Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill (born October 16, 1888, New York City, United States; died 1953), was an American playwright. O'Neill is best remembered for All God's Chillun Got Wings and Mourning Becomes Electra. O'Neill's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.
Eugene O'Neill’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Earth Rat, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Rat, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with Eugene
Eugene O'Neill’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Diplomat
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Eugene in the U.S.?
#943
US rank in 2025
~383,340
Americans share it since 1880
1927
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1888, Eugene came 53rd, carried by 398 American boys.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Eugene’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
2
Soul Urge · closeness
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on E (5) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Eugene’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Amber · Blush · Gold
The record
What sets Eugene apart
Günter Grass (1927) and Naomi Osaka (1997) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Eugene, according to the stars
Core essence
Eugene makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Eugene 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, Eugene 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 Eugene 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 Eugene wants to be loved
Eugene 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 Eugene even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Eugene creates
How Eugene makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Eugene 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: Eugene is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Eugene 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 fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Eugene 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 Eugene's birth date. Working below.
Where Eugene sits
Six lines
Eugene’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
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.
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The sky over New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Scheat of Pegasus, within 13.4° of the exact zenith.
Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 93% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 42° below the horizon.
How unusual Eugene's chart is
Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
No Earth planets · 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.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
Eugene O'Neill's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 16, 1888, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Earth Rat
Earth RatResourceful is an understatement.
Eugene O'Neill was born on October 16, 1888, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
Eugene O'Neill's birth date, October 16, 1888, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in Eugene’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Eugene O'Neill's date-only chart is Jupiter opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- No planet falls in Earth signs in this chart.
- Eugene O'Neill combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Diplomat.
Eugene’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 24° 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
stableMoontrineMercury0.1° to 7.0° orb
Eugene’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto0.1° to 0.3° orb
Eugene’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.
stableVenussquareSaturn0.4° to 1.5° orb
Eugene’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturnsextileUranus0.5° orb
stableSunsextileMars1.2° to 1.4° orb
stableMercurysquareSaturn1.5° to 1.8° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.2° to 3.0° orb
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto3.8° orb
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune3.9° to 4.1° orb
stableSunconjunctionUranus5.3° to 6.2° orb
stableMarstrineSaturn6.2° to 6.8° orb
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.0° to 7.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Eugene’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironCancer 11°36′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCancer 28°55′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 11°35′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaScorpio 8°25′ (moves 0.42° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 28°23′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Neptune 2.9°
Eugene’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Uranus; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mars; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Eugene’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.
- Saturn quintile Pluto 0.8°
- Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 1.1°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.2°
- Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.4°
More people like Eugene
Other writers
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- Saint-John Perse1887
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- Carl Van Doren1885
- Pearl S. Buck1892
- Marianne Moore1887
Born in United States
- Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer
- Marianne MooreAmerican poet
- George S. KaufmanAmerican writer
- Leonard BaconAmerican poet, translator, and literary critic
- Adolphe MenjouAmerican actor
- Herbert Spencer GasserAmerican physiologist
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Born in Rat years
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- Trey SongzAmerican R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer
Also born on October 16
- Günter Grass1927
- Naomi Osaka1997
- Loreen1983
- Tim Robbins1958
- John Mayer1977
- Flea1962
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Christine KaufmannGerman actress and businesswoman
- Barbara HersheyAmerican actress
- Gena RowlandsAmerican actress
Other Libra Rat charts
- T. S. EliotUS-British poet
- Gerhard ErtlGerman physicist
- James M. McPhersonAmerican historian (born 1936)
- Bill DedmanAmerican journalist
Other Gilded Diplomats
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- Whitney CummingsAmerican actress, comedian and writer (born 1982)
- Jenna DewanAmerican actress, dancer and model (born 1980)
- Robert HerjavecCroatian-Canadian businessman
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- Andy SambergAmerican comedian and actor
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From the journal: Polarities: why each sign has an opposite · How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan
Eugene’s cards
Computed from October 16, 1888. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The DevilAsterNym identity card
The Gilded DiplomatWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
6 · Guardian♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Eugene’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q93157 (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.
Portrait by Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Eugene O'Neill at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Eugene O'Neill.
Quick answers about Eugene O'Neill’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Eugene O'Neill?
- Eugene O'Neill was a Libra: born October 16, 1888, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was Eugene O'Neill's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 16, 1888 birth.
- What was Eugene O'Neill's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What was Eugene O'Neill's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 11°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Eugene O'Neill's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Eugene O'Neill's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
