Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim (born September 22, 1885, Vienna, Austria; died 1957), was an Austrian actor and director. Stroheim is best remembered for Foolish Wives, Greed and The Merry Widow. Stroheim's honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Erich von Stroheim’s zodiac sign was Virgo or Libra (the Sun changed sign that day, and no documented birth time settles which), Chinese zodiac was Wood Rooster, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Wood Rooster, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Erich
How common is the name Erich in the U.S.?
#5937
US rank in 2025
~11,706
Americans share it since 1894
1971
its peak year
The SSA suppresses any name given to fewer than five children in a year, and Erich falls under that line for 1885. Its peak came in 1971, and 11,706 Americans have carried it since 1894.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Erich’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
3
Expression · expression and voice
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on E (5) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Erich’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 5 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
—
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Sapphire, Your planetary stone, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌸 Green Orchid
Lavender · Botanical green
The record
What sets Erich apart
Michael Faraday (1791) and Andrea Bocelli (1958) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Erich, according to the stars
The vibe
Underneath, Erich is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Erich needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
How Erich wants to be loved
Erich wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Erich even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Erich creates
How Erich makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Erich creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Erich is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Erich 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: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Erich fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Erich's birth date. Working below.
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The sky over Vienna that night
Computed for 48.21°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Deneb stood nearest the zenith over Vienna at 9 p.m. that evening, 83.9° above the horizon in Cygnus.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 93 catalog stars above the horizon.
At 48.2°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −41.8° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 29° below the horizon, Moon up and 98% lit at full moon.
How unusual Erich's chart is
Chart pattern score
51 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Virgo · 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.
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Virgo or Libra Sun
Erich von Stroheim was born on a day when the Sun moved from Virgo into Libra. Without a documented birth time, the exact Sun sign cannot be determined reliably, so AsterNym shows both rather than choosing one.
Wood Rooster
Wood RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Erich von Stroheim was born on September 22, 1885, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Erich von Stroheim's birth date, September 22, 1885, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Erich’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Erich von Stroheim's date-only chart is Uranus trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
Erich’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 14° Pisces 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
stableMarssextileUranus0.0° to 0.6° orb
Erich’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssextilePluto0.0° to 0.6° orb
Erich’s drive opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableUranustrinePluto0.0° to 0.1° orb
Erich’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMoontrineSaturn0.1° to 6.3° orb
stableVenustrineSaturn1.1° to 2.2° orb
stableVenussquareMars2.3° to 2.9° orb
stableSuntrinePluto3.0° to 4.0° orb
stableSunconjunctionUranus3.1° to 4.0° orb
stableSunsextileMars3.6° to 4.0° orb
stableSuntrineNeptune3.6° to 4.6° orb
stableSaturnsquareUranus4.6° orb
stableJupitertrineNeptune6.0° to 6.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Erich’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironGemini 16°30′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 9°28′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 7°24′ (moves 0.70° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 15°30′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 23°34′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros trine Saturn 0.3°
- Eros conjunction Venus 1.4°
- Ceres trine Saturn 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 1.9°
- Chiron square Jupiter 2.8°
- Ceres sextile Mercury 3.0°
Erich’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Pluto; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Erich’s chart
Stellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, JupiterThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter quintile Saturn 0.4°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 0.9°
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.7°
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Erich’s cards
Computed from September 22, 1885. Tap to flip.
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Erich’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q78508 (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.
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Quick answers about Erich von Stroheim’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Erich von Stroheim?
- Erich von Stroheim was born on a day when the Sun moved from Virgo into Libra. Without a documented birth time, the exact Sun sign cannot be determined reliably, so AsterNym shows both rather than choosing one.
- What was Erich von Stroheim's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 22, 1885 birth.
- What was Erich von Stroheim's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was Erich von Stroheim's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Erich von Stroheim's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Erich von Stroheim's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Pluto; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
