Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925, New York City, United States; died 2015), was an American composer and conductor. Schuller's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellows Program.
Gunther Schuller’s zodiac sign was Scorpio or Sagittarius (the Sun changed sign that day, and no documented birth time settles which), and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Wood Ox, with 
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How common is the name Gunther in the U.S.?
#5466
US rank in 2025
~1,098
Americans share it since 1880
1995
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Gunther’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
—
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Topaz, Your planetary stone, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Green Orchid
Gold · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Gunther, according to the stars
How Gunther wants to be loved
Gunther wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Gunther you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Gunther creates
How Gunther makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Gunther 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: Gunther 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Gunther is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Gunther 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 Gunther's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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Scorpio or Sagittarius Sun
Gunther Schuller was born on a day when the Sun moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Without a documented birth time, the exact Sun sign cannot be determined reliably, so AsterNym shows both rather than choosing one.
Wood Ox
Wood OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Gunther Schuller was born on November 22, 1925, which falls in a Wood 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 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Gunther Schuller's birth date, November 22, 1925, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
What stands out in Gunther’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Gunther Schuller's date-only chart is Mercury square Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mars and Saturn, 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.
- Five of the ten planets are in Water signs.
Gunther’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Gunther Schuller, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 1° Aquarius or Pisces 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.
stableMercurysquareUranus0.0° to 0.7° orb
Gunther’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMoonoppositionNeptune0.1° to 7.2° orb
Gunther’s feelings pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableJupitersextileUranus1.0° to 1.2° orb
Gunther’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextileSaturn1.1° to 2.0° orb
Gunther’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersextileSaturn1.9° to 2.0° orb
Gunther’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenusoppositionPluto2.0° to 3.1° orb
Gunther’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurytrineNeptune2.5° to 3.5° orb
Gunther’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableSaturntrineUranus3.0° to 3.1° orb
Gunther’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter3.1° to 3.9° orb
Gunther’s affections and growth act as one.
stableSaturntrinePluto4.0° to 4.1° orb
Gunther’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunsquareNeptune4.6° to 5.6° orb
Gunther’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto5.9° to 6.1° orb
Gunther’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Gunther’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 ℞Aries 24°35′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Gunther may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresLeo 22°36′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Gunther is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosLibra 17°34′ (moves 0.86° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Gunther is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 23°36′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Gunther is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 7°54′ (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. Gunther 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 Neptune 0.2°
- Eros square Venus 0.6°
- Ceres trine Mercury 0.8°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 1.8°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 2.0°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.2°
- Chiron trine Mercury 2.8°
- Eros square Jupiter 2.9°
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°).
Gunther’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, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn7 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; 5 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Mercury; 4 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Gunther 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 Gunther’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, Mars, SaturnThree 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 sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.4°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.5°
- Mercury semi-square Mars 0.7°
- Mars quintile Neptune 0.7°
- Venus quintile Mars 1.1°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Gunther Schuller, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
Gunther’s cards
Every card is computed from November 22, 1925, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Gunther Schuller, 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
Gunther’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q704154, 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 original uploader was Nrswanson at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Gunther Schuller at Wikipedia, 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.
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Quick answers about Gunther Schuller’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Gunther Schuller?
- Gunther Schuller was born on a day when the Sun moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Without a documented birth time, the exact Sun sign cannot be determined reliably, so AsterNym shows both rather than choosing one. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox.
- What was Gunther Schuller's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 22, 1925 birth.
- What time was Gunther Schuller 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 Gunther Schuller's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the November 22, 1925 birth date.
- What was Gunther Schuller's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 22, 1925 birth date.
- Where was Gunther Schuller's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Gunther Schuller's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
