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Hedrick Smith

Hedrick Smith (born July 9, 1933, Kilmacolm, United Kingdom), aged 93, is an American journalist. Smith's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and George Polk Award.

Hedrick Smith’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Rooster, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Hedrick Smith’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Pioneer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

Hedrick’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🪷 Lotus

Sky blue · Pearl · Soft pink

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Hedrick, according to the stars

Core essence

Hedrick feels the room before entering it. The core of Hedrick is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Hedrick, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Hedrick needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Hedrick needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Hedrick wants to be loved

Hedrick wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Hedrick openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Hedrick creates

How Hedrick 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. Hedrick 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: Hedrick is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Hedrick 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: 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. Hedrick fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Hedrick's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Hedrick sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Hedrick

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Hedrick

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Hedrick

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Hedrick

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

PracticalVisionary
Hedrick

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
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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

Dedicate a star to Hedrick Smith

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

Hedrick’s birth-night reference starEdasichwarm orange · DracoEdasich, in Draco. A warm orange star, 84.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Edasich →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 16.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Hedrick Smith at a glance

Cancer Sun

Guards the people, guards the past.

Hedrick Smith's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 9, 1933, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.

Water Rooster

Sharp eye, sharper tongue.

Hedrick Smith was born on July 9, 1933, which falls in a Water Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.

Life Path 5

Restless, curious, gone.

Hedrick Smith's birth date, July 9, 1933, 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 Hedrick’s chart

Hedrick’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Hedrick Smith, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 21° Aquarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.4° orbMoon faces off with Mercury · Opposition, 2.7° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.5° orbMercury faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.6° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 4.4° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.6° orbSun fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 6.1° orbSun in Cancer · 16°45′☉16°Moon in Aquarius · 13°59′☽13°Mercury in Leo · 11°18′☿11°Venus in Leo · 7°48′♀7°Mars in Libra · 1°23′♂1°Jupiter in Virgo · 18°11′♃18°Saturn in Aquarius · 14°57′ · retrograde♄℞14°Uranus in Aries · 27°11′♅27°Neptune in Virgo · 8°05′♆8°Pluto in Cancer · 22°49′♇22°

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.

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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

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.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter1.0° to 1.8° orb

    Hedrick’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus3.2° to 3.8° orb

    Hedrick’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn3.4° to 4.0° orb

    Hedrick’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • stableUranussquarePluto4.4° orb

    Hedrick’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableJupitersextilePluto4.6° to 4.7° orb

    Hedrick’s growth opens doors for their depths.

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto5.6° to 6.5° orb

    Hedrick’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenusoppositionSaturn6.5° to 7.8° orb

    Hedrick’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 0.1° to 12.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 5.6° to 19.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Hedrick’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.

  • ⚷ ChironGemini 2°08′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Hedrick turning that into a careful, exact way with words.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 17°56′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Hedrick looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 0°37′ (moves 0.37° 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. Hedrick is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaScorpio 18°24′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Hedrick carrying stress in the body until it is named.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 18°15′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of Hedrick that says the unsayable and does not take it back.

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 square Jupiter 0.1°
  • Hygiea sextile Jupiter 0.2°
  • Chiron trine Mars 0.8°
  • Eros square Mars 0.8°
  • Ceres square Sun 1.2°
  • Hygiea trine Sun 1.6°
  • Ceres sextile Saturn 3.0°

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°).

Hedrick’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. 1. ☽ Moon5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Pluto

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 2 major aspects

A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Hedrick is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.

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 Hedrick’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.

  • Saturn quintile Uranus 0.2°
  • Venus semi-sextile Neptune 0.3°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.3°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.4°
  • Sun quincunx Saturn 1.8°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Hedrick Smith, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Hedrick’s cards

Every card is computed from July 9, 1933, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Cancer

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Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

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☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Hedrick Smith, 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

Hedrick’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4424886, 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 Djembayz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Hedrick Smith 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hedrick Smith.

Quick answers about Hedrick Smith’s chart

How old is Hedrick Smith?
Hedrick Smith is 93 years old, born July 9, 1933 in Kilmacolm, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Hedrick Smith?
Hedrick Smith is a Cancer: born July 9, 1933, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Rooster.
What is Hedrick Smith's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 9, 1933 birth.
What time was Hedrick Smith 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 Hedrick Smith's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the July 9, 1933 birth date.
What is Hedrick Smith's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 9, 1933 birth date.
Where is Hedrick Smith's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Hedrick Smith's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Pluto). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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