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Henry Hallett Dale

Henry Hallett Dale (born June 9, 1875, Islington, United Kingdom; died 1968), was an English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate. Dale served as President of the Royal Society of Medicine and President of the Royal Society. Dale's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Order of Merit and Knight Bachelor.

Henry Hallett Dale’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Wood Pig, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Henry Hallett Dale’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Seeker

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive 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

US name records start in 1880, 5 years after this birth. In that first year Henry ranked 9th among boys and 530th among girls, with 2,444 American boys and 11 girls registered.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Henry’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

8

Soul Urge · achievement

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on H (8) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Henry’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌿 Fern

Rose pink · Lilac · Forest

The record

What sets Henry apart

Johnny Depp (1963) and Natalie Portman (1981) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Henry, according to the stars

Core essence

Henry 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. Henry needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

How Henry wants to be loved

Henry wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Henry is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Henry creates

How Henry makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Henry creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Henry 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Henry is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

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. Working below.

Where Henry sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Henry

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Henry

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

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Henry

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Henry Hallett Dale

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

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

The sky over Islington that night

Computed for 51.54°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Islington was Alkaid, in Ursa Major, 85.3° up.

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

From 51.5°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Islington at all: they sit past the −38.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at first quarter, 40% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 5° down.

How unusual Henry's chart is

Chart pattern score

37 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

2 unaspected planets · Mars retrograde

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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Henry Hallett Dale at a glance

Gemini Sun

Never finishes a book. Reads everything.

Henry Hallett Dale's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 9, 1875, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Wood Pig

Assumes the best. Usually right.

Henry Hallett Dale was born on June 9, 1875, which falls in a Wood Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 9

Wide view, open hands.

Henry Hallett Dale's birth date, June 9, 1875, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Henry’s chart

Henry’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 25° to 8° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.3° orbMars flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.5° orbMoon flows with Mars · Trine, 0.8° orbVenus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.6° orbSaturn grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.3° orbSun flows with Jupiter · Trine, 3.7° orbJupiter flows with Saturn · Trine, 4.2° orbVenus grinds against Saturn · Square, 5.9° orbSun in Gemini · 18°12′☉18°Moon in Virgo · 2°29′☽2°Mercury in Cancer · 12°20′☿12°Venus in Taurus · 20°12′♀20°Mars in Capricorn · 1°41′ · retrograde♂℞1°Jupiter in Libra · 21°54′ · retrograde♃℞21°Saturn in Aquarius · 26°05′ · retrograde♄℞26°Uranus in Leo · 12°17′♅12°Neptune in Taurus · 2°12′♆2°Pluto in Taurus · 22°46′♇22°

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

  • stableMoontrineNeptune0.0° to 6.7° orb

    Henry’s feelings flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMarstrineNeptune0.4° to 0.6° orb

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

  • stableVenusconjunctionPluto2.0° to 3.2° orb

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

  • stableSuntrineJupiter3.2° to 4.2° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto3.3° orb

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn4.2° orb

  • stableVenussquareSaturn5.3° to 6.5° orb

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.0° to 7.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 12.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 3.1° to 16.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 3.9° to 15.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 4.0° to 17.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 25°16′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 0°56′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 9°49′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 17°46′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 24°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea conjunction Sun 0.4°
  • Chiron sextile Saturn 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Saturn 1.2°
  • Ceres square Neptune 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 2.2°
  • Eros opposition Uranus 2.5°

Henry’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn4 pts

    disposes Mars; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Henry’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.

  • Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 0.1°
  • Jupiter quincunx Pluto 0.9°
  • Sun semi-square Neptune 1.0°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.3°
  • Venus quincunx Jupiter 1.7°
  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 2.0°

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From the journal: Sect: day charts vs night charts · Why your Chinese sign might be wrong

Henry’s cards

Computed from June 9, 1875. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Seeker

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

9 · Healer

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

乙

yin Wood

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Henry’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q72194 (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.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Henry Hallett Dale.

Quick answers about Henry Hallett Dale’s chart

What zodiac sign was Henry Hallett Dale?
Henry Hallett Dale was a Gemini: born June 9, 1875, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What was Henry Hallett Dale's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 9, 1875 birth.
What was Henry Hallett Dale's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What was Henry Hallett Dale's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Henry Hallett Dale's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Henry Hallett Dale's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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