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Dean Acheson

Dean Acheson (born April 11, 1893, Middletown, United States; died 1971), was an American statesman and lawyer. Acheson held office as United States Secretary of State. Acheson's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize for History and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dean Acheson’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Water Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Dean Acheson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Visionary

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

How common is the name Dean in the U.S.?

#125

US rank in 2025

~195,844

Americans share it since 1880

1961

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1893, Dean came 482nd among boys and 1,314th among girls, carried by 15 American boys and 6 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Dean’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

9

Soul Urge · meaning

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on D (4) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Dean’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 8

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 💠 Water Lily

White · Crimson · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Dean apart

Alessandra Ambrosio (1981) and Duncan Laurence (1994) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Dean, according to the stars

Core essence

Dean leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Dean is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Dean needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Dean needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Dean wants to be loved

Dean wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How Dean creates

How Dean makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Dean creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Dean 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Dean is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Dean scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Dean's birth date. Working below.

Where Dean sits

Six lines

Dean’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Dean

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dean

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Dean

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dean

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Dean

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dean

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

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

Dean’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 87.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 39° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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

The sky over Middletown that night

Computed for 41.56°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Middletown at 9 p.m. that evening: Tania Australis of Ursa Major, within 2.9° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 105 catalog stars were up in all.

From 41.6°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 −48.4° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waning crescent, 25% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 26° down.

How unusual Dean's chart is

Chart pattern score

28 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

3-planet stellium in Aries

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Dean Acheson at a glance

Aries Sun

Runs at it head first.

Dean Acheson's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 11, 1893, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

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Water Snake

Wise, cool, hard to read.

Dean Acheson was born on April 11, 1893, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 9

Compassion at scale.

Dean Acheson's birth date, April 11, 1893, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Dean’s chart

Dean’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 24° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0.2° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.2° orbMars flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.6° orbMars fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 0.8° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.8° orbNeptune fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1° orbMoon opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 1.4° orbMercury opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.4° orbSun in Aries · 22°01′☉22°Moon in Aquarius · 17°59′☽17°Mercury in Aries · 4°54′ · retrograde☿℞4°Venus in Aries · 16°37′♀16°Mars in Gemini · 9°05′♂9°Jupiter in Taurus · 4°01′♃4°Saturn in Libra · 8°28′ · retrograde♄℞8°Uranus in Scorpio · 9°25′ · retrograde♅℞9°Neptune in Gemini · 9°17′♆9°Pluto in Gemini · 8°17′♇8°

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

  • stableMarsconjunctionNeptune0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Dean’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSaturntrinePluto0.1° to 0.2° orb

    Dean’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarstrineSaturn0.2° to 1.0° orb

    Dean’s drive flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableMarsconjunctionPluto0.5° to 1.1° orb

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune0.8° to 0.9° orb

  • stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto1.0° orb

  • stableMercurysextilePluto3.2° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn3.5° to 3.7° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars3.7° to 4.6° orb

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune4.2° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus5.3° to 5.5° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionUranus5.3° to 5.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Leo 27°40′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 10°04′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 7°19′ (moves 0.57° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 5°07′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 0°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea trine Mercury 0.2°
  • Ceres conjunction Neptune 0.8°
  • Ceres conjunction Mars 1.0°
  • Eros square Pluto 1.0°
  • Hygiea square Jupiter 1.1°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 1.6°
  • Ceres conjunction Pluto 1.8°
  • Eros square Mars 1.8°
  • Eros square Neptune 2.0°
  • Eros trine Uranus 2.1°

Dean’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♂ Mars10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune, Pluto; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Dean’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Uranus quincunx Neptune 0.1°
  • Mars quincunx Uranus 0.3°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.9°
  • Saturn semi-sextile Uranus 0.9°
  • Uranus quincunx Pluto 1.1°
  • Sun semi-square Pluto 1.3°
  • Mercury biquintile Uranus 1.5°

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Dean’s cards

Computed from April 11, 1893. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Visionary

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

9 · Healer

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Dean’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q214758 (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 U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

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Quick answers about Dean Acheson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Dean Acheson?
Dean Acheson was an Aries: born April 11, 1893, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What was Dean Acheson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 11, 1893 birth.
What was Dean Acheson's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What was Dean Acheson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Leo at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Dean Acheson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Dean Acheson's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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