where Alexey sits

Six lines

Alexey’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Alexey

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Alexey

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

PrivateExpressive
Alexey

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Alexey

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

PracticalVisionary
Alexey

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Alexey

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Saint Petersburg on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Alexey’s birth-night reference starMuscidayellow · Ursa MajorMuscida, in Ursa Major. A yellow star, 76.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Muscida →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 71.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Saint Petersburg that night

Computed for 59.95°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Saint Petersburg was Muscida, in Ursa Major, 76.3° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 109 catalog stars were up in all.

From 60.0°N, Vega, Capella, Deneb and Castor never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Saint Petersburg at all: they sit past the −30.0° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at full moon, 97% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 20° down.

How unusual Alexey's chart is

Chart pattern score

39 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

Grand trine · 1 unaspected planet

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.

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Pisces Sun

Soft edges, deep pull.

Alexey Ekimov's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of February 28, 1945, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Pisces means →

Wood Rooster

Punctual, precise, proud.

Alexey Ekimov was born on February 28, 1945, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 4

The one who reads the manual.

Alexey Ekimov's birth date, February 28, 1945, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Alexey’s chart

Alexey’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 18° to 0° Virgo or Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.2° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.2° orbMoon fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.3° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.4° orbUranus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.7° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.6° orbSaturn grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.9° orbMars faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 2.3° orbSun in Pisces · 9°25′☉9°Moon in Virgo · 24°33′☽24°Mercury in Pisces · 8°59′☿8°Venus in Aries · 23°15′♀23°Mars in Aquarius · 10°46′♂10°Jupiter in Virgo · 24°15′ · retrograde♃℞24°Saturn in Cancer · 3°51′ · retrograde♄℞3°Uranus in Gemini · 9°10′♅9°Neptune in Libra · 5°45′ · retrograde♆℞5°Pluto in Leo · 8°27′ · retrograde♇℞8°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 0.9° orb

    Alexey’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSunsquareUranus0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Alexey’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableMoonconjunctionJupiter0.0° to 6.3° orb

    Alexey’s feelings and growth act as one.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus0.0° to 1.1° orb

  • stableUranussextilePluto0.7° orb

  • stableMarstrineUranus1.2° to 2.0° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto1.9° to 2.7° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareNeptune1.9° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.7° orb

  • stableUranustrineNeptune3.4° orb

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn4.2° to 6.1° orb

  • stableMarstrineNeptune4.6° to 5.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Libra 1°48′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresScorpio 8°03′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosGemini 11°51′ (moves 0.89° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 25°02′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 11°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Pluto 0.4°
  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 0.8°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 0.9°
  • Eros trine Mars 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 1.2°
  • Ceres trine Sun 1.4°
  • Hygiea square Venus 1.8°
  • Chiron square Saturn 2.1°
  • Eros square Sun 2.4°
  • Ceres square Mars 2.7°
  • Eros conjunction Uranus 2.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 2.8°
  • Eros square Mercury 2.9°

Alexey’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♆ Neptune9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus6 pts

    disposes Mars; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Uranus; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Alexey’s chart

  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Mars, Uranus, Neptune, PlutoA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mercury quincunx Pluto 0.5°
  • Venus quintile Mars 0.5°
  • Mercury semi-square Venus 0.7°
  • Jupiter semi-square Pluto 0.8°
  • Venus semi-square Uranus 0.9°
  • Mars biquintile Saturn 0.9°
  • Sun quincunx Pluto 1.0°
  • Venus quincunx Jupiter 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.2°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.3°
  • Venus quintile Saturn 1.4°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.5°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.8°

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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else

Alexey’s cards

Computed from February 28, 1945. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Explorer

Western zodiac

Pisces

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

4 · Architect

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

乙

yin Wood

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Alexey’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1547368 (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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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

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Quick answers about Alexey Ekimov’s chart

How old is Alexey Ekimov?
Alexey Ekimov is 81 years old, born February 28, 1945 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
What zodiac sign is Alexey Ekimov?
Alexey Ekimov is a Pisces: born February 28, 1945, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
What is Alexey Ekimov's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 28, 1945 birth.
What is Alexey Ekimov's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is Alexey Ekimov's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Alexey Ekimov's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Alexey Ekimov's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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