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Efim Zelmanov

Efim Zelmanov (born September 7, 1955, Khabarovsk, Russia), aged 71, is a Russian-american mathematician. Zelmanov is best known for Burnside's problem. Zelmanov's honours include Fields medal, honorary doctorate of the University of Oviedo and honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta.

Efim Zelmanov’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Efim Zelmanov’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Seeker

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

Efim’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Green Orchid

Lavender · Lilac · Botanical green

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Efim, according to the stars

Core essence

Efim notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Efim is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

The vibe

Underneath, Efim is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Efim needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Efim wants to be loved

Efim wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Efim and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Efim creates

How Efim makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Efim creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Efim is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Efim is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Efim 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 Efim's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Efim sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Efim

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Efim

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

PrivateExpressive
Efim

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Efim

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Efim

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Efim

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Efim Zelmanov

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

Efim’s birth-night reference starFawarisblue-white · CygnusFawaris, in Cygnus. A blue-white star, 82.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Fawaris →The warmest lightMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 19.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Mirfak →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

The quick version

Virgo Sun

Fixes everything except the need to.

Efim Zelmanov's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 7, 1955, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.

Wood Goat

Makes everything a bit more beautiful.

Efim Zelmanov was born on September 7, 1955, which falls in a Wood Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.

Life Path 9

Carries the whole room's weight.

Efim Zelmanov's birth date, September 7, 1955, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Efim’s chart

Efim’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Efim Zelmanov, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 21° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun flows with Moon · Trine, 0.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.6° orbMoon flows with Venus · Trine, 1° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.2° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.6° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 2° orbMoon faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 2.2° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.7° orbSun in Virgo · 13°41′☉13°Moon in Taurus · 14°13′☽14°Mercury in Libra · 7°50′☿7°Venus in Virgo · 15°15′♀15°Mars in Virgo · 6°47′♂6°Jupiter in Leo · 18°24′♃18°Saturn in Scorpio · 16°26′♄16°Uranus in Leo · 0°41′♅0°Neptune in Libra · 26°25′♆26°Pluto in Leo · 27°03′♇27°

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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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

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.

  • stableVenussextileSaturn0.6° to 1.8° orb

    Efim’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb

    Efim’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus1.4° to 1.7° orb

    Efim’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn1.9° to 2.0° orb

    Efim’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunsextileSaturn2.3° to 3.2° orb

    Efim’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableUranussquareNeptune4.3° orb

    Efim’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionMars6.7° to 7.1° orb

    Efim’s core identity and drive act as one.

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 7.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.0° to 7.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 9.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.7° to 14.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

Efim’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 ℞Aquarius 0°39′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Efim making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 11°24′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Efim caring by building something that lasts for others.

  • ♡ ErosLeo 19°22′ (moves 0.92° over the day)

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

    Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has Efim loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.

  • ⚕ HygieaScorpio 1°45′ (moves 0.37° 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 Efim carrying stress in the body until it is named.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 20°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Efim leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

  • Chiron opposition Uranus 0.0°
  • Eros conjunction Jupiter 1.0°
  • Hygiea square Uranus 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 1.6°
  • Ceres trine Sun 2.3°
  • Eros square Saturn 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°).

Efim’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. ☉ Sun6 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects

A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Efim 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 Efim’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 Virgo · Sun, Venus, 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.

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 semi-square Uranus 0.4°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.0°

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

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Efim’s cards

Every card is computed from September 7, 1955, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

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The Moon

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Seeker

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Western zodiac

Virgo

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Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

乙

yin Wood

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Efim Zelmanov, 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

Efim’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q334054, 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 Gert Martin Greuel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Efim Zelmanov 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 Efim Zelmanov’s chart

How old is Efim Zelmanov?
Efim Zelmanov is 71 years old, born September 7, 1955 in Khabarovsk, Russia.
What zodiac sign is Efim Zelmanov?
Efim Zelmanov is a Virgo: born September 7, 1955, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat.
What is Efim Zelmanov's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 7, 1955 birth.
What time was Efim Zelmanov 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 Efim Zelmanov's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the September 7, 1955 birth date.
What is Efim Zelmanov's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 0°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 7, 1955 birth date.
Where is Efim Zelmanov's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Efim Zelmanov's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 3 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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