Eric Smidt
Eric Smidt (born January 26, 1960, Los Angeles, United States), aged 66, is an American businessmen.
Eric Smidt’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Pig, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Eric
Eric Smidt’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Lightkeeper
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
In 1960, 10,539 American boys and 26 girls were registered Eric — 44th among boys and 2,326th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Eric’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
5
Soul Urge · freedom
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on E (5) and closes on C (3). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Eric’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌻 Zinnia
Crimson · Ivory · Terracotta
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 1959, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Eric apart
Eric Smidt was taught at Grant High School.
Paul Newman (1925) and Ellen DeGeneres (1958) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Grant High School
- Citizenship
- United States
- Wikipedia editions
- 4
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.
The vibe
Underneath, Eric is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Eric needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Eric creates
How Eric makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Eric creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Eric 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 7 is the seeker. Eric 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: 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. Working below.
Where Eric sits
Six lines
Eric’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Eric Smidt
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles that night
Computed for 34.05°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Elnath stood nearest the zenith over Los Angeles at 9 p.m. that evening, 84.4° above the horizon in Taurus.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 105 catalog stars were up in all.
Los Angeles sits at 34.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −55.9° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 46° below the horizon, Moon down and 2% lit at new moon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Los Angeles, United States
- Lives in
- Beverly Hills
Wikidata records Beverly Hills as Eric Smidt's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Eric Smidt: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Eric's chart is
Chart pattern score
31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
A bowl chart · 1 planet at a critical degree
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.
Score your own chart →Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunCares about everyone, needs space.
Eric Smidt's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 26, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aquarius means →Earth Pig
Earth PigGenerous to the last coin.
Eric Smidt was born on January 26, 1960, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
Eric Smidt's birth date, January 26, 1960, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Eric’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Eric Smidt's date-only chart is Sun conjunction Mercury, with an orb of under 1°.
- Eric Smidt combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.
Eric’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 23° Capricorn depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 0.5° orb
Eric’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarssextileNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb
Eric’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysquareNeptune2.2° to 3.9° orb
Eric’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableSunsquareNeptune2.7° to 3.7° orb
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn2.8° to 3.4° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune3.3° to 3.4° orb
stableMarstrinePluto3.4° to 4.2° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.5° orb
stableJupitertrineUranus4.4° to 4.7° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter4.9° to 5.9° orb
stableVenustrinePluto5.4° to 6.7° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto6.8° to 6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Eric’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 26°00′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 19°41′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 1°13′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 27°03′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 18°34′ (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 sextile Uranus 1.0°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.9°
- Hygiea trine Venus 2.5°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.9°
Eric’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn7.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Eric’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.
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.0°
- Sun quincunx Pluto 0.3°
- Mercury quincunx Pluto 0.4°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.1°
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Fellow Aquarius suns
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- Maitland WardAmerican actress and model
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Born in Pig years
- Charles BabbageEnglish mathematician, philosopher, and engineer
- Shirin EbadiIranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Srinivasa RamanujanIndian mathematician
Also born on January 26
- Paul Newman1925
- Ellen DeGeneres1958
- Eddie Van Halen1955
- Akio Morita1921
- Peter Sagan1990
- Ester Expósito2000
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Vin DieselAmerican actor (born 1967)
- James DentonAmerican actor
- Stormy DanielsAmerican pornographic actress and director (born 1979)
Other Aquarius Pig charts
- James V. HartAmerican screenwriter (1947- )
- Arthur RubinsteinPolish-American classical pianist
- Mikhail BaryshnikovLatvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor
- Leon GoretzkaGerman association football player
Other Tidal Lightkeepers
- Nadia FerreiraParaguayan model
- Vikas KhannaIndian celebrity chef
- SapnapAmerican YouTuber and streamer
- Vegetta777Spanish YouTuber and influencer
Famous people with Life Path 7
- Valerie HarperAmerican actress
- Arthur KennedyAmerican actor
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From the journal: Moon sign vs rising sign vs Sun sign · Is astrology a science?
Eric’s cards
Computed from January 26, 1960. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Tidal LightkeeperWestern zodiac
AquariusChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
7 · Seeker♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Eric’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5387535 (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.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Eric Smidt.
Quick answers about Eric Smidt’s chart
- How old is Eric Smidt?
- Eric Smidt is 66 years old, born January 26, 1960 in Los Angeles, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Eric Smidt?
- Eric Smidt is an Aquarius: born January 26, 1960, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Eric Smidt's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 26, 1960 birth.
- What is Eric Smidt's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is Eric Smidt's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Eric Smidt's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Eric Smidt's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mars; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
