Charles Edward Russell
Charles Edward Russell (born September 25, 1860, Davenport, United States; died 1941), was an American journalist. Russell's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Charles Edward Russell’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Metal Monkey, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Monkey, with 
Life Path 22 in numerology.Your match with Charles
Charles Edward Russell’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Pioneer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Charles in the U.S.?
#48
US rank in 2025
~2,447,135
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US name records start in 1880, 20 years after this birth. In that first year Charles ranked 4th among boys and 520th among girls, with 5,348 American boys and 11 girls registered.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Charles’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
11
Expression · sensing what is coming
2
Soul Urge · closeness
9
Personality · generous, worldly
The name opens on C (3) and closes on S (1). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Charles’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
22 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
The record
What sets Charles apart
Will Smith (1968) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Charles, according to the stars
Core essence
Charles makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Charles is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Charles needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Charles needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Charles wants to be loved
Charles wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Charles openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Charles creates
How Charles makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Charles 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: Charles is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Charles is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Charles does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Charles's birth date. Working below.
Where Charles sits
Six lines
Charles’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Charles Edward Russell
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Davenport 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 Davenport that night
Computed for 41.54°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Davenport at 9 p.m. that evening: Deneb of Cygnus, within 6.7° of the exact zenith.
Of the 91 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Davenport sits at 41.5°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −48.5° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Davenport on any night.
Sun 32° below the horizon, Moon up and 87% lit at waxing gibbous.
How unusual Charles's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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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Libra Sun
Libra SunFair to a fault, slow to pick.
Charles Edward Russell's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 25, 1860, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyClever, playful, never bored.
Charles Edward Russell was born on September 25, 1860, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Monkey means →Life Path 22
Life Path 22Big blueprint, real hands.
Charles Edward Russell's birth date, September 25, 1860, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 22 means →What stands out in Charles’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Charles Edward Russell's date-only chart is Mars sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Charles Edward Russell combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Pioneer.
Charles’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 21° Aquarius 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
stableMoonoppositionVenus0.1° to 6.5° orb
Charles’s feelings pull against their affections from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMarssextileNeptune0.2° to 0.6° orb
Charles’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter1.6° to 2.4° orb
Charles’s affections and growth act as one.
stableSunconjunctionMercury2.5° to 3.3° orb
stableSuntrineMars4.3° to 4.9° orb
stableSunoppositionNeptune4.5° to 5.5° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto5.3° to 5.4° orb
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 0.0° to 8.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.0° to 9.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.6° to 12.6° depending on birth time
possibleVenussextileUranusorb from 4.3° to 5.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 4.9° to 15.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Charles’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 23°22′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresGemini 21°14′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 21°34′ (moves 0.88° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLibra 23°36′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 26°43′ (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 conjunction Neptune 1.1°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 1.5°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 2.5°
Charles’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
in its own sign, Pisces; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Charles’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.
- Sun biquintile Pluto 0.3°
- Mars biquintile Saturn 0.5°
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 0.8°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.9°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.3°
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Charles’s cards
Computed from September 25, 1860. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal PioneerWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Monkey 申Life Path
22 · Master Builder♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Charles’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5077300 (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 George Eastman House from Rochester, NY, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Charles Edward Russell at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Charles Edward Russell.
Quick answers about Charles Edward Russell’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Charles Edward Russell?
- Charles Edward Russell was a Libra: born September 25, 1860, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was Charles Edward Russell's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 25, 1860 birth.
- What was Charles Edward Russell's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
- What was Charles Edward Russell's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Charles Edward Russell's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Charles Edward Russell's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
