Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner (born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, United Kingdom; died 1823), was an English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination. Jenner is best remembered for smallpox vaccine and vaccination. Jenner's honours include Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.
Edward Jenner’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Snake, with 
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Edward Jenner’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Lightkeeper
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
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~1,308,955
Americans share it since 1880
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its peak year
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Edward’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Ivory · Blush · Terracotta
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What the chart says
Edward, according to the stars
Core essence
Edward 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 Edward 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Edward processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Edward needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Edward wants to be loved
Edward wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Edward is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Edward creates
How Edward makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Edward creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Edward 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 7 is the seeker. Edward is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Edward 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 Edward's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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The quick version
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
Edward Jenner's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 17, 1749, 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.
Earth Snake
Earth SnakeWise, cool, hard to read.
Edward Jenner was born on May 17, 1749, 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 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
Edward Jenner's birth date, May 17, 1749, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Edward’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Edward Jenner's date-only chart is Jupiter trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Edward Jenner combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Lightkeeper.
Edward’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Edward Jenner, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Gemini 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.
stableJupitertrineNeptune0.1° to 0.3° orb
Edward’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.6° to 1.4° orb
Edward’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableVenussquareUranus1.0° to 2.2° orb
Edward’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableMercuryoppositionSaturn1.3° to 3.4° orb
Edward’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
stableMercurysquareUranus1.5° to 3.6° orb
Edward’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenussextileJupiter2.6° to 3.7° orb
Edward’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableVenusoppositionSaturn2.7° to 4.0° orb
Edward’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableVenussextileNeptune2.7° to 4.0° orb
Edward’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileNeptune3.0° to 3.9° orb
Edward’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsextileJupiter3.3° to 4.0° orb
Edward’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableSunoppositionPluto3.5° to 4.5° orb
Edward’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunsquareUranus4.7° to 5.7° orb
Edward’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 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: Earth leads this chart.
Edward’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Libra 11°37′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Libra is read as a wound around fairness and partnership. Edward is read as someone who learnt what a fair deal looks like by living through unfair ones.
⚳ CeresAries 9°58′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Edward looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosTaurus 13°57′ (moves 0.79° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Edward wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Scorpio 6°28′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Edward carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 25°31′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Edward is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
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 square Mars 0.2°
- Black Moon Lilith square Sun 1.1°
- Chiron square Mars 1.4°
- Eros opposition Saturn 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°).
Edward’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. ♀ Venus13 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 6 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6 pts
disposes Mars; 5 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus6 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; 4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Edward 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 Edward’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 in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
Kite · Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, VenusA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
T-square onto Uranus · Mercury, Saturn, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Uranus · Venus, Saturn, UranusAn 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.
- Mars quintile Jupiter 0.8°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Mars 1.4°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 1.6°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Edward Jenner, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Edward’s cards
Every card is computed from May 17, 1749, 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 Earth.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Edward Jenner, 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
Edward’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q40852, 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 James Northcote, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Edward Jenner 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 Edward Jenner’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Edward Jenner?
- Edward Jenner was a Taurus: born May 17, 1749, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
- What was Edward Jenner's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 17, 1749 birth.
- What time was Edward Jenner 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 Edward Jenner's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the May 17, 1749 birth date.
- What was Edward Jenner's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Libra at 11°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 17, 1749 birth date.
- Where was Edward Jenner's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Edward Jenner's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (13 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 6 major aspects). Saturn is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
