Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (born April 26, 1914, Brooklyn, United States; died 1986), was an American author. Malamud is best remembered for A New Life, The Natural and The Magic Barrel. Malamud's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, O. Henry Award and National Book Award.
Bernard Malamud’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Wood Tiger, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Tiger, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Bernard
Bernard Malamud’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Lightkeeper
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Bernard in the U.S.?
#1362
US rank in 2025
~201,070
Americans share it since 1880
1924
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1914, Bernard came 50th among boys and 1,547th among girls, carried by 2,436 American boys and 18 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Bernard’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
11
Soul Urge · insight
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on B (2) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 4, which numerology reads as craft.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Bernard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
White · Blush · Forest
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1914, 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 Bernard apart
What keeps Bernard Malamud in print: Dubin's Lives, God's Grace and Pictures of Fidelman.
The classrooms behind this chart: Erasmus Hall High School and City College of New York.
The working life starts in 1949, at 35.
Cause of death is recorded as myocardial infarction; the grave is at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Bernard Malamud: Bennington College faculty, Oregon State University faculty and Jewish American short story writers.
The same date carries H. L. Gold. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.
- Known for
- Dubin's Lives, God's Grace and Pictures of Fidelman
- Educated at
- Erasmus Hall High School, City College of New York and Columbia University
- Awards
- O. Henry Award (1969), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1967) and National Book Award (1959)
- Working from
- 1949
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Buried at
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 46
What the chart says
Bernard, according to the stars
Core essence
Bernard is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Bernard is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, Bernard 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 Bernard needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Bernard wants to be loved
Bernard wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Bernard is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Bernard creates
How Bernard makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Bernard creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Bernard is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Bernard is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Bernard does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Bernard's birth date. Working below.
Where Bernard sits
Six lines
Bernard’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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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 Bernard Malamud
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn that night
Computed for 40.65°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Brooklyn was Tania Australis, in Ursa Major, 78.0° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 101 catalog stars were up in all.
From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Brooklyn at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 22° below the horizon, Moon down and 3% lit at new moon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Brooklyn, United States
The death is recorded at Manhattan, New York City in 1986.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Bernard Malamud: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Bernard's chart is
Chart pattern score
43 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet · No retrogrades at all
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 →Taurus Sun
Taurus SunSlow to move, slower to leave.
Bernard Malamud's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 26, 1914, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Wood Tiger
Wood TigerBrave, bright, burns fast.
Bernard Malamud was born on April 26, 1914, which falls in a Wood Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Bernard Malamud's birth date, April 26, 1914, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Bernard’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Bernard Malamud's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Bernard Malamud combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.
Bernard’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 13° to 25° Taurus 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
stableMoonsquareJupiter0.0° to 6.0° orb
Bernard’s feelings grind against their growth.
stableMercurysextileSaturn0.0° to 1.4° orb
Bernard’s mind opens doors for their discipline.
stableVenussextileNeptune0.9° to 2.1° orb
Bernard’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarsconjunctionNeptune1.7° to 2.2° orb
stableMercurysextileUranus2.9° to 4.5° orb
stableVenussextileMars3.1° to 3.9° orb
stableMercurysextileJupiter3.2° to 4.8° orb
stableJupitertrineSaturn3.4° orb
stableVenussquareJupiter4.3° to 5.4° orb
stableSaturntrineUranus4.3° to 4.4° orb
stableSunsquareUranus5.4° to 6.3° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus7.7° to 7.8° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Bernard’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironPisces 17°35′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 22°21′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosPisces 2°12′ (moves 0.50° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 6°33′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 16°53′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 1.1°
- Ceres square Venus 1.7°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mercury 1.7°
- Chiron square Saturn 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.3°
- Eros trine Pluto 2.8°
Bernard’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus7 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Bernard’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-sextile Pluto 1.9°
Born the same day as Bernard
H. L. Gold was born on April 26, 1914 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Brooklyn, at 40.7°N, nothing below −49.3° declination ever rises, which keeps Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of sight. Same sky, different lives.
More people like Bernard
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Born in United States
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- Raymond Davis Jr.American scientist
- Karl ShapiroAmerican poet and essayist
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Born in Tiger years
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Other Tidal Lightkeepers
- Madison PrewettAmerican television personality
- Chris RobinsonAmerican musician
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Famous people with Life Path 9
- George Wells BeadleAmerican geneticist
- George MinotAmerican physician
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From the journal: The 12 animals and how the race story goes · The Lo Shu square: the oldest magic square there is
Bernard’s cards
Computed from April 26, 1914. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Tidal LightkeeperWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Bernard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q351547 (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 Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Bernard Malamud at Wikipedia, 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 Bernard Malamud.
Quick answers about Bernard Malamud’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Bernard Malamud?
- Bernard Malamud was a Taurus: born April 26, 1914, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What was Bernard Malamud's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 26, 1914 birth.
- What was Bernard Malamud's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Bernard Malamud's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Bernard Malamud's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Bernard Malamud's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
