Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian (born April 19, 1925, Rochester, United States; died 2016), was an American actor and United States Marine. O'Brian's honours include Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, Order of the Buffalo Hunt and Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Hugh O'Brian’s zodiac sign was Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Ox, with 
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Hugh O'Brian’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Pioneer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Hugh in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~84,179
Americans share it since 1880
1916
its peak year
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Hugh’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌿 Fern
White · Crimson · Forest
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What the chart says
Hugh, according to the stars
Core essence
Hugh 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 Hugh 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, Hugh 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 Hugh 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 Hugh wants to be loved
Hugh wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Hugh creates
How Hugh makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Hugh creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Hugh is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Hugh is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Hugh scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Hugh's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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The quick version
Aries Sun
Aries SunFirst through every door.
Hugh O'Brian's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 19, 1925, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.
Wood Ox
Wood OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Hugh O'Brian was born on April 19, 1925, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Structure is comfort.
Hugh O'Brian's birth date, April 19, 1925, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Hugh’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Hugh O'Brian's date-only chart is Saturn trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Hugh O'Brian combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Pioneer.
Hugh’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Hugh O'Brian, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° 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.
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.
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.
stableMoonsquareMars0.0° to 6.5° orb
Hugh’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.0° to 1.5° orb
Hugh’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturntrinePluto0.4° orb
Hugh’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunconjunctionMercury0.8° to 2.5° orb
Hugh’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunconjunctionVenus1.0° to 1.3° orb
Hugh’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupitersextileUranus1.7° orb
Hugh’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarssextileNeptune2.4° to 3.0° orb
Hugh’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysquareJupiter5.2° to 6.0° orb
Hugh’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussquareJupiter5.6° to 6.7° orb
Hugh’s affections grind against their growth.
stableMarssquareUranus6.1° to 6.7° orb
Hugh’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.1° to 12.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Hugh’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.
⚷ ChironAries 24°27′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Hugh may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresTaurus 29°05′ (moves 0.40° 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. Hugh is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosAries 12°59′ (moves 0.69° 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. Hugh is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 29°22′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Hugh is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 13°44′ (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 Hugh 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.
- Eros square Pluto 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Saturn 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 2.2°
- Chiron square Jupiter 2.6°
- Chiron conjunction Mercury 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°).
Hugh’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. ♂ Mars9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Hugh is read as acting first and reflecting after.
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 Hugh’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.
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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 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 quintile Pluto 0.4°
- Mars biquintile Saturn 0.8°
- Mars biquintile Jupiter 1.3°
- Jupiter quincunx Neptune 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Hugh O'Brian, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Hugh’s cards
Every card is computed from April 19, 1925, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Hugh O'Brian, 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
Hugh’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q727086, 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 Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Hugh O'Brian at Wikipedia, hughobrian.me, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
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 Hugh O'Brian’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Hugh O'Brian?
- Hugh O'Brian was an Aries: born April 19, 1925, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox.
- What was Hugh O'Brian's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 19, 1925 birth.
- What time was Hugh O'Brian 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 Hugh O'Brian's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the April 19, 1925 birth date.
- What was Hugh O'Brian's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 19, 1925 birth date.
- Where was Hugh O'Brian's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Hugh O'Brian's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
