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Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn (born September 26, 1877, London, United Kingdom; died 1959), was a British actor. Gwenn's honours include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Edmund Gwenn’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Fire Ox, with Life Path 22 in numerology.

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Edmund Gwenn’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Pioneer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.

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

#1082

US rank in 2025

~52,143

Americans share it since 1880

1923

its peak year

US name records start in 1880, 3 years after this birth. In that first year Edmund ranked 187th, with 67 American boys registered.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Edmund’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

3

Personality · bright, quick

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

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

Edmund’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

22 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Sapphire, Diamond, Carnelian

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Hibiscus

Lavender · Blush · Scarlet

The record

What sets Edmund apart

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor came in 1948, when Edmund Gwenn was 71.

Edmund Gwenn was taught at St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School and King's College London.

Edmund Gwenn was 18 when the work began in 1895.

The record gives pneumonia as the cause, and Chapel of the Pines Crematory as the resting place.

On the family side, Edmund Gwenn was married Minnie Terry.

On Wikipedia the categories read Terry family, People educated at St Olave's Grammar School and Royal Army Service Corps officers.

Serena Williams (1981) and Ivan Pavlov (1849) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School and King's College London
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1948) and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture (1948)
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Working from
1895
Cause of death
pneumonia
Buried at
Chapel of the Pines Crematory
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
43

What the chart says

Edmund, according to the stars

Core essence

Edmund makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Edmund is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Edmund is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Edmund needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Edmund wants to be loved

Edmund wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Edmund even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Edmund creates

How Edmund makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Edmund creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Edmund is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Edmund is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Edmund slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from Edmund's birth date. Working below.

Where Edmund sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Edmund

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Edmund

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Edmund

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Edmund

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

PracticalVisionary
Edmund

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Edmund

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

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The sky over London that night

Computed for 51.51°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Deneb stood nearest the zenith over London at 9 p.m. that evening, 80.0° above the horizon in Cygnus.

Of the 93 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

At 51.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from London at all: they sit past the −38.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 28° below the horizon, Moon up and 83% lit at waning gibbous.

The name and the places

Born in
London, United Kingdom

The death is recorded at Woodland Hills, Los Angeles in 1959.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Edmund Gwenn: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Edmund's chart is

Chart pattern score

31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

Five planets retrograde · Mars retrograde

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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Edmund Gwenn at a glance

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Edmund Gwenn's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 26, 1877, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Fire Ox

Says little. Finishes everything.

Edmund Gwenn was born on September 26, 1877, which falls in a Fire Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 22

Dreams at full scale.

Edmund Gwenn's birth date, September 26, 1877, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 22 means →

What stands out in Edmund’s chart

Edmund’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 1.3° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.6° orbMoon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.7° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.1° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.3° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 5.4° orbSun in Libra · 3°29′☉3°Moon in Taurus · 17°23′☽17°Mercury in Libra · 4°27′ · retrograde☿℞4°Venus in Scorpio · 10°18′♀10°Mars in Pisces · 9°02′ · retrograde♂℞9°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 25°50′♃25°Saturn in Pisces · 15°41′ · retrograde♄℞15°Uranus in Leo · 27°26′♅27°Neptune in Taurus · 7°01′ · retrograde♆℞7°Pluto in Taurus · 25°21′ · retrograde♇℞25°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 2.0° orb

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

  • stableVenustrineMars0.6° to 1.9° orb

    Edmund’s affections flow straight into their drive.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus1.6° orb

    Edmund’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarssextileNeptune2.0° to 2.1° orb

  • stableUranussquarePluto2.0° to 2.1° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionNeptune2.7° to 3.9° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn4.8° to 6.0° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionSaturn6.6° to 6.7° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 1.3° to 12.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 1.6° to 14.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 1.9° to 14.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 3°21′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 2°30′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Pisces 20°48′ (moves 0.45° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaScorpio 7°25′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 28°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea opposition Neptune 0.4°
  • Ceres trine Sun 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Uranus 1.1°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 1.6°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.7°
  • Hygiea conjunction Venus 2.9°

Edmund’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune4 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars3 pts

    3 major aspects

Configurations in Edmund’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.

  • Venus semi-square Jupiter 0.5°
  • Jupiter quincunx Pluto 0.5°
  • Venus quintile Uranus 0.9°
  • Mars quintile Jupiter 1.2°

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Edmund’s cards

Computed from September 26, 1877. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Death

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Pioneer

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

22 · Master Builder

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Edmund’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q344750 (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 Barkin, Herman & Associates-public relations for Schlitz, the show's sponsor., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Edmund Gwenn at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Edmund Gwenn.

Quick answers about Edmund Gwenn’s chart

What zodiac sign was Edmund Gwenn?
Edmund Gwenn was a Libra: born September 26, 1877, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What was Edmund Gwenn's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 26, 1877 birth.
What was Edmund Gwenn's Life Path number?
Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
What was Edmund Gwenn's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Edmund Gwenn's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Edmund Gwenn's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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