Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (born February 14, 1869, Glencorse, United Kingdom; died 1959), was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist. Wilson's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Copley Medal and Royal Medal.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Snake, with 
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Charles Thomson Rees Wilson’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Architect
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, 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 Social Security Administration public records
Charles’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Violet · Ivory · Gold
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Charles, according to the stars
Core essence
Charles is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Charles is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
How Charles wants to be loved
Charles wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Charles be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Charles creates
How Charles makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Charles creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Charles is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Charles is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Charles fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Charles'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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
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.
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The quick version
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunCares about everyone, needs space.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 14, 1869, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Earth Snake
Earth SnakeSays less than it knows.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was born on February 14, 1869, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Plans, then plans the plan.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's birth date, February 14, 1869, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Charles’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's date-only chart is Saturn trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Architect.
Charles’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 21° to 3° Pisces or Aries 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.
stableSunoppositionMars0.4° to 1.8° orb
Charles’s core identity pulls against their drive from across the wheel.
stableJupitersquareUranus0.6° to 0.8° orb
Charles’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturntrineNeptune0.6° orb
Charles’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableUranussextilePluto1.3° orb
Charles’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableUranussquareNeptune1.4° orb
Charles’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune2.0° to 2.2° orb
Charles’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupitertrineSaturn2.6° to 2.8° orb
Charles’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 2.1° to 12.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 5.7° to 17.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Charles’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 27°51′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Charles absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresPisces 22°01′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Charles is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosAries 7°51′ (moves 0.74° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Charles is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaAries 24°33′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Charles feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 8°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Charles is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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 trine Mars 0.2°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mercury 2.3°
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°).
Charles’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. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Charles is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.
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 Charles’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.
Yod onto Saturn · Uranus, Pluto, SaturnTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.
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.
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.1°
- Saturn quincunx Pluto 0.7°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.9°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 2.0°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
Charles’s cards
Every card is computed from February 14, 1869, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, 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 Q162900, 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 The American Institute of Physics credits the photo [1] to AB Lagrelius & Westphal, which is the Swedish company used by the Nobel Foundation for most photos of its book series Les Prix Nobel., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Quick answers about Charles Thomson Rees Wilson’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson?
- Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was an Aquarius: born February 14, 1869, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
- What was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 14, 1869 birth.
- What time was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson 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 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the February 14, 1869 birth date.
- What was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 14, 1869 birth date.
- Where was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
