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David G. McCullough

David G. McCullough (born July 7, 1933, Pittsburgh, United States; died 2022), was a Historian. McCullough is best remembered for Truman, The Path Between the Seas and John Adams. McCullough's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize for Biography and National Book Award.

David G. McCullough’s zodiac sign was Cancer, Chinese zodiac was Water Rooster, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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David G. McCullough’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Diplomat

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional 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 13th among boys and 838th among girls in 1933, the year of this birth, with 12,026 American boys and 64 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.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on D (4) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

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

3 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🪷 Lotus

Sky blue · Pearl · Soft pink

The record

What sets David apart

Ringo Starr (1940) and Sky Brown (2008) 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 feels the room before entering it. The core of David 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 David, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

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 out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore David openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How David creates

How David makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. David builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: David is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. David is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. David fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
David

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

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 G. McCullough

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

David’s birth-night reference starIzarwarm orange · BoötesIzar, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 76.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Izar →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 19.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

The sky over Pittsburgh that night

Computed for 40.44°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Izar stood nearest the zenith over Pittsburgh at 9 p.m. that evening, 76.9° above the horizon in Boötes.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.

From 40.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

Sun 1° below the horizon, Moon down and 100% lit at full moon.

How unusual David's chart is

Chart pattern score

37 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

2 unaspected planets · 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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The quick version

Cancer Sun

Guards the people, guards the past.

David G. McCullough's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 7, 1933, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Water Rooster

Sharp eye, sharper tongue.

David G. McCullough was born on July 7, 1933, which falls in a Water Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 3

Creative, loud, warm.

David G. McCullough's birth date, July 7, 1933, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 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 9° to 24° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Jupiter · Trine, 0.4° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 2.4° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.9° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 4.4° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 4.6° orbMercury faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 4.8° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.9° orbMoon faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 5.3° orbSun in Cancer · 15°03′☉15°Moon in Capricorn · 17°30′☽17°Mercury in Leo · 10°13′☿10°Venus in Leo · 5°37′♀5°Mars in Libra · 0°24′♂0°Jupiter in Virgo · 17°55′♃17°Saturn in Aquarius · 15°04′ · retrograde♄℞15°Uranus in Aries · 27°09′♅27°Neptune in Virgo · 8°03′♆8°Pluto in Cancer · 22°46′♇22°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableSunsextileJupiter2.5° to 3.3° orb

    David’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus4.3° to 4.9° orb

    David’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableUranussquarePluto4.4° orb

    David’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn4.5° to 5.2° orb

  • stableJupitersextilePluto4.8° to 4.9° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionPlutoorb from 0.0° to 12.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunoppositionMoonorb from 0.1° to 9.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 1.9° to 16.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 2.2° to 17.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleVenussextileMarsorb from 4.9° to 5.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 5.7° to 20.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

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

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironGemini 2°02′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAries 17°34′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 1°17′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaScorpio 18°20′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 18°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 0.1°
  • Hygiea sextile Jupiter 0.4°
  • Eros square Mars 0.9°
  • Chiron trine Mars 1.6°
  • Ceres square Sun 2.5°
  • Ceres sextile Saturn 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Saturn 3.0°

David’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Pluto

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 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.

  • Sun quincunx Saturn 0.0°
  • Saturn quintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.3°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.3°

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David’s cards

Computed from July 7, 1933. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q374610 (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 Nrbelex at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same David G. McCullough at Wikipedia, simonandschusterpublishing.com, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by David G. McCullough.

Quick answers about David G. McCullough’s chart

What zodiac sign was David G. McCullough?
David G. McCullough was a Cancer: born July 7, 1933, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What was David G. McCullough's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 7, 1933 birth.
What was David G. McCullough's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What was David G. McCullough's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was David G. McCullough's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was David G. McCullough's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Pluto). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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