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Frederick Jackson Turner

Frederick Jackson Turner (born November 14, 1861, Portage, United States; died 1932), was an American historian. Turner's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Frederick Jackson Turner’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Metal Rooster, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Frederick Jackson Turner’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Architect

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

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

#435

US rank in 2025

~267,165

Americans share it since 1880

1951

its peak year

The earliest American count for Frederick is 1880, 19 years on: 33rd, 483 American boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Frederick’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

7

Soul Urge · understanding

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on F (6) and closes on K (2). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 9: movement against empathy.

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

Frederick’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia

Gold · Crimson · Silver

The record

What sets Frederick apart

Frederick Jackson Turner took the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1933, at 72.

The classrooms behind this chart: University of Wisconsin-Madison and Johns Hopkins University.

The grave is at Forest Hill Cemetery.

Frederick Jackson Turner was born to Andrew Jackson Turner.

The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Frederick Jackson Turner: Environmental historians, Geopoliticians and People from Portage, Wisconsin.

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889) and Charles III (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
University of Wisconsin-Madison and Johns Hopkins University
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for History (1933)
Buried at
Forest Hill Cemetery
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
42

What the chart says

Frederick, according to the stars

Core essence

Frederick does not do surface. The core of Frederick is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Frederick is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Frederick 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 Frederick needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Frederick wants to be loved

Frederick wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Frederick you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Frederick creates

How Frederick 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. Frederick 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: Frederick is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Frederick is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Frederick fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Frederick's birth date. Working below.

Where Frederick sits

Six lines

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Intimate circleWide network
Frederick

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

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

PrivateExpressive
Frederick

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Frederick

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Frederick

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Frederick

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

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

Frederick’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 79.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 42.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Portage that night

Computed for 43.55°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Portage was Mirach, in Andromeda, 79.3° up.

Of the 99 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 43.5°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 −46.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

Sun 46° below the horizon, Moon up and 95% lit at waxing gibbous.

The name and the places

Born in
Portage, United States

The death is recorded at San Marino, Los Angeles County in 1932.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Frederick Jackson Turner: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Frederick's chart is

Chart pattern score

20 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

No Fire planets · 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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Frederick Jackson Turner in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

Trusts slowly. Forgets nothing.

Frederick Jackson Turner's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 14, 1861, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Metal Rooster

Prepared for everything, twice.

Frederick Jackson Turner was born on November 14, 1861, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 5

Change finds them anyway.

Frederick Jackson Turner's birth date, November 14, 1861, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Frederick’s chart

Frederick’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 16° to 27° Aries depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.2° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.7° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1.9° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 2° orbMoon faces off with Mars · Opposition, 3.1° orbMercury opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 3.8° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 5.4° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 5.6° orbSun in Scorpio · 22°24′☉22°Moon in Aries · 22°02′☽22°Mercury in Scorpio · 16°49′ · retrograde☿℞16°Venus in Capricorn · 7°11′♀7°Mars in Libra · 25°09′♂25°Jupiter in Virgo · 22°34′♃22°Saturn in Virgo · 20°39′♄20°Uranus in Gemini · 15°12′ · retrograde♅℞15°Neptune in Pisces · 29°01′ · retrograde♆℞29°Pluto in Taurus · 9°13′ · retrograde♇℞9°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Frederick’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableSunsextileSaturn1.3° to 2.2° orb

    Frederick’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenustrinePluto1.5° to 2.6° orb

    Frederick’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn1.9° orb

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn3.2° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury4.5° to 6.7° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus5.4° to 5.5° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune6.4° to 6.5° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.1° to 8.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.8° to 12.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleSuntrineNeptuneorb from 6.1° to 7.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercuryoppositionPlutoorb from 7.0° to 8.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 27°26′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 28°08′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 17°01′ (moves 0.43° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 13°12′ (moves 0.35° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 12°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros square Mercury 0.2°
  • Ceres opposition Neptune 0.9°
  • Eros trine Uranus 1.8°
  • Chiron trine Mars 2.3°

Frederick’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    disposes Venus; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Frederick’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.

  • Venus quintile Mars 0.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.2°
  • Mercury quincunx Uranus 1.6°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.7°

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Frederick’s cards

Computed from November 14, 1861. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Architect

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

5 · Explorer

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Frederick’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q548462 (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 Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Frederick Jackson Turner at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Frederick Jackson Turner.

Quick answers about Frederick Jackson Turner’s chart

What zodiac sign was Frederick Jackson Turner?
Frederick Jackson Turner was a Scorpio: born November 14, 1861, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 14, 1861 birth.
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Frederick Jackson Turner's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Frederick Jackson Turner's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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