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James Schuyler

James Schuyler (born November 9, 1923, Chicago, United States; died 1991), was an American poet. Schuyler's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets and Lambda Literary Award.

James Schuyler’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Water Pig, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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James Schuyler’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Scholar

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#6

US rank in 2025

~5,274,520

Americans share it since 1880

1947

its peak year

James ranked 4th among boys and 401st among girls in 1923, the year of this birth, with 50,462 American boys and 280 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What James’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

5

Soul Urge · freedom

1

Personality · self-directed

The name opens on J (1) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

James’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 5

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus

Gold · Crimson · Soft pink

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1923, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets James apart

James Schuyler took the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1981, at 58.

Bethany College shaped the training.

Cause of death is recorded as stroke; the grave is at Little Portion Friary Cemetery.

Wikipedia's editors put James Schuyler under New York School poets, Poets from Chicago and Schuyler family.

Carl Sagan (1934) and Hedy Lamarr (1914) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Bethany College
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1981) and Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1983)
Cause of death
stroke
Buried at
Little Portion Friary Cemetery
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
15

What the chart says

James, according to the stars

Core essence

James does not do surface. The core of James 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 James is earned slowly and never given lightly.

How James wants to be loved

James wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with James and watch them fall for you again.

How James creates

How James makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. James creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: James 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 8 is the powerhouse. James 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. James fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from James's birth date. Working below.

Where James sits

Six lines

James’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
James

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
James

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

PrivateExpressive
James

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
James

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

PracticalVisionary
James

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
James

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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

James’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 79.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 39.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Chicago that night

Computed for 41.88°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Mirach stood nearest the zenith over Chicago at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.3° above the horizon in Andromeda.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 98 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 41.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −48.1° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 4% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 48° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Chicago, United States

The death is recorded at New York City, New York in 1991.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for James Schuyler: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual James's chart is

Chart pattern score

63 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Scorpio · Grand trine · 1 unaspected planet

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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James Schuyler in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

James Schuyler's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 9, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Water Pig

Assumes the best. Usually right.

James Schuyler was born on November 9, 1923, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 8

Ambition with a spreadsheet.

James Schuyler's birth date, November 9, 1923, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in James’s chart

James’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 24° to 9° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.2° orbMercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.3° orbMercury flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.2° orbUranus flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.5° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.2° orbSun flows with Uranus · Trine, 2.6° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 3.8° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 4° orbSun in Scorpio · 16°19′☉16°Moon in Sagittarius · 2°09′☽2°Mercury in Scorpio · 12°33′☿12°Venus in Sagittarius · 1°54′♀1°Mars in Libra · 14°25′♂14°Jupiter in Scorpio · 26°41′♃26°Saturn in Libra · 25°51′♄25°Uranus in Pisces · 13°43′ · retrograde♅℞13°Neptune in Leo · 20°20′♆20°Pluto in Cancer · 12°15′ · retrograde♇℞12°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableMoonconjunctionVenus0.0° to 7.2° orb

    James’s feelings and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto0.0° to 1.1° orb

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

  • stableMercurytrineUranus0.4° to 2.0° orb

    James’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableUranustrinePluto1.5° orb

  • stableMarssquarePluto1.8° to 2.5° orb

  • stableSuntrineUranus2.1° to 3.1° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury3.5° to 4.1° orb

  • stableSunsquareNeptune3.5° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSuntrinePluto3.6° to 4.6° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionJupiter4.7° to 5.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune6.2° to 6.4° orb

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

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.

James’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 17°33′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 6°41′ (moves 0.24° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosLeo 12°44′ (moves 0.93° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 3°26′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 15°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros square Mercury 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.3°
  • Hygiea square Venus 1.5°
  • Eros sextile Mars 1.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 2.5°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 2.8°

James’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects

Configurations in James’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, JupiterThree 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.
  • grand trine, the shape it makesGrand trine · Sun, Uranus, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
  • grand trine, the shape it makesGrand trine · Mercury, Uranus, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.6°
  • Mars quincunx Uranus 0.7°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.8°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.9°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.9°

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James’s cards

Computed from November 9, 1923. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Scholar

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5406329 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Probably Harry Redl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same James Schuyler at Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by James Schuyler.

Quick answers about James Schuyler’s chart

What zodiac sign was James Schuyler?
James Schuyler was a Scorpio: born November 9, 1923, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What was James Schuyler's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 9, 1923 birth.
What was James Schuyler's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What was James Schuyler's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was James Schuyler's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was James Schuyler's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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