George S. Kaufman
George S. Kaufman (born November 16, 1889, Pittsburgh, United States; died 1961), was an American writer. Kaufman is best remembered for Of Thee I Sing. Kaufman's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Director.
George S. Kaufman’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Ox, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Ox, with 
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George S. Kaufman’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, 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
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George’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌻 Zinnia
Gold · Crimson · Terracotta
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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 completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with George even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How George creates
How George makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. George creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: George is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. George is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunReads the room. Says nothing.
George S. Kaufman's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 16, 1889, 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 Ox
Earth OxReliable to the bone.
George S. Kaufman was born on November 16, 1889, which falls in a Earth Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
George S. Kaufman's birth date, November 16, 1889, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in George’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in George S. Kaufman's date-only chart is Mars trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- No planet falls in Fire signs in this chart.
- George S. Kaufman combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
George’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for George S. Kaufman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 27° to 10° Leo or 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.
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.
stableMoonsquareNeptune0.0° to 7.0° orb
George’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarstrineNeptune0.0° to 0.4° orb
George’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMoonconjunctionSaturn0.1° to 7.1° orb
George’s feelings and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSaturnsquareNeptune0.1° to 0.2° orb
George’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussextileSaturn0.5° to 1.7° orb
George’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarstrinePluto2.4° to 3.0° orb
George’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto2.8° orb
George’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsquarePluto2.9° to 3.0° orb
George’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarssquareJupiter4.2° to 4.6° orb
George’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrineSaturn4.6° to 4.7° orb
George’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
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 ℞Cancer 22°07′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Cancer is read as a wound around belonging and being looked after. George is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.
⚳ CeresLibra 25°49′ (moves 0.43° 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.
♡ ErosCapricorn 28°54′ (moves 0.51° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. George is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 22°45′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. George is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 12°29′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has George guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
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.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 0.1°
- Ceres conjunction Uranus 1.5°
- Hygiea square Uranus 1.6°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 1.8°
- Chiron square Uranus 2.2°
- Chiron trine Sun 2.5°
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. ♇ Pluto9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6 pts
disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars4.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 3 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: George is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
- Sun semi-sextile Uranus 0.2°
- Mars semi-sextile Saturn 0.3°
- Venus quincunx Neptune 1.3°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.4°
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.7°
- Jupiter quincunx Pluto 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for George S. Kaufman, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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George’s cards
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Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for George S. Kaufman, 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 Q163662, 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 The Theatre Magazine Company, photograph by Vandamm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 S. Kaufman’s chart
- What zodiac sign was George S. Kaufman?
- George S. Kaufman was a Scorpio: born November 16, 1889, 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 Ox.
- What was George S. Kaufman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 16, 1889 birth.
- What time was George S. Kaufman 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 S. Kaufman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the November 16, 1889 birth date.
- What was George S. Kaufman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 16, 1889 birth date.
- Where was George S. Kaufman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was George S. Kaufman's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
