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Ira Wolfert

Ira Wolfert (born November 1, 1908, New York City, United States; died 1997), was an American journalist. Wolfert's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

Ira Wolfert’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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Ira Wolfert’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Guardian

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional 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

3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌻 Zinnia

Gold · Crimson · Terracotta

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

What the chart says

Ira, according to the stars

Core essence

Ira does not do surface. The core of Ira is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Ira is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Ira needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Ira needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Ira wants to be loved

Ira wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Ira and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Ira creates

How Ira makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Ira creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Ira is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Ira is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

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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Intimate circleWide network
Ira

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ira

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

PrivateExpressive
Ira

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ira

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Ira

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ira

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 Ira Wolfert

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

Ira’s birth-night reference starAlpheratzblue-white · AndromedaAlpheratz, in Andromeda. A blue-white star, 77.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alpheratz →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 33.7° 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.

The quick version

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

Ira Wolfert's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 1, 1908, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Earth Monkey

Solved it, and made a joke.

Ira Wolfert was born on November 1, 1908, which falls in a Earth Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 3

Talks it, jokes it, lives it.

Ira Wolfert's birth date, November 1, 1908, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.

What stands out in Ira’s chart

Ira’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Ira Wolfert, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 17° Aquarius 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 opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.6° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.9° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 1.5° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.3° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.6° orbUranus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.5° orbMoon flows with Mars · Trine, 4.1° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 4.1° orbSun in Scorpio · 8°53′☉8°Moon in Aquarius · 10°22′☽10°Mercury in Scorpio · 0°13′ · retrograde☿℞0°Venus in Virgo · 27°55′♀27°Mars in Libra · 14°29′♂14°Jupiter in Virgo · 9°30′♃9°Saturn in Aries · 4°26′ · retrograde♄℞4°Uranus in Capricorn · 13°37′♅13°Neptune in Cancer · 17°05′ · retrograde♆℞17°Pluto in Gemini · 25°37′ · retrograde♇℞25°

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°
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

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.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.2° to 1.0° orb

    Ira’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableMarssquareUranus0.6° to 1.2° orb

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

  • stableVenussquarePluto1.7° to 2.9° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareNeptune2.3° to 2.9° orb

    Ira’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune3.4° to 3.5° orb

    Ira’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus4.0° to 4.2° orb

    Ira’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto4.2° to 5.1° orb

    Ira’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableVenusoppositionSaturn5.9° to 7.1° orb

    Ira’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 10.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 13.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 2.7° to 17.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 18°21′

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

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Ira making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ CeresScorpio 24°32′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. Ira is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 15°20′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

    Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Ira attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 2°25′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Ira is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 3°51′ (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.

  • Eros sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Hygiea square Saturn 2.0°
  • Hygiea trine Mercury 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. 1. ♇ Pluto7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars4.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Saturn; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Venus, Jupiter, Pluto; 1 major aspect

A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Ira is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.

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, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Uranus, Neptune, 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.

  • Venus quintile Neptune 1.2°
  • Mercury quintile Uranus 1.4°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.7°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ira Wolfert, 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 November 1, 1908, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hanged Man

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Guardian

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Ira Wolfert, 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 Q6066318, 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.

The same Ira Wolfert 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ira Wolfert.

Quick answers about Ira Wolfert’s chart

What zodiac sign was Ira Wolfert?
Ira Wolfert was a Scorpio: born November 1, 1908, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey.
What was Ira Wolfert's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 1, 1908 birth.
What time was Ira Wolfert 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 Wolfert's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the November 1, 1908 birth date.
What was Ira Wolfert's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 1, 1908 birth date.
Where was Ira Wolfert's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Ira Wolfert's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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