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George Crumb

George Crumb (born October 24, 1929, Charleston, United States; died 2022), was an American composer. Crumb's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Fulbright Scholarship and Guggenheim Fellowship.

George Crumb’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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George Crumb’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Scholar

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

1 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Amber · Crimson · Gold

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 does not do surface. The core of George 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 George is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, George is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What George needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

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 keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. George creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: George is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. George 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 George leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means George runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

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 may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
George

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
George

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to George Crumb

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

George’s birth-night reference starScheatdeep red · PegasusScheat, in Pegasus. A deep red star, 78.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Scheat →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 22.6° 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.

The quick version

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

George Crumb's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 24, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Earth Snake

Calm surface, fast strike.

George Crumb was born on October 24, 1929, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.

Life Path 1

Independent to the core.

George Crumb's birth date, October 24, 1929, 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 George’s chart

George’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for George Crumb, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° Cancer depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.3° orbMoon fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.7° orbVenus faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 3° orbMercury flows with Jupiter · Trine, 3.2° orbMercury faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 4° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 4.4° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 6.7° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 7° orbSun in Scorpio · 0°48′☉0°Moon in Cancer · 22°21′☽22°Mercury in Libra · 12°35′☿12°Venus in Libra · 5°33′♀5°Mars in Scorpio · 12°28′♂12°Jupiter in Gemini · 15°47′ · retrograde♃℞15°Saturn in Sagittarius · 26°23′♄26°Uranus in Aries · 8°33′ · retrograde♅℞8°Neptune in Virgo · 3°05′♆3°Pluto in Cancer · 19°38′ · retrograde♇℞19°

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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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

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.

  • stableSunsextileNeptune1.8° to 2.8° orb

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

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus2.4° to 3.6° orb

    George’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter2.6° to 3.8° orb

    George’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMercuryoppositionUranus3.5° to 4.6° orb

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

  • stableSunsextileSaturn4.0° to 4.9° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune6.7° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus7.0° to 7.1° orb

    George’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 9.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 1.8° to 15.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 3.1° to 16.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 3.2° to 16.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercurysquarePlutoorb from 6.5° to 7.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water 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.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 12°33′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has George building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 18°47′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has George feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 26°42′ (moves 0.67° 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.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 5°07′ (moves 0.15° 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 LilithCapricorn 17°26′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. George is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for 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.

  • Chiron opposition Mars 0.1°
  • Hygiea opposition Venus 0.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 2.2°

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. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

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

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: George is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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.

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.1°
  • Uranus biquintile Neptune 0.5°
  • Mars semi-square Saturn 1.1°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.5°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for George Crumb, 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 October 24, 1929, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Scholar

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for George Crumb, 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 Q356804, 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 Peter Matthews from New York City, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same George Crumb at Wikipedia, georgecrumb.net, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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 Crumb.

Quick answers about George Crumb’s chart

What zodiac sign was George Crumb?
George Crumb was a Scorpio: born October 24, 1929, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
What was George Crumb's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 24, 1929 birth.
What time was George Crumb 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 Crumb's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the October 24, 1929 birth date.
What was George Crumb's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 24, 1929 birth date.
Where was George Crumb's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was George Crumb's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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