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Charles Singleton

Charles Singleton (born September 17, 1913, Jacksonville, United States; died 1985), was an American songwriter. Singleton's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Charles Singleton’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Water Ox, with Life Path 22 in numerology.

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Charles Singleton’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Explorer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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

Of the names registered in 1913, Charles came 7th among boys and 750th among girls, carried by 13,191 American boys and 49 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Charles’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

8

Soul Urge · achievement

11

Personality · perceptive

The name opens on C (3) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🪷 Lotus

Lavender · Lilac · Soft pink

The record

What sets Charles apart

Narendra Modi (1950) and Slayyyter (1996) 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 notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Charles is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

The vibe

Underneath, Charles runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Charles needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

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 refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Charles 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: Charles 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Charles does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
Charles

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Charles

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Charles

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Charles

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Charles

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Charles

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Charles Singleton

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville that night

Computed for 30.32°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Jacksonville was Aljanah, in Cygnus, 84.0° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 89 catalog stars were up in all.

From 30.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Jacksonville at all: they sit past the −59.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon, 94% lit at waning gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 32° below the horizon.

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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Virgo Sun

Sees the typo from across the room.

Charles Singleton's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 17, 1913, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Water Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Charles Singleton was born on September 17, 1913, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 22

Big blueprint, real hands.

Charles Singleton's birth date, September 17, 1913, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 22 means →

What stands out in Charles’s chart

Charles’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Aries depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 0° orbMoon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.2° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.9° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.2° orbMoon flows with Venus · Trine, 1.5° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.6° orbSun opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.5° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 6° orbSun in Virgo · 24°11′☉24°Moon in Aries · 17°47′☽17°Mercury in Virgo · 25°06′☿25°Venus in Leo · 19°15′♀19°Mars in Cancer · 1°06′♂1°Jupiter in Capricorn · 8°17′♃8°Saturn in Gemini · 18°01′♄18°Uranus in Aquarius · 3°53′ · retrograde♅℞3°Neptune in Cancer · 27°42′♆27°Pluto in Cancer · 1°07′♇1°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMarsconjunctionPluto0.0° to 0.3° orb

    Charles’s drive and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMoontrineVenus0.1° to 6.8° orb

    Charles’s feelings flow straight into their affections. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.5° to 1.3° orb

    Charles’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenussextileSaturn0.7° to 1.8° orb

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune1.7° to 3.5° orb

  • stableSunsextileNeptune3.0° to 4.0° orb

  • stableMercurysquarePluto5.1° to 6.9° orb

  • stableMercurysquareMars5.4° to 6.6° orb

  • stableSunsquareSaturn5.7° to 6.6° orb

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune6.2° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionJupiter6.9° to 7.4° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionPluto7.2° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Charles’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 12°12′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 1°31′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosLibra 10°23′ (moves 0.81° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 28°50′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 22°16′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 1.9°
  • Eros square Jupiter 2.1°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 2.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 2.8°

Charles’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Venus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☽ Moon4 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect

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.

  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.9°

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Charles’s cards

Computed from September 17, 1913. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Explorer

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

22 · Master Builder

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Charles’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5082533 (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 Florida Memory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Charles Singleton 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 Charles Singleton.

Quick answers about Charles Singleton’s chart

What zodiac sign was Charles Singleton?
Charles Singleton was a Virgo: born September 17, 1913, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What was Charles Singleton's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 17, 1913 birth.
What was Charles Singleton's Life Path number?
Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
What was Charles Singleton's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Charles Singleton's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Charles Singleton's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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