Charles Bukowski
German-American writer
Born August 16, 1920 · Andernach, Germany
Leo
Metal Monkey
Life Path 9Charles Bukowski’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Healer
Fire gives Charles presence. Life Path 9 gives compassion. The Radiant Healer is where the two meet — the healer’s direction carried with fire’s texture.
The name Charles in the world
#48
US rank in 2025
~2,447,135
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Charles’s luck
Lucky numbers
9 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🤍 White Magnolia
Coral · Gold · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print — one tradition, read for everyone
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No public birth time is available, so the sky is reconstructed for 9:00 p.m. local time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
Charles Bukowski in 15 seconds
Leo Sun
Leo SunWalks in, room rearranges.
Warmth · pride · natural spotlight
Leo energy is read as warm, expressive and generous — you may naturally hold attention and give it back as encouragement. The growth edge is remembering quieter voices shine differently, not less.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeySolves it with a joke.
Inventive · playful · endlessly curious
Monkey years are linked to wit and invention — you may solve with play what others grind through. The tradition's caution is cleverness used to dodge rather than build.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Feels the whole room's weight.
Compassion · completion · the wide view
A 9 path suggests a life theme of completion — you may feel pulled toward causes bigger than yourself and endings that make room for beginnings. The practice is letting go gracefully.
Charles’s cards
Every one is calculated from the birth date, not chosen: the tarot card by reducing the digits of August 16, 1920, the identity card by combining the BaZi day-master element with the Life Path number, and the two zodiac cards from the sun’s position and the Chinese year branch.
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Charles Bukowski, 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
Charles’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q76409, released under CC0. No documented birth time is available. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart.
These are traditional interpretations — not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Charles Bukowski.