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Dave Anderson

Dave Anderson (born May 6, 1929, Troy, United States; died 2018), was an American writer and journalist. Anderson's honours include International Boxing Hall of Fame and Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Dave Anderson’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Dave Anderson’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Architect

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

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

#2456

US rank in 2025

~64,492

Americans share it since 1880

1959

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Dave’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

5 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia

Ivory · Blush · Terracotta

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Dave, according to the stars

Core essence

Dave is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Dave is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

The vibe

Underneath, Dave 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 Dave needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Dave wants to be loved

Dave wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How Dave creates

How Dave makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Dave 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: Dave 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 5 is the free spirit. Dave is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Dave 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 Dave's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Dave sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Dave

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dave

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

PrivateExpressive
Dave

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dave

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

PracticalVisionary
Dave

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dave

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Dave Anderson

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Troy on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Dave’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 81.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 30.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Dave Anderson in 15 seconds

Taurus Sun

Comfort first, then everything else.

Dave Anderson's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 6, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.

Earth Snake

Calm surface, fast strike.

Dave Anderson was born on May 6, 1929, 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 5

Freedom over comfort, always.

Dave Anderson's birth date, May 6, 1929, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in Dave’s chart

Dave’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Dave Anderson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 4° to 17° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.9° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.3° orbMoon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 1.5° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 4.4° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 4.9° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.9° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 5.5° orbSun fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 5.7° orbSun in Taurus · 15°37′☉15°Moon in Aries · 10°57′☽10°Mercury in Gemini · 4°36′☿4°Venus in Aries · 22°08′ · retrograde♀℞22°Mars in Cancer · 26°32′♂26°Jupiter in Taurus · 21°22′♃21°Saturn in Sagittarius · 29°56′ · retrograde♄℞29°Uranus in Aries · 9°28′♅9°Neptune in Leo · 28°36′ · retrograde♆℞28°Pluto in Cancer · 16°29′♇16°

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.

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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

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.

  • stableSunsextilePluto0.4° to 1.3° orb

    Dave’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune1.3° to 1.4° orb

    Dave’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussquareMars4.0° to 4.8° orb

    Dave’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableJupitersextilePluto4.8° to 5.0° orb

    Dave’s growth opens doors for their depths.

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune5.2° to 6.8° orb

    Dave’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter5.4° to 6.1° orb

    Dave’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • stableVenussquarePluto5.6° to 5.8° orb

    Dave’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune6.4° to 6.6° orb

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

  • possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.0° to 8.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 12.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.3° to 12.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 4.1° to 18.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

Dave’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.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 10°13′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Dave building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 2°29′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Dave is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosCancer 7°46′ (moves 0.93° over the day)

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

    Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Dave is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 28°43′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Dave needing solitude to reset.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 28°23′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Dave leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.2°
  • Hygiea square Saturn 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Saturn 1.6°
  • Eros square Uranus 1.7°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 2.2°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 2.5°

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°).

Dave’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. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    in its own sign, Gemini; 1 major aspect

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Dave is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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 Dave’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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.

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.7°
  • Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Sun quintile Mars 1.1°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Dave Anderson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

Born the same day as Dave

Paul Lauterbur was born on May 6, 1929 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.

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Dave’s cards

Every card is computed from May 6, 1929, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Temperance

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Architect

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Dave Anderson, 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

Dave’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5228237, 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.

The same Dave Anderson at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dave Anderson.

Quick answers about Dave Anderson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Dave Anderson?
Dave Anderson was a Taurus: born May 6, 1929, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
What was Dave Anderson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 6, 1929 birth.
What time was Dave Anderson 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 Dave Anderson's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the May 6, 1929 birth date.
What was Dave Anderson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 6, 1929 birth date.
Where was Dave Anderson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Dave Anderson's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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