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Jack N. Rakove

Jack N. Rakove (born June 4, 1947, Chicago, United States), aged 79, is an American historian. Rakove's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History.

Jack N. Rakove’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Jack N. Rakove’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Explorer

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Jack in the U.S.?

#15

US rank in 2025

~759,677

Americans share it since 1880

1927

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Jack’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌺 Poppy

Rose pink · Lilac · Flame orange

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

What the chart says

Jack, according to the stars

Core essence

Jack is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Jack needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Jack is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Jack needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Jack wants to be loved

Jack 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 Jack is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Jack creates

How Jack makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Jack builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Jack 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Jack 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 rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Jack is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Jack's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Jack sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Jack

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jack

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Jack

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jack

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Jack

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jack

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 Jack N. Rakove

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

Jack’s birth-night reference starCor Caroliblue-white · Canes VenaticiCor Caroli, in Canes Venatici. A blue-white star, 86.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Cor Caroli →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 14.3° 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.

Jack N. Rakove at a glance

Gemini Sun

Two minds, both talking.

Jack N. Rakove's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 4, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

Jack N. Rakove was born on June 4, 1947, which falls in a Fire 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 4

The one who reads the manual.

Jack N. Rakove's birth date, June 4, 1947, 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 Jack’s chart

Jack’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Jack N. Rakove, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.5° orbVenus faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 1.2° orbMoon faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 1.7° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.9° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.9° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.3° orbMercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.5° orbSun flows with Neptune · Trine, 5.1° orbSun in Gemini · 13°13′☉13°Moon in Sagittarius · 23°07′☽23°Mercury in Cancer · 3°33′☿3°Venus in Taurus · 18°52′♀18°Mars in Taurus · 10°50′♂10°Jupiter in Scorpio · 20°07′ · retrograde♃℞20°Saturn in Leo · 5°09′♄5°Uranus in Gemini · 21°23′♅21°Neptune in Libra · 8°05′ · retrograde♆℞8°Pluto in Leo · 11°22′♇11°

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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Conjunction 0°
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.

  • stableMoonoppositionUranus0.0° to 7.7° orb

    Jack’s feelings pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableMarssquarePluto0.2° to 0.9° orb

    Jack’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenusoppositionJupiter0.6° to 1.9° orb

    Jack’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableSunsextilePluto1.4° to 2.3° orb

    Jack’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.9° to 3.0° orb

    Jack’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.3° orb

    Jack’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune3.7° to 5.4° orb

    Jack’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableSuntrineNeptune4.7° to 5.6° orb

    Jack’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn5.4° to 6.0° orb

    Jack’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto6.2° to 6.3° orb

    Jack’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • possibleSunoppositionMoonorb from 4.4° to 15.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 5.3° to 15.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Jack’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.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 2°56′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Jack carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 20°13′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Jack looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 13°13′ (moves 0.44° 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 Jack attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 1°50′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Jack needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 13°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Jack is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for 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.

  • Eros opposition Sun 0.0°
  • Chiron trine Mercury 0.6°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 1.2°
  • Eros trine Pluto 1.9°
  • Chiron square Saturn 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°).

Jack’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. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Uranus; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mars, Neptune; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Jack is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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 Jack’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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.

  • Mercury semi-square Venus 0.3°
  • Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.2°
  • Jupiter quincunx Uranus 1.3°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.6°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.6°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Jack N. Rakove, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Jack’s cards

Every card is computed from June 4, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

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Western zodiac

Gemini

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Jack N. Rakove, 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

Jack’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6114263, 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 U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jack N. Rakove at Wikipedia and profiles.stanford.edu.

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 Jack N. Rakove.

Quick answers about Jack N. Rakove’s chart

How old is Jack N. Rakove?
Jack N. Rakove is 79 years old, born June 4, 1947 in Chicago, United States.
What zodiac sign is Jack N. Rakove?
Jack N. Rakove is a Gemini: born June 4, 1947, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
What is Jack N. Rakove's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 4, 1947 birth.
What time was Jack N. Rakove 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 is Jack N. Rakove's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the June 4, 1947 birth date.
What is Jack N. Rakove's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 4, 1947 birth date.
Where is Jack N. Rakove's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Jack N. Rakove's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Uranus; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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