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George Dillon

George Dillon (born November 12, 1906, Jacksonville, United States; died 1968), was an American poet. Dillon's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Guggenheim Fellowship.

George Dillon’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Fire Horse, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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George Dillon’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Guardian

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional 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

Of the names registered in 1906, George came 4th among boys and 668th among girls, carried by 4,201 American boys and 30 girls.

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

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

11

Personality · perceptive

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

3 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Gold · Crimson · Scarlet

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1906, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets George apart

George Dillon took the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1932, at 26.

Training came by way of University of Chicago.

The encyclopaedia's own shelving for George Dillon: University of Chicago alumni and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners.

Grace Kelly (1929) and Anne Hathaway (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
University of Chicago
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship (1933) and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1932)
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
6

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.

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 cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. George creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: George is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. George is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

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. George fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

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

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.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to George Dillon

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville that night

Computed for 30.32°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Jacksonville at 9 p.m. that evening: Alpheratz of Andromeda, within 2.1° of the exact zenith.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 89 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 30.3°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 −59.7° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 15% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 45° below the horizon.

How unusual George's chart is

Chart pattern score

34 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

T-square onto Mars · Venus retrograde

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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The quick version

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

George Dillon's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 12, 1906, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Fire Horse

Runs free, catches feelings anyway.

George Dillon was born on November 12, 1906, which falls in a Fire Horse year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Horse means →

Life Path 3

Talks it, jokes it, lives it.

George Dillon's birth date, November 12, 1906, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 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 22° to 6° Virgo or Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.7° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.3° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.4° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.5° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.5° orbJupiter flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.5° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.6° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.7° orbSun in Scorpio · 19°25′☉19°Moon in Virgo · 29°25′☽29°Mercury in Sagittarius · 12°01′☿12°Venus in Sagittarius · 14°33′ · retrograde♀℞14°Mars in Libra · 8°27′♂8°Jupiter in Cancer · 10°45′ · retrograde♃℞10°Saturn in Pisces · 8°18′♄8°Uranus in Capricorn · 5°56′♅5°Neptune in Cancer · 12°27′ · retrograde♆℞12°Pluto in Gemini · 23°21′ · retrograde♇℞23°

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

  • stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune1.7° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareJupiter2.0° to 2.6° orb

    George’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.1° to 3.0° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareUranus2.2° to 2.8° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus2.3° to 2.4° orb

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn2.4° to 2.5° orb

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn3.3° to 4.1° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars3.5° to 3.7° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune3.7° to 4.3° orb

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune4.1° to 4.2° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionUranus4.8° to 4.9° orb

  • stableVenussquareSaturn6.2° to 6.3° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 7°52′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 18°23′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 27°33′ (moves 0.69° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 13°04′ (moves 0.22° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 13°39′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Mars 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Venus 0.9°
  • Hygiea sextile Mercury 1.0°
  • Hygiea sextile Venus 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 1.6°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter6 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    disposes Uranus; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars5.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 4 major aspects

Configurations in George’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Jupiter, Uranus, MarsAn 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 Mars · Uranus, Neptune, MarsAn 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.

  • Mars quincunx Saturn 0.1°
  • Mercury quincunx Neptune 0.4°
  • Mercury quincunx Jupiter 1.3°
  • Sun semi-square Uranus 1.5°
  • Venus quincunx Neptune 2.1°

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George’s cards

Computed from November 12, 1906. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Guardian

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5538543 (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 Dillon at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by George Dillon.

Quick answers about George Dillon’s chart

What zodiac sign was George Dillon?
George Dillon was a Scorpio: born November 12, 1906, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What was George Dillon's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 12, 1906 birth.
What was George Dillon's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What was George Dillon's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was George Dillon's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was George Dillon's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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