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Erik Erikson

Erik Erikson (born June 15, 1902, Frankfurt, Germany; died 1994), was an American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist. Erikson's honours include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology and Harold Lasswell Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Political Psychology.

Erik Erikson’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Water Tiger, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Erik Erikson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Healer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#546

US rank in 2025

~158,126

Americans share it since 1911

1980

its peak year

US records hold Erik from 1911 onward, though not for 1902 — fewer than five that year, which the SSA does not publish. 1980 was its busiest.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Erik’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

7

Soul Urge · understanding

1

Personality · self-directed

The name opens on E (5) and closes on K (2). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

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

Erik’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily

Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1902, 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 Erik apart

The National Book Award came in 1970, when Erik Erikson was 68.

Study took Erik Erikson to University of Oxford.

The family line: married Joan Erikson and raised one child.

On Wikipedia the categories read German psychoanalysts, American psychoanalysts and Austen Riggs Center physicians.

Xi Jinping (1953) and Mohamed Salah (1992) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
University of Oxford
Awards
National Book Award (1970), Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1970) and Jefferson Lecture (1973)
Citizenship
United States and Germany
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
72

What the chart says

Erik, according to the stars

Core essence

Erik is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Erik needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Erik cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Erik needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How Erik wants to be loved

Erik wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Erik is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Erik creates

How Erik makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Erik creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: Erik 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Erik is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Erik scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Erik's birth date. Working below.

Where Erik sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Erik

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Erik

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

PrivateExpressive
Erik

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Erik

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

PracticalVisionary
Erik

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Erik

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Erik’s birth-night reference starAlkaidblue · Ursa MajorAlkaid, in Ursa Major. A blue star, 86.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alkaid →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 13.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Frankfurt that night

Computed for 50.11°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Frankfurt at 9 p.m. that evening: Alkaid of Ursa Major, within 3.8° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 86 catalog stars were up in all.

Frankfurt sits at 50.1°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −39.9° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 77% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 3° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Frankfurt, Germany

The death is recorded at Harwich, Barnstable County in 1994.

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

How unusual Erik's chart is

Chart pattern score

47 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Gemini · 1 unaspected planet · A leaning bowl

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

Gemini Sun

Fascinating, then gone.

Erik Erikson's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 15, 1902, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Water Tiger

Leaps first, apologises never.

Erik Erikson was born on June 15, 1902, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Tiger means →

Life Path 6

Everyone's person. Never off duty.

Erik Erikson's birth date, June 15, 1902, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Erik’s chart

Erik’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 27° Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Uranus faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.8° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.2° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 1.6° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2° orbMoon opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.6° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 3.5° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 4.2° orbSun faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 4.3° orbSun in Gemini · 23°23′☉23°Moon in Libra · 21°46′☽21°Mercury in Cancer · 5°29′ · retrograde☿℞5°Venus in Taurus · 12°57′♀12°Mars in Gemini · 5°40′♂5°Jupiter in Aquarius · 17°07′ · retrograde♃℞17°Saturn in Capricorn · 26°41′ · retrograde♄℞26°Uranus in Sagittarius · 19°07′ · retrograde♅℞19°Neptune in Cancer · 0°53′♆0°Pluto in Gemini · 18°18′♇18°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableUranusoppositionPluto0.8° to 0.9° orb

    Erik’s need for freedom pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableJupitertrinePluto1.2° orb

    Erik’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableJupitersextileUranus2.0° orb

    Erik’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenussquareJupiter3.6° to 4.7° orb

  • stableSunoppositionUranus3.8° to 4.8° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune4.4° to 4.8° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto4.6° to 5.6° orb

  • stableSuntrineJupiter5.8° to 6.8° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionNeptune7.0° to 7.9° orb

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 7.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 11.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 12°55′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 23°30′ (moves 0.43° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 9°30′ (moves 0.72° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 16°29′ (moves 0.30° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 14°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Venus 0.0°
  • Ceres conjunction Sun 0.1°
  • Hygiea square Jupiter 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 3.0°

Erik’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Pluto; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Erik’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Gemini · Sun, Mars, PlutoThree 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.

  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.2°
  • Venus biquintile Uranus 0.2°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.2°

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Erik’s cards

Computed from June 15, 1902. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Devil

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Healer

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Erik’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q58074 (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 Erik Erikson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Erik Erikson?
Erik Erikson was a Gemini: born June 15, 1902, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What was Erik Erikson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 15, 1902 birth.
What was Erik Erikson's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What was Erik Erikson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Erik Erikson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Erik Erikson's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Pluto; 1 major aspect). Jupiter is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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