Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald (born October 20, 1925, Mount Vernon, United States; died 2007), was a Journalist, humorist, United States Marine. Buchwald's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Horatio Alger Award and honorary doctorate of the University of South Carolina.
Art Buchwald’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Ox, with 
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Art Buchwald’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Visionary
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Art in the U.S.?
#3382
US rank in 2025
~6,146
Americans share it since 1880
1961
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Art’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
Amber · Blush · Forest
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Art, according to the stars
Core essence
Art makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Art is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
How Art wants to be loved
Art 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 Art and watch them fall for you again.
How Art creates
How Art makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Art creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Art is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Art is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
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. Art fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Art's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Art sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Libra Sun
Libra SunMakes the peace, keeps the peace.
Art Buchwald's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 20, 1925, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.
Wood Ox
Wood OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Art Buchwald was born on October 20, 1925, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 11
Life Path 11Intuition before evidence.
Art Buchwald's birth date, October 20, 1925, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in Art’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Art Buchwald's date-only chart is Saturn trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Art Buchwald combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Visionary.
Art’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Art Buchwald, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 27° to 10° Scorpio or Sagittarius 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.
stableSaturntrinePluto0.1° to 0.2° orb
Art’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarssquarePluto0.2° to 0.8° orb
Art’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto0.5° to 0.6° orb
Art’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.
stableJupitersextileSaturn0.7° orb
Art’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssquareJupiter0.8° to 1.3° orb
Art’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunsextileNeptune1.9° to 2.9° orb
Art’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextileMars3.5° to 4.0° orb
Art’s affections open doors for their drive.
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.3° to 12.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 2.6° to 16.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 3.7° to 16.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 4.8° to 18.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Art’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 ℞Aries 26°00′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Art may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresLeo 13°42′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Art is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosVirgo 18°12′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. Art is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ HygieaCancer 21°53′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Art is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 4°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Art is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
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.
- Hygiea trine Uranus 0.4°
- Ceres sextile Mars 0.6°
- Chiron opposition Sun 0.8°
- Ceres square Saturn 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 1.5°
- Chiron trine Neptune 1.6°
- Eros trine Jupiter 2.9°
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°).
Art’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. ♀ Venus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mars; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Venus; 3 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Art is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Art’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.
T-square onto Mars · Jupiter, Pluto, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Mars semi-sextile Saturn 0.4°
- Mercury quintile Neptune 0.7°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.2°
- Sun biquintile Uranus 1.5°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.6°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 2.2°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Art Buchwald, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Art’s cards
Every card is computed from October 20, 1925, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Art Buchwald, 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
Art’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q319342, 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 AnonymousUnknown author / Lehtikuva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Art Buchwald at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Art Buchwald.
Quick answers about Art Buchwald’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Art Buchwald?
- Art Buchwald was a Libra: born October 20, 1925, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox.
- What was Art Buchwald's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 20, 1925 birth.
- What time was Art Buchwald 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 Art Buchwald's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the October 20, 1925 birth date.
- What was Art Buchwald's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 20, 1925 birth date.
- Where was Art Buchwald's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Art Buchwald's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mars; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
