James T. Berryman
James T. Berryman (born June 8, 1902, Washington, D.C., United States; died 1971), was an American political cartoonist. Berryman's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
James T. Berryman’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Water Tiger, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Tiger, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with James
James T. Berryman’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Storyteller
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) × mutable 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 3rd among boys and 607th among girls in 1902, the year of this birth, with 5,592 American boys and 30 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.
11
Expression · sensing what is coming
3
Soul Urge · being heard
8
Personality · capable, in charge
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 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily
Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white
The record
What sets James apart
Tim Berners-Lee (1955) and Kanye West (1977) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
James, according to the stars
Core essence
James 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. James needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, James is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What James needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How James wants to be loved
James 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 James is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How James creates
How James makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. James 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: James is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. 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: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. James scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
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.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to James T. Berryman
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Washington on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Washington that night
Computed for 38.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Washington was Alkaid, in Ursa Major, 78.8° up.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 84 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 38.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Washington at all: they sit past the −51.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waxing crescent, 12% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 14° down.
How unusual James's chart is
Chart pattern score
45 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Gemini · 2 planets at a critical degree · A leaning bowl
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.
Score your own chart →James T. Berryman at a glance
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFascinating, then gone.
James T. Berryman's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 8, 1902, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Gemini means →Water Tiger
Water TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
James T. Berryman was born on June 8, 1902, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
James T. Berryman's birth date, June 8, 1902, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in James’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in James T. Berryman's date-only chart is Sun trine Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mars and Pluto, sit together in Gemini, which astrologers call a stellium.
- James T. Berryman combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Storyteller.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 28° Cancer depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSuntrineJupiter0.0° to 0.8° orb
James’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
stableMercurysextileVenus0.1° to 1.1° orb
James’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunconjunctionPluto0.7° to 1.7° orb
James’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupitertrinePluto0.9° orb
stableUranusoppositionPluto1.2° to 1.3° orb
stableSunoppositionUranus2.0° to 3.0° orb
stableJupitersextileUranus2.1° to 2.2° orb
stableMarstrineSaturn3.5° to 4.2° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune5.2° to 5.3° orb
possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.2° to 12.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 2.3° to 16.3° depending on birth time
possibleVenussextileNeptuneorb from 4.1° to 5.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
James’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 13°17′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresGemini 20°37′ (moves 0.43° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 4°40′ (moves 0.71° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 14°26′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 13°23′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros conjunction Venus 0.6°
- Ceres opposition Uranus 1.2°
- Eros sextile Mercury 1.2°
- Ceres conjunction Pluto 2.5°
- Hygiea square Jupiter 2.8°
James’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ☽ Moon4 pts
in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Mercury, Neptune
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
Configurations in James’s chart
Stellium in Gemini · Sun, Mars, PlutoThree 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.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars semi-sextile Neptune 0.2°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.9°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.6°
James’s family here
One relative of James T. Berryman also has a chart on AsterNym.
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- Darrick ForrestAmerican football player
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Born in Tiger years
- D'Andre SwiftAmerican football player (born 1999)
- Jalen ThompsonAmerican football safety
- Camryn BynumAmerican football cornerback
Also born on June 8
- Tim Berners-Lee1955
- Kanye West1977
- Francis Crick1916
- Joan Rivers1933
- Javier Mascherano1984
- Bonnie Tyler1951
Fellow Yang Water day masters
- Olesya ShmagunRussian investigative journalist
- Ira B. Harkey Jr.American journalist
- John HohenbergAmerican journalist and academic
Other Gemini Tiger charts
- De'Anthony MeltonAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Al HorfordDominican Republic basketball player (born 1986)
- Austin ReavesAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Mikayla NogueiraAmerican beauty influencer
Other Tidal Storytellers
- Igor KesaevRussian billionaire retail businessman (born 1966)
- Dan Sten OlssonSwedish businessman
- Anand MahindraIndian businessman, born 1955
- Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor
Famous people with Life Path 8
- Andrew OgletreeAmerican football player (born 1998)
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- Markquese BellAmerican football player (born 1999)
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James’s cards
Computed from June 8, 1902. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Tidal StorytellerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
8 · Achiever☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q27070627 (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 Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James T. Berryman at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by James T. Berryman.
Quick answers about James T. Berryman’s chart
- What zodiac sign was James T. Berryman?
- James T. Berryman was a Gemini: born June 8, 1902, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
- What was James T. Berryman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 8, 1902 birth.
- What was James T. Berryman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was James T. Berryman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was James T. Berryman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was James T. Berryman's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Moon is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
