Arthur M. Schlesinger
Arthur M. Schlesinger (born October 15, 1917, Columbus, United States; died 2007), was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. Schlesinger's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Pulitzer Prize for History and Bancroft Prize.
Arthur M. Schlesinger’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Fire Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Snake, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Arthur
Arthur M. Schlesinger’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Visionary
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
Arthur ranked 17th among boys and 1,027th among girls in 1917, the year of this birth, with 9,282 American boys and 47 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Arthur’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
2
Expression · connecting people
5
Soul Urge · freedom
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on A (1) and closes on R (9). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as 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
7 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy
Amber · Blush · Flame orange
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1917, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Arthur apart
Arthur M. Schlesinger took the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, at 29.
The classrooms behind this chart: Phillips Exeter Academy and Peterhouse.
Cause of death is recorded as myocardial infarction; the grave is at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
On the family side, Arthur M. Schlesinger was born to Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger and Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., married Marian Cannon Schlesinger and raised 3 children.
Wikipedia's editors put Arthur M. Schlesinger under Kennedy administration personnel, Cold War historians and American speechwriters.
David Trezeguet (1977) and Fela Kuti (1938) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Phillips Exeter Academy, Peterhouse and Harvard College
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1966), Bancroft Prize (1958) and Guggenheim Fellowship (1946)
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Buried at
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 33
What the chart says
Arthur, according to the stars
Core essence
Arthur makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Arthur 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Arthur 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 Arthur 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 Arthur wants to be loved
Arthur 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 Arthur and watch them fall for you again.
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 wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Arthur is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Arthur fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
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 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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Dedicate a star to Arthur M. Schlesinger
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Columbus 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 Columbus that night
Computed for 39.96°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Columbus was Deneb, in Cygnus, 73.5° up.
Of the 91 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
From 40.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −50.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 36° below the horizon, Moon down and 0% lit at new moon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Columbus, United States
The death is recorded at New York City, New York in 2007.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Arthur M. Schlesinger: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Arthur's chart is
Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
No Earth planets
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 M. Schlesinger at a glance
Libra Sun
Libra SunFair to a fault, slow to pick.
Arthur M. Schlesinger's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 15, 1917, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Fire Snake
Fire SnakeSays less than it knows.
Arthur M. Schlesinger was born on October 15, 1917, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
Arthur M. Schlesinger's birth date, October 15, 1917, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Arthur’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Arthur M. Schlesinger's date-only chart is Mars opposition Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Saturn and Neptune, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs, and none in Earth.
- Arthur M. Schlesinger combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Visionary.
Arthur’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Libra 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
stableMarsoppositionUranus0.0° to 0.4° orb
Arthur’s drive pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurysextileNeptune1.0° to 2.7° orb
Arthur’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
stableSuntrineUranus1.4° to 2.4° orb
Arthur’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableSunsextileMars1.5° to 2.0° orb
stableMercurytrineJupiter1.5° to 3.2° orb
stableJupitersextileSaturn1.8° to 1.9° orb
stableVenustrineNeptune2.0° to 3.2° orb
stableMercurysquarePluto2.4° to 4.1° orb
stableMercurysextileSaturn3.4° to 5.0° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus4.2° to 4.7° orb
stableJupitersextileNeptune4.2° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune6.0° to 6.1° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Arthur’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 26°34′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 4°40′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 25°14′ (moves 0.52° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius or Capricorn during this date
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 8°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres trine Pluto 0.9°
- Ceres square Neptune 2.3°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 2.6°
- Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 3.0°
Arthur’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn, Neptune; 2 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.
- Mars semi-square Pluto 0.5°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.6°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 1.2°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.4°
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Also born on October 15
- David Trezeguet1977
- Fela Kuti1938
- Anthony Joshua1989
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- Sebastián Yatra1994
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From the journal: Sect: day charts vs night charts · Why your Chinese sign might be wrong
Arthur’s cards
Computed from October 15, 1917. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The TowerAsterNym identity card
The Gilded VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
7 · Seeker♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Arthur’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q435195 (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 Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Arthur M. Schlesinger at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
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Quick answers about Arthur M. Schlesinger’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Arthur M. Schlesinger?
- Arthur M. Schlesinger was a Libra: born October 15, 1917, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was Arthur M. Schlesinger's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 15, 1917 birth.
- What was Arthur M. Schlesinger's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What was Arthur M. Schlesinger's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Arthur M. Schlesinger's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Arthur M. Schlesinger's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
