Eric Foner
Eric Foner (born February 7, 1943, New York City, United States), aged 83, is an American historian (born 1943). Foner's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History, Bancroft Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Eric Foner’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Goat, with 
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Eric Foner’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 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Eric in the U.S.?
#273
US rank in 2025
~893,184
Americans share it since 1880
1970
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Eric’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 💠 Water Lily
Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Eric, according to the stars
Core essence
Eric is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Eric is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
How Eric wants to be loved
Eric wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Eric, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Eric creates
How Eric 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. Eric 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: Eric 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Eric is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Eric does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Eric'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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunOriginal, and fine with it.
Eric Foner's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 7, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Water Goat
Water GoatNeeds beauty like air.
Eric Foner was born on February 7, 1943, which falls in a Water 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 8
Life Path 8Power, and the bill for it.
Eric Foner's birth date, February 7, 1943, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Eric’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Eric Foner's date-only chart is Saturn sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Eric Foner 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.
Eric’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Eric Foner, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 1° Pisces or Aries 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.
stableSaturnsextilePluto0.2° to 0.3° orb
Eric’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextileMars0.5° to 1.1° orb
Eric’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableUranustrineNeptune1.1° to 1.2° orb
Eric’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussquareSaturn1.6° to 2.9° orb
Eric’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturntrineNeptune3.8° to 3.9° orb
Eric’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableNeptunesextilePluto4.1° orb
Eric’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus5.0° orb
Eric’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.
stableMercurytrineUranus5.3° to 5.5° orb
Eric’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurytrineNeptune6.4° to 6.7° orb
Eric’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.0° to 13.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 14.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Eric’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 ℞Leo 26°51′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Eric performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.
⚳ CeresAries 8°26′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Eric looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosAries 8°21′ (moves 0.73° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Eric is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 5°56′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Eric at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 18°11′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Eric guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
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.
- Hygiea conjunction Pluto 0.1°
- Ceres square Mars 0.2°
- Eros square Mars 0.3°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 1.3°
- Eros trine Pluto 2.5°
- Ceres trine Pluto 2.6°
- Eros sextile Saturn 2.8°
- Ceres sextile 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°).
Eric’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. ♄ Saturn7.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Eric is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
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 Eric’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.
Grand trine · Mercury, Uranus, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
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 quincunx Jupiter 1.2°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.3°
- Jupiter semi-square Uranus 1.3°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Eric Foner, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Eric’s cards
Every card is computed from February 7, 1943, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Eric Foner, 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
Eric’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3056269, 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 Luath at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Eric Foner at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Eric Foner.
Quick answers about Eric Foner’s chart
- How old is Eric Foner?
- Eric Foner is 83 years old, born February 7, 1943 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Eric Foner?
- Eric Foner is an Aquarius: born February 7, 1943, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Goat.
- What is Eric Foner's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 7, 1943 birth.
- What time was Eric Foner 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 Eric Foner's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the February 7, 1943 birth date.
- What is Eric Foner's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 7, 1943 birth date.
- Where is Eric Foner's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Eric Foner's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
