Baruj Benacerraf
Baruj Benacerraf (born October 29, 1920, Caracas, Venezuela; died 2011), was a Venezuelan-American immunologist. Benacerraf's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, National Medal of Science and honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II.
Baruj Benacerraf’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Monkey, with 
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Baruj Benacerraf’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Guardian
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
Baruj’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Opal, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Amber · Crimson · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Baruj, according to the stars
Core essence
Baruj does not do surface. The core of Baruj 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 Baruj is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How Baruj wants to be loved
Baruj 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 Baruj and watch them fall for you again.
How Baruj creates
How Baruj makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Baruj 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: Baruj is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Baruj is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Baruj 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 Baruj's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Baruj Benacerraf's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 29, 1920, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyTurns problems into games.
Baruj Benacerraf was born on October 29, 1920, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Care is the whole job.
Baruj Benacerraf's birth date, October 29, 1920, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Baruj’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Baruj Benacerraf's date-only chart is Mars opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Baruj Benacerraf combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Guardian.
Baruj’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Baruj Benacerraf, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 26° to 11° Taurus or Gemini 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.
stableMarsoppositionPluto0.3° to 1.0° orb
Baruj’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurysquareUranus2.0° to 2.8° orb
Baruj’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunsextileMars2.1° to 2.3° orb
Baruj’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
stableSuntrinePluto2.4° to 3.4° orb
Baruj’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSuntrineUranus3.6° to 4.6° orb
Baruj’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableJupitersextilePluto3.8° to 4.0° orb
Baruj’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableVenussquareUranus4.3° to 5.5° orb
Baruj’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableMarstrineJupiter4.3° to 4.8° orb
Baruj’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussquareJupiter5.5° to 6.5° orb
Baruj’s affections grind against their growth.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus7.1° to 7.6° orb
Baruj’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 0.0° to 9.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.0° to 9.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Baruj’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 6°59′ (moves 0.04° 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: Baruj may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresCancer 9°31′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Baruj is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosScorpio 7°38′ (moves 0.76° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Baruj is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaLeo 26°23′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Baruj at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 11°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Baruj is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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.
- Chiron trine Venus 0.3°
- Eros sextile Mars 0.5°
- Ceres conjunction Pluto 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 0.9°
- Chiron square Mars 1.2°
- Eros trine Pluto 1.2°
- Ceres opposition Mars 1.3°
- Eros conjunction Sun 1.7°
- Chiron square Pluto 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 3.0°
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°).
Baruj’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. ♇ Pluto8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars4.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Baruj is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Baruj’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Sun semi-square Saturn 0.1°
- Saturn quintile Pluto 0.2°
- Mars biquintile Neptune 0.5°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.8°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 0.9°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.5°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Baruj Benacerraf, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Baruj’s cards
Every card is computed from October 29, 1920, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Baruj Benacerraf, 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
Baruj’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q234701, 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 Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Baruj Benacerraf at Wikipedia.
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 Baruj Benacerraf.
Quick answers about Baruj Benacerraf’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Baruj Benacerraf?
- Baruj Benacerraf was a Scorpio: born October 29, 1920, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey.
- What was Baruj Benacerraf's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 29, 1920 birth.
- What time was Baruj Benacerraf 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 Baruj Benacerraf's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the October 29, 1920 birth date.
- What was Baruj Benacerraf's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 29, 1920 birth date.
- Where was Baruj Benacerraf's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Baruj Benacerraf's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
