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Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson (born December 22, 1869, Maine, United States; died 1935), was an American poet. Robinson is best remembered for The torrent and The night before and The Town Down the River. Robinson's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

Edwin Arlington Robinson’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was Earth Snake, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Edwin Arlington Robinson’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Pioneer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, 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

No US figure exists for 1869 — the SSA series begins 11 years later. Edwin opened it at 57th, 309 American boys.

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

6

Soul Urge · being needed

4

Personality · steady, dependable

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

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

4 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Frost white · Ivory · Gold

The record

What sets Edwin apart

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887) and Ralph Fiennes (1962) 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 is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Edwin is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Edwin needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Edwin needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Edwin wants to be loved

Edwin 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 Edwin be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Edwin creates

How Edwin makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Edwin creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Edwin 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 4 is the builder. Edwin is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Edwin 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 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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Edwin

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Edwin

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Edwin’s birth-night reference starMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 85.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirfak →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 72.5° 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 Maine that night

Computed for 45.50°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Maine at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirfak of Perseus, within 4.4° of the exact zenith.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 107 catalog stars above the horizon.

At 45.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Maine at all: they sit past the −44.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon, 82% lit at waning gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 51° below the horizon.

How unusual Edwin's chart is

Chart pattern score

55 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Capricorn · T-square onto Jupiter · 1 planet 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 Arlington Robinson at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Edwin Arlington Robinson's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 22, 1869, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Earth Snake

Says less than it knows.

Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on December 22, 1869, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 4

Plans, then plans the plan.

Edwin Arlington Robinson's birth date, December 22, 1869, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 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 10° to 23° Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.1° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.4° orbMoon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 1.2° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.2° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.7° orbMars faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 1.8° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.2° orbMars flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.7° orbSun in Capricorn · 0°57′☉0°Moon in Leo · 16°43′☽16°Mercury in Capricorn · 6°03′☿6°Venus in Aquarius · 17°57′♀17°Mars in Capricorn · 18°57′♂18°Jupiter in Taurus · 11°18′ · retrograde♃℞11°Saturn in Sagittarius · 20°55′♄20°Uranus in Cancer · 20°44′ · retrograde♅℞20°Neptune in Aries · 16°47′ · retrograde♆℞16°Pluto in Taurus · 16°17′ · retrograde♇℞16°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableMoonoppositionVenus0.0° to 7.4° orb

    Edwin’s feelings pull against their affections from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenussextileNeptune0.7° to 1.7° orb

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

  • stableVenussquarePluto1.2° to 2.2° orb

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

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus1.4° to 2.2° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune1.8° to 2.6° orb

  • stableMarstrinePluto2.3° to 3.1° orb

  • stableVenussextileSaturn2.5° to 3.4° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune3.9° to 4.0° orb

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune4.1° to 4.2° orb

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter4.4° to 6.1° orb

  • stableUranussextilePluto4.4° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury4.8° to 5.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable1 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.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 29°32′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 19°47′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 22°16′ (moves 0.64° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 20°35′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 12°42′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea opposition Saturn 0.3°
  • Ceres trine Mars 0.8°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 1.0°
  • Chiron square Sun 1.4°
  • Eros conjunction Saturn 1.4°
  • Ceres square Venus 1.8°
  • Hygiea trine Venus 2.6°

Edwin’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Pluto; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Edwin’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Neptune · Mars, Uranus, NeptuneAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

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

  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.2°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.3°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.5°
  • Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.0°
  • Saturn biquintile Pluto 1.4°
  • Mars semi-sextile Saturn 2.0°

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Edwin’s cards

Computed from December 22, 1869. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Death

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Pioneer

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

4 · Architect

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Edwin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1294394 (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 Original uploader was Deansfa at fr.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Edwin Arlington Robinson at Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.

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

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Quick answers about Edwin Arlington Robinson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Edwin Arlington Robinson?
Edwin Arlington Robinson was a Capricorn: born December 22, 1869, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What was Edwin Arlington Robinson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 22, 1869 birth.
What was Edwin Arlington Robinson's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What was Edwin Arlington Robinson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Edwin Arlington Robinson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Edwin Arlington Robinson's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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