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Ernest Walton

Ernest Walton (born October 6, 1903, Abbeyside, Ireland; died 1995), was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate. Walton served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. Walton's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics and Hughes Medal.

Ernest Walton’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Rabbit, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Ernest Walton’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Visionary

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#1040

US rank in 2025

~304,354

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Ernest’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

11 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily

Amber · Blush · Moonlight white

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Ernest, according to the stars

Core essence

Ernest makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Ernest is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Ernest runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Ernest needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Ernest wants to be loved

Ernest wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Ernest and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Ernest creates

How Ernest makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Ernest creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Ernest is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Ernest is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Ernest has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Ernest's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Ernest sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Ernest

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ernest

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

PrivateExpressive
Ernest

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ernest

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

PracticalVisionary
Ernest

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ernest

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

Dedicate a star to Ernest Walton

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

Ernest’s birth-night reference starAlderaminwhite · CepheusAlderamin, in Cepheus. A white star, 78.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alderamin →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 25.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Ernest Walton in 15 seconds

Libra Sun

Charming. Still deciding.

Ernest Walton's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 6, 1903, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.

Water Rabbit

Three steps ahead, no fuss.

Ernest Walton was born on October 6, 1903, which falls in a Water Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rabbit readings emphasise tact, grace and the ability to settle a room without seeming to try. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rabbit as the diplomat of the cycle, alert to subtleties and fond of comfort. The corresponding caution in the tradition is avoidance: the tendency to slip away from a conflict that needed to happen.

Life Path 11

Sees what the rest missed.

Ernest Walton's birth date, October 6, 1903, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Ernest’s chart

Ernest’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Ernest Walton, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 4° to 16° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.1° orbVenus faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 0.5° orbMoon flows with Mars · Trine, 0.9° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 1.4° orbUranus faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1.5° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.3° orbMercury flows with Saturn · Trine, 3.4° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.7° orbSun in Libra · 12°04′☉12°Moon in Aries · 10°40′☽10°Mercury in Libra · 6°06′ · retrograde☿℞6°Venus in Virgo · 15°48′ · retrograde♀℞15°Mars in Sagittarius · 9°46′♂9°Jupiter in Pisces · 15°19′ · retrograde♃℞15°Saturn in Aquarius · 2°41′ · retrograde♄℞2°Uranus in Sagittarius · 22°09′♅22°Neptune in Cancer · 5°57′♆5°Pluto in Gemini · 20°40′ · retrograde♇℞20°

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.

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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

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.

  • stableSunoppositionMoon0.0° to 7.3° orb

    Ernest’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Ernest’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableMoontrineMars0.1° to 6.9° orb

    Ernest’s feelings flow straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenusoppositionJupiter0.5° orb

    Ernest’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableUranusoppositionPluto1.5° orb

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

  • stableSunsextileMars2.2° to 2.4° orb

    Ernest’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • stableMercurysextileMars2.8° to 4.5° orb

    Ernest’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn2.9° to 3.9° orb

    Ernest’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableVenussquarePluto4.8° to 4.9° orb

    Ernest’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury5.0° to 6.9° orb

    Ernest’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarssquareJupiter5.2° to 6.0° orb

    Ernest’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableJupitersquarePluto5.3° to 5.4° orb

    Ernest’s growth grinds against their depths.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

Ernest’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.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 17°16′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. Ernest is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 18°36′ (moves 0.45° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Ernest is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius or Capricorn during this date

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

    Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Ernest attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 1°49′ (moves 0.23° 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 Ernest at their best with something to be proud of.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 7°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Ernest at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.

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 opposition Saturn 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 1.3°
  • Chiron trine Venus 1.5°
  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 2.0°
  • Ceres trine Pluto 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 2.4°

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°).

Ernest’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. 1. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Venus, Pluto; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter6 pts

    disposes Mars, Uranus; 4 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Ernest is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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 Ernest’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 cross, the shape it makesGrand cross · Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, PlutoTwo oppositions crossed by four squares. Read as pressure from every direction and the stamina that grows from it.

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.

  • Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.9°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ernest Walton, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Ernest’s cards

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Birth tarot card

Judgement

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Visionary

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Western zodiac

Libra

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Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Ernest Walton, 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

Ernest’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q183631, 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 Nobel foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Ernest Walton at Wikipedia 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 Ernest Walton.

Quick answers about Ernest Walton’s chart

What zodiac sign was Ernest Walton?
Ernest Walton was a Libra: born October 6, 1903, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Rabbit.
What was Ernest Walton's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 6, 1903 birth.
What time was Ernest Walton 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 was Ernest Walton's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the October 6, 1903 birth date.
What was Ernest Walton's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 6, 1903 birth date.
Where was Ernest Walton's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Ernest Walton's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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