F. W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk (born March 18, 1936, Johannesburg, South Africa; died 2021) was a 7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994.
F. W. de Klerk (1936–2021) served as the 7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994. Klerk held office as Minister of Sport and Recreation and Minister of Social Development. Klerk's honours include Nobel Peace Prize, Order of Good Hope and Order of Mapungubwe in Gold.
F. W. de Klerk’s zodiac sign was Pisces, Chinese zodiac was Fire Rat, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Pisces, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Rat, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with F. W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Explorer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
What F. W. de Klerk’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
1
Soul Urge · independence
22
Personality · quietly formidable
The name opens on F (6) and closes on F (6). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
F. W. de Klerk’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Hibiscus
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Scarlet
The record
What sets F. W. de Klerk apart
Lily Collins (1989) and Adam Levine (1979) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
F. W. de Klerk, according to the stars
Core essence
F. W. de Klerk feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of F. W. de Klerk is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.
The vibe
Underneath, F. W. de Klerk 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 F. W. de Klerk needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How F. W. de Klerk wants to be loved
F. W. de Klerk wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with F. W. de Klerk, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How F. W. de Klerk creates
How F. W. de Klerk 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. F. W. de Klerk 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: F. W. de Klerk 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. F. W. de Klerk is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means F. W. de Klerk gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from F. W. de Klerk's birth date. Working below.
Where F. W. de Klerk sits
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F. W. de Klerk’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Johannesburg on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
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The sky over Johannesburg that night
Computed for 26.20°S, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Johannesburg at 9 p.m. that evening: Tureis of Puppis, within 7.5° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 85 catalog stars were up in all.
From 26.2°S not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The Moon was at waning crescent, 25% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 35° down.
How unusual F.'s chart is
Chart pattern score
65 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Pisces · T-square onto Mars · No Air planets
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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Pisces Sun
Pisces SunKind, porous, easily flooded.
F. W. de Klerk's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 18, 1936, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Pisces means →Fire Rat
Fire RatResourceful is an understatement.
F. W. de Klerk was born on March 18, 1936, which falls in a Fire Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Slow, solid, lasting.
F. W. de Klerk's birth date, March 18, 1936, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in F. W. de Klerk’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in F. W. de Klerk's date-only chart is Saturn opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn, sit together in Pisces, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- F. W. de Klerk combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Explorer.
F. W. de Klerk’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° Capricorn depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSaturnoppositionNeptune0.4° to 0.5° orb
F. W. de Klerk’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableVenussextileUranus1.8° to 3.0° orb
F. W. de Klerk’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableSuntrinePluto1.9° to 2.9° orb
F. W. de Klerk’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunsquareJupiter3.6° to 4.5° orb
stableMarstrineJupiter4.1° to 4.7° orb
stableMarssquarePluto5.7° to 6.4° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn6.0° to 7.5° orb
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune6.4° to 8.0° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus6.7° to 7.1° orb
possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.0° to 9.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionPlutoorb from 0.0° to 9.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
F. W. de Klerk’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironGemini 11°23′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 29°42′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 16°05′ (moves 0.86° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 13°56′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 7°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.7°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.0°
- Hygiea trine Neptune 1.1°
- Ceres square Venus 1.3°
- Eros sextile Saturn 1.5°
- Ceres trine Sun 2.1°
F. W. de Klerk’s dominant planets
1. ♆ Neptune9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn; 2 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; in its own sign, Sagittarius; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
Configurations in F. W. de Klerk’s chart
Stellium in Pisces · Sun, Mercury, Venus, SaturnThree 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.
- Venus biquintile Pluto 0.3°
- Jupiter quincunx Pluto 1.6°
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- Lily Collins1989
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From the journal: What is feng shui? · Moon sign vs rising sign vs Sun sign
F. W. de Klerk’s cards
Computed from March 18, 1936. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast ExplorerWestern zodiac
PiscesChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
F. W. de Klerk’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q151813 (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 Walter Rutishauser, Photographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by F. W. de Klerk.
Quick answers about F. W. de Klerk’s chart
- What zodiac sign was F. W. de Klerk?
- F. W. de Klerk was a Pisces: born March 18, 1936, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
- What was F. W. de Klerk's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 18, 1936 birth.
- What was F. W. de Klerk's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What was F. W. de Klerk's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 11°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was F. W. de Klerk's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was F. W. de Klerk's dominant planet?
- Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
