John James Rickard Macleod
John James Rickard Macleod (born September 6, 1876, Clunie, United Kingdom; died 1935), was a Nobel prize-winning Scottish physician and physiologist; co-discoverer of insulin. Macleod's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
John James Rickard Macleod’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Rat, with 
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John James Rickard Macleod’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Storyteller
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire 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
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 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Carnelian
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus
Lavender · Lilac · Scarlet
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.
The vibe
Underneath, John runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What John needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. John gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. John creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: John 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 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means John channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
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 SunHelps by correcting.
John James Rickard Macleod's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 6, 1876, 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.
Fire Rat
Fire RatFinds the shortcut every time.
John James Rickard Macleod was born on September 6, 1876, which falls in a Fire Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Independent to the core.
John James Rickard Macleod's birth date, September 6, 1876, 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 James Rickard Macleod's date-only chart is Mars trine Neptune, with an orb of about 1°.
- John James Rickard Macleod combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Storyteller.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John James Rickard Macleod, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 21° Aries 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.
stableMarstrineNeptune0.7° to 1.4° orb
John’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto0.9° to 1.1° orb
John’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune1.1° to 1.2° orb
John’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarsoppositionSaturn1.8° to 2.5° orb
John’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
stableUranussquarePluto2.7° orb
John’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenustrineJupiter3.5° to 4.1° orb
John’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableJupitersquareUranus3.7° to 3.8° orb
John’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussquareNeptune5.3° to 6.1° orb
John’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.2° to 13.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 1.0° to 12.8° depending on birth time
possibleVenussextilePlutoorb from 4.4° to 5.2° depending on birth time
possibleSunconjunctionMarsorb from 7.9° to 8.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 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 ℞Aries 29°50′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
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 16°37′ (moves 0.33° 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 28°27′ (moves 0.84° 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.
⚕ HygieaVirgo 3°30′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. John is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 15°37′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. John is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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.
- Chiron square Venus 0.5°
- Hygiea opposition Saturn 0.5°
- Eros sextile Venus 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.4°
- Hygiea trine Neptune 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Sun 2.4°
- Hygiea conjunction Mars 2.6°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 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. ☿ Mercury5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Mercury, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
disposes Saturn; 3 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.
T-square onto Uranus · Jupiter, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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 0.2°
- Sun quintile Jupiter 0.6°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.3°
- Mercury semi-square Uranus 1.4°
- Venus biquintile Saturn 1.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John James Rickard Macleod, 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 6, 1876, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John James Rickard Macleod, 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 Q232024, 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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Quick answers about John James Rickard Macleod’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John James Rickard Macleod?
- John James Rickard Macleod was a Virgo: born September 6, 1876, 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 Fire Rat.
- What was John James Rickard Macleod's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 6, 1876 birth.
- What time was John James Rickard Macleod 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 James Rickard Macleod's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the September 6, 1876 birth date.
- What was John James Rickard Macleod's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 6, 1876 birth date.
- Where was John James Rickard Macleod's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John James Rickard Macleod's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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