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George Bowering

George Bowering (born December 1, 1935, Penticton, Canada), aged 90, is a Canadian writer. Bowering has served as Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate and professor emeritus. Bowering's honours include Officer of the Order of Canada and Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.

George Bowering’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Wood Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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George Bowering’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Explorer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, 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

The SSA recorded 18,564 American boys and 154 girls named George in 1935: 8th among boys and 517th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What George’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

9

Soul Urge · meaning

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on G (7) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

George’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌿 Fern

Frost white · Rose-gold · Forest

The record

What sets George apart

Andrew Tate (1986) and Zoë Kravitz (1988) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

George, according to the stars

Core essence

George is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of George 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, George needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What George needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How George wants to be loved

George wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. George gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How George creates

How George makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. George creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: George is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. George is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

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. Working below.

Where George sits

Six lines

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

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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
George

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

George’s birth-night reference starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 81.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 55.2° 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 Penticton that night

Computed for 49.49°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Almach stood nearest the zenith over Penticton at 9 p.m. that evening, 81.9° above the horizon in Andromeda.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 101 catalog stars above the horizon.

At 49.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Penticton at all: they sit past the −40.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at first quarter, 38% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 47° down.

How unusual George's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · T-square onto Venus · 1 unaspected planet

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Sagittarius Sun

Truth first, tact later.

George Bowering's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 1, 1935, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Wood Pig

Warm, sincere, easy company.

George Bowering was born on December 1, 1935, which falls in a Wood Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 4

Slow, solid, lasting.

George Bowering's birth date, December 1, 1935, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in George’s chart

George’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 26° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 0° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 1° orbMercury fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 1.1° orbMars faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1.3° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.8° orbMoon flows with Venus · Trine, 3° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 3.3° orbSun fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 3.7° orbSun in Sagittarius · 8°43′☉8°Moon in Aquarius · 19°31′☽19°Mercury in Sagittarius · 4°00′☿3°Venus in Libra · 22°32′♀22°Mars in Capricorn · 25°51′♂25°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 5°03′♃5°Saturn in Pisces · 4°00′♄4°Uranus in Taurus · 2°12′ · retrograde♅℞2°Neptune in Virgo · 16°41′♆16°Pluto in Cancer · 27°11′ · retrograde♇℞27°

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

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.0° to 0.8° orb

    George’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter0.4° to 1.7° orb

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

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto0.9° to 1.7° orb

    George’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn1.0° to 1.1° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus1.8° orb

  • stableVenussquareMars3.2° to 3.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter3.3° to 4.1° orb

  • stableVenussquarePluto4.1° to 5.2° orb

  • stableSunsquareSaturn4.2° to 5.2° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury4.4° to 5.0° orb

  • stableUranussquarePluto5.0° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus5.9° to 6.7° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 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.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 13°52′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 29°10′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 1°01′ (moves 0.49° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 0°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 25°46′ (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 trine Mars 0.1°
  • Eros sextile Uranus 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 1.4°
  • Ceres square Pluto 2.0°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 2.0°
  • Chiron square Neptune 2.8°
  • Eros square Mercury 3.0°
  • Eros conjunction Saturn 3.0°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

Configurations in George’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, JupiterThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Venus · Mars, Pluto, VenusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Uranus · Mars, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun biquintile Uranus 0.5°
  • Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.5°
  • Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.8°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.2°
  • Mercury quincunx Uranus 1.8°

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George’s cards

Computed from December 1, 1935. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Explorer

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

4 · Architect

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

乙

yin Wood

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1239280 (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.

The same George Bowering at Wikipedia and georgebowering.com.

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Quick answers about George Bowering’s chart

How old is George Bowering?
George Bowering is 90 years old, born December 1, 1935 in Penticton, Canada.
What zodiac sign is George Bowering?
George Bowering is a Sagittarius: born December 1, 1935, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is George Bowering's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 1, 1935 birth.
What is George Bowering's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is George Bowering's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is George Bowering's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is George Bowering's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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