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Alfred Hershey

Alfred Hershey (born December 4, 1908, Owosso, United States; died 1997), was an American chemist. Hershey's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and Kimber Genetics Award.

Alfred Hershey’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Alfred Hershey’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Seeker

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#840

US rank in 2025

~245,153

Americans share it since 1880

1928

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Alfred’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

7 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold

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What the chart says

Alfred, according to the stars

Core essence

Alfred is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Alfred is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

How Alfred wants to be loved

Alfred wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Alfred even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Alfred creates

How Alfred makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Alfred creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Alfred is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Alfred is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Alfred runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

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

Where Alfred sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Alfred

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Alfred

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Alfred

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Alfred

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Alfred

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Alfred

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Alfred Hershey

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

Alfred’s birth-night reference starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 86.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 59.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Alfred Hershey in 15 seconds

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

Alfred Hershey's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 4, 1908, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.

Earth Monkey

Solved it, and made a joke.

Alfred Hershey was born on December 4, 1908, which falls in a Earth Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 7

Thinks more than it says.

Alfred Hershey's birth date, December 4, 1908, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Alfred’s chart

Alfred’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Alfred Hershey, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 25° to 9° Aries or Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.3° orbUranus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.5° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.6° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.7° orbMercury flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.8° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.1° orbMoon faces off with Mars · Opposition, 3.4° orbMoon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 5.2° orbSun in Sagittarius · 12°13′☉12°Moon in Taurus · 2°33′☽2°Mercury in Sagittarius · 1°33′☿1°Venus in Scorpio · 7°42′♀7°Mars in Scorpio · 5°59′♂5°Jupiter in Virgo · 13°28′♃13°Saturn in Aries · 3°22′ · retrograde♄℞3°Uranus in Capricorn · 15°03′♅15°Neptune in Cancer · 16°35′ · retrograde♆℞16°Pluto in Gemini · 25°04′ · retrograde♇℞25°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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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

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSunsquareJupiter0.8° to 1.7° orb

    Alfred’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn1.0° to 2.6° orb

    Alfred’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars1.4° to 2.0° orb

    Alfred’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune1.5° to 1.6° orb

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

  • stableJupitertrineUranus1.6° orb

    Alfred’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune3.1° to 3.2° orb

    Alfred’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 0.1° to 11.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.1° to 10.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.5° to 14.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 4.0° to 17.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 5.6° to 19.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Alfred’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 19°04′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Alfred making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 8°25′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 5°07′ (moves 0.59° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Alfred is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 28°29′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Alfred needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 7°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Alfred exacting with themselves first.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 0.2°
  • Eros sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 1.5°
  • Eros square Saturn 1.7°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.6°

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°).

Alfred’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Pluto; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♂ Mars2 pts

    disposes Saturn; 1 major aspect

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Alfred is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.

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 Alfred’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

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 excluded without a birth time.

  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.0°
  • Mercury semi-square Uranus 1.5°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Alfred Hershey, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Alfred’s cards

Every card is computed from December 4, 1908, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Tower

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Seeker

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Western zodiac

Sagittarius

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Alfred Hershey, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Alfred’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q271703, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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 Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Alfred Hershey at Wikipedia.

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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Alfred Hershey.

Quick answers about Alfred Hershey’s chart

What zodiac sign was Alfred Hershey?
Alfred Hershey was a Sagittarius: born December 4, 1908, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey.
What was Alfred Hershey's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 4, 1908 birth.
What time was Alfred Hershey born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What was Alfred Hershey's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the December 4, 1908 birth date.
What was Alfred Hershey's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 4, 1908 birth date.
Where was Alfred Hershey's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Alfred Hershey's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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