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George Alec Effinger

George Alec Effinger (born January 10, 1947, Cleveland, United States; died 2002), was a Novelist, short story writer. Effinger is best remembered for When Gravity Fails. Effinger's honours include Theodore Sturgeon Award, Hugo Award for Best Novelette and Nebula Award for Best Novelette.

George Alec Effinger’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dog, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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George Alec Effinger’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Pioneer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

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

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

#126

US rank in 2025

~1,497,260

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

George’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

5 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

George, according to the stars

Core essence

George is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of George 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, George is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What George needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.

How George wants to be loved

George 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 George and watch them fall for you again.

How George creates

How George 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. George 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: George 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. George 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means George does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from George's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where George sits

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Intimate circleWide network
George

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
George

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

PrivateExpressive
George

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
George

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
George

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to George Alec Effinger

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

George’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 84.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 74.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

George Alec Effinger at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Climbs. Then climbs again.

George Alec Effinger's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 10, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Fire Dog

Guards the gate all night.

George Alec Effinger was born on January 10, 1947, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.

Life Path 5

Five doors open at once.

George Alec Effinger's birth date, January 10, 1947, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in George’s chart

George’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for George Alec Effinger, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 0° to 14° Virgo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 1° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.9° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.4° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.6° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.5° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 3.7° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 4° orbSun in Capricorn · 19°37′☉19°Moon in Virgo · 7°51′☽7°Mercury in Capricorn · 11°51′☿11°Venus in Sagittarius · 4°06′♀4°Mars in Capricorn · 18°32′♂18°Jupiter in Scorpio · 22°00′♃22°Saturn in Leo · 6°41′ · retrograde♄℞6°Uranus in Gemini · 18°36′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Libra · 10°48′♆10°Pluto in Leo · 12°42′ · retrograde♇℞12°

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.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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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.

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune0.3° to 1.8° orb

    George’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableSunconjunctionMars1.0° to 1.2° orb

    George’s core identity and drive act as one.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.9° orb

    George’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter2.0° to 2.8° orb

    George’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn2.1° to 3.0° orb

    George’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter3.2° to 3.8° orb

    George’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.1° to 4.2° orb

    George’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto6.0° orb

    George’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars6.3° to 7.1° orb

    George’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 10.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 10.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 3.8° to 17.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

George’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.

  • ⚷ ChironScorpio 7°02′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has George carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 25°23′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. George is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 7°21′ (moves 0.79° over the day)

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

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. George is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 20°47′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has George feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 27°50′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has George leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

  • Chiron square Saturn 0.4°
  • Eros square Saturn 0.7°
  • Hygiea square Sun 1.2°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 2.2°
  • Hygiea square Mars 2.3°

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°).

George’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. 1. ♄ Saturn9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: George is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 George’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, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.

  • Mars quincunx Uranus 0.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
  • Venus semi-square Mars 0.6°
  • Mercury quincunx Pluto 0.8°
  • Sun quincunx Uranus 1.0°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for George Alec Effinger, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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George’s cards

Every card is computed from January 10, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for George Alec Effinger, 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

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q550614, 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.

The same George Alec Effinger 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by George Alec Effinger.

Quick answers about George Alec Effinger’s chart

What zodiac sign was George Alec Effinger?
George Alec Effinger was a Capricorn: born January 10, 1947, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dog.
What was George Alec Effinger's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 10, 1947 birth.
What time was George Alec Effinger 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 George Alec Effinger's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the January 10, 1947 birth date.
What was George Alec Effinger's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 10, 1947 birth date.
Where was George Alec Effinger's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was George Alec Effinger's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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