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Eileen McNamara

Eileen McNamara (born May 30, 1952, Cambridge, United States), aged 74, is an American journalist and academic. McNamara's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Eileen McNamara’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Water Dragon, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Eileen McNamara’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Seeker

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#654

US rank in 2025

~190,020

Americans share it since 1882

1947

its peak year

In 1952, 3,742 American girls and 5 boys were registered Eileen — 100th among girls and 3,882nd among boys on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Eileen’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

9

Soul Urge · meaning

6

Personality · caring, responsible

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

Eileen’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 1 · 6

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Emerald, Emerald, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🪷 Lotus

Ivory · Lilac · Soft pink

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1952, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Eileen apart

The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary came in 1997, when Eileen McNamara was 45.

The schooling ran through Barnard College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

On Wikipedia the categories read Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brandeis University faculty and Barnard College alumni.

Marissa Mayer (1975) and Im Yoon-ah (1990) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Barnard College, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Harvard University
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1997)
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
3

What the chart says

Eileen, according to the stars

Core essence

Eileen is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Eileen needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

How Eileen wants to be loved

Eileen wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Eileen like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Eileen creates

How Eileen makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Eileen creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: Eileen is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Eileen is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Eileen 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 Eileen's birth date. Working below.

Where Eileen sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Eileen

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

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

PrivateExpressive
Eileen

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Eileen

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

PracticalVisionary
Eileen

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Eileen

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

Dedicate a star to Eileen McNamara

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

Eileen’s birth-night reference starCor Caroliblue-white · Canes VenaticiCor Caroli, in Canes Venatici. A blue-white star, 86.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Cor Caroli →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 16° 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 Cambridge that night

Computed for 42.38°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Cambridge was Cor Caroli, in Canes Venatici, 86.1° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 86 catalog stars were up in all.

Cambridge sits at 42.4°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −47.6° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Cambridge on any night.

Sun 7° below the horizon, Moon up and 42% lit at first quarter.

How unusual Eileen's chart is

Chart pattern score

31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · Mars retrograde

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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Eileen McNamara at a glance

Gemini Sun

Fascinating, then gone.

Eileen McNamara's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 30, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Water Dragon

Big energy, bigger plans.

Eileen McNamara was born on May 30, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 7

Thinks more than it says.

Eileen McNamara's birth date, May 30, 1952, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Eileen’s chart

Eileen’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 19° to 1° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.1° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.9° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 2.4° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 3.8° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 4.3° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 4.7° orbMars faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 5.5° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 6° orbSun in Gemini · 9°10′☉9°Moon in Leo · 25°35′☽25°Mercury in Taurus · 28°00′☿28°Venus in Gemini · 2°17′♀2°Mars in Scorpio · 1°54′ · retrograde♂℞1°Jupiter in Taurus · 7°22′♃7°Saturn in Libra · 8°18′ · retrograde♄℞8°Uranus in Cancer · 12°05′♅12°Neptune in Libra · 19°10′ · retrograde♆℞19°Pluto in Leo · 19°18′♇19°

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.1° orb

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

  • stableSuntrineSaturn0.4° to 1.4° orb

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

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus3.8° orb

    Eileen’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus3.9° to 4.7° orb

  • stableJupitersextileUranus4.6° to 4.8° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionJupiter5.3° to 5.6° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn5.4° to 6.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus6.7° to 7.0° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.0° to 7.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.3° to 12.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.4° to 12.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.5° to 12.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 11°24′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 11°22′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosLeo 23°27′ (moves 0.87° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 5°51′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 6°57′ (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 square Jupiter 0.4°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 0.7°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 0.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 1.3°
  • Hygiea conjunction Jupiter 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 2.2°

Eileen’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    disposes Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Eileen’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

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

  • Venus quincunx Mars 0.4°
  • Mars quintile Pluto 0.6°
  • Mercury semi-square Uranus 0.9°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 0.9°
  • Sun biquintile Mars 1.3°
  • Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 1.8°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.9°

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From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?

Eileen’s cards

Computed from May 30, 1952. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Seeker

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

7 · Seeker

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Eileen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5349412 (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.

The same Eileen McNamara at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Eileen McNamara.

Quick answers about Eileen McNamara’s chart

How old is Eileen McNamara?
Eileen McNamara is 74 years old, born May 30, 1952 in Cambridge, United States.
What zodiac sign is Eileen McNamara?
Eileen McNamara is a Gemini: born May 30, 1952, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What is Eileen McNamara's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 30, 1952 birth.
What is Eileen McNamara's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What is Eileen McNamara's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 11°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Eileen McNamara's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Eileen McNamara's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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