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Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison (born May 27, 1934, Cleveland, United States; died 2018), was an American writer. Ellison is best remembered for Life Hutch, A Boy and His Dog and The Last Dangerous Visions. Ellison's honours include Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Hugo Award and Nebula Award for Best Short Story.

Harlan Ellison’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Wood Dog, with Life Path 22 in numerology.

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Harlan Ellison’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Explorer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Harlan in the U.S.?

#617

US rank in 2025

~26,980

Americans share it since 1880

1924

its peak year

In 1934, 393 American boys were registered Harlan — 273rd on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Harlan’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

1

Personality · self-directed

The name opens on H (8) and closes on N (5).

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Harlan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

22 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Emerald, Emerald, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Green Orchid

Ivory · Lilac · Botanical green

The record

What sets Harlan apart

Rachel Carson (1907) and Donna Strickland (1959) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Harlan, according to the stars

Core essence

Harlan is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Harlan needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Harlan feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Harlan needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Harlan wants to be loved

Harlan 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 Harlan creates

How Harlan 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. Harlan 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: Harlan is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Harlan is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Harlan is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Harlan's birth date. Working below.

Where Harlan sits

Six lines

Harlan’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Harlan

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Harlan

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Harlan

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Harlan

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Harlan

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Harlan

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Cleveland on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Harlan’s birth-night reference starCor Caroliblue-white · Canes VenaticiCor Caroli, in Canes Venatici. A blue-white star, 78.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Cor Caroli →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 22.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Cleveland that night

Computed for 41.50°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Cleveland was Cor Caroli, in Canes Venatici, 78.2° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 90 catalog stars were up in all.

Cleveland sits at 41.5°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Cleveland at all: they sit past the −48.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at full moon, 99% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 2° down.

How unusual Harlan's chart is

Chart pattern score

20 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

1 unaspected planet · 1 planet at a critical degree

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.

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Harlan Ellison at a glance

Gemini Sun

Quick, curious, already elsewhere.

Harlan Ellison's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 27, 1934, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Wood Dog

Worries so you don't have to.

Harlan Ellison was born on May 27, 1934, which falls in a Wood Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 22

Structure for the many.

Harlan Ellison's birth date, May 27, 1934, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 22 means →

What stands out in Harlan’s chart

Harlan’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 26° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.4° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.5° orbMercury opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 1.7° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.4° orbMars opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.6° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 4° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 4.2° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 4.6° orbSun in Gemini · 5°40′☉5°Moon in Scorpio · 18°52′☽18°Mercury in Gemini · 21°50′☿21°Venus in Aries · 23°29′♀23°Mars in Taurus · 25°42′♂25°Jupiter in Libra · 13°34′ · retrograde♃℞13°Saturn in Aquarius · 28°04′♄28°Uranus in Aries · 29°32′♅29°Neptune in Virgo · 9°37′♆9°Pluto in Cancer · 23°04′♇23°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableVenussquarePluto0.0° to 1.0° orb

    Harlan’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercurysextileVenus1.3° to 2.0° orb

    Harlan’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus1.5° orb

    Harlan’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn2.0° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMarssextilePluto2.3° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSunsquareNeptune3.5° to 4.4° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionUranus5.5° to 6.6° orb

  • stableUranussquarePluto6.5° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.0° to 13.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.0° to 11.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 2.0° to 16.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 2.1° to 16.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

Harlan’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironGemini 4°23′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 2°60′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosGemini 8°42′ (moves 0.86° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 1°21′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 24°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 square Venus 0.7°
  • Eros square Neptune 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 1.1°
  • Chiron conjunction Sun 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 1.6°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.8°
  • Ceres conjunction Sun 2.7°

Harlan’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Venus, Uranus; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Harlan’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.5°
  • Saturn biquintile Pluto 1.0°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.1°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Pluto 1.2°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.6°

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Harlan’s cards

Computed from May 27, 1934. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Explorer

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

22 · Master Builder

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Harlan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q311253 (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 Pip R. Lagenta from San Mateo, San Mateo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Harlan Ellison at Wikipedia, harlanellison.com, 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 Harlan Ellison.

Quick answers about Harlan Ellison’s chart

What zodiac sign was Harlan Ellison?
Harlan Ellison was a Gemini: born May 27, 1934, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What was Harlan Ellison's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 27, 1934 birth.
What was Harlan Ellison's Life Path number?
Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
What was Harlan Ellison's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 4°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Harlan Ellison's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Harlan Ellison's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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