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Daniel De Luce

Daniel De Luce (born June 8, 1911, Yuma, United States; died 2002), was an American journalist. Luce's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

Daniel De Luce’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Metal Pig, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Daniel De Luce’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Storyteller

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

How common is the name Daniel in the U.S.?

#22

US rank in 2025

~1,991,091

Americans share it since 1880

1985

its peak year

In 1911, 796 American boys were registered Daniel — 53rd on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Daniel’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

1

Soul Urge · independence

4

Personality · steady, dependable

The name opens on D (4) and closes on L (3). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 5: voice against movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Daniel’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 5

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Magnolia

Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1911, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Daniel apart

The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting came in 1944, when Daniel De Luce was 33.

On Wikipedia the categories read American war correspondents of World War II and Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners.

Tim Berners-Lee (1955) and Kanye West (1977) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Awards
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1944)
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Daniel, according to the stars

Core essence

Daniel is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Daniel needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Daniel feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Daniel needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Daniel creates

How Daniel makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Daniel creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: Daniel is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Daniel 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: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Daniel gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Daniel's birth date. Working below.

Where Daniel sits

Six lines

Daniel’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Daniel

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Daniel

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Daniel

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Daniel

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

PracticalVisionary
Daniel

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Daniel

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Daniel De Luce

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

Computed for 32.69°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Cor Caroli stood nearest the zenith over Yuma at 9 p.m. that evening, 80.6° above the horizon in Canes Venatici.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 84 catalog stars above the horizon.

Yuma sits at 32.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −57.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 93% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 14° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Yuma, United States

The death is recorded at Escondido, San Diego County in 2002.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Daniel De Luce: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Daniel's chart is

Chart pattern score

58 / 100 · Unusual

2 unaspected planets · T-square onto Jupiter · 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.

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Gemini Sun

Four conversations, one person.

Daniel De Luce's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 8, 1911, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Metal Pig

Generous to the last coin.

Daniel De Luce was born on June 8, 1911, which falls in a Metal Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 8

Turns effort into standing.

Daniel De Luce's birth date, June 8, 1911, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Daniel’s chart

Daniel’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 18° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 1.1° orbMoon faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 1.7° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.9° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 4.3° orbMercury flows with Uranus · Trine, 5° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 5.5° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 6.7° orbMoon fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 7.3° orbSun in Gemini · 16°51′☉16°Moon in Scorpio · 12°51′☽12°Mercury in Taurus · 23°54′☿23°Venus in Leo · 0°00′♀0°Mars in Aries · 4°16′♂4°Jupiter in Scorpio · 5°32′ · retrograde♃℞5°Saturn in Taurus · 14°32′♄14°Uranus in Capricorn · 28°52′ · retrograde♅℞28°Neptune in Cancer · 20°00′♆20°Pluto in Gemini · 27°10′♇27°

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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

  • stableMoonoppositionSaturn0.0° to 7.6° orb

    Daniel’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus0.6° to 1.7° orb

    Daniel’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune3.3° to 4.5° orb

    Daniel’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • stableVenustrineMars4.1° to 4.4° orb

  • stableMercurytrineUranus4.3° to 5.6° orb

  • stableVenussquareJupiter4.9° to 6.1° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus6.6° to 6.7° orb

  • possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 1.2° to 13.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 1.3° to 13.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 5.8° to 16.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMarssquarePlutoorb from 6.7° to 7.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

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

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 7°02′

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 8°42′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosGemini 2°01′ (moves 0.83° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 21°35′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 19°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Jupiter 1.5°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.0°
  • Eros sextile Mars 2.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 2.7°

Daniel’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars3 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; 1 major aspect

Configurations in Daniel’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Jupiter · Venus, Uranus, JupiterAn 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 quintile Mars 0.6°
  • Mars quincunx Jupiter 1.3°
  • Uranus quincunx Pluto 1.7°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.8°

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Daniel’s cards

Computed from June 8, 1911. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Storyteller

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

8 · Achiever

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Daniel’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q22670529 (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 Daniel De Luce at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Daniel De Luce.

Quick answers about Daniel De Luce’s chart

What zodiac sign was Daniel De Luce?
Daniel De Luce was a Gemini: born June 8, 1911, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What was Daniel De Luce's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 8, 1911 birth.
What was Daniel De Luce's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What was Daniel De Luce's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Daniel De Luce's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Daniel De Luce's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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