John Boyd Orr
John Boyd Orr (born September 23, 1880, Kilmaurs, United Kingdom; died 1971), was a Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Orr served as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization and member of the House of Lords. Orr's honours include Nobel Peace Prize, Knight Bachelor and baron.
John Boyd Orr’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dragon, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Dragon, with 
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John Boyd Orr’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Pioneer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical 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
22 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
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 makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of John 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.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. John gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. John creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: John is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. John is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
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. John fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from John's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where John sits
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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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
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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Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
John Boyd Orr's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 23, 1880, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.
Metal Dragon
Metal DragonBorn for the big room.
John Boyd Orr was born on September 23, 1880, which falls in a Metal Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.
Life Path 22
Life Path 22Structure for the many.
John Boyd Orr's birth date, September 23, 1880, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.
What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John Boyd Orr's date-only chart is Sun trine Pluto, with an orb of about 3°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- John Boyd Orr combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Pioneer.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John Boyd Orr, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 4° Taurus or Gemini 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.
stableMoonconjunctionPluto0.1° to 6.2° orb
John’s feelings and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSuntrinePluto2.1° to 3.1° orb
John’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusoppositionJupiter3.1° to 4.5° orb
John’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.
stableUranustrineNeptune3.2° to 3.3° orb
John’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSunconjunctionMercury4.6° to 5.3° orb
John’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarsoppositionJupiter4.8° to 5.6° orb
John’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars4.9° to 6.0° orb
John’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenusoppositionSaturn6.6° to 7.9° orb
John’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 2.2° to 12.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 6.3° to 18.4° depending on birth time
possibleMercurytrinePlutoorb from 6.6° to 8.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Water signs.
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 ℞Taurus 17°15′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has John building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresLibra 14°39′ (moves 0.45° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. John is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.
♡ ErosSagittarius 11°35′ (moves 0.51° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has John attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaGemini 19°00′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has John needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 0°16′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has John guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
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.
- Eros sextile Mars 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Sun 0.5°
- Eros square Uranus 0.8°
- Hygiea trine Venus 1.2°
- Ceres opposition Jupiter 1.7°
- Hygiea sextile Jupiter 2.7°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 2.9°
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. ♀ Venus12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars4 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury3 pts
disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: John is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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.
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, Venus, 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.
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.
- Mars semi-sextile Uranus 0.4°
- Jupiter biquintile Uranus 0.4°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 0.9°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.6°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John Boyd Orr, 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 September 23, 1880, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John Boyd Orr, 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 Q315143, 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.
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The same John Boyd Orr at Wikipedia.
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 Boyd Orr’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John Boyd Orr?
- John Boyd Orr was a Libra: born September 23, 1880, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dragon.
- What was John Boyd Orr's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 23, 1880 birth.
- What time was John Boyd Orr 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 Boyd Orr's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the September 23, 1880 birth date.
- What was John Boyd Orr's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 23, 1880 birth date.
- Where was John Boyd Orr's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John Boyd Orr's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
