Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward (born March 26, 1943, Geneva, United States), aged 83, is an American investigative journalist (born 1943). Woodward is best known for All the President's Men. Woodward's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and George Polk Award.
Bob Woodward’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Goat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Goat, with 
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Bob Woodward’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Strategist
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Bob in the U.S.?
#9845
US rank in 2025
~93,308
Americans share it since 1880
1959
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Bob’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Aquamarine, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Bob, according to the stars
Core essence
Bob leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Bob is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
How Bob wants to be loved
Bob 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 Bob is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Bob creates
How Bob makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Bob creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Bob is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Bob is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Bob leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Bob goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Bob's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Bob sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Geneva on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
Bob Woodward at a glance
Aries Sun
Aries SunRuns at it head first.
Bob Woodward's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 26, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.
Water Goat
Water GoatNeeds beauty like air.
Bob Woodward was born on March 26, 1943, which falls in a Water Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Bob Woodward's birth date, March 26, 1943, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in Bob’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Bob Woodward's date-only chart is Sun trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Bob Woodward combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Strategist.
Bob’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Bob Woodward, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 27° to 11° Scorpio or Sagittarius 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.
stableSuntrinePluto0.0° to 0.6° orb
Bob’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquarePluto0.2° to 1.4° orb
Bob’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableUranustrineNeptune0.9° to 1.0° orb
Bob’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSunsextileSaturn2.1° to 3.0° orb
Bob’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturnsextilePluto2.6° to 2.7° orb
Bob’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune3.0° to 4.9° orb
Bob’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
stableSunsextileUranus3.2° to 4.1° orb
Bob’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableUranussextilePluto3.5° to 3.6° orb
Bob’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunoppositionNeptune4.1° to 5.1° orb
Bob’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableNeptunesextilePluto4.5° orb
Bob’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarstrineSaturn5.6° to 6.3° orb
Bob’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus6.2° orb
Bob’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Bob’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 ℞Leo 23°37′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Bob performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.
⚳ CeresAries 26°01′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Bob looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosTaurus 15°46′ (moves 0.85° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Bob wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaLeo 1°13′ (moves 0.02° 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 Bob at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 23°25′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Bob guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
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.
- Eros sextile Jupiter 0.2°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 0.3°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 0.7°
- Eros square Mars 2.1°
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°).
Bob’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. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Bob is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 Bob’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-sextile Venus 0.6°
- Venus biquintile Neptune 0.8°
- Mercury quintile Saturn 1.0°
- Jupiter semi-square Uranus 1.0°
- Venus semi-sextile Saturn 1.9°
- Mars quincunx Jupiter 1.9°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.9°
- Mercury semi-square Mars 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Bob Woodward, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign · Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal
Bob’s cards
Every card is computed from March 26, 1943, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Bob Woodward, 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
Bob’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q312782, 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 Bob Woodward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Bob Woodward at Wikipedia, bobwoodward.com, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
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 Bob Woodward.
Quick answers about Bob Woodward’s chart
- How old is Bob Woodward?
- Bob Woodward is 83 years old, born March 26, 1943 in Geneva, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Bob Woodward?
- Bob Woodward is an Aries: born March 26, 1943, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Goat.
- What is Bob Woodward's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 26, 1943 birth.
- What time was Bob Woodward 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 is Bob Woodward's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the March 26, 1943 birth date.
- What is Bob Woodward's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the March 26, 1943 birth date.
- Where is Bob Woodward's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Bob Woodward's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
