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James Wright

James Wright (born December 13, 1927, Martins Ferry, United States; died 1980), was an American poet, born 1927. Wright's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Fulbright Scholarship and Guggenheim Fellowship.

James Wright’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Fire Rabbit, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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James Wright’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Storyteller

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Metal 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 338th among girls in 1927, the year of this birth, with 53,674 American boys and 390 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.

7

Expression · depth and research

6

Soul Urge · being needed

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 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌺 Poppy

Frost white · Rose-gold · Flame orange

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1927, 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 Wright took the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964, at 37.

Kenyon College and Yale University shaped the training.

Wikipedia's editors put James Wright under Macalester College faculty, People from Martins Ferry, Ohio and Kenyon College alumni.

Taylor Swift (1989) and Jamie Foxx (1967) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Kenyon College and Yale University
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1972), Guggenheim Fellowship (1964) and Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1971)
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
11

What the chart says

James, according to the stars

Core essence

James is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of James is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

How James wants to be loved

James wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with James even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How James creates

How James makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. James creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: James is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

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 fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. James has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
James

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
James

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
James

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
James

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
James

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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

James’s birth-night reference starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 87.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 55.8° 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 Martins Ferry that night

Computed for 40.10°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Almach stood nearest the zenith over Martins Ferry at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.9° above the horizon in Andromeda.

Of the 106 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

From 40.1°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 Martins Ferry at all: they sit past the −49.9° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 45° below the horizon, Moon down and 69% lit at last quarter.

The name and the places

Born in
Martins Ferry, United States

The death is recorded at New York City, New York in 1980.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for James Wright: 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

67 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 2 unaspected planets · Only two elements

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 Wright in 15 seconds

Sagittarius Sun

Needs a horizon, any horizon.

James Wright's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 13, 1927, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Fire Rabbit

Soft voice, sharp read.

James Wright was born on December 13, 1927, which falls in a Fire Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 8

Ambition with a spreadsheet.

James Wright's birth date, December 13, 1927, 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 18° to 0° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.7° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 3.8° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.9° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 4.2° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.6° orbMoon fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 4.7° orbJupiter fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 4.9° orbMercury fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 5° orbSun in Sagittarius · 20°42′☉20°Moon in Leo · 24°28′☽24°Mercury in Sagittarius · 6°24′☿6°Venus in Scorpio · 5°23′♀5°Mars in Sagittarius · 3°43′♂3°Jupiter in Pisces · 24°35′♃24°Saturn in Sagittarius · 11°24′♄11°Uranus in Pisces · 29°30′♅29°Neptune in Leo · 29°09′ · retrograde♆℞29°Pluto in Cancer · 16°35′ · retrograde♇℞16°

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars2.3° to 3.1° orb

    James’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunsquareJupiter3.4° to 4.4° orb

    James’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • stableMarstrineUranus3.9° to 4.6° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareNeptune4.2° to 4.9° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn4.3° to 5.7° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionUranus4.9° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionSaturn7.4° to 8.0° orb

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 3.2° to 15.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercurytrineUranusorb from 6.2° to 7.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 6.3° to 17.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire6 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable6 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 1°49′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 13°49′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 4°48′ (moves 0.70° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 10°09′ (moves 0.43° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 1°34′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros conjunction Mars 1.1°
  • Hygiea conjunction Saturn 1.2°
  • Eros conjunction Mercury 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 2.4°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.7°
  • Ceres opposition Pluto 2.8°

James’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars4 pts

    4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune3 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Uranus; 1 major aspect

Configurations in James’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, Mars, SaturnThree 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.

  • Venus biquintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°
  • Uranus quincunx Neptune 0.3°
  • Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.0°
  • Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.7°

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James’s cards

Computed from December 13, 1927. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Storyteller

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6145850 (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.

The same James Wright 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 Wright.

Quick answers about James Wright’s chart

What zodiac sign was James Wright?
James Wright was a Sagittarius: born December 13, 1927, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What was James Wright's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 13, 1927 birth.
What was James Wright's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What was James Wright's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was James Wright's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was James Wright's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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