Brian Aldiss
Brian Aldiss (born August 18, 1925, Dereham, United Kingdom; died 2017), was a British science fiction writer. Aldiss is best remembered for Hothouse and Non-Stop. Aldiss's honours include Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Ditmar Award and Tähtivaeltaja Award.
Brian Aldiss’s zodiac sign was Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Ox, with 
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Brian Aldiss’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Lightkeeper
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Brian in the U.S.?
#339
US rank in 2025
~1,178,298
Americans share it since 1880
1972
its peak year
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Brian’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌿 Fern
Coral · Gold · Forest
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Brian, according to the stars
Core essence
Brian is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Brian is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
The vibe
Underneath, Brian needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Brian needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Brian wants to be loved
Brian wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Brian and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Brian creates
How Brian makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Brian builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Brian is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Brian 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Brian channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Brian's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Brian Aldiss in 15 seconds
Leo Sun
Leo SunWarm, loud, hard to ignore.
Brian Aldiss's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 18, 1925, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Wood Ox
Wood OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Brian Aldiss was born on August 18, 1925, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Brian Aldiss's birth date, August 18, 1925, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Brian’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Brian Aldiss' date-only chart is Jupiter opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- No planet falls in Air signs in this chart.
- Brian Aldiss combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Lightkeeper.
Brian’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Brian Aldiss, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 18° Leo 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.
stableVenusoppositionUranus0.5° to 1.7° orb
Brian’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto0.6° to 0.7° orb
Brian’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.
stableMercurysextileSaturn1.1° to 1.8° orb
Brian’s mind opens doors for their discipline.
stableSunconjunctionNeptune2.1° to 3.0° orb
Brian’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars3.1° to 4.4° orb
Brian’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupitersextileSaturn4.6° to 4.7° orb
Brian’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturntrinePluto5.3° to 5.4° orb
Brian’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurytrineJupiter5.9° to 6.4° orb
Brian’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.0° to 10.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionNeptuneorb from 3.5° to 15.4° depending on birth time
possibleMarssextileSaturnorb from 4.9° to 5.5° depending on birth time
possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 6.5° to 17.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
Brian’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 28°15′ (moves 0.01° 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: Brian may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresCancer 19°48′ (moves 0.41° 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. Brian is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosCancer 19°47′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Brian is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaCancer 7°50′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Brian is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 27°11′ (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 Brian 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.
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 0.6°
- Hygiea trine Saturn 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 2.6°
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°).
Brian’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. ☉ Sun7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ☿ Mercury7 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Venus, Mars; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4 pts
disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Brian 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 Brian’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 quincunx Uranus 0.4°
- Venus quintile Pluto 0.4°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.7°
- Jupiter quintile Uranus 0.8°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.8°
- Venus semi-square Saturn 2.0°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 2.2°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Brian Aldiss, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Brian’s cards
Every card is computed from August 18, 1925, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Brian Aldiss, 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
Brian’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q238702, 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 Szymon Sokół, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Brian Aldiss at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.
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 Brian Aldiss.
Quick answers about Brian Aldiss’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Brian Aldiss?
- Brian Aldiss was a Leo: born August 18, 1925, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox.
- What was Brian Aldiss's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 18, 1925 birth.
- What time was Brian Aldiss 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 Brian Aldiss's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the August 18, 1925 birth date.
- What was Brian Aldiss's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 18, 1925 birth date.
- Where was Brian Aldiss's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Brian Aldiss's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Neptune; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
