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David Remnick

David Remnick (born October 29, 1958, Hackensack, United States), aged 67, is an American journalist, writer and editor (born 1958). Remnick is best known for Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (1st edition). Remnick's honours include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Medal of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas and George Polk Award.

David Remnick’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Dog, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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David Remnick’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Scholar

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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, 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

US Social Security Administration public records

David’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

8 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Amber · Crimson · Gold

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

What the chart says

David, according to the stars

Core essence

David does not do surface. The core of David is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from David is earned slowly and never given lightly.

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 make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. David 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: David is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. David 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 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, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where David sits

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Intimate circleWide network
David

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

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

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 Remnick

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

David’s birth-night reference starAlpheratzblue-white · AndromedaAlpheratz, in Andromeda. A blue-white star, 76.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alpheratz →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 31.4° 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.

David Remnick at a glance

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

David Remnick's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 29, 1958, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Earth Dog

The first call when it's bad.

David Remnick was born on October 29, 1958, which falls in a Earth Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

David Remnick's birth date, October 29, 1958, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.

What stands out in David’s chart

David’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for David Remnick, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 4° Taurus or Gemini depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.7° orbSun fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.2° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.3° orbMoon fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.7° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.9° orbVenus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 2° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.2° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 4.1° orbSun in Scorpio · 5°46′☉5°Moon in Taurus · 28°06′☽28°Mercury in Scorpio · 20°40′☿20°Venus in Scorpio · 2°32′♀2°Mars in Taurus · 29°49′ · retrograde♂℞29°Jupiter in Scorpio · 10°44′♃10°Saturn in Sagittarius · 22°26′♄22°Uranus in Leo · 16°07′♅16°Neptune in Scorpio · 4°34′♆4°Pluto in Virgo · 3°52′♇3°

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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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.

  • stableMoonconjunctionMars0.1° to 7.8° orb

    David’s feelings and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunconjunctionNeptune0.7° to 1.7° orb

    David’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenussextilePluto0.7° to 1.9° orb

    David’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.7° orb

    David’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunsextilePluto1.4° to 2.4° orb

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

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune1.4° to 2.6° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.1° to 3.4° orb

    David’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus3.8° to 5.3° orb

    David’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMarssquarePluto3.9° to 4.2° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter4.6° to 5.3° orb

    David’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • stableJupitersquareUranus5.3° to 5.5° orb

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

  • stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune6.1° to 6.3° orb

    David’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal0 of 10
  • Fixed8 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

David’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 17°39′

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

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has David making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 13°46′ (moves 0.45° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. David is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Pisces 13°57′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. David is read as easily moved and hard to pin.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 22°41′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has David needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 27°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has David carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.

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.

  • Hygiea opposition Saturn 0.2°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.5°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 2.3°

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°).

David’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. ♇ Pluto12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Mars; 3 major aspects

A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: David is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.

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 David’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.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, NeptuneThree 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.

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 semi-square Saturn 1.7°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.8°

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

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David’s cards

Every card is computed from October 29, 1958, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

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Strength

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Scholar

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for David Remnick, 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

David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1176307, 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.

Portrait by Sizzlipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same David Remnick at Wikipedia, IMDb, X and MusicBrainz.

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 David Remnick.

Quick answers about David Remnick’s chart

How old is David Remnick?
David Remnick is 67 years old, born October 29, 1958 in Hackensack, United States.
What zodiac sign is David Remnick?
David Remnick is a Scorpio: born October 29, 1958, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Dog.
What is David Remnick's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 29, 1958 birth.
What time was David Remnick 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 is David Remnick's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the October 29, 1958 birth date.
What is David Remnick's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 29, 1958 birth date.
Where is David Remnick's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is David Remnick's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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