Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson (born November 1, 1923, Edmonton, Canada; died 2001), was a Canadian-American science fiction writer. Dickson is best remembered for Childe Cycle. Dickson's honours include Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Hugo Award for Best Novella and August Derleth Award.
Gordon R. Dickson’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Water Pig, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Pig, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Gordon
Gordon R. Dickson’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Lightkeeper
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Gordon in the U.S.?
#1052
US rank in 2025
~155,579
Americans share it since 1880
1952
its peak year
Gordon ranked 76th among boys and 3,218th among girls in 1923, the year of this birth, with 2,576 American boys and 10 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Gordon’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
9
Soul Urge · meaning
22
Personality · quietly formidable
The name opens on G (7) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 6 and 9: care against empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Gordon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Crimson · Soft pink
The record
What sets Gordon apart
Aishwarya Rai (1973) and Tim Cook (1960) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Gordon, according to the stars
Core essence
Gordon does not do surface. The core of Gordon 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 Gordon is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Gordon needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Gordon needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Gordon wants to be loved
Gordon 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 Gordon even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Gordon creates
How Gordon makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Gordon creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Gordon 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Gordon is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
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. Gordon fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Gordon's birth date. Working below.
Where Gordon sits
Six lines
Gordon’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Gordon R. Dickson
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Edmonton 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 Edmonton that night
Computed for 53.53°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Caph stood nearest the zenith over Edmonton at 9 p.m. that evening, 80.5° above the horizon in Cassiopeia.
The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 98 catalog stars were up in all.
At 53.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −36.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 47% lit at last quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 35° below the horizon.
How unusual Gordon's chart is
Chart pattern score
62 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Scorpio · Grand trine · No Earth planets
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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Gordon R. Dickson's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 1, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Water Pig
Water PigAssumes the best. Usually right.
Gordon R. Dickson was born on November 1, 1923, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Wide view, open hands.
Gordon R. Dickson's birth date, November 1, 1923, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Gordon’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Gordon R. Dickson's date-only chart is Uranus trine Pluto, with an orb of about 2°.
- Three planets, Sun, Venus and Jupiter, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Gordon R. Dickson combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Lightkeeper.
Gordon’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 13° Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunsquareMoon0.1° to 6.8° orb
Gordon’s core identity grinds against their feelings.
stableVenussquareNeptune1.1° to 2.3° orb
Gordon’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableUranustrinePluto1.5° orb
Gordon’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter2.5° to 3.5° orb
stableMarssquarePluto2.7° to 3.3° orb
stableSuntrinePluto3.5° to 4.5° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn3.8° to 5.3° orb
stableJupitersquareNeptune4.6° to 4.8° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.6° to 4.7° orb
stableSuntrineUranus5.0° to 6.0° orb
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 2.4° to 13.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Gordon’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 17°52′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 4°55′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 5°25′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 2°55′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 14°08′ (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 sextile Uranus 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 1.8°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.4°
- Eros square Sun 2.9°
Gordon’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Gordon’s chart
Stellium in Scorpio · Sun, Venus, 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.
Grand trine · Sun, Uranus, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.0°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.6°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 0.6°
- Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.0°
More people like Gordon
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- Richard E. Geis1927
- Tim Pratt1976
Born in Canada
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- H. L. GoldAmerican writer
- Douglas RainCanadian actor and narrator
- Joe ShusterCanadian-American comic book artist, co-creator of Superman
More charts like Gordon’s
Fellow Scorpio suns
- Joni MitchellCanadian musician
- Achraf HakimiMoroccan-Spanish footballer
- Ted TurnerAmerican media mogul
Born in Pig years
- Alexander SørlothNorwegian association football player (born 1995)
- Cherif NdiayeSenegalese footballer (born 1996)
- Joshua KimmichGerman association football player (born 1995)
Also born on November 1
- Aishwarya Rai1973
- Tim Cook1960
- Anthony Kiedis1962
- Penn Badgley1986
- Toni Collette1972
- Lil Peep1996
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Patty MillsAustralian basketball player
- Barron TrumpSon of Donald Trump
- Ben SimmonsAustralian basketball player
Other Scorpio Pig charts
- Winona RyderAmerican actress
- Adam DriverAmerican actor
- Ma HuatengChinese internet entrepreneur
- Walton GogginsAmerican actor
Other Steadfast Lightkeepers
- Stephen FryBritish comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
- Tim HoltAmerican actor
- Salvatore CascioItalian actor (born 1979)
- Barry HumphriesAustralian comedian and actor
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Gerd FaltingsGerman mathematician
- John MilnorAmerican mathematician
- Heisuke HironakaJapanese mathematician
From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
Gordon’s cards
Computed from November 1, 1923. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast LightkeeperWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
9 · Healer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Gordon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q446941 (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.
Portrait by Dd-b at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Gordon R. Dickson at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Gordon R. Dickson.
Quick answers about Gordon R. Dickson’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Gordon R. Dickson?
- Gordon R. Dickson was a Scorpio: born November 1, 1923, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What was Gordon R. Dickson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 1, 1923 birth.
- What was Gordon R. Dickson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Gordon R. Dickson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Gordon R. Dickson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Gordon R. Dickson's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
