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, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Ox, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Ox, with 
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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.
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Americans share it since 1880
1918
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Ferdinand’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
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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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunRestless 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. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.
Metal Ox
Metal OxStubborn, and usually right.
Ferdinand Buisson was born on December 20, 1841, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Ferdinand Buisson's birth date, December 20, 1841, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in Ferdinand’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ferdinand Buisson's date-only chart is Mars conjunction Neptune, with an orb of about 2°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Ferdinand Buisson combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Storyteller.
Ferdinand’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Ferdinand Buisson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 27° Pisces depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
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
Ferdinand’s core identity and growth act as one.
stableMarssextilePluto1.8° to 2.6° orb
Ferdinand’s drive opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.5° to 2.7° orb
Ferdinand’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysextileMars3.3° to 4.0° orb
Ferdinand’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb
Ferdinand’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn4.0° to 4.1° orb
Ferdinand’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurytrinePluto5.2° to 6.6° orb
Ferdinand’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSunconjunctionSaturn5.7° to 6.6° orb
Ferdinand’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
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
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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Leo 1°07′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Ferdinand performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.
⚳ CeresAries 13°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Ferdinand looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosCapricorn 6°18′ (moves 0.61° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Ferdinand is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 15°33′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Ferdinand needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 13°07′ (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 Ferdinand 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.
- 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°
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°).
Ferdinand’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. ♃ Jupiter8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn5 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
4 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Ferdinand is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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 Ferdinand’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.
Stellium 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 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.
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.5°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.2°
- Sun semi-square Neptune 1.6°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 1.6°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ferdinand Buisson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Ferdinand’s cards
Every card is computed from December 20, 1841, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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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
No birth time is on public record for Ferdinand Buisson, 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
Ferdinand’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q273607, 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 Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ferdinand Buisson at Wikipedia.
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.
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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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Ox.
- 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 time was Ferdinand Buisson 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 Ferdinand Buisson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the December 20, 1841 birth date.
- What was Ferdinand Buisson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 20, 1841 birth date.
- 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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