Hermann Staudinger
Hermann Staudinger (born March 23, 1881, Worms, Germany; died 1965), was a German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Staudinger's honours include Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Hermann Staudinger’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Metal Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Snake, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Hermann
Hermann Staudinger’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Strategist
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Hermann in the U.S.?
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outside the current top list
~731
Americans share it since 1880
1916
its peak year
In 1881, 6 American boys were registered Hermann — 821st on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Hermann’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
2
Expression · connecting people
6
Soul Urge · being needed
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on H (8) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Hermann’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Aquamarine, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Silver
The record
What sets Hermann apart
The Emil Fischer Medal came in 1930, when Hermann Staudinger was 49.
Study took Hermann Staudinger to Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and ETH Zurich.
Hermann Staudinger lies at Hauptfriedhof Freiburg.
On the family side, Hermann Staudinger was born to Auguste Staudinger and Franz Staudinger, married Magda Staudinger and Dora Staudinger and raised one child.
On Wikipedia the categories read Academic staff of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, People from Worms, Germany and Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni.
Roger Martin du Gard shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Educated at
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and ETH Zurich
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1953), Emil Fischer Medal (1930) and Fresenius Prize (1930)
- Nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Buried at
- Hauptfriedhof Freiburg
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Languages
- German
- Wikipedia editions
- 71
What the chart says
Hermann, according to the stars
Core essence
Hermann leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Hermann is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, Hermann is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Hermann needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Hermann wants to be loved
Hermann 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 Hermann is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Hermann creates
How Hermann 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. Hermann 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: Hermann is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Hermann is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Hermann goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Hermann's birth date. Working below.
Where Hermann sits
Six lines
Hermann’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Hermann Staudinger
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Worms 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 Worms that night
Computed for 49.63°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Worms at 9 p.m. that evening: Talitha of Ursa Major, within 1.4° of the exact zenith.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 108 catalog stars above the horizon.
Worms sits at 49.6°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Nothing below −40.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Worms on any night.
The Moon was at last quarter, 42% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 22° down.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Worms, Germany
The death is recorded at Freiburg im Breisgau, Landeskommissärbezirk Freiburg in 1965.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Hermann Staudinger: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Hermann's chart is
Chart pattern score
34 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Aries · A leaning bowl
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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Aries Sun
Aries SunImpatient, and usually right to be.
Hermann Staudinger's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 23, 1881, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Metal Snake
Metal SnakePrivate by design.
Hermann Staudinger was born on March 23, 1881, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Hermann Staudinger's birth date, March 23, 1881, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Hermann’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Hermann Staudinger's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Jupiter and Saturn, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Earth signs.
- Hermann Staudinger combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Strategist.
Hermann’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 0° to 14° Capricorn depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMercurysextileNeptune0.3° to 0.5° orb
Hermann’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.4° to 2.2° orb
Hermann’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableUranustrineNeptune1.7° orb
Hermann’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenusconjunctionNeptune1.9° to 2.5° orb
stableMercuryoppositionUranus2.0° to 2.1° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn2.9° to 3.0° orb
stableVenustrineUranus3.6° to 4.2° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter3.6° to 4.1° orb
stableMarssquarePluto4.8° to 5.6° orb
stableVenussquareMars6.7° to 6.9° orb
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 12.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Hermann’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironTaurus 14°38′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 21°50′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosPisces 27°02′ (moves 0.67° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 12°52′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 20°26′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea square Mercury 0.0°
- Chiron conjunction Venus 0.1°
- Ceres sextile Mars 0.3°
- Eros sextile Pluto 0.3°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 1.7°
- Hygiea square Uranus 2.0°
- Chiron conjunction Neptune 2.1°
Hermann’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Saturn; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus8 pts
in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Neptune, Pluto; 4 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Hermann’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Jupiter, SaturnThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury semi-square Saturn 0.4°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.4°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 1.3°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 1.6°
Born the same day as Hermann
Roger Martin du Gard was born on March 23, 1881 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. From Worms, at 49.6°N, Capella and Deneb are circumpolar. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: What if you don't know your birth time? · Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet
Hermann’s cards
Computed from March 23, 1881. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Radiant StrategistWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
8 · Achiever♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Hermann’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q48956 (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 Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Hermann Staudinger at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Hermann Staudinger.
Quick answers about Hermann Staudinger’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Hermann Staudinger?
- Hermann Staudinger was an Aries: born March 23, 1881, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What was Hermann Staudinger's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 23, 1881 birth.
- What was Hermann Staudinger's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was Hermann Staudinger's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Hermann Staudinger's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Hermann Staudinger's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
