David Baker
David Baker (born October 6, 1962, Seattle, United States), aged 64, is an American biochemist and computational biologist (born 1962). Baker's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
David Baker’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Water Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Tiger, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with David
David Baker’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Visionary
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name David in the U.S.?
#35
US rank in 2025
~3,689,613
Americans share it since 1880
1955
its peak year
David ranked 2nd among boys and 579th among girls in 1962, the year of this birth, with 81,337 American boys and 290 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What David’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
7
Soul Urge · understanding
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on D (4) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 4, which numerology reads as craft.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
David’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily
Amber · Blush · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1962, 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 David apart
David Baker took the Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering in 1994, at 32.
Training came by way of University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco.
On the family side, David Baker was married Hannele Ruohola-Baker.
Wikipedia's editors put David Baker under American bioinformaticians, University of California, San Francisco alumni and Overton Prize winners.
Ernest Walton (1903) and Riccardo Giacconi (1931) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024), Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (2004) and Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2021)
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 48
What the chart says
David, according to the stars
Core essence
David makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of David is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, David is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What David needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How David wants to be loved
David wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with David even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How David creates
How David makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. David creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: David is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. David is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means David 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 David's birth date. Working below.
Where David sits
Six lines
David’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
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 David Baker
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Seattle 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 Seattle that night
Computed for 47.60°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Seattle at 9 p.m. that evening: Deneb of Cygnus, within 3.2° of the exact zenith.
Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
At 47.6°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
Nothing below −42.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Seattle on any night.
The Moon, 54% lit at first quarter, was still up; the Sun sat 24° below the horizon.
How unusual David's chart is
Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
No Fire 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
Libra Sun
Libra SunFair to a fault, slow to pick.
David Baker's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 6, 1962, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Water Tiger
Water TigerBrave, bright, burns fast.
David Baker was born on October 6, 1962, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
David Baker's birth date, October 6, 1962, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in David’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in David Baker's date-only chart is Jupiter opposition Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- No planet falls in Fire signs in this chart.
- David Baker combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Visionary.
David’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 19° Capricorn 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
stableSunsquareMoon0.0° to 6.5° orb
David’s core identity grinds against their feelings.
stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 1.4° orb
David’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableJupiteroppositionUranus0.2° to 0.3° orb
David’s growth pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb
stableVenustrineMars4.2° orb
stableMarsoppositionSaturn7.3° to 7.9° orb
stableJupiteroppositionPluto7.3° to 7.4° orb
stableUranusconjunctionPluto7.5° to 7.6° orb
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.0° to 8.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 7.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 2.4° to 15.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
David’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 6°56′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresLeo 21°54′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 9°26′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aquarius 24°24′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 8°11′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres square Venus 1.1°
- Hygiea square Venus 1.4°
- Eros conjunction Pluto 1.6°
- Eros sextile Neptune 2.7°
David’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Venus, Neptune; 3 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury3 pts
disposes Uranus, Pluto; 1 major aspect
Configurations in David’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus quintile Pluto 0.0°
- Venus quintile Saturn 0.2°
- Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.2°
- Mars biquintile Jupiter 0.5°
- Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 0.6°
- Sun semi-sextile Neptune 0.9°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 1.1°
- Mars semi-square Pluto 1.2°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.3°
- Mercury semi-sextile Pluto 1.8°
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From the journal: What if you don't know your birth time? · Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet
David’s cards
Computed from October 6, 1962. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Radiant VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
7 · Seeker♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3814528 (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 John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same David Baker at Wikipedia and sites.uw.edu.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by David Baker.
Quick answers about David Baker’s chart
- How old is David Baker?
- David Baker is 64 years old, born October 6, 1962 in Seattle, United States.
- What zodiac sign is David Baker?
- David Baker is a Libra: born October 6, 1962, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What is David Baker's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 6, 1962 birth.
- What is David Baker's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is David Baker's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is David Baker's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is David Baker's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
