Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin (born May 12, 1910, Cairo, Egypt; died 1994), was a British chemist. Hodgkin served as Chancellor of the University of Bristol. Hodgkin's honours include Order of Merit, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Copley Medal.
Dorothy Hodgkin’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Dog, with 
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Dorothy Hodgkin’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
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Dorothy’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Ivory · Blush · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Dorothy, according to the stars
Core essence
Dorothy is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Dorothy is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How Dorothy wants to be loved
Dorothy 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 Dorothy creates
How Dorothy makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Dorothy creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Dorothy 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Dorothy 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 Dorothy leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Dorothy does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Dorothy's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Dorothy sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
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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Dorothy Hodgkin in 15 seconds
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunSlow to move, slower to leave.
Dorothy Hodgkin's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 12, 1910, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Metal Dog
Metal DogLoyal past the point of sense.
Dorothy Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910, which falls in a Metal 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 1
Life Path 1Leads because nobody else moved.
Dorothy Hodgkin's birth date, May 12, 1910, 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 Dorothy’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Dorothy Hodgkin's date-only chart is Venus opposition Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Dorothy Hodgkin combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
Dorothy’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Dorothy Hodgkin, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 27° to 11° Gemini or Cancer 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.
stableVenusoppositionJupiter0.0° to 0.9° orb
Dorothy’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.
stableVenussquareMars0.7° to 1.2° orb
Dorothy’s affections grind against their drive.
stableMarssquareJupiter1.0° to 1.6° orb
Dorothy’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.5° to 2.4° orb
Dorothy’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurytrineJupiter2.2° to 2.5° orb
Dorothy’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunsextileNeptune3.2° to 4.2° orb
Dorothy’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturnsextilePluto3.8° to 3.9° orb
Dorothy’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSuntrineUranus3.9° to 4.9° orb
Dorothy’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableSaturnsquareUranus4.2° to 4.3° orb
Dorothy’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 0.0° to 8.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 7.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal7 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Dorothy’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 2°25′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Dorothy absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresAries 2°12′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Dorothy looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 12°03′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Dorothy attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaVirgo 3°22′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. Dorothy is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 5°52′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Dorothy is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
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.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 0.7°
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°).
Dorothy’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. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon4 pts
in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Mars, Neptune
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Dorothy is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Dorothy’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.
T-square onto Mars · Venus, Jupiter, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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 Venus 0.2°
- Uranus quincunx Pluto 0.4°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.5°
- Sun semi-square Mars 0.8°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Dorothy Hodgkin, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
Dorothy’s cards
Every card is computed from May 12, 1910, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Dorothy Hodgkin, 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
Dorothy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7487, 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 University of Bristol, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Dorothy Hodgkin at Wikipedia.
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 Dorothy Hodgkin’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Dorothy Hodgkin?
- Dorothy Hodgkin was a Taurus: born May 12, 1910, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dog.
- What was Dorothy Hodgkin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 12, 1910 birth.
- What time was Dorothy Hodgkin 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 Dorothy Hodgkin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the May 12, 1910 birth date.
- What was Dorothy Hodgkin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 12, 1910 birth date.
- Where was Dorothy Hodgkin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Dorothy Hodgkin's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
