Arthur Krock
Arthur Krock (born November 16, 1886, Glasgow, United States; died 1974), was an American newspaper correspondent and columnist. Krock's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence and Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards.
Arthur Krock’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Fire Dog, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Dog, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Arthur
Arthur Krock’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Architect
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Arthur in the U.S.?
#87
US rank in 2025
~551,930
Americans share it since 1880
1921
its peak year
In 1886, 1,656 American boys and 8 girls were registered Arthur — 14th among boys and 836th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Arthur’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
1
Soul Urge · independence
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on A (1) and closes on R (9). Two values tie for most repeated, 2 and 9: tact against empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Arthur’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Hibiscus
Gold · Crimson · Scarlet
The record
What sets Arthur apart
José Saramago (1922) and Chinua Achebe (1930) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Arthur, according to the stars
Core essence
Arthur does not do surface. The core of Arthur 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 Arthur is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How Arthur wants to be loved
Arthur 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 Arthur even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Arthur creates
How Arthur makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Arthur creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Arthur is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Arthur is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Arthur does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Arthur's birth date. Working below.
Where Arthur sits
Six lines
Arthur’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Arthur Krock
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Glasgow on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Glasgow that night
Computed for 37.00°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Glasgow at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirach of Andromeda, within 2.1° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 100 catalog stars were up in all.
Glasgow sits at 37.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −53.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon was at waning gibbous, 70% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 53° down.
How unusual Arthur's chart is
Chart pattern score
46 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3 unaspected planets · 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.
Score your own chart →Arthur Krock at a glance
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunReads the room. Says nothing.
Arthur Krock's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 16, 1886, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Fire Dog
Fire DogWorries so you don't have to.
Arthur Krock was born on November 16, 1886, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Restless, curious, gone.
Arthur Krock's birth date, November 16, 1886, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Arthur’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Arthur Krock's date-only chart is Sun trine Saturn, with an orb of about 2°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Arthur Krock combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Architect.
Arthur’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 19° to 2° Cancer or Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenustrineSaturn1.4° to 2.7° orb
Arthur’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSuntrineSaturn1.5° to 2.5° orb
Arthur’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunoppositionNeptune1.6° to 2.7° orb
Arthur’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableJupitersquareSaturn1.9° to 2.1° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus3.9° to 4.2° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.1° orb
stableVenusoppositionNeptune5.5° to 6.8° orb
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto6.8° orb
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.1° to 12.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 8.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Arthur’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 22°39′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 27°53′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 10°06′ (moves 0.88° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 16°55′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 10°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Uranus 0.7°
- Ceres trine Neptune 1.4°
- Chiron trine Jupiter 1.8°
Arthur’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune; 3 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect
3. ♄ Saturn5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Arthur’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.
- Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 0.1°
- Mercury biquintile Saturn 0.2°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.6°
- Sun semi-square Uranus 1.5°
- Jupiter quincunx Neptune 2.1°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 2.3°
More people like Arthur
Other journalists
- Richard L. Wilson1905
- Paul Scott Mowrer1887
- Paul W. Ward1905
- W. W. Waymack1888
- Jacob Burck1907
- Louis LaCoss1890
Born in United States
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Born in Dog years
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Also born on November 16
- José Saramago1922
- Chinua Achebe1930
- Lisa Bonet1967
- Pete Davidson1993
- Mohammad Rasoulof1972
- Brandi Glanville1972
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Patricia HeatonAmerican actress (born 1958)
- Bill HudsonAmerican musician and actor
- Vinny GuadagninoAmerican television personality
Other Scorpio Dog charts
- Zoey DeutchAmerican actress
- Nia LongAmerican actress
- Megyn KellyAmerican journalist
- Hong Eun-chaeSouth Korean singer
Other Gilded Architects
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- Thom YorkeEnglish musician and singer for Radiohead
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Aristotle OnassisGreek shipping magnate
- Michael BloombergAmerican businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City
- Liv TylerAmerican actress
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Arthur’s cards
Computed from November 16, 1886. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
TemperanceAsterNym identity card
The Gilded ArchitectWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
5 · Explorer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Arthur’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4799395 (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.
Portrait by Jack Kightlinger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Arthur Krock at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Arthur Krock.
Quick answers about Arthur Krock’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Arthur Krock?
- Arthur Krock was a Scorpio: born November 16, 1886, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What was Arthur Krock's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 16, 1886 birth.
- What was Arthur Krock's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What was Arthur Krock's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Arthur Krock's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Arthur Krock's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Pluto is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
