David S. Broder
David S. Broder (born September 11, 1929, Chicago Heights, United States; died 2011), was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Broder's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award and honorary doctor of the University of Miami.
David S. Broder’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Snake, with 
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David S. Broder’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Explorer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name David in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~3,689,613
Americans share it since 1880
1955
its peak year
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David’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
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta
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 notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of David is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
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 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 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. David 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: 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, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunHelps by correcting.
David S. Broder's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 11, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Earth Snake
Earth SnakeCalm surface, fast strike.
David S. Broder was born on September 11, 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
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
David S. Broder's birth date, September 11, 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 David’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in David S. Broder's date-only chart is Venus sextile Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- David S. Broder combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Explorer.
David’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for David S. Broder, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 2° Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMercurytrineJupiter0.0° to 0.8° orb
David’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussextileMars0.0° to 0.5° orb
David’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableSunsextilePluto0.4° to 1.3° orb
David’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.5° to 1.8° orb
David’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenussextileJupiter1.7° to 2.8° orb
David’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableMarstrineJupiter1.7° to 2.3° orb
David’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.8° to 2.0° orb
David’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenustrineUranus2.4° to 3.6° orb
David’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
stableSunsquareJupiter2.5° to 3.4° orb
David’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableMarsoppositionUranus2.9° to 3.6° orb
David’s drive pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurysquarePluto3.7° to 4.7° orb
David’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercuryoppositionUranus4.4° to 5.4° orb
David’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 14°10′ (moves 0.02° 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 David building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresGemini 15°18′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has David feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosLibra 26°43′ (moves 0.73° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. David is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 13°02′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has David feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 12°38′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. David is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for 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.
- Ceres trine Mercury 0.2°
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 0.2°
- Hygiea trine Venus 0.2°
- Hygiea opposition Mars 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.8°
- Chiron square Venus 0.9°
- Ceres trine Mars 1.8°
- Ceres sextile Venus 2.0°
- Hygiea opposition Mercury 2.1°
- Hygiea sextile Jupiter 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 2.5°
- Eros sextile Saturn 2.7°
- Hygiea conjunction Uranus 2.8°
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. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Neptune; 5 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars6 pts
disposes Uranus; 5 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: David is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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.
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.
- Mars quintile Saturn 1.4°
- Mercury semi-square Neptune 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for David S. Broder, 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 September 11, 1929, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for David S. Broder, 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 Q166604, 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 Earl McDonald, NARA Staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same David S. Broder at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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.
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Quick answers about David S. Broder’s chart
- What zodiac sign was David S. Broder?
- David S. Broder was a Virgo: born September 11, 1929, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
- What was David S. Broder's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 11, 1929 birth.
- What time was David S. Broder 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 David S. Broder's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the September 11, 1929 birth date.
- What was David S. Broder's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 11, 1929 birth date.
- Where was David S. Broder's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was David S. Broder's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Neptune; 5 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
