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Arnaldo Cortesi

Arnaldo Cortesi (born September 21, 1897, Rome, Italy; died 1966), was an American journalist and foreign correspondent. Cortesi's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence.

Arnaldo Cortesi’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Fire Rooster, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Arnaldo Cortesi’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Storyteller

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#12182

US rank in 2025

~2,083

Americans share it since 1915

1989

its peak year

The SSA suppresses any name given to fewer than five children in a year, and Arnaldo falls under that line for 1897. Its peak came in 1989, and 2,083 Americans have carried it since 1915.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Arnaldo’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

1

Soul Urge · independence

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on A (1) and closes on O (6). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 9: drive against empathy.

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

Arnaldo’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Carnelian

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus

Lavender · Lilac · Scarlet

The record

What sets Arnaldo apart

The Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence came in 1946, when Arnaldo Cortesi was 49.

The schooling ran through Sherborne School.

On Wikipedia the categories read People educated at Sherborne School, Journalists from Rome and Alumni of the University of Birmingham.

Kwame Nkrumah (1909) and Stephen King (1947) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Sherborne School
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence (1946)
Citizenship
Italy and Kingdom of Italy
Languages
Italian
Wikipedia editions
2

What the chart says

Arnaldo, according to the stars

Core essence

Arnaldo notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Arnaldo is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Arnaldo wants to be loved

Arnaldo wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Arnaldo openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Arnaldo creates

How Arnaldo makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Arnaldo creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Arnaldo 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 1 is the pioneer. Arnaldo is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Arnaldo leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Arnaldo fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Arnaldo's birth date. Working below.

Where Arnaldo sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Arnaldo

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Arnaldo

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

PrivateExpressive
Arnaldo

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Arnaldo

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Arnaldo

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Arnaldo

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Arnaldo Cortesi

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

Arnaldo’s birth-night reference starDenebwhite · CygnusDeneb, in Cygnus. A white star, 85.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Deneb →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 11.1° 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 Rome that night

Computed for 41.89°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Rome was Deneb, in Cygnus, 85.8° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 89 catalog stars were up in all.

Rome sits at 41.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −48.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Rome on any night.

Sun 31° below the horizon, Moon down and 25% lit at waning crescent.

The name and the places

Born in
Rome, Italy

The death is recorded at Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan in 1966.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Arnaldo Cortesi: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Arnaldo's chart is

Chart pattern score

31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · 1 planet at a critical degree

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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Virgo Sun

Order first. Then rest, in theory.

Arnaldo Cortesi's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 21, 1897, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Fire Rooster

Punctual, precise, proud.

Arnaldo Cortesi was born on September 21, 1897, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

Arnaldo Cortesi's birth date, September 21, 1897, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Arnaldo’s chart

Arnaldo’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 18° to 1° Cancer or Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.1° orbSaturn fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 0.5° orbMoon flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.1° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.2° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.6° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 2.1° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.2° orbVenus grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.2° orbSun in Virgo · 28°42′☉28°Moon in Cancer · 24°52′☽24°Mercury in Libra · 0°50′ · retrograde☿℞0°Venus in Leo · 23°46′♀23°Mars in Libra · 17°27′♂17°Jupiter in Virgo · 22°28′♃22°Saturn in Scorpio · 26°27′♄26°Uranus in Scorpio · 26°00′♅26°Neptune in Gemini · 22°33′♆22°Pluto in Gemini · 14°43′ · retrograde♇℞14°

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

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune0.0° to 0.2° orb

    Arnaldo’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionUranus0.4° to 0.5° orb

    Arnaldo’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableVenussextileNeptune0.6° to 1.8° orb

    Arnaldo’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury1.1° to 3.2° orb

  • stableVenussquareUranus1.7° to 2.8° orb

  • stableSunsextileSaturn1.8° to 2.7° orb

  • stableVenussquareSaturn2.1° to 3.2° orb

  • stableSunsextileUranus2.2° to 3.2° orb

  • stableMarstrinePluto2.4° to 3.1° orb

  • stableJupitersextileUranus3.5° to 3.6° orb

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn3.8° to 5.0° orb

  • stableJupitersextileSaturn3.9° to 4.1° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

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

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironScorpio 12°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCancer 5°02′ (moves 0.25° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 21°27′ (moves 0.88° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 5°52′ (moves 0.17° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 1°45′ (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 trine Mercury 0.9°
  • Eros conjunction Jupiter 1.0°
  • Eros square Neptune 1.1°

Arnaldo’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun6 pts

    disposes Venus; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Arnaldo’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

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

  • Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 1.3°

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From the journal: Why your Chinese sign might be wrong · What is feng shui?

Arnaldo’s cards

Computed from September 21, 1897. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Storyteller

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Arnaldo’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2863023 (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.

The same Arnaldo Cortesi at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Arnaldo Cortesi.

Quick answers about Arnaldo Cortesi’s chart

What zodiac sign was Arnaldo Cortesi?
Arnaldo Cortesi was a Virgo: born September 21, 1897, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What was Arnaldo Cortesi's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 21, 1897 birth.
What was Arnaldo Cortesi's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was Arnaldo Cortesi's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Arnaldo Cortesi's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Arnaldo Cortesi's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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