Charlie Ross
Charlie Ross (born November 9, 1885, Independence, United States; died 1950), was an American journalist. Ross served as White House Press Secretary. Ross's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence.
Charlie Ross’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Wood Rooster, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Rooster, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with Charlie
Charlie Ross’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Guardian
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Charlie in the U.S.?
#133
US rank in 2025
~224,639
Americans share it since 1880
1919
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1885, Charlie came 23rd among boys and 753rd among girls, carried by 705 American boys and 9 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Charlie’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
3
Soul Urge · being heard
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on C (3) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 9: drive against empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Charlie’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Green Orchid
Gold · Crimson · Botanical green
The record
What sets Charlie apart
Carl Sagan (1934) and Hedy Lamarr (1914) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Charlie, according to the stars
Core essence
Charlie does not do surface. The core of Charlie is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Charlie is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Charlie is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Charlie needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
How Charlie wants to be loved
Charlie wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Charlie you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Charlie creates
How Charlie makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Charlie creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Charlie is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Charlie is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Charlie channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Charlie's birth date. Working below.
Where Charlie sits
Six lines
Charlie’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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 Charlie Ross
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Independence 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 Independence that night
Computed for 39.09°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Independence was Alpheratz, in Andromeda, 79.4° up.
Of the 100 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
From 39.1°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −50.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Independence on any night.
Sun 45° below the horizon, Moon down and 11% lit at waxing crescent.
How unusual Charlie's chart is
Chart pattern score
31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
T-square onto Mars · 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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunReads the room. Says nothing.
Charlie Ross's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 9, 1885, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Wood Rooster
Wood RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Charlie Ross was born on November 9, 1885, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
Charlie Ross's birth date, November 9, 1885, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in Charlie’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Charlie Ross' date-only chart is Mercury opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Charlie Ross combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Guardian.
Charlie’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 27° Sagittarius 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
stableMercuryoppositionPluto0.0° to 1.5° orb
Charlie’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurysquareMars0.6° to 1.5° orb
Charlie’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarssquarePluto1.5° to 2.1° orb
Charlie’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenustrineMars1.7° to 2.3° orb
stableSaturnsquareUranus2.0° to 2.1° orb
stableMercurysextileJupiter2.1° to 3.4° orb
stableVenussquareUranus2.8° to 3.9° orb
stableVenussquareJupiter3.2° to 4.2° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto3.4° to 3.6° orb
stableUranustrinePluto3.5° to 3.6° orb
stableJupitertrineNeptune4.5° to 4.7° orb
stableVenusoppositionSaturn4.8° to 6.0° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Charlie’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 15°12′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 29°17′ (moves 0.42° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 9°34′ (moves 0.64° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 7°36′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 28°57′ (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 trine Jupiter 0.0°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 0.4°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.4°
- Ceres square Mars 1.3°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.7°
Charlie’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Charlie’s chart
T-square onto Mars · Mercury, Pluto, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Uranus · Venus, Saturn, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.1°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 0.2°
- Mercury biquintile Saturn 0.4°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.0°
- Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.3°
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 1.7°
More people like Charlie
Other correspondents
- Mark S. Watson1887
- John M. Hightower1909
Born in United States
- Douglas Southall FreemanAmerican journalist
- Edward G. HillAmerican lawyer and poet from Mississippi
- Frank Luther MottAmerican journalist
- William Carlos WilliamsAmerican poet
- Edward Calvin KendallAmerican chemist
- Glen Cavenderactor
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- Dean McDermottCanadian actor
- Joel McHaleAmerican actor and comedian
- Miranda LambertAmerican country singer
Born in Rooster years
- Akani SimbineSouth African sprinter
- Vince StaplesAmerican rapper and singer
- Drew StarkeyAmerican actor
Also born on November 9
- Carl Sagan1934
- Hedy Lamarr1914
- Luiz Felipe Scolari1948
- Eric Dane1972
- Nikki Blonsky1988
- Sherrod Brown1952
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Pierre-Gilles de GennesFrench physicist
- Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de ConstantFrench politician
- Serge HarocheFrench physicist, Nobel laureate
Other Scorpio Rooster charts
- George OdumAmerican football player (born 1993)
- Emmanuel OgbahNigerian American football player (born 1993)
- Isaac SeumaloAmerican football player (born 1993)
- Cooper RushAmerican football player (born 1993)
Other Steadfast Guardians
- Walter PincusAmerican journalist
- Erik EriksonAmerican German-born psychoanalyst & essayist
- Carl Noracauthor
- Charles Ducalpoet and author from Belgium
Famous people with Life Path 6
- Florence WelchBritish singer
- RayeBritish singer-songwriter
- Jameela JamilBritish actress
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Charlie’s cards
Computed from November 9, 1885. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The DevilAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast GuardianWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
6 · Guardian♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Charlie’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5085474 (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 Harris & Ewing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Charlie Ross at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Charlie Ross.
Quick answers about Charlie Ross’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Charlie Ross?
- Charlie Ross was a Scorpio: born November 9, 1885, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What was Charlie Ross's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 9, 1885 birth.
- What was Charlie Ross's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What was Charlie Ross's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Charlie Ross's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Charlie Ross's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
