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Arvid Carlsson

Arvid Carlsson (born January 25, 1923, Uppsala, Sweden; died 2018), was a Swedish neuroscientist. Carlsson's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Canada Gairdner International Award and Japan Prize.

Arvid Carlsson’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, Chinese zodiac was Water Dog, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Arvid Carlsson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Architect

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

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

#8323

US rank in 2025

~3,167

Americans share it since 1880

1916

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1923, Arvid came 755th, carried by 75 American boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Arvid’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

2

Expression · connecting people

8

Soul Urge · achievement

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on A (1) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

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

Arvid’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

5 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus

Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink

The record

What sets Arvid apart

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (1978) and Virginia Woolf (1882) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Arvid, according to the stars

Core essence

Arvid is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Arvid is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Arvid is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Arvid needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Arvid wants to be loved

Arvid 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 Arvid and watch them fall for you again.

How Arvid creates

How Arvid makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Arvid creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Arvid 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Arvid 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: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Arvid gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Arvid's birth date. Working below.

Where Arvid sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Arvid

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Arvid

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

PrivateExpressive
Arvid

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Arvid

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

PracticalVisionary
Arvid

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Arvid

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Arvid’s birth-night reference starCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 75.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Capella →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 30.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Procyon →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Uppsala that night

Computed for 59.85°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Uppsala at 9 p.m. that evening: Capella of Auriga, within 14.1° of the exact zenith.

Of the 107 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

At 59.8°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella, Deneb and Castor stay up year round.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −30.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 57% lit at first quarter, was still up; the Sun sat 38° below the horizon.

How unusual Arvid's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

Grand trine · T-square onto Jupiter · 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

Aquarius Sun

Ideas first, people second.

Arvid Carlsson's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 25, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aquarius means →

Water Dog

Fair, direct, dependable.

Arvid Carlsson was born on January 25, 1923, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 5

Freedom over comfort, always.

Arvid Carlsson's birth date, January 25, 1923, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Arvid’s chart

Arvid’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 13° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.5° orbVenus flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.9° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.5° orbUranus flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.8° orbMoon opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 3.2° orbSun in Aquarius · 4°28′☉4°Moon in Taurus · 7°39′☽7°Mercury in Aquarius · 12°26′ · retrograde☿℞12°Venus in Sagittarius · 18°04′♀18°Mars in Aries · 2°57′♂2°Jupiter in Scorpio · 16°38′♃16°Saturn in Libra · 20°06′♄20°Uranus in Pisces · 11°27′♅11°Neptune in Leo · 17°09′ · retrograde♆℞17°Pluto in Cancer · 9°41′ · retrograde♇℞9°

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

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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

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune0.4° to 0.6° orb

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

  • stableVenustrineNeptune0.5° to 1.4° orb

    Arvid’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunsextileMars1.4° to 1.7° orb

    Arvid’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • stableVenussextileSaturn1.6° to 2.5° orb

  • stableUranustrinePluto1.7° to 1.8° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.9° to 3.0° orb

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter3.7° to 4.7° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionNeptune4.3° to 5.2° orb

  • stableJupitertrineUranus5.2° orb

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.0° to 8.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.0° to 8.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 13°25′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 9°57′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 28°10′ (moves 0.59° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 0°26′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 12°54′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres opposition Pluto 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.5°
  • Chiron sextile Mercury 1.0°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 1.5°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 2.5°

Arvid’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♅ Uranus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    disposes Venus; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Arvid’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Jupiter · Mercury, Neptune, JupiterAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

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

  • Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 1.0°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.3°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.4°
  • Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 1.4°

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Arvid’s cards

Computed from January 25, 1923. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Architect

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

5 · Explorer

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Arvid’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q298045 (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 Vogler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Arvid Carlsson at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Arvid Carlsson.

Quick answers about Arvid Carlsson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Arvid Carlsson?
Arvid Carlsson was an Aquarius: born January 25, 1923, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
What was Arvid Carlsson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 25, 1923 birth.
What was Arvid Carlsson's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What was Arvid Carlsson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Arvid Carlsson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Arvid Carlsson's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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