Cecil Day-Lewis
Cecil Day-Lewis (born April 27, 1904, County Laois, Ireland; died 1972), was an Irish-born British poet. Day-Lewis served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Day-Lewis's honours include Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Cecil Day-Lewis’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Wood Dragon, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Dragon, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Cecil
Cecil Day-Lewis’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Lightkeeper
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Cecil in the U.S.?
#1486
US rank in 2025
~114,676
Americans share it since 1880
1920
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1904, Cecil came 67th among boys and 276th among girls, carried by 359 American boys and 130 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Cecil’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
11
Soul Urge · insight
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on C (3) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Cecil’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 1 · 6 · 7
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
The record
What sets Cecil apart
Lizzo (1988) and Frank Bainimarama (1954) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Cecil, according to the stars
Core essence
Cecil 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 Cecil 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.
How Cecil wants to be loved
Cecil wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Cecil creates
How Cecil makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Cecil creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Cecil is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Cecil 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Cecil is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
Computed from Cecil's birth date. Working below.
Where Cecil sits
Six lines
Cecil’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 Cecil Day-Lewis
Three stars chosen from the real sky above County Laois 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 County Laois that night
Computed for 53.00°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at County Laois was Phecda, in Ursa Major, 85.2° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 101 catalog stars were up in all.
From 53.0°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from County Laois at all: they sit past the −37.0° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 12° below the horizon, Moon up and 94% lit at waxing gibbous.
How unusual Cecil's chart is
Chart pattern score
38 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Taurus · A leaning bowl · 1 planet at a critical degree
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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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
Cecil Day-Lewis's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 27, 1904, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Wood Dragon
Wood DragonBig energy, bigger plans.
Cecil Day-Lewis was born on April 27, 1904, which falls in a Wood Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Carries the whole room's weight.
Cecil Day-Lewis's birth date, April 27, 1904, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Cecil’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Cecil Day-Lewis' date-only chart is Saturn trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Cecil Day-Lewis combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Lightkeeper.
Cecil’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 27° to 11° Virgo or Libra 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
stableSaturntrinePluto0.8° to 0.9° orb
Cecil’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussextilePluto1.0° to 2.2° orb
Cecil’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileSaturn1.8° to 3.0° orb
Cecil’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsextileNeptune2.7° to 3.6° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter3.4° to 4.4° orb
stableUranusoppositionNeptune3.9° to 4.0° orb
stableMarssquareSaturn4.5° to 5.2° orb
stableMercurysquareSaturn5.1° to 5.5° orb
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 11.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 2.1° to 16.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 2.2° to 16.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Cecil’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 0°04′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 21°49′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 4°47′ (moves 0.78° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 0°32′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 0°08′ (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 Uranus 0.4°
- Eros sextile Neptune 1.1°
- Ceres sextile Saturn 1.8°
- Eros conjunction Sun 2.0°
- Ceres opposition Pluto 2.6°
Cecil’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn4 pts
4 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars3 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Cecil’s chart
Stellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.5°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.4°
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 1.5°
Cecil’s family here
One relative of Cecil Day-Lewis also has a chart on AsterNym.
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More charts like Cecil’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Aaron RamsdaleEnglish association football player (born 1998)
- Muna el-KurdPalestinian journalist
- Ben RadcliffeEnglish actor
Born in Dragon years
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- Sam LaPortaAmerican football player (born 2001)
- Roger McCrearyAmerican football player (born 2000)
Also born on April 27
- Lizzo1988
- Frank Bainimarama1954
- Balendra Shah1990
- Cory Booker1969
- Rande Gerber1962
- Cassie Randolph1995
Fellow Yin Metal day masters
- Ellen WidmannSwiss actress
- Ulrich MatthesGerman actor
- Tom BerengerAmerican actor (born 1949)
Other Taurus Dragon charts
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- Behati PrinslooNamibian model
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Other Gilded Lightkeepers
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From the journal: What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated · Is astrology real or fake?
Cecil’s cards
Computed from April 27, 1904. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Gilded LightkeeperWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Cecil’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q954383 (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 Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Cecil Day-Lewis 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 Cecil Day-Lewis.
Quick answers about Cecil Day-Lewis’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Cecil Day-Lewis?
- Cecil Day-Lewis was a Taurus: born April 27, 1904, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What was Cecil Day-Lewis's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 27, 1904 birth.
- What was Cecil Day-Lewis's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Cecil Day-Lewis's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 0°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Cecil Day-Lewis's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Cecil Day-Lewis's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
