Chuck Stone
Chuck Stone (born July 21, 1924, Hartford, United States; died 2014), was an American pilot, newspaper editor, journalism professor, and author. Stone's honours include National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards and Congressional Gold Medal.
Chuck Stone’s zodiac sign was Cancer, Chinese zodiac was Wood Rat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Cancer, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Rat, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Chuck
Chuck Stone’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Strategist
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Chuck in the U.S.?
#8381
US rank in 2025
~17,871
Americans share it since 1914
1961
its peak year
Chuck ranked 2,061st in 1924, the year of this birth, with 16 American boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Chuck’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
2
Expression · connecting people
5
Soul Urge · freedom
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on C (3) and closes on K (2). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Chuck’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Green Orchid
Sky blue · Pearl · Botanical green
The record
What sets Chuck apart
Ernest Hemingway (1899) and Robin Williams (1951) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Chuck, according to the stars
Core essence
Chuck feels the room before entering it. The core of Chuck is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Chuck, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
How Chuck wants to be loved
Chuck wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Chuck gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Chuck creates
How Chuck makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Chuck 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: Chuck is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Chuck is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Chuck slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from Chuck's birth date. Working below.
Where Chuck sits
Six lines
Chuck’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 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 may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
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 Chuck Stone
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Hartford 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 Hartford that night
Computed for 41.76°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Hartford at 9 p.m. that evening: Alphecca of Corona Borealis, within 16.5° of the exact zenith.
Of the 84 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 41.8°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Hartford at all: they sit past the −48.2° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 7° below the horizon, Moon down and 66% lit at last quarter.
How unusual Chuck's chart is
Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Cancer · 2 unaspected planets · No Earth planets
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
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunFeeds you before you ask.
Chuck Stone's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 21, 1924, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Cancer means →Wood Rat
Wood RatFinds the shortcut every time.
Chuck Stone was born on July 21, 1924, which falls in a Wood Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
Chuck Stone's birth date, July 21, 1924, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Chuck’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Chuck Stone's date-only chart is Sun square Saturn, with an orb of about 3°.
- Three planets, Sun, Venus and Pluto, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Chuck Stone combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Strategist.
Chuck’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 28° to 11° Pisces or Aries 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
stableSunsquareSaturn2.1° to 3.0° orb
Chuck’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune3.3° to 5.0° orb
Chuck’s mind and imagination act as one.
stableMercurytrineJupiter3.8° to 5.6° orb
Chuck’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenustrineMars4.1° to 4.2° orb
stableVenustrineSaturn5.0° to 5.1° orb
stableMarssquareJupiter5.2° to 5.3° orb
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 10.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.7° depending on birth time
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.7° to 12.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.7° to 13.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 4.5° to 15.5° depending on birth time
possibleSuntrineUranusorb from 6.8° to 7.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Chuck’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAries 24°39′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresTaurus 4°40′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 7°53′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 15°14′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 13°25′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea square Mercury 0.1°
- Ceres sextile Mars 0.6°
- Chiron opposition Saturn 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 1.8°
- Eros trine Mars 2.6°
- Hygiea sextile Pluto 2.9°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Jupiter 3.0°
Chuck’s dominant planets
1. ☽ Moon6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Venus, Pluto
2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Mercury, Neptune; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Chuck’s chart
Stellium in Cancer · Sun, Venus, PlutoThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury biquintile Uranus 0.1°
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 0.6°
- Sun biquintile Mars 0.7°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 0.9°
- Mercury quintile Saturn 1.1°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.2°
- Jupiter quincunx Pluto 1.9°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 2.0°
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Born in United States
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- Geraldine PageAmerican actress
- John StrohmeyerAmerican journalist
- Stanley KarnowAmerican historian and journalist
- Allan TemkoAmerican academic
More charts like Chuck’s
Fellow Cancer suns
- Janet LeighAmerican actress
- Saïd TaghmaouiFrench-American actor
- Shelley DuvallAmerican actress
Born in Rat years
- Alec IngoldAmerican football player (born 1996)
- Trey PipkinsAmerican football guard/tackle
- Troy DyeAmerican football linebacker
Also born on July 21
- Ernest Hemingway1899
- Robin Williams1951
- Erling Haaland2000
- Josh Hartnett1978
- Juno Temple1989
- Endrick2006
Fellow Yin Metal day masters
- Leonard BaconAmerican poet, translator, and literary critic
- Upton SinclairAmerican writer
- Edward AlbeeAmerican playwright
Other Cancer Rat charts
- Louis Van AmstelBallroom dance champion and choreographer.
- Johnny WeirAmerican figure skater and television commentator
- Jessica WhiteAmerican actress and model
- RodriSpanish association football player (born 1996)
Other Gilded Strategists
- Zac EfronAmerican actor and singer
- Hilary DuffAmerican actress and singer
- Tulsi GabbardAmerican politician (born 1981)
- Adam SchiffAmerican politician
Famous people with Life Path 8
- Camryn BynumAmerican football cornerback
- D.J. MontgomeryAmerican football player (born 1996)
- Cam Taylor-BrittAmerican football player (born 1999)
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Chuck’s cards
Computed from July 21, 1924. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Gilded StrategistWestern zodiac
CancerChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
8 · Achiever☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Chuck’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5115724 (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.
The same Chuck Stone at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Chuck Stone.
Quick answers about Chuck Stone’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Chuck Stone?
- Chuck Stone was a Cancer: born July 21, 1924, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
- What was Chuck Stone's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 21, 1924 birth.
- What was Chuck Stone's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was Chuck Stone's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Chuck Stone's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Chuck Stone's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Venus, Pluto). Jupiter is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
