John J. Pershing
John J. Pershing (born September 13, 1860, Laclede, United States; died 1948), was an United States Army general in World War I. Pershing held office as Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Pershing's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History, Order of the Redeemer and Order of the Rising Sun.
John J. Pershing’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Monkey, with 
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John J. Pershing’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 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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
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John’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Lilac · 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 notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of John is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore John openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. John creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: John is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means John does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from John's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where John sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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The quick version
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
John J. Pershing's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 13, 1860, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyClever, playful, never bored.
John J. Pershing was born on September 13, 1860, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Leads because nobody else moved.
John J. Pershing's birth date, September 13, 1860, 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 J. Pershing's date-only chart is Mercury square Uranus, with an orb of about 2°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Saturn, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- John J. Pershing combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Storyteller.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John J. Pershing, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 7° Leo or Virgo 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.
stableMercurysquareUranus0.8° to 2.7° orb
John’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSuntrineMars2.3° to 3.0° orb
John’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableVenussquarePluto3.0° to 3.9° orb
John’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurytrinePluto3.5° to 5.4° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssextileNeptune4.3° to 4.6° orb
John’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersextileUranus4.3° to 4.5° orb
John’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunoppositionNeptune6.6° to 7.6° orb
John’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunconjunctionMercury6.9° to 7.8° orb
John’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 2.1° to 17.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 4.9° to 19.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 5.8° to 20.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth 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 ℞Aquarius 23°50′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has John making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresGemini 19°08′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has John feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosVirgo 10°53′ (moves 0.90° 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.
⚕ HygieaLibra 18°48′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. John is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 25°22′ (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.
- Eros square Uranus 1.1°
- Eros trine Pluto 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 1.6°
- Ceres square Sun 2.0°
- Hygiea sextile Jupiter 2.4°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 2.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Neptune 2.8°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 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. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
in its own sign, Pisces; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: John is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Virgo · Sun, Mercury, 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 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.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John J. Pershing, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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John’s cards
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☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John J. Pershing, 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 Q272383, 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 Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 J. Pershing’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John J. Pershing?
- John J. Pershing was a Virgo: born September 13, 1860, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey.
- What was John J. Pershing's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 13, 1860 birth.
- What time was John J. Pershing 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 J. Pershing's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the September 13, 1860 birth date.
- What was John J. Pershing's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 13, 1860 birth date.
- Where was John J. Pershing's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John J. Pershing's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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