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Elizabeth A. Fenn

Elizabeth A. Fenn (born September 22, 1959, Arlington, United States), aged 67, is an American historian and professor. Fenn's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History, Guggenheim Fellowship and Albert J. Beveridge Award.

Elizabeth A. Fenn’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Elizabeth A. Fenn’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Storyteller

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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#17

US rank in 2025

~1,693,973

Americans share it since 1880

1990

its peak year

In 1959, 18,421 American girls and 48 boys were registered Elizabeth — 21st among girls and 1,123rd among boys on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Elizabeth’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

8

Soul Urge · achievement

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on E (5) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Elizabeth’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia

Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1959, 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 Elizabeth apart

The Guggenheim Fellowship came in 2005, when Elizabeth A. Fenn was 46.

The schooling ran through Durham Technical Community College and Duke University.

On Wikipedia the categories read Historians of Native Americans, Writers from Riverside, California and Durham Technical Community College alumni.

Saul Perlmutter shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
Durham Technical Community College, Duke University and Yale University
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for History (2015), Guggenheim Fellowship (2005) and Albert J. Beveridge Award (2015)
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
6

What the chart says

Elizabeth, according to the stars

Core essence

Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Elizabeth wants to be loved

Elizabeth wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Elizabeth openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Elizabeth creates

How Elizabeth 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. Elizabeth 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: Elizabeth is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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. Elizabeth fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Elizabeth's birth date. Working below.

Where Elizabeth sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Elizabeth

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Elizabeth

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

PrivateExpressive
Elizabeth

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Elizabeth

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

PracticalVisionary
Elizabeth

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Elizabeth

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Elizabeth A. Fenn

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

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

The sky over Arlington that night

Computed for 33.92°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Arlington was Aljanah, in Cygnus, 83.9° up.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 89 catalog stars above the horizon.

Arlington sits at 33.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Arlington at all: they sit past the −56.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at last quarter, 68% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 27° down.

How unusual Elizabeth's chart is

Chart pattern score

65 / 100 · Unusual

3 planets at a critical degree · T-square onto Venus · A bowl chart

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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If you only read one paragraph

Virgo Sun

Fixes everything except the need to.

Elizabeth A. Fenn's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 22, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Earth Pig

Trusts easily. Rarely regrets it.

Elizabeth A. Fenn was born on September 22, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 1

Goes first. Works it out.

Elizabeth A. Fenn's birth date, September 22, 1959, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Elizabeth’s chart

Elizabeth’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 27° to 9° Taurus or Gemini depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.6° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 0.7° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.8° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 1° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.2° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.7° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.1° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.4° orbSun in Virgo · 29°01′☉29°Moon in Gemini · 3°49′☽3°Mercury in Libra · 3°06′☿3°Venus in Leo · 29°52′♀29°Mars in Libra · 10°57′♂10°Jupiter in Scorpio · 27°48′♃27°Saturn in Capricorn · 0°43′♄0°Uranus in Leo · 19°15′♅19°Neptune in Scorpio · 5°21′♆5°Pluto in Virgo · 4°47′♇4°

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

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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

  • stableMoonsquarePluto0.0° to 6.9° orb

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

  • stableMoontrineMercury0.1° to 5.8° orb

    Elizabeth’s feelings flow straight into their mind.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb

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

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.8° to 1.6° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn0.8° to 0.9° orb

  • stableSunsquareSaturn1.2° to 2.2° orb

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn1.5° to 3.2° orb

  • stableVenussquareJupiter2.0° to 2.1° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury3.7° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSaturntrinePluto4.1° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.6° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionPluto4.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 23°30′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 1°03′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 12°58′ (moves 0.67° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 12°32′ (moves 0.30° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 4°32′ (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 Pluto 0.3°
  • Ceres square Venus 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 1.4°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 1.6°
  • Ceres sextile Sun 2.0°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 2.0°

Elizabeth’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto6 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Elizabeth’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.

  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.9°
  • Mercury semi-square Uranus 1.2°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
  • Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.8°

Born the same day as Elizabeth

Saul Perlmutter was born on September 22, 1959 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. At 33.9°N, the sky above Arlington stops at −56.1° declination. Same sky, different lives.

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Elizabeth’s cards

Computed from September 22, 1959. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Storyteller

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Elizabeth’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q19832672 (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 Elizabeth A. Fenn at Wikipedia and experts.colorado.edu.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Elizabeth A. Fenn.

Quick answers about Elizabeth A. Fenn’s chart

How old is Elizabeth A. Fenn?
Elizabeth A. Fenn is 67 years old, born September 22, 1959 in Arlington, United States.
What zodiac sign is Elizabeth A. Fenn?
Elizabeth A. Fenn is a Virgo: born September 22, 1959, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What is Elizabeth A. Fenn's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 22, 1959 birth.
What is Elizabeth A. Fenn's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is Elizabeth A. Fenn's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Elizabeth A. Fenn's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Elizabeth A. Fenn's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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