George Oppen
George Oppen (born April 24, 1908, New Rochelle, United States; died 1984), was an American poet. Oppen's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Purple Heart.
George Oppen’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Monkey, with 
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George Oppen’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Scholar
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Earth 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 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
White · Blush · 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 is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of George is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
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 in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to George like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
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 witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. 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: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. George scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from George's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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.
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The quick version
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
George Oppen's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 24, 1908, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Earth Monkey
Earth MonkeySolved it, and made a joke.
George Oppen was born on April 24, 1908, which falls in a Earth Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Goes first. Works it out.
George Oppen's birth date, April 24, 1908, 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
- The tightest major aspect in George Oppen's date-only chart is Jupiter trine Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Mars and Pluto, sit together in Gemini, which astrologers call a stellium.
- George Oppen combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Scholar.
George’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for George Oppen, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 9° to 23° Aquarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableSunsquareJupiter0.0° to 0.9° orb
George’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableMercurysextileVenus0.1° to 1.0° orb
George’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupitertrineSaturn0.1° to 0.2° orb
George’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysextilePluto2.1° to 4.0° orb
George’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysquareUranus2.3° to 4.2° orb
George’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenusconjunctionPluto3.1° to 4.1° orb
George’s affections and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableUranusoppositionNeptune4.5° to 4.6° orb
George’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.0° to 14.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 10.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.1° to 10.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 4.5° to 18.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air 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.
⚷ ChironAquarius 22°48′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has George making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Libra 6°08′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. George is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.
♡ ErosCancer 26°09′ (moves 0.93° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. George is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 18°01′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. George is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 12°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. George is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
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 trine Pluto 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 0.9°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 1.1°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 1.6°
- Ceres opposition Saturn 1.8°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 2.7°
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. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Venus, Mars, Pluto; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun2 pts
disposes Jupiter; 1 major aspect
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.
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 0.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.3°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
- Mars semi-sextile Neptune 0.7°
- Mars biquintile Uranus 0.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for George Oppen, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Polarities: why each sign has an opposite · How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan
George’s cards
Every card is computed from April 24, 1908, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for George Oppen, 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 Q3101810, 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 United Press International, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same George Oppen 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.
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Quick answers about George Oppen’s chart
- What zodiac sign was George Oppen?
- George Oppen was a Taurus: born April 24, 1908, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey.
- What was George Oppen's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 24, 1908 birth.
- What time was George Oppen 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 Oppen's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the April 24, 1908 birth date.
- What was George Oppen's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 24, 1908 birth date.
- Where was George Oppen's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was George Oppen's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Venus, Mars, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
