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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, Chinese zodiac is 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.

What Hedrick’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

5

Soul Urge · freedom

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on H (8) and closes on K (2). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

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

Hedrick’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

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

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1933, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Hedrick apart

Hedrick Smith took the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1974, at 41.

The classrooms behind this chart: New Canaan Country School and Choate Rosemary Hall.

Wikipedia's editors put Hedrick Smith under People from Wallingford, Connecticut, Nautilus Book Award winners and PBS people.

Tom Hanks (1956) and Courtney Love (1964) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
New Canaan Country School, Choate Rosemary Hall and Williams College
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1974) and George Polk Award (1990)
Citizenship
United States and United Kingdom
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
8

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. Working below.

Where Hedrick sits

Six lines

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

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
Hedrick

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 →

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

The sky over Kilmacolm that night

Computed for 55.89°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Kilmacolm was Edasich, in Draco, 84.5° up.

Of the 88 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

Kilmacolm sits at 55.9°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

Nothing below −34.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Kilmacolm on any night.

Sun -6° below the horizon, Moon down and 92% lit at waning gibbous.

How unusual Hedrick's chart is

Chart pattern score

28 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

2 unaspected 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.

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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.

What Cancer means →

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.

What the Rooster means →

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.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Hedrick’s chart

Hedrick’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 21° Aquarius depending on the hour.

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.

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Lines drawn
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

  • 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

  • stableJupitersextilePluto4.6° to 4.7° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto5.6° to 6.5° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionSaturn6.5° to 7.8° orb

  • 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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

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

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

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

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 0°37′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

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

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 18°15′ (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 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°

Hedrick’s dominant planets

  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

Configurations in Hedrick’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.

  • 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°

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  • Jesse JamesAmerican entrepreneur and television personality
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Also born on July 9

Fellow Yang Fire day masters

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Other Radiant Pioneers

The Radiant Pioneer explained →

Famous people with Life Path 5

  • Christina RicciAmerican actress
  • Michael J. FoxCanadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
  • Jay-ZAmerican rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
Life Path numbers explained →

From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite

Hedrick’s cards

Computed from July 9, 1933. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Pioneer

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

5 · Explorer

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

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

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

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

The same Hedrick Smith at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not 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.
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 is Hedrick Smith's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What is Hedrick Smith's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
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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