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Emily Greene Balch

Emily Greene Balch (born January 8, 1867, Jamaica Plain, United States; died 1961), was an American economist and writer. Balch's honours include Nobel Peace Prize.

Emily Greene Balch’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was Fire Tiger, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Emily Greene Balch’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Pioneer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#34

US rank in 2025

~898,296

Americans share it since 1880

1999

its peak year

No US figure exists for 1867 — the SSA series begins 13 years later. Emily opened it at 100th, 210 American girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Emily’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

3

Soul Urge · being heard

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on E (5) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Emily’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 1 · 3

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The record

What sets Emily apart

Emily Greene Balch took the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946, at 79.

The classrooms behind this chart: Bryn Mawr College and University of Chicago.

The grave is at Forest Hills Cemetery.

Wikipedia's editors put Emily Greene Balch under American women sociologists, Converts to Quakerism and The Nation editors.

Elvis Presley (1935) and Stephen Hawking (1942) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Bryn Mawr College, University of Chicago and Wellesley College
Awards
Nobel Peace Prize (1946)
Nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
Buried at
Forest Hills Cemetery
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
81

What the chart says

Emily, according to the stars

Core essence

Emily is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Emily 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, Emily needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Emily needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Emily wants to be loved

Emily wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Emily and watch them fall for you again.

How Emily creates

How Emily makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Emily creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Emily is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Emily 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Emily does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

Computed from Emily's birth date. Working below.

Where Emily sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Emily

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Emily

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Emily

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Emily

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Emily

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Emily

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 Jamaica Plain on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Emily’s birth-night reference starCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 81.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Capella →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 34.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Procyon →

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

The sky over Jamaica Plain that night

Computed for 42.31°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Jamaica Plain was Capella, in Auriga, 81.6° up.

Of the 106 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

From 42.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Jamaica Plain at all: they sit past the −47.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon, 9% lit at waxing crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 48° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Jamaica Plain, United States

The death is recorded at Cambridge, Middlesex County in 1961.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Emily Greene Balch: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Emily's chart is

Chart pattern score

12 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

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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If you only read one paragraph

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Emily Greene Balch's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 8, 1867, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Fire Tiger

Brave, bright, burns fast.

Emily Greene Balch was born on January 8, 1867, which falls in a Fire Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Tiger means →

Life Path 4

Plans, then plans the plan.

Emily Greene Balch's birth date, January 8, 1867, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Emily’s chart

Emily’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 24° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.5° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.8° orbVenus flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.9° orbSun faces off with Mars · Opposition, 3.2° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.6° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 3.7° orbUranus grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.3° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.6° orbSun in Capricorn · 18°00′☉18°Moon in Aquarius · 18°09′☽18°Mercury in Sagittarius · 28°33′☿28°Venus in Sagittarius · 12°59′♀12°Mars in Cancer · 21°11′ · retrograde♂℞21°Jupiter in Aquarius · 8°21′♃8°Saturn in Scorpio · 21°43′♄21°Uranus in Cancer · 5°51′ · retrograde♅℞5°Neptune in Aries · 10°07′♆10°Pluto in Taurus · 13°16′ · retrograde♇℞13°

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

  • stableMarstrineSaturn0.3° to 0.8° orb

    Emily’s drive flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune1.7° to 1.9° orb

    Emily’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSunoppositionMars2.5° to 3.9° orb

    Emily’s core identity pulls against their drive from across the wheel.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune2.7° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSunsextileSaturn3.2° to 4.2° orb

  • stableSuntrinePluto4.2° to 5.3° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune4.2° to 4.3° orb

  • stableVenussextileJupiter4.6° to 4.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto4.8° to 5.0° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.0° to 11.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 18°58′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresScorpio 18°11′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 18°08′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 0°55′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 12°29′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres sextile Sun 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 0.5°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 1.0°
  • Chiron trine Mars 2.2°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mercury 2.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 2.4°
  • Chiron trine Saturn 2.8°
  • Ceres trine Mars 3.0°

Emily’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn6 pts

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

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    3 major aspects

Configurations in Emily’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.

  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.3°
  • Venus quincunx Pluto 0.3°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.9°
  • Jupiter quincunx Uranus 2.5°

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Emily’s cards

Computed from January 8, 1867. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Pioneer

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

Life Path

4 · Architect

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

丙

yang Fire

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Emily’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q215139 (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 Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Emily Greene Balch.

Quick answers about Emily Greene Balch’s chart

What zodiac sign was Emily Greene Balch?
Emily Greene Balch was a Capricorn: born January 8, 1867, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What was Emily Greene Balch's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 8, 1867 birth.
What was Emily Greene Balch's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What was Emily Greene Balch's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Emily Greene Balch's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Emily Greene Balch's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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