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Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott (born January 23, 1930, Castries, Saint Lucia; died 2017), was a Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright. Walcott is best remembered for Dream on Monkey Mountain, Omeros and The Capeman. Walcott's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Officer of the Order of the British Empire and T. S. Eliot Prize.

Derek Walcott’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Derek Walcott’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Scholar

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#284

US rank in 2025

~239,969

Americans share it since 1880

1989

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Derek’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

1 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌻 Zinnia

Crimson · Ivory · Terracotta

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What the chart says

Derek, according to the stars

Core essence

Derek is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Derek is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

How Derek creates

How Derek makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Derek creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Derek 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 1 is the pioneer. Derek is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Derek leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Derek does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Derek's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Derek sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Derek

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Derek

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Derek

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Derek

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Derek

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Derek

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 Derek Walcott

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

Derek’s birth-night reference starBellatrixblue · OrionBellatrix, in Orion. A blue star, 81.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Bellatrix →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 58.1° 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.

If you only read one paragraph

Aquarius Sun

Ahead of the room by a decade.

Derek Walcott's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 23, 1930, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.

Earth Snake

Private by design.

Derek Walcott was born on January 23, 1930, 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 1

Starts things. Lots of things.

Derek Walcott's birth date, January 23, 1930, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in Derek’s chart

Derek’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Derek Walcott, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 19° to 2° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.4° orbMars faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.9° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.6° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.7° orbMoon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 3.2° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 3.3° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.4° orbSun flows with Jupiter · Trine, 3.5° orbSun in Aquarius · 2°57′☉2°Moon in Scorpio · 25°57′☽25°Mercury in Capricorn · 29°11′ · retrograde☿℞29°Venus in Capricorn · 29°34′♀29°Mars in Capricorn · 19°08′♂19°Jupiter in Gemini · 6°27′ · retrograde♃℞6°Saturn in Capricorn · 6°19′♄6°Uranus in Aries · 8°03′♅8°Neptune in Virgo · 2°59′ · retrograde♆℞2°Pluto in Cancer · 18°15′ · retrograde♇℞18°

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.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.0° to 1.6° orb

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

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto0.5° to 1.3° orb

    Derek’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitersextileUranus1.6° orb

    Derek’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus1.7° to 1.8° orb

    Derek’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury2.6° to 4.9° orb

    Derek’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSuntrineJupiter3.0° to 4.0° orb

    Derek’s core identity flows straight into their growth.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.3° to 3.5° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune3.3° to 3.4° orb

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

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune3.5° orb

    Derek’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 10.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 9.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.9° to 13.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

Derek’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.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 9°37′

    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 Derek building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 4°54′ (moves 0.01° 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 Derek feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 23°40′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Derek is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 10°34′ (moves 0.23° 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 Derek feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 27°34′ (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. Derek 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 conjunction Jupiter 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mercury 1.6°
  • Ceres square Neptune 1.9°
  • Ceres trine Sun 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 2.0°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 2.5°

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°).

Derek’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. ♄ Saturn8.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mercury, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 2 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Derek is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Derek’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 Capricorn · Mercury, Venus, Mars, SaturnThree 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 quincunx Neptune 0.0°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 0.1°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.3°
  • Uranus biquintile Neptune 0.9°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.2°

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

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Derek’s cards

Every card is computed from January 23, 1930, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Scholar

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Western zodiac

Aquarius

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Derek Walcott, 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

Derek’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q132701, 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 Bert Nienhuis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Derek Walcott at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Derek Walcott.

Quick answers about Derek Walcott’s chart

What zodiac sign was Derek Walcott?
Derek Walcott was an Aquarius: born January 23, 1930, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
What was Derek Walcott's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 23, 1930 birth.
What time was Derek Walcott 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 Derek Walcott's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the January 23, 1930 birth date.
What was Derek Walcott's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 23, 1930 birth date.
Where was Derek Walcott's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Derek Walcott's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mercury, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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