John Patrick
John Patrick (born May 17, 1905, Louisville, United States; died 1995), was an American playwright and screenwriter. Patrick's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.
John Patrick’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Snake, with 
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John Patrick’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
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) × 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 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Green Orchid
Ivory · Blush · Botanical green
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 the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of John is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, John feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What John needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. John creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means John runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
John Patrick's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 17, 1905, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Wood Snake
Wood SnakeWatches. Waits. Then precisely.
John Patrick was born on May 17, 1905, which falls in a Wood Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Goes first. Works it out.
John Patrick's birth date, May 17, 1905, 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 Patrick's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Saturn, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- John Patrick combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John Patrick, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 17° Scorpio 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.
stableMercurysextileSaturn0.6° to 1.3° orb
John’s mind opens doors for their discipline.
stableSaturnsextileUranus1.3° to 1.4° orb
John’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableMarsoppositionJupiter1.7° to 2.3° orb
John’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurytrineUranus1.9° to 2.7° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.6° to 3.4° orb
John’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableUranusoppositionNeptune2.7° to 2.8° orb
John’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableVenussextileSaturn4.0° orb
John’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturntrineNeptune4.1° orb
John’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenustrineUranus5.3° orb
John’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
stableSunsquareSaturn5.7° to 6.6° orb
John’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
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 6°42′ (moves 0.01° 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.
⚳ CeresPisces 10°40′ (moves 0.25° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: John is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosAquarius 18°33′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. John is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Libra 28°08′ (moves 0.14° 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 LilithAries 13°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has John carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on 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.
- Hygiea opposition Venus 0.2°
- Eros trine Pluto 2.1°
- Eros square Jupiter 2.2°
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. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6 pts
disposes Uranus; 5 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 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 Taurus · Sun, Mercury, JupiterThree 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 biquintile Pluto 0.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John Patrick, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works · Your Sun, Moon and rising signs: the Big Three explained
John’s cards
Every card is computed from May 17, 1905, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John Patrick, 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 Q4347021, 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.
The same John Patrick at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by John Patrick.
Quick answers about John Patrick’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John Patrick?
- John Patrick was a Taurus: born May 17, 1905, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Snake.
- What was John Patrick's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 17, 1905 birth.
- What time was John Patrick 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 Patrick's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the May 17, 1905 birth date.
- What was John Patrick's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 17, 1905 birth date.
- Where was John Patrick's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John Patrick's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
