H. Robert Horvitz
H. Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947, Chicago, United States), aged 79, is an American biologist. Horvitz's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Novartis-Drew Award and Harvard Centennial Medal.
H. Robert Horvitz’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Pig, with 
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H. Robert Horvitz’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
H. Robert Horvitz’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Hibiscus
Ivory · Blush · Scarlet
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What the chart says
H. Robert Horvitz, according to the stars
Core essence
H. Robert Horvitz 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 H. Robert Horvitz 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.
How H. Robert Horvitz wants to be loved
H. Robert Horvitz wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How H. Robert Horvitz creates
How H. Robert Horvitz makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. H. Robert Horvitz creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: H. Robert Horvitz 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. H. Robert Horvitz is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means H. Robert Horvitz gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from H. Robert Horvitz's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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H. Robert Horvitz at a glance
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
H. Robert Horvitz's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 8, 1947, 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.
Fire Pig
Fire PigGives more than it gets.
H. Robert Horvitz was born on May 8, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
H. Robert Horvitz's birth date, May 8, 1947, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in H. Robert Horvitz’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in H. Robert Horvitz's date-only chart is Mars sextile Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs.
- H. Robert Horvitz combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
H. Robert Horvitz’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for H. Robert Horvitz, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 2° Sagittarius or Capricorn 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.
stableMarssextileUranus0.4° to 1.1° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysquarePluto1.1° to 3.2° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.5° to 2.6° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileUranus3.0° to 4.1° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableVenusconjunctionMars4.1° to 4.5° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s affections and drive act as one.
stableVenustrinePluto4.7° to 5.9° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysquareSaturn4.8° to 6.8° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableSunoppositionJupiter5.6° to 6.7° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.
stableSunsquarePluto5.7° to 6.7° orb
H. Robert Horvitz’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.4° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 0.8° to 12.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 4.9° to 15.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
H. Robert Horvitz’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 ℞Scorpio 4°36′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has H. Robert Horvitz carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresAries 10°45′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: H. Robert Horvitz looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 23°55′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has H. Robert Horvitz attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 22°56′ (moves 0.33° 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. H. Robert Horvitz is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 10°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. H. Robert Horvitz is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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.
- Ceres trine Pluto 0.3°
- Hygiea opposition Jupiter 0.5°
- Chiron square Saturn 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 2.1°
- Ceres opposition Neptune 2.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 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°).
H. Robert Horvitz’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. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars5 pts
in its own sign, Aries; disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: H. Robert Horvitz is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 H. Robert Horvitz’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.
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury quincunx Neptune 0.4°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.0°
- Venus biquintile Jupiter 1.1°
- Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for H. Robert Horvitz, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as H. Robert Horvitz
Ron Miller was born on May 8, 1947 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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H. Robert Horvitz’s cards
Every card is computed from May 8, 1947, 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 Fire.
Year
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for H. Robert Horvitz, 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
H. Robert Horvitz’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q295659, 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.
The same H. Robert Horvitz 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 H. Robert Horvitz’s chart
- How old is H. Robert Horvitz?
- H. Robert Horvitz is 79 years old, born May 8, 1947 in Chicago, United States.
- What zodiac sign is H. Robert Horvitz?
- H. Robert Horvitz is a Taurus: born May 8, 1947, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
- What is H. Robert Horvitz's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 8, 1947 birth.
- What time was H. Robert Horvitz 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 is H. Robert Horvitz's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the May 8, 1947 birth date.
- What is H. Robert Horvitz's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 4°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 8, 1947 birth date.
- Where is H. Robert Horvitz's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is H. Robert Horvitz's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
