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Edwin A. Roberts Jr.

Edwin A. Roberts Jr. (born November 14, 1932, Weehawken, United States; died 2019), was an US journalist. Roberts's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Edwin A. Roberts Jr.’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Water Monkey, with Life Path 22 in numerology.

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Edwin A. Roberts Jr.’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Architect

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.

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

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

#398

US rank in 2025

~248,744

Americans share it since 1880

1922

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1932, Edwin came 72nd among boys and 2,273rd among girls, carried by 2,568 American boys and 14 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Edwin’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

8

Soul Urge · achievement

11

Personality · perceptive

The name opens on E (5) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 9: movement against empathy.

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

Edwin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

22 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus

Gold · Crimson · Soft pink

The record

What sets Edwin apart

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889) and Charles III (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Edwin, according to the stars

Core essence

Edwin does not do surface. The core of Edwin is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Edwin is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Edwin 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 Edwin needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.

How Edwin wants to be loved

Edwin wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Edwin gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Edwin creates

How Edwin 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. Edwin 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: Edwin is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Edwin 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Edwin channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

Computed from Edwin's birth date. Working below.

Where Edwin sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Edwin

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Edwin

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Edwin

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Edwin

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

PracticalVisionary
Edwin

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Edwin

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Weehawken on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Edwin’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 82.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 41.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Weehawken that night

Computed for 40.77°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Mirach stood nearest the zenith over Weehawken at 9 p.m. that evening, 82.5° above the horizon in Andromeda.

The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 99 catalog stars were up in all.

From 40.8°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 97% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 49° below the horizon.

How unusual Edwin's chart is

Chart pattern score

57 / 100 · Unusual

Yod onto Uranus · T-square onto Neptune · 2 planets at a critical degree

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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Edwin A. Roberts Jr. at a glance

Scorpio Sun

Reads the room. Says nothing.

Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 14, 1932, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Water Monkey

Wit is the tool.

Edwin A. Roberts Jr. was born on November 14, 1932, which falls in a Water Monkey year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Monkey means →

Life Path 22

Structure for the many.

Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s birth date, November 14, 1932, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 22 means →

What stands out in Edwin’s chart

Edwin’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 13° Gemini depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 0.4° orbSun flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.2° orbMoon grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.6° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.1° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.2° orbMercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 4.4° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.4° orbMercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.6° orbSun in Scorpio · 22°08′☉22°Moon in Gemini · 7°19′☽7°Mercury in Sagittarius · 14°35′☿14°Venus in Libra · 15°02′♀15°Mars in Virgo · 0°24′♂0°Jupiter in Virgo · 18°57′♃18°Saturn in Capricorn · 29°37′♄29°Uranus in Aries · 20°14′ · retrograde♅℞20°Neptune in Virgo · 9°58′♆9°Pluto in Cancer · 23°22′ · retrograde♇℞23°

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

  • stableMercurysextileVenus0.4° to 0.5° orb

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

  • stableSuntrinePluto0.7° to 1.7° orb

    Edwin’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter2.8° to 3.6° orb

    Edwin’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableUranussquarePluto3.1° to 3.2° orb

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter3.9° to 4.8° orb

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune4.1° to 5.1° orb

  • stableJupitersextilePluto4.3° to 4.5° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus4.6° to 5.8° orb

  • stableMercurytrineUranus5.1° to 6.2° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto6.2° to 6.3° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 8.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 1.2° to 12.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 26°20′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 25°30′ (moves 0.30° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosLibra 3°45′ (moves 0.90° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 23°57′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 21°52′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 0.3°
  • Hygiea square Pluto 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 1.5°
  • Ceres opposition Pluto 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 2.9°
  • Chiron sextile Pluto 3.0°

Edwin’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Edwin’s chart

  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Uranus · Sun, Jupiter, UranusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mercury semi-square Saturn 0.0°
  • Sun quintile Neptune 0.2°
  • Venus semi-square Mars 0.4°
  • Mars quincunx Saturn 0.8°
  • Jupiter quincunx Uranus 1.3°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.6°
  • Sun quincunx Uranus 1.9°

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Edwin’s cards

Computed from November 14, 1932. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Architect

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

Life Path

22 · Master Builder

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

壬

yang Water

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Edwin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q22088688 (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.

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Quick answers about Edwin A. Roberts Jr.’s chart

What zodiac sign was Edwin A. Roberts Jr.?
Edwin A. Roberts Jr. was a Scorpio: born November 14, 1932, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What was Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 14, 1932 birth.
What was Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s Life Path number?
Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
What was Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Edwin A. Roberts Jr.'s dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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