Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber (born December 24, 1910, Chicago, United States; died 1992), was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Leiber is best remembered for Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Leiber's honours include Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel and Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
Fritz Leiber’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was Metal Dog, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.Your match with Fritz
Fritz Leiber’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Diplomat
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Fritz in the U.S.?
#2727
US rank in 2025
~6,683
Americans share it since 1880
1956
its peak year
In 1910, 14 American boys were registered Fritz — 838th on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Fritz’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
1
Soul Urge · independence
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on F (6) and closes on Z (8). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Fritz’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
2 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Fritz apart
Ava Gardner (1922) and Ricky Martin (1971) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Fritz, according to the stars
Core essence
Fritz is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Fritz is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Fritz cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Fritz needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Fritz wants to be loved
Fritz 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 Fritz you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Fritz creates
How Fritz makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Fritz creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Fritz is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Fritz is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Fritz 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 Fritz's birth date. Working below.
Where Fritz sits
Six lines
Fritz’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 favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Fritz Leiber
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Chicago on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Chicago that night
Computed for 41.88°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Chicago at 9 p.m. that evening: Algol of Perseus, within 3.6° of the exact zenith.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 106 catalog stars above the horizon.
Chicago sits at 41.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −48.1° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 34% lit at last quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 50° below the horizon.
How unusual Fritz's chart is
Chart pattern score
52 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Capricorn · 1 unaspected planet · 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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunPlays the long game. Wins it.
Fritz Leiber's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 24, 1910, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Capricorn means →Metal Dog
Metal DogLoyal past the point of sense.
Fritz Leiber was born on December 24, 1910, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 2
Life Path 2Holds the room together.
Fritz Leiber's birth date, December 24, 1910, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 2 means →What stands out in Fritz’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Fritz Leiber's date-only chart is Venus sextile Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Uranus, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Fritz Leiber combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Diplomat.
Fritz’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 22° Libra 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
stableVenussextileJupiter0.0° to 1.1° orb
Fritz’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune0.7° to 1.8° orb
Fritz’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
stableMercuryconjunctionUranus1.6° to 2.5° orb
Fritz’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSuntrineSaturn1.8° to 2.8° orb
stableSaturnsextilePluto2.9° orb
stableUranusoppositionNeptune3.3° orb
stableSunoppositionPluto4.7° to 5.8° orb
stableSaturnsquareUranus5.8° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus6.7° to 6.9° orb
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 1.2° to 13.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal7 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Fritz’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 28°54′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAries 10°60′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 7°22′ (moves 0.58° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaScorpio 24°52′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 1°05′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron sextile Saturn 0.9°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Eros square Jupiter 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 1.9°
- Chiron trine Pluto 2.1°
- Ceres square Venus 2.1°
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 3.0°
Fritz’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 3 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun3 pts
3 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury3 pts
disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Fritz’s chart
Stellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, Venus, UranusThree 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.
- Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
More people like Fritz
Other actors
- Sylvia Sidney1910
- Lee J. Cobb1911
- Elia Kazan1909
- Hugh Griffith1912
- Dana Andrews1909
- Ginger Rogers1911
Born in United States
- David M. PotterAmerican historian
- Elizabeth BishopAmerican poet
- Edmund StevensAmerican journalist
- Daniel De LuceAmerican journalist
- John W. CampbellAmerican science fiction writer
- Audrey WurdemannAmerican poet
More charts like Fritz’s
Fellow Capricorn suns
- Louis TomlinsonEnglish singer and songwriter
- Finn WolfhardCanadian actor and musician
- Logan LermanAmerican actor
Born in Dog years
- Babar AzamPakistani cricketer
- Gervonta DavisAmerican boxer (born 1994)
- Frankie DettoriItalian jockey (1970-)
Also born on December 24
- Ava Gardner1922
- Ricky Martin1971
- Mary Barra1961
- Kate Spade1962
- Ryan Seacrest1974
- Alexis Mac Allister1998
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Ruby RoseAustralian actor, model, DJ, and recording artist
- Busy PhilippsAmerican actress
- Shonda RhimesAmerican television producer, television and film writer, and author
Other Capricorn Dog charts
- Kate BosworthAmerican actress
- Meri BrownAmerican reality television participant
- Dolores CataniaAmerican television personality (born 1970)
- Taye DiggsAmerican actor
Other Tidal Diplomats
- Lil WayneAmerican rapper and singer
- Queen Rania of JordanQueen Consort of Jordan
- Larisa LatyninaSoviet-Russian artistic gymnast and ballet dancer
- Júlio CésarBrazilian footballer
Famous people with Life Path 2
- Drue TranquillAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Corey BojorquezAmerican football player (born 1996)
- Devin DuvernayAmerican football player (born 1997)
From the journal: Sect: day charts vs night charts · Why your Chinese sign might be wrong
Fritz’s cards
Computed from December 24, 1910. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JudgementAsterNym identity card
The Tidal DiplomatWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
2 · Diplomat♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Fritz’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q313185 (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 Will Hart from Fullerton, U.S.A. - flickr.com/photos/cthulhuwho1 - cthulhuwho1.com - youtube.com/user/CthulhuWho1, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Fritz Leiber 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 Fritz Leiber.
Quick answers about Fritz Leiber’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Fritz Leiber?
- Fritz Leiber was a Capricorn: born December 24, 1910, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
- What was Fritz Leiber's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 24, 1910 birth.
- What was Fritz Leiber's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
- What was Fritz Leiber's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Fritz Leiber's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Fritz Leiber's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
