Edwin O'Connor
Edwin O'Connor (born July 29, 1918, Providence, United States; died 1968), was an American journalist and fiction writer. O'Connor's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Edwin O'Connor’s zodiac sign was Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Horse, with 
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Edwin O'Connor’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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
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Edwin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Ruby, Ruby, Citrine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌻 Zinnia
Sky blue · Gold · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Edwin, according to the stars
Core essence
Edwin is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Edwin is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
How Edwin wants to be loved
Edwin wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Edwin gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
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 free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Edwin is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Edwin leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Edwin fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Edwin's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Edwin O'Connor in 15 seconds
Leo Sun
Leo SunGenerous with the spotlight, mostly.
Edwin O'Connor's Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 29, 1918, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseHappiest halfway there.
Edwin O'Connor was born on July 29, 1918, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Leads because nobody else moved.
Edwin O'Connor's birth date, July 29, 1918, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in Edwin’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Edwin O'Connor's date-only chart is Venus conjunction Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Saturn and Neptune, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Edwin O'Connor combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
Edwin’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Edwin O'Connor, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 16° to 1° Aries or Taurus 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.
stableVenusconjunctionPluto0.0° to 0.6° orb
Edwin’s affections and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunconjunctionNeptune0.6° to 1.6° orb
Edwin’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurysextileJupiter1.0° to 2.0° orb
Edwin’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter1.8° to 2.8° orb
Edwin’s affections and growth act as one.
stableJupiterconjunctionPluto2.1° to 2.3° orb
Edwin’s growth and depths act as one.
stableMarssextileSaturn2.2° to 2.7° orb
Edwin’s drive opens doors for their discipline.
stableMercurysextilePluto3.2° to 4.4° orb
Edwin’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysextileVenus3.8° orb
Edwin’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryoppositionUranus4.8° to 6.1° orb
Edwin’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.0° to 12.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.1° to 9.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.5° to 14.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Edwin’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 ℞Aries 3°15′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Edwin may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 26°37′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Edwin is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosCancer 9°13′ (moves 0.90° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Edwin is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaAries 23°42′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Edwin feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 10°07′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Edwin that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.
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 sextile Uranus 0.1°
- Chiron square Jupiter 0.3°
- Chiron trine Sun 2.4°
- Chiron square Pluto 2.5°
- Chiron square Venus 2.6°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 2.9°
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°).
Edwin’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. ☉ Sun8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Saturn, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Edwin is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 Edwin’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 Leo · Sun, Saturn, NeptuneThree 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.
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.
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Pluto 0.1°
- Mars quintile Neptune 0.1°
- Venus semi-sextile Neptune 1.0°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.0°
- Sun quintile Mars 1.2°
- Mercury semi-square Mars 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Edwin O'Connor, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Edwin’s cards
Every card is computed from July 29, 1918, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Edwin O'Connor, 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
Edwin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q978959, 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 Edwin O'Connor at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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 Edwin O'Connor’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Edwin O'Connor?
- Edwin O'Connor was a Leo: born July 29, 1918, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse.
- What was Edwin O'Connor's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 29, 1918 birth.
- What time was Edwin O'Connor 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 Edwin O'Connor's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the July 29, 1918 birth date.
- What was Edwin O'Connor's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 29, 1918 birth date.
- Where was Edwin O'Connor's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Edwin O'Connor's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Saturn, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
