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Jay Norwood Darling

Jay Norwood Darling (born October 21, 1876, Norwood, United States; died 1962), was an American editorial cartoonist. Darling's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, Audubon Medal and Aldo Leopold Award.

Jay Norwood Darling’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Fire Rat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Jay Norwood Darling’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Strategist

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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#392

US rank in 2025

~198,132

Americans share it since 1880

1960

its peak year

No US figure exists for 1876 — the SSA series begins 4 years later. Jay opened it at 127th, 103 American boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Jay’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

11

Soul Urge · insight

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on J (1) and closes on Y (7).

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

Jay’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy

Amber · Blush · Flame orange

The record

What sets Jay apart

The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning came in 1942, when Jay Norwood Darling was 66.

Jay Norwood Darling was taught at Beloit College.

Jay Norwood Darling lies at Logan Park Cemetery.

The family line: born to Marcellus Warner Darling.

Wikipedia files Jay Norwood Darling under People from Charlevoix County, Michigan, Political cartoonists of World War I and Beloit College alumni.

Alfred Nobel (1833) and Benjamin Netanyahu (1949) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Beloit College
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1942), Audubon Medal (1960) and Aldo Leopold Award (1950)
Buried at
Logan Park Cemetery
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
9

What the chart says

Jay, according to the stars

Core essence

Jay makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Jay is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Jay 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 Jay 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 Jay wants to be loved

Jay wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Jay and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Jay creates

How Jay makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Jay 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: Jay is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Jay 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. Jay fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Jay's birth date. Working below.

Where Jay sits

Six lines

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Intimate circleWide network
Jay

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jay

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

PrivateExpressive
Jay

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jay

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

PracticalVisionary
Jay

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jay

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 Norwood on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Jay’s birth-night reference starCaphyellow-white · CassiopeiaCaph, in Cassiopeia. A yellow-white star, 73.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Caph →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 28.8° 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 Norwood that night

Computed for 45.22°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Caph stood nearest the zenith over Norwood at 9 p.m. that evening, 73.1° above the horizon in Cassiopeia.

The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 91 catalog stars were up in all.

At 45.2°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Norwood at all: they sit past the −44.8° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 21% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 39° down.

The name and the places

Born in
Norwood, United States

The death is recorded at Des Moines, Polk County in 1962.

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

How unusual Jay's chart is

Chart pattern score

60 / 100 · Unusual

Yod onto Neptune · 3-planet stellium in Libra · 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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If you only read one paragraph

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Jay Norwood Darling's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 21, 1876, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Fire Rat

Finds the shortcut every time.

Jay Norwood Darling was born on October 21, 1876, which falls in a Fire Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 8

Ambition with a spreadsheet.

Jay Norwood Darling's birth date, October 21, 1876, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Jay’s chart

Jay’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 13° to 25° Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Uranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 0° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.7° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.8° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.5° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.9° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 4.6° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 4.7° orbMoon flows with Uranus · Trine, 4.7° orbSun in Libra · 28°41′☉28°Moon in Sagittarius · 19°22′☽19°Mercury in Libra · 13°38′☿13°Venus in Virgo · 14°38′♀14°Mars in Libra · 5°01′♂5°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 3°20′♃3°Saturn in Pisces · 1°32′ · retrograde♄℞1°Uranus in Leo · 24°02′♅24°Neptune in Taurus · 4°03′ · retrograde♆℞4°Pluto in Taurus · 24°03′ · retrograde♇℞24°

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

  • stableUranussquarePluto0.0° orb

    Jay’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter1.5° to 1.9° orb

    Jay’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn1.7° to 1.9° orb

    Jay’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSuntrineSaturn2.4° to 3.4° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.5° orb

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune4.9° to 5.9° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionUranus7.5° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.0° to 11.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.0° to 10.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.1° to 10.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 3.8° to 15.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsextileUranusorb from 4.2° to 5.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 27°56′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 3°13′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 4°37′ (moves 0.76° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 20°08′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 20°39′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres conjunction Jupiter 0.1°
  • Eros opposition Neptune 0.6°
  • Chiron opposition Sun 0.8°
  • Ceres square Saturn 1.7°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 1.8°

Jay’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Pluto

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Jay’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.
  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Neptune · Mars, Jupiter, NeptuneTwo 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter quincunx Neptune 0.7°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.0°
  • Mars quincunx Neptune 1.0°

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Jay’s cards

Computed from October 21, 1876. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Strategist

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Jay’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6166984 (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.

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

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Quick answers about Jay Norwood Darling’s chart

What zodiac sign was Jay Norwood Darling?
Jay Norwood Darling was a Libra: born October 21, 1876, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What was Jay Norwood Darling's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 21, 1876 birth.
What was Jay Norwood Darling's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What was Jay Norwood Darling's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Jay Norwood Darling's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Jay Norwood Darling's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Pluto). Jupiter is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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