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Edward L. Ferman

Edward L. Ferman (born March 6, 1937, New York City, United States), aged 89, is an American science fiction writer and editor. Ferman's honours include Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Hugo Award for Best Professional Magazine and Locus Award for Best Anthology.

Edward L. Ferman’s zodiac sign is Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Ox, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Edward L. Ferman’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Seeker

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive 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

US Social Security Administration public records

Edward’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

South

Season

summer

Stones

Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Hibiscus

Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Scarlet

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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 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 Edward creates

How Edward makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Edward 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: Edward 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 11 is the visionary, a master number. Edward is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Edward runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

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

Where Edward sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Edward

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Edward

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

PrivateExpressive
Edward

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Edward

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Edward

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Edward

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

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Pisces Sun

Kind, porous, easily flooded.

Edward L. Ferman's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 6, 1937, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Pisces readings associate the sign with imagination, empathy and permeable boundaries: absorbing the mood of a place and turning it into something. Astrologers describe it as the mutable water sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter and in modern practice by Neptune. The corresponding tension is drift, described in the tradition as a difficulty telling one's own feelings from everyone else's.

Fire Ox

Reliable to the bone.

Edward L. Ferman was born on March 6, 1937, which falls in a Fire Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 11

Receives more than it reasons.

Edward L. Ferman's birth date, March 6, 1937, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Edward’s chart

Edward’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Edward L. Ferman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 24° to 6° Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 0.1° orbMars flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.2° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.5° orbSun faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.9° orbMercury opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 1.9° orbMoon flows with Venus · Trine, 2.1° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 2.3° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.7° orbSun in Pisces · 15°43′15°Moon in Capricorn · 0°19′Mercury in Pisces · 0°12′Venus in Aries · 28°15′28°Mars in Scorpio · 27°53′27°Jupiter in Capricorn · 20°29′20°Saturn in Pisces · 24°03′24°Uranus in Taurus · 6°44′Neptune in Virgo · 17°39′ · retrograde17°Pluto in Cancer · 26°44′ · retrograde26°

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.

  • stableMarstrinePluto1.0° to 1.3° orb

    Edward’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableVenussquarePluto1.2° to 1.8° orb

    Edward’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune1.4° to 2.4° orb

    Edward’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMercurysextileVenus1.4° to 2.5° orb

    Edward’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysquareMars1.7° to 3.0° orb

    Edward’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSaturntrinePluto2.6° to 2.7° orb

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

  • stableJupitertrineNeptune2.7° to 2.9° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextileSaturn3.5° to 3.6° orb

    Edward’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarstrineSaturn3.7° to 3.9° orb

    Edward’s drive flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableJupiteroppositionPluto6.2° to 6.3° orb

    Edward’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune6.3° to 6.5° orb

    Edward’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 5.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

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.

  • ChironGemini 17°49′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Edward turning that into a careful, exact way with words.

  • CeresAquarius 5°27′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Edward is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ErosAquarius 14°57′ (moves 0.57° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Edward is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.

  • HygieaCancer 1°48′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Edward is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • Black Moon LilithScorpio 17°06′ (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. Edward 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 orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Chiron square Neptune 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 0.5°
  • Ceres square Uranus 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.4°
  • Hygiea trine Mercury 1.6°
  • Chiron square Sun 2.1°

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. 1. Neptune9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. Saturn5 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. Pluto5 pts

    disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

A Neptune-led chart is read as imagination and porousness leading: Edward is read as tuned to what is not said.

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, the shape it makesStellium in Pisces · Sun, Mercury, 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.
  • grand trine, the shape it makesGrand trine · Mars, Saturn, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.

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.

  • Venus quincunx Mars 0.4°

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

Born the same day as Edward

Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.

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Judgement

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The Tidal Seeker

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Western zodiac

Pisces

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

yin Fire

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

yin Water

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

yang Water

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Edward L. Ferman, 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 Q2350792, 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.

The same Edward L. Ferman 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 L. Ferman’s chart

How old is Edward L. Ferman?
Edward L. Ferman is 89 years old, born March 6, 1937 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Edward L. Ferman?
Edward L. Ferman is a Pisces: born March 6, 1937, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Ox.
What is Edward L. Ferman's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 6, 1937 birth.
What time was Edward L. Ferman 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 is Edward L. Ferman's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the March 6, 1937 birth date.
What is Edward L. Ferman's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the March 6, 1937 birth date.
Where is Edward L. Ferman's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Edward L. Ferman's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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