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Ferdinand Buisson

Ferdinand Buisson (born December 20, 1841, Paris, France; died 1932), was a French academic and politician. Buisson held office as Member of parliament for the Seine and president. Buisson's honours include Nobel Peace Prize, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and Marcelin Guérin Prize.

Ferdinand Buisson’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Metal Ox, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Ferdinand Buisson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Storyteller

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#4294

US rank in 2025

~8,909

Americans share it since 1880

1918

its peak year

US name records start in 1880, 39 years after this birth. In that first year Ferdinand ranked 294th, with 32 American boys registered.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Ferdinand’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

6

Soul Urge · being needed

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on F (6) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Ferdinand’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Magnolia

Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Ferdinand apart

Kylian Mbappé (1998) and Jonah Hill (1983) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Ferdinand, according to the stars

Core essence

Ferdinand is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Ferdinand is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

The vibe

Underneath, Ferdinand 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 Ferdinand 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 Ferdinand wants to be loved

Ferdinand wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Ferdinand and watch them fall for you again.

How Ferdinand creates

How Ferdinand makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Ferdinand creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Ferdinand is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Ferdinand is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Ferdinand leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Ferdinand goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.

Computed from Ferdinand's birth date. Working below.

Where Ferdinand sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Ferdinand

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ferdinand

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Ferdinand

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ferdinand

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Ferdinand

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ferdinand

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 Ferdinand Buisson

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

Ferdinand’s birth-night reference starMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 87.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirfak →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 18.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Procyon →

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

The sky over Paris that night

Computed for 48.86°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Mirfak stood nearest the zenith over Paris at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.3° above the horizon in Perseus.

Of the 106 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

At 48.9°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

Nothing below −41.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Paris on any night.

Sun 47° below the horizon, Moon up and 48% lit at first quarter.

How unusual Ferdinand's chart is

Chart pattern score

47 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 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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If you only read one paragraph

Sagittarius Sun

Restless in a good way.

Ferdinand Buisson's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 20, 1841, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Metal Ox

Stubborn, and usually right.

Ferdinand Buisson was born on December 20, 1841, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

Ferdinand Buisson's birth date, December 20, 1841, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Ferdinand’s chart

Ferdinand’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

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

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 1° orbMars fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.7° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2° orbSun fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 2.1° orbMars opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.2° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.6° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.9° orbSun in Sagittarius · 28°31′☉28°Moon in Pisces · 21°35′☽21°Mercury in Sagittarius · 13°05′☿13°Venus in Sagittarius · 10°29′♀10°Mars in Aquarius · 16°46′♂16°Jupiter in Capricorn · 0°35′♃0°Saturn in Capricorn · 4°39′♄4°Uranus in Pisces · 20°36′♅20°Neptune in Aquarius · 15°06′♆15°Pluto in Aries · 18°59′ · retrograde♇℞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

  • stableMoonconjunctionUranus0.0° to 7.0° orb

    Ferdinand’s feelings and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune1.3° to 2.7° orb

    Ferdinand’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • stableMarsconjunctionNeptune1.3° to 2.0° orb

    Ferdinand’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter1.7° to 2.5° orb

  • stableMarssextilePluto1.8° to 2.6° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.5° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars3.3° to 4.0° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn4.0° to 4.1° orb

  • stableMercurytrinePluto5.2° to 6.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn5.7° to 6.6° orb

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 1.4° to 12.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Leo 1°07′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAries 13°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 6°18′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 15°33′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 13°07′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.0°
  • Hygiea trine Neptune 0.5°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 0.8°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 1.2°
  • Ceres sextile Neptune 1.3°
  • Eros conjunction Saturn 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Neptune 2.0°
  • Hygiea opposition Mercury 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 2.6°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 2.9°

Ferdinand’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Ferdinand’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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 semi-square Neptune 0.5°
  • Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.2°
  • Sun semi-square Neptune 1.6°
  • Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 1.6°

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Ferdinand’s cards

Computed from December 20, 1841. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Storyteller

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Ferdinand’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q273607 (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 Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Ferdinand Buisson at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Ferdinand Buisson.

Quick answers about Ferdinand Buisson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Ferdinand Buisson?
Ferdinand Buisson was a Sagittarius: born December 20, 1841, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What was Ferdinand Buisson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 20, 1841 birth.
What was Ferdinand Buisson's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was Ferdinand Buisson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Leo at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Ferdinand Buisson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Ferdinand Buisson's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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