John B. Goodenough
John B. Goodenough (born July 25, 1922, Jena, Germany; died 2023), was an American materials scientist. Goodenough's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Copley Medal and Benjamin Franklin Medal.
John B. Goodenough’s zodiac sign was Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Dog, with 
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John B. Goodenough’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Scholar
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name John in the U.S.?
#23
US rank in 2025
~5,204,377
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
John’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Ruby, Ruby, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🌻 Sunflower · 🪷 Lotus
Sky blue · Gold · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of John is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
The vibe
Underneath, John needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What John needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How John wants to be loved
John 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 John and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How John creates
How John 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. John 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: John is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. John is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of John leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. John 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 John's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
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.
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Leo Sun
Leo SunWarm, loud, hard to ignore.
John B. Goodenough's Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 25, 1922, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
John B. Goodenough was born on July 25, 1922, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Independent to the core.
John B. Goodenough's birth date, July 25, 1922, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John B. Goodenough's date-only chart is Venus square Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- John B. Goodenough combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Scholar.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John B. Goodenough, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 21° Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableVenussquareMars0.0° to 0.9° orb
John’s affections grind against their drive.
stableVenusoppositionUranus0.6° to 1.7° orb
John’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableMarssextileJupiter0.7° to 0.8° orb
John’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileSaturn0.8° to 1.7° orb
John’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextilePluto1.2° to 2.4° orb
John’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssquareUranus1.4° to 1.6° orb
John’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersquarePluto2.1° to 2.2° orb
John’s growth grinds against their depths.
stableJupitersextileNeptune2.8° to 2.9° orb
John’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableUranustrinePluto2.9° to 3.0° orb
John’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarstrineNeptune3.5° to 3.6° orb
John’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurytrineUranus3.8° to 5.7° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysquareJupiter4.6° to 6.4° orb
John’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
John’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 ℞Aries 17°29′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: John may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresScorpio 1°41′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. John is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosVirgo 26°08′ (moves 0.80° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. John is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 3°00′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. John is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 22°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. John is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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.
- Ceres square Sun 0.0°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.0°
- Chiron square Mercury 0.3°
- Hygiea trine Sun 1.3°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.3°
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°).
John’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. ☉ Sun7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: John is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 John’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.
T-square onto Mars · Venus, Uranus, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Yod onto Uranus · Jupiter, Neptune, UranusTwo 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 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 biquintile Mars 0.2°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.4°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 0.8°
- Sun quintile Jupiter 1.4°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.4°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John B. Goodenough, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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John’s cards
Every card is computed from July 25, 1922, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John B. Goodenough, 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
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q906529, 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 US Embassy Sweden, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same John B. Goodenough at Wikipedia and me.utexas.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.
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Quick answers about John B. Goodenough’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John B. Goodenough?
- John B. Goodenough was a Leo: born July 25, 1922, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog.
- What was John B. Goodenough's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 25, 1922 birth.
- What time was John B. Goodenough 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 was John B. Goodenough's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the July 25, 1922 birth date.
- What was John B. Goodenough's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 25, 1922 birth date.
- Where was John B. Goodenough's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John B. Goodenough's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
