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Alix M. Freedman

Alix M. Freedman (born November 25, 1957, New York City, United States), aged 68, is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist. Freedman's honours include Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and George Polk Award.

Alix M. Freedman’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Fire Rooster, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Alix M. Freedman’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Explorer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

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

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

#5247

US rank in 2025

~4,573

Americans share it since 1930

1993

its peak year

The SSA recorded 19 American girls named Alix in 1957: 2,656th for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Alix’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

3

Soul Urge · being heard

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on A (1) and closes on X (6). Two values tie for most repeated, 4 and 5: craft against movement.

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

Alix’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Hibiscus

Gold · Rose-gold · Scarlet

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 1957, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Alix apart

The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting came in 1996, when Alix M. Freedman was 39.

Study took Alix M. Freedman to Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University.

Wikipedia files Alix M. Freedman under Chapin School (Manhattan) alumni, Gerald Loeb Award winners for Deadline and Beat Reporting and American women newspaper editors.

Andrew Carnegie (1835) and Christina Applegate (1971) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University
Awards
George Polk Award (1999) and Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (1996)
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
5

What the chart says

Alix, according to the stars

Core essence

Alix is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Alix 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.

The vibe

Underneath, Alix is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Alix needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Alix wants to be loved

Alix wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Alix you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Alix creates

How Alix makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Alix creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Alix 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Alix 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Alix 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 Alix's birth date. Working below.

Where Alix sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Alix

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

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

PrivateExpressive
Alix

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Alix

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

PracticalVisionary
Alix

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Alix

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 Alix M. Freedman

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

Alix’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 83.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 48.7° 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 New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirach of Andromeda, within 6.1° of the exact zenith.

Of the 103 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

New York City sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −49.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from New York City on any night.

The Moon, 21% lit at waxing crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 50° below the horizon.

How unusual Alix's chart is

Chart pattern score

44 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · A bowl chart

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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Alix M. Freedman at a glance

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

Alix M. Freedman's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 25, 1957, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Fire Rooster

Says what everyone was thinking.

Alix M. Freedman was born on November 25, 1957, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 4

Builds it properly or not at all.

Alix M. Freedman's birth date, November 25, 1957, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Alix’s chart

Alix’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 16° to 29° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.3° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.3° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.9° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.6° orbMoon fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.9° orbSaturn flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.6° orbSun in Sagittarius · 3°11′☉3°Moon in Capricorn · 23°02′☽23°Mercury in Sagittarius · 20°44′☿20°Venus in Capricorn · 20°08′♀20°Mars in Scorpio · 11°18′♂11°Jupiter in Libra · 22°44′♃22°Saturn in Sagittarius · 15°12′♄15°Uranus in Leo · 11°38′ · retrograde♅℞11°Neptune in Scorpio · 3°27′♆3°Pluto in Virgo · 2°19′♇2°

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

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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

  • stableMoonsquareJupiter0.0° to 6.5° orb

    Alix’s feelings grind against their growth.

  • stableMarssquareUranus0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Alix’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunsquarePluto0.4° to 1.4° orb

    Alix’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb

  • stableMercurysextileJupiter1.4° to 2.6° orb

  • stableVenussquareJupiter2.2° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSaturntrineUranus3.5° to 3.6° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn4.9° to 6.2° orb

  • possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.0° to 8.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 4.1° to 16.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 4.4° to 16.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMarsconjunctionNeptuneorb from 7.5° to 8.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

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

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 12°56′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCancer 29°46′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius or Scorpio during this date

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 7°05′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 20°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 0.4°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.3°
  • Chiron square Mars 1.6°
  • Eros square Pluto 2.1°
  • Chiron sextile Saturn 2.3°
  • Eros conjunction Sun 3.0°

Alix’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

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

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Alix’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, SaturnThree 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.

Minor aspects

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

  • Sun semi-sextile Neptune 0.3°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.6°
  • Jupiter quintile Uranus 0.9°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 2.0°

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Alix’s cards

Computed from November 25, 1957. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Explorer

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

4 · Architect

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Alix’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4727512 (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.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Alix M. Freedman.

Quick answers about Alix M. Freedman’s chart

How old is Alix M. Freedman?
Alix M. Freedman is 68 years old, born November 25, 1957 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Alix M. Freedman?
Alix M. Freedman is a Sagittarius: born November 25, 1957, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is Alix M. Freedman's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 25, 1957 birth.
What is Alix M. Freedman's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is Alix M. Freedman's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Alix M. Freedman's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Alix M. Freedman's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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