Edward Albee
Edward Albee (born March 12, 1928, Washington, D.C., United States; died 2016), was an American playwright. Albee is best remembered for The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Albee's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Kennedy Center Honors and Tony Award for Best Play.
Edward Albee’s zodiac sign was Pisces, Chinese zodiac was Earth Dragon, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Pisces, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Dragon, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Edward
Edward Albee’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Storyteller
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Edward in the U.S.?
#224
US rank in 2025
~1,308,955
Americans share it since 1880
1924
its peak year
In 1928, 18,492 American boys and 138 girls were registered Edward — 10th among boys and 600th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Edward’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
8
Expression · direction and scale
8
Soul Urge · achievement
9
Personality · generous, worldly
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
Edward’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌻 Zinnia
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Terracotta
The record
What sets Edward apart
Jack Kerouac (1922) and Liza Minnelli (1946) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Edward, according to the stars
Core essence
Edward feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Edward is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.
How Edward wants to be loved
Edward wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Edward be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Edward creates
How Edward makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Edward creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Edward is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Edward is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Edward goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Edward's birth date. Working below.
Where Edward sits
Six lines
Edward’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 Edward Albee
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Washington 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 Washington that night
Computed for 38.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Castor stood nearest the zenith over Washington at 9 p.m. that evening, 78.8° above the horizon in Gemini.
Of the 104 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Washington sits at 38.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −51.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Washington on any night.
Sun 32° below the horizon, Moon down and 65% lit at last quarter.
How unusual Edward's chart is
Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
No Earth planets
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.
Score your own chart →Pisces Sun
Pisces SunDreams in full colour.
Edward Albee's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 12, 1928, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Pisces means →Earth Dragon
Earth DragonConfident before the proof.
Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928, which falls in a Earth Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
Edward Albee's birth date, March 12, 1928, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Edward’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Edward Albee's date-only chart is Mercury opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs, and none in Earth.
- Edward Albee combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Storyteller.
Edward’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 24° to 6° Scorpio or Sagittarius 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
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune0.1° to 0.5° orb
Edward’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
stableMarssextileJupiter0.1° to 0.6° orb
Edward’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsquareSaturn2.5° to 3.5° orb
Edward’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus3.1° to 4.0° orb
stableVenusoppositionNeptune3.2° to 4.5° orb
stableJupitersquarePluto4.3° to 4.6° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus7.8° to 8.0° orb
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.0° to 7.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 9.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 2.2° to 12.8° depending on birth time
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 3.5° to 14.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Edward’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironTaurus 3°04′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 18°54′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 0°45′ (moves 0.55° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 14°56′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 11°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Saturn 0.0°
- Hygiea opposition Pluto 0.1°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 1.4°
- Eros sextile Uranus 2.0°
Edward’s dominant planets
1. ♆ Neptune6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus4 pts
disposes Mercury, Venus, Mars; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Edward’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.
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 0.5°
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 1.3°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.4°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.6°
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From the journal: Sun sign stereotypes vs what modern Western readers say · Your animal plus your element: the 60-year cycle
Edward’s cards
Computed from March 12, 1928. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Gilded StorytellerWestern zodiac
PiscesChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
8 · Achiever♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Edward’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q219420 (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 John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Edward Albee at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Edward Albee.
Quick answers about Edward Albee’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Edward Albee?
- Edward Albee was a Pisces: born March 12, 1928, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
- What was Edward Albee's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 12, 1928 birth.
- What was Edward Albee's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was Edward Albee's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Edward Albee's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Edward Albee's dominant planet?
- Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
