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David Brion Davis

David Brion Davis (born February 16, 1927, Denver, United States; died 2019), was an American historian. Davis served as chairperson. Davis's honours include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Ralph Waldo Emerson Award and National Book Award.

David Brion Davis’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, Chinese zodiac was Fire Rabbit, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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David Brion Davis’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Scholar

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

The SSA recorded 9,426 American boys and 60 girls named David in 1927: 21st among boys and 983rd among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What David’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

8

Soul Urge · achievement

1

Personality · self-directed

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

1 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌺 Poppy

Violet · Ivory · Flame orange

The record

What sets David apart

The Weeknd (1990) and Bebeto (1964) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

David, according to the stars

Core essence

David is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of David is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

How David wants to be loved

David wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with David, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How David creates

How David makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. David 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: David is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. David is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of David leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means David is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
David

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
David

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

PrivateExpressive
David

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
David

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

PracticalVisionary
David

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
David

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to David Brion Davis

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

David’s birth-night reference starMenkalinanwhite · AurigaMenkalinan, in Auriga. A white star, 79.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkalinan →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 71.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Denver that night

Computed for 39.74°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Menkalinan stood nearest the zenith over Denver at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.3° above the horizon in Auriga.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 102 catalog stars above the horizon.

Denver sits at 39.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −50.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Denver on any night.

Sun 39° below the horizon, Moon up and 100% lit at full moon.

How unusual David's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Pisces · T-square onto Mars

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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David Brion Davis at a glance

Aquarius Sun

Ideas first, people second.

David Brion Davis's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 16, 1927, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aquarius means →

Fire Rabbit

Soft voice, sharp read.

David Brion Davis was born on February 16, 1927, which falls in a Fire Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 1

Independent to the core.

David Brion Davis's birth date, February 16, 1927, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in David’s chart

David’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 22° to 4° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.1° orbSun grinds against Mars · Square, 0.2° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.3° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 1° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 1.2° orbSun faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.5° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.8° orbMercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.4° orbSun in Aquarius · 27°07′☉27°Moon in Leo · 28°22′☽28°Mercury in Pisces · 11°41′☿11°Venus in Pisces · 17°53′♀17°Mars in Taurus · 27°20′♂27°Jupiter in Pisces · 6°49′♃6°Saturn in Sagittarius · 6°57′♄6°Uranus in Pisces · 27°37′♅27°Neptune in Leo · 25°34′ · retrograde♆℞25°Pluto in Cancer · 14°05′ · retrograde♇℞14°

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

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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

  • stableSunsquareMars0.0° to 0.5° orb

    David’s core identity grinds against their drive.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn0.0° to 0.2° orb

    David’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunoppositionMoon0.1° to 6.8° orb

    David’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.

  • stableMoonsquareMars0.1° to 6.8° orb

  • stableMarssextileUranus0.1° to 0.5° orb

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune1.0° to 2.1° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune1.5° to 2.0° orb

  • stableMercurytrinePluto1.6° to 3.3° orb

  • stableVenustrinePluto3.2° to 4.4° orb

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn3.9° to 5.5° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter4.1° to 5.6° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus6.0° to 6.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 28°16′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 11°37′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 26°05′ (moves 0.69° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Libra 15°27′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 28°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Mercury 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Uranus 0.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 0.8°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 1.1°
  • Eros sextile Mars 1.3°
  • Hygiea square Pluto 1.4°
  • Eros conjunction Uranus 1.5°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.7°

David’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♆ Neptune6 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects

Configurations in David’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Pisces · Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, UranusThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Sun, Neptune, MarsAn 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-sextile Uranus 0.5°
  • Saturn biquintile Pluto 1.1°
  • Mars semi-square Pluto 1.7°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 2.0°
  • Uranus quincunx Neptune 2.0°

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David’s cards

Computed from February 16, 1927. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Scholar

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1173832 (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 David Brion Davis at Wikipedia.

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Quick answers about David Brion Davis’s chart

What zodiac sign was David Brion Davis?
David Brion Davis was an Aquarius: born February 16, 1927, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
What was David Brion Davis's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 16, 1927 birth.
What was David Brion Davis's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was David Brion Davis's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was David Brion Davis's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was David Brion Davis's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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