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Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller (born October 17, 1915, Harlem, United States; died 2005), was an American playwright and essayist. Miller is best remembered for A View from the Bridge, All My Sons and After the Fall. Miller's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play and Kennedy Center Honors.

Arthur Miller’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Wood Rabbit, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Arthur Miller’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 18th among boys and 1,096th among girls in 1915, the year of this birth, with 8,564 American boys and 38 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.

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

9

Soul Urge · meaning

2

Personality · warm, careful

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 · 3 · 4 · 6

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

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1915, 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

The shelf Arthur Miller is read from: A View from the Bridge, The Crucible and After the Fall.

Abraham Lincoln High School and University of Michigan shaped the training.

The working life starts in 1935, at 20.

Cause of death is recorded as cardiovascular disease; the grave is at Great Oak Cemetery.

The family line: born to Augusta Barnett and Isidore Miller, married Marilyn Monroe and Inge Morath and raised 4 children.

Wikipedia's editors put Arthur Miller under Analysands of Rudolph Lowenstein, Deaths from bladder cancer in Connecticut and American lecturers.

Eminem (1972) and Rita Hayworth (1918) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
A View from the Bridge, The Crucible and After the Fall
Educated at
Abraham Lincoln High School and University of Michigan
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949), Jerusalem Prize (2003) and Praemium Imperiale (2001)
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay and Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Working from
1935
Cause of death
cardiovascular disease
Buried at
Great Oak Cemetery
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
114

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 needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Arthur needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

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 refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Arthur creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Arthur is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
Arthur

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Arthur

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

PrivateExpressive
Arthur

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Arthur

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

PracticalVisionary
Arthur

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Arthur

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Arthur Miller

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Harlem 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 Harlem that night

Computed for 40.81°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Scheat stood nearest the zenith over Harlem at 9 p.m. that evening, 76.5° above the horizon in Pegasus.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 90 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 40.8°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 −49.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waxing gibbous, 76% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 42° down.

The name and the places

Born in
Harlem, United States
Lived in
New York City

Wikidata records New York City as Arthur Miller's home, against Harlem as the birthplace.

The death is recorded at Roxbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region in 2005.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Arthur Miller: 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.

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The quick version

Libra Sun

Fair to a fault, slow to pick.

Arthur Miller's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 17, 1915, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Wood Rabbit

Gentle, and never cornered.

Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915, which falls in a Wood Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 7

Needs the quiet to work.

Arthur Miller's birth date, October 17, 1915, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Arthur’s chart

Arthur’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 13° to 26° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.1° orbMercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.4° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.8° orbMercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.1° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.2° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 1.6° orbMars fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 2.7° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 2.9° orbSun in Libra · 23°14′☉23°Moon in Aquarius · 20°13′☽20°Mercury in Scorpio · 3°43′ · retrograde☿℞3°Venus in Scorpio · 2°28′♀2°Mars in Leo · 5°19′♂5°Jupiter in Pisces · 19°56′ · retrograde♃℞19°Saturn in Cancer · 16°22′♄16°Uranus in Aquarius · 11°45′ · retrograde♅℞11°Neptune in Leo · 2°34′♆2°Pluto in Cancer · 3°17′ · retrograde♇℞3°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
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

  • stableMercurytrinePluto0.0° to 0.9° orb

    Arthur’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableVenussquareNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Arthur’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.1° to 2.3° orb

    Arthur’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenustrinePluto0.2° to 1.5° orb

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune0.6° to 1.6° orb

  • stableMercurysquareMars0.9° to 2.4° orb

  • stableVenussquareMars2.5° to 3.2° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionNeptune2.5° to 3.0° orb

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn3.5° to 3.6° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus6.2° to 6.7° orb

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.1° to 9.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 1.7° to 15.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water 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 18°57′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 28°14′ (moves 0.13° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 1°08′ (moves 0.63° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 23°51′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 16°56′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron conjunction Jupiter 1.0°
  • Eros trine Neptune 1.4°
  • Chiron trine Saturn 2.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 3.0°

Arthur’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    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.

  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.4°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.7°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.2°

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From the journal: What if you don't know your birth time? · Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet

Arthur’s cards

Computed from October 17, 1915. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Tower

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Visionary

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

7 · Seeker

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Arthur’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q80596 (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 Wolfgang Fischer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Arthur Miller at Wikipedia, arthurmiller.org, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Arthur Miller.

Quick answers about Arthur Miller’s chart

What zodiac sign was Arthur Miller?
Arthur Miller was a Libra: born October 17, 1915, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What was Arthur Miller's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 17, 1915 birth.
What was Arthur Miller's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What was Arthur Miller's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Arthur Miller's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Arthur Miller's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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