Ira B. Harkey Jr.
Ira B. Harkey Jr. (born January 15, 1918, New Orleans, United States; died 2006), was an American journalist. Harkey's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing and The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism.
Ira B. Harkey Jr.’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Snake, with 
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Ira B. Harkey Jr.’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Strategist
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Ira in the U.S.?
#822
US rank in 2025
~62,535
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Ira’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus
Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet
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What the chart says
Ira, according to the stars
Core essence
Ira is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Ira is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
How Ira wants to be loved
Ira wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Ira be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Ira creates
How Ira makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Ira 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: Ira 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Ira 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: 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. Ira fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Ira's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Ira sits
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You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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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.
Ira B. Harkey Jr. at a glance
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunPlays the long game. Wins it.
Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 15, 1918, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.
Fire Snake
Fire SnakeSays less than it knows.
Ira B. Harkey Jr. was born on January 15, 1918, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Turns effort into standing.
Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s birth date, January 15, 1918, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Ira’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s date-only chart is Mercury opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto.
- Ira B. Harkey Jr. combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Strategist.
Ira’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Ira B. Harkey Jr., so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 25° to 10° Aquarius or 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.
stableMercuryoppositionPluto0.4° to 0.6° orb
Ira’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMarstrineJupiter0.6° to 0.8° orb
Ira’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysquareMars2.6° orb
Ira’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarssquarePluto3.0° to 3.2° orb
Ira’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenussquareJupiter3.5° to 3.7° orb
Ira’s affections grind against their growth.
stableJupitersextileNeptune4.4° orb
Ira’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSuntrineMars5.8° to 6.6° orb
Ira’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableVenusconjunctionUranus5.9° to 6.1° orb
Ira’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
stableVenustrinePluto5.9° to 6.1° orb
Ira’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune6.3° to 6.4° orb
Ira’s discipline and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.0° to 8.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Ira’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 26°07′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Ira absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 13°37′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Ira is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosAquarius 16°40′ (moves 0.60° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Ira is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaAquarius 25°53′ (moves 0.35° 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. Ira is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 18°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Ira exacting with themselves first.
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 trine Saturn 1.2°
- Chiron sextile Sun 1.3°
- Hygiea conjunction Venus 2.2°
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°).
Ira’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. ♄ Saturn6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars4 pts
4 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Ira is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
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 Ira’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.
T-square onto Mars · Mercury, Pluto, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Jupiter quintile Saturn 1.3°
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 1.9°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.9°
- Mercury quincunx Neptune 2.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ira B. Harkey Jr., so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Ira’s cards
Every card is computed from January 15, 1918, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ira B. Harkey Jr., 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
Ira’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q16017418, 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.
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Quick answers about Ira B. Harkey Jr.’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Ira B. Harkey Jr.?
- Ira B. Harkey Jr. was a Capricorn: born January 15, 1918, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Snake.
- What was Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 15, 1918 birth.
- What time was Ira B. Harkey Jr. 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 Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the January 15, 1918 birth date.
- What was Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 15, 1918 birth date.
- Where was Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Ira B. Harkey Jr.'s dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
