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Henry Dunant

Henry Dunant (born May 8, 1828, Geneva, Switzerland; died 1910), was a Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross. Dunant is best remembered for Notice sur la régence de Tunis and A Memory of Solferino. Dunant's honours include Nobel Peace Prize, Order of the Redeemer and Order of the Zähringer Lion.

Henry Dunant’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Rat, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Henry Dunant’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Architect

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

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

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

#5

US rank in 2025

~773,564

Americans share it since 1880

2025

its peak year

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Henry’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

5 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia

Ivory · Blush · Terracotta

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

What the chart says

Henry, according to the stars

Core essence

Henry 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 Henry 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.

The vibe

Underneath, Henry is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Henry needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Henry wants to be loved

Henry wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Henry gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Henry creates

How Henry makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Henry builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Henry is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Henry 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Henry does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

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

Where Henry sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Henry

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Henry

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Henry

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Henry

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

PracticalVisionary
Henry

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Henry

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 Henry Dunant

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

Henry’s birth-night reference starPhecdablue-white · Ursa MajorPhecda, in Ursa Major. A blue-white star, 81.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Phecda →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 24° 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.

Henry Dunant in 15 seconds

Taurus Sun

Comfort first, then everything else.

Henry Dunant's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 8, 1828, 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.

Earth Rat

Finds the shortcut every time.

Henry Dunant was born on May 8, 1828, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 5

Freedom over comfort, always.

Henry Dunant's birth date, May 8, 1828, 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 Henry’s chart

Henry’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Henry Dunant, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 17° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.5° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 1° orbMoon opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.2° orbMercury opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 1.4° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.9° orbMoon flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.3° orbSaturn faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 2.4° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.5° orbSun in Taurus · 17°48′☉17°Moon in Pisces · 10°43′☽10°Mercury in Taurus · 1°20′☿1°Venus in Cancer · 2°47′♀2°Mars in Capricorn · 11°58′♂11°Jupiter in Scorpio · 8°28′ · retrograde♃℞8°Saturn in Cancer · 15°53′♄15°Uranus in Aquarius · 2°19′ · retrograde♅℞2°Neptune in Capricorn · 18°18′ · retrograde♆℞18°Pluto in Aries · 6°53′♇6°

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°
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Opposition 180°

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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.

  • stableSuntrineNeptune0.0° to 1.0° orb

    Henry’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus0.1° to 1.9° orb

    Henry’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercurysextileVenus1.0° to 1.8° orb

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

  • stableSunsextileSaturn1.5° to 2.4° orb

    Henry’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune2.4° to 2.5° orb

    Henry’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter3.3° to 3.7° orb

    Henry’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenussquarePluto3.6° to 4.6° orb

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

  • stableMarsoppositionSaturn3.8° to 4.0° orb

    Henry’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • stableUranussextilePluto4.6° orb

    Henry’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssquarePluto5.0° to 5.2° orb

    Henry’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenustrineJupiter5.1° to 6.3° orb

    Henry’s affections flow straight into their growth.

  • stableSuntrineMars5.5° to 6.2° orb

    Henry’s core identity flows straight into their drive.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Henry’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.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 0°02′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Henry building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 17°57′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Henry is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosAries 8°15′ (moves 0.64° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Henry is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 17°41′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Henry is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 28°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Henry guarding a private self that family did not get to name.

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 conjunction Sun 0.1°
  • Hygiea square Sun 0.1°
  • Ceres trine Neptune 0.4°
  • Chiron conjunction Mercury 1.3°
  • Eros conjunction Pluto 1.4°
  • Ceres sextile Saturn 2.1°
  • Chiron square Uranus 2.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 2.3°
  • Chiron sextile Venus 2.7°

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°).

Henry’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. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars6 pts

    disposes Pluto; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune; 3 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Henry 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 Henry’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.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.0°
  • Venus quincunx Uranus 0.5°
  • Jupiter quincunx Pluto 1.6°

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

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Henry’s cards

Every card is computed from May 8, 1828, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Temperance

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The Evergreen Architect

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Henry Dunant, 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

Henry’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q12091, 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 Frédéric Boissonnas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Henry Dunant at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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 Henry Dunant’s chart

What zodiac sign was Henry Dunant?
Henry Dunant was a Taurus: born May 8, 1828, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Rat.
What was Henry Dunant's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 8, 1828 birth.
What time was Henry Dunant 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 Henry Dunant's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the May 8, 1828 birth date.
What was Henry Dunant's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 0°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 8, 1828 birth date.
Where was Henry Dunant's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Henry Dunant's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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