John Darnton
John Darnton (born November 20, 1941, New York City, United States), aged 84, is an American journalist. Darnton's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and George Polk Award.
John Darnton’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Metal Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Snake, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with John
John Darnton’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Scholar
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Water 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
Of the names registered in 1941, John came 3rd among boys and 472nd among girls, carried by 57,520 American boys and 221 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What John’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
John’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Crimson · Silver
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1941, 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 John apart
John Darnton took the George Polk Award in 1981, at 40.
Training came by way of Phillips Academy and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The family line: born to Byron Darnton.
The encyclopaedia's own shelving for John Darnton: American thriller writers, The New York Times editors and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni.
Joe Biden (1942) and Nadine Gordimer (1923) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Phillips Academy and University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Awards
- George Polk Award (1981) and Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1982)
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 8
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John does not do surface. The core of John is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from John is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, John 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 John 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 John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show John you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. John 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: John is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
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 told to wait. Mars in Aries means John gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from John's birth date. Working below.
Where John sits
Six lines
John’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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.
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 John Darnton
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City 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 New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirach of Andromeda, within 5.5° of the exact zenith.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 101 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 7% lit at waxing crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 49° below the horizon.
How unusual John's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
1 planet at a critical degree
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 →If you only read one paragraph
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunDeep water, no shallow end.
John Darnton's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 20, 1941, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Metal Snake
Metal SnakeWise, cool, hard to read.
John Darnton was born on November 20, 1941, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
John Darnton's birth date, November 20, 1941, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John Darnton's date-only chart is Sun opposition Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto.
- John Darnton combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Scholar.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 29° Sagittarius depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunoppositionUranus0.0° to 0.9° orb
John’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableSunsextileNeptune0.9° to 1.9° orb
John’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableUranustrineNeptune1.0° to 1.1° orb
John’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSunoppositionSaturn2.6° to 3.7° orb
stableVenussquareMars2.9° to 3.8° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus3.5° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus3.7° to 4.1° orb
stableSaturntrineNeptune4.5° to 4.6° orb
stableMercurysquarePluto4.8° to 6.2° orb
stableMarstrinePluto6.0° to 6.1° orb
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 14.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
John’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironLeo 14°32′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 15°46′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 8°15′ (moves 0.78° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 2°45′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 28°43′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 0.4°
- Ceres conjunction Venus 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.7°
- Eros square Pluto 2.5°
- Chiron trine Mars 2.8°
- Hygiea sextile Pluto 3.0°
John’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; in its own sign, Aries; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
Configurations in John’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury quincunx Mars 0.5°
- Saturn quintile Pluto 1.1°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Mars 1.2°
- Mercury biquintile Jupiter 1.5°
- Mars semi-square Uranus 1.6°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.8°
- Mars semi-square Saturn 1.9°
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Born in Snake years
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Also born on November 20
- Joe Biden1942
- Nadine Gordimer1923
- Edwin Hubble1889
- Robert F. Kennedy1925
- Future1983
- Tarique Rahman1968
Fellow Yang Water day masters
- Gabriel MachtAmerican actor (born 1972)
- Sonja MorganAmerican socialite and television personality (born 1963)
- Zach RoerigAmerican actor
Other Scorpio Snake charts
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- Ryan MurphyAmerican screenwriter (born 1965)
- Peter FirthEnglish actor (born 1953)
- Theodor W. HänschGerman physicist and nobel laureate (born 1941)
Other Tidal Scholars
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- Juno TempleBritish actress
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From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?
John’s cards
Computed from November 20, 1941. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ScholarWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
1 · Pioneer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1699753 (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 John Darnton at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by John Darnton.
Quick answers about John Darnton’s chart
- How old is John Darnton?
- John Darnton is 84 years old, born November 20, 1941 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is John Darnton?
- John Darnton is a Scorpio: born November 20, 1941, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What is John Darnton's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 20, 1941 birth.
- What is John Darnton's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What is John Darnton's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is John Darnton's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is John Darnton's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
