Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton (born November 9, 1928, Newton, United States; died 1974), was an American poet. Sexton is best remembered for Live or Die. Sexton's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Guggenheim Fellowship and Shelley Memorial Award.
Anne Sexton’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Dragon, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Dragon, with 
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Anne Sexton’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 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.
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Americans share it since 1880
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its peak year
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Anne’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
22 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌻 Zinnia
Gold · Crimson · Terracotta
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What the chart says
Anne, according to the stars
Core essence
Anne does not do surface. The core of Anne 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 Anne is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Anne cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Anne needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Anne wants to be loved
Anne wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Anne and watch them fall for you again.
How Anne creates
How Anne makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Anne 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: Anne is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Anne is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Anne 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 Anne's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Anne Sexton's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 9, 1928, so no birth time is needed to settle it. 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.
Earth Dragon
Earth DragonConfident before the proof.
Anne Sexton was born on November 9, 1928, which falls in a Earth Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.
Life Path 22
Life Path 22Dreams at full scale.
Anne Sexton's birth date, November 9, 1928, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.
What stands out in Anne’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Anne Sexton's date-only chart is Sun trine Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Fire/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Anne Sexton combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Architect.
Anne’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Anne Sexton, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMoonsquarePluto0.1° to 7.0° orb
Anne’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSuntrinePluto0.7° to 1.7° orb
Anne’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitertrineNeptune2.5° to 2.6° orb
Anne’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysextileNeptune2.6° to 3.6° orb
Anne’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
stableVenusconjunctionSaturn2.6° to 3.7° orb
Anne’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercuryoppositionJupiter5.1° to 6.2° orb
Anne’s mind pulls against their growth from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarssquareUranus5.3° to 5.4° orb
Anne’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.0° to 6.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 8.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 2.1° to 14.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 5.2° to 16.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 7.4° to 19.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Anne’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 7°20′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Anne building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresPisces 4°30′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Anne is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosAquarius 28°48′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Anne is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 26°57′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Anne is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 8°33′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Anne leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
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.
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 0.7°
- Eros trine Mercury 0.7°
- Hygiea square Mercury 1.2°
- Chiron sextile Mars 1.9°
- Eros opposition Neptune 2.4°
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°).
Anne’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. ♇ Pluto6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Venus, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars3.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Uranus; 1 major aspect
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Anne is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Anne’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.
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.6°
- Saturn quincunx Pluto 0.6°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.1°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.9°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 2.0°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 2.5°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Anne Sexton, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Anne’s cards
Every card is computed from November 9, 1928, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Anne Sexton, 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
Anne’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q270728, 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 Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Anne Sexton at Wikipedia 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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anne Sexton.
Quick answers about Anne Sexton’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Anne Sexton?
- Anne Sexton was a Scorpio: born November 9, 1928, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Dragon.
- What was Anne Sexton's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 9, 1928 birth.
- What time was Anne Sexton 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 Anne Sexton's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the November 9, 1928 birth date.
- What was Anne Sexton's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 9, 1928 birth date.
- Where was Anne Sexton's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Anne Sexton's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
