Derek Barton
Derek Barton (born September 8, 1918, Gravesend, United Kingdom; died 1998), was an English organic chemist. Barton served as Regius Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow University. Barton's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Knight Bachelor and Copley Medal.
Derek Barton’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Earth Horse, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Horse, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Derek
Derek Barton’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Seeker
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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Derek in the U.S.?
#284
US rank in 2025
~239,969
Americans share it since 1924
1989
its peak year
US records hold Derek from 1924 onward, though not for 1918 — fewer than five that year, which the SSA does not publish. 1989 was its busiest.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Derek’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
8
Soul Urge · achievement
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on D (4) and closes on K (2). Two values tie for most repeated, 2 and 5: tact against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Derek’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 3 · 7
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 record
What sets Derek apart
Bernie Sanders (1941) and Avicii (1989) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Derek, according to the stars
Core essence
Derek 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 Derek is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Derek cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Derek needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Derek wants to be loved
Derek 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 Derek openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Derek creates
How Derek 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. Derek 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: Derek is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Derek 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Derek runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Derek's birth date. Working below.
Where Derek sits
Six lines
Derek’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Derek Barton
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Gravesend on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Gravesend that night
Computed for 51.44°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Gravesend at 9 p.m. that evening: Fawaris of Cygnus, within 8.5° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 86 catalog stars were up in all.
Gravesend sits at 51.4°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 10% lit at waxing crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 13° below the horizon.
How unusual Derek's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
Derek Barton's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 8, 1918, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Virgo means →Earth Horse
Earth HorseHappiest halfway there.
Derek Barton was born on September 8, 1918, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Horse means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Derek Barton's birth date, September 8, 1918, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Derek’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Derek Barton's date-only chart is Venus opposition Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Saturn and Neptune, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Derek Barton combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Seeker.
Derek’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 23° Libra depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenusoppositionUranus0.0° to 1.0° orb
Derek’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableSunsextileMars0.5° to 0.8° orb
Derek’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
stableMercurysextilePluto2.3° to 2.8° orb
Derek’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarstrineJupiter3.0° to 3.5° orb
stableVenusconjunctionSaturn3.2° to 4.3° orb
stableSaturnoppositionUranus3.3° to 3.5° orb
stableSunsextileJupiter3.4° to 4.3° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionPluto4.6° to 4.7° orb
stableMarssquareNeptune5.8° to 6.4° orb
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 1.0° to 12.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 1.1° to 12.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Derek’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 1°55′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 27°28′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 16°34′ (moves 0.93° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 23°18′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 14°39′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea trine Saturn 1.7°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.7°
- Ceres trine Venus 2.1°
- Hygiea trine Venus 2.1°
- Eros square Mars 2.2°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 2.5°
Derek’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Venus, Saturn, Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus4 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Derek’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.
- Saturn semi-square Pluto 0.1°
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 0.8°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.2°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
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Derek’s cards
Computed from September 8, 1918. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast SeekerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Horse 午Life Path
9 · Healer☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Derek’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q102419 (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 National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Derek Barton at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Derek Barton.
Quick answers about Derek Barton’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Derek Barton?
- Derek Barton was a Virgo: born September 8, 1918, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
- What was Derek Barton's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 8, 1918 birth.
- What was Derek Barton's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Derek Barton's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Derek Barton's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Derek Barton's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
