Irvin Kershner
Irvin Kershner (born April 29, 1923, Philadelphia, United States; died 2010), was an American film director. Kershner's honours include Saturn Award for Best Director and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Irvin Kershner’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Pig, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Pig, with 
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Irvin Kershner’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Guardian
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Irvin in the U.S.?
#1937
US rank in 2025
~39,997
Americans share it since 1880
1923
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Irvin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
3 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily
White · Blush · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Irvin, according to the stars
Core essence
Irvin is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Irvin is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, Irvin cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Irvin needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Irvin wants to be loved
Irvin 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 Irvin creates
How Irvin makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Irvin 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: Irvin 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Irvin 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: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Irvin scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Irvin's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Irvin Kershner in 15 seconds
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunComfort first, then everything else.
Irvin Kershner's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 29, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Water Pig
Water PigAssumes the best. Usually right.
Irvin Kershner was born on April 29, 1923, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 3
Life Path 3Charm with a deadline problem.
Irvin Kershner's birth date, April 29, 1923, 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 Irvin’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Irvin Kershner's date-only chart is Saturn sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Irvin Kershner combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Guardian.
Irvin’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Irvin Kershner, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 13° to 28° Libra 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.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune0.2° to 0.3° orb
Irvin’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersquareNeptune0.5° to 0.6° orb
Irvin’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunsextilePluto0.6° to 1.5° orb
Irvin’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitertrineUranus1.5° to 1.7° orb
Irvin’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquarePluto5.1° to 6.2° orb
Irvin’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrinePluto5.4° to 5.5° orb
Irvin’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableMarstrineSaturn5.6° to 6.3° orb
Irvin’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableSaturnsquarePluto5.8° orb
Irvin’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunoppositionJupiter6.0° to 7.0° orb
Irvin’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 13.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 13.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 4.5° to 19.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Irvin’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 18°12′ (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: Irvin may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresAquarius 10°06′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Irvin is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosPisces 23°30′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. Irvin is read as easily moved and hard to pin.
⚕ HygieaPisces 4°05′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Irvin needing solitude to reset.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 23°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Irvin carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.
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 Mars 0.9°
- Ceres square Sun 1.8°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.8°
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°).
Irvin’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. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Irvin is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Irvin’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.
Yod onto Uranus · Saturn, Neptune, UranusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.
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.
- Mars semi-sextile Pluto 0.1°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.3°
- Mercury quintile Uranus 0.5°
- Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 1.0°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Irvin Kershner, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Irvin’s cards
Every card is computed from April 29, 1923, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Irvin Kershner, 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
Irvin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q119348, 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 The Conmunity - Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Irvin Kershner 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.
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Quick answers about Irvin Kershner’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Irvin Kershner?
- Irvin Kershner was a Taurus: born April 29, 1923, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Pig.
- What was Irvin Kershner's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 29, 1923 birth.
- What time was Irvin Kershner 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 Irvin Kershner's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the April 29, 1923 birth date.
- What was Irvin Kershner's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 29, 1923 birth date.
- Where was Irvin Kershner's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Irvin Kershner's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
