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Joseph Ellis

Joseph Ellis (born July 18, 1943, Washington, D.C., United States), aged 83, is an American historian (born 1943). Ellis is best known for Founding Brothers. Ellis's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History, National Book Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Joseph Ellis’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Water Goat, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Joseph Ellis’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Diplomat

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Joseph in the U.S.?

#29

US rank in 2025

~2,680,213

Americans share it since 1880

1956

its peak year

In 1943, 22,828 American boys and 65 girls were registered Joseph — 13th among boys and 989th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Joseph’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

4

Expression · building what holds

7

Soul Urge · understanding

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on J (1) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Joseph’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🪷 Lotus

Sky blue · Pearl · Soft pink

The record

What sets Joseph apart

Nelson Mandela (1918) and Priyanka Chopra (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Joseph, according to the stars

Core essence

Joseph feels the room before entering it. The core of Joseph is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Joseph, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Joseph needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Joseph needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Joseph wants to be loved

Joseph wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Joseph and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Joseph creates

How Joseph 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. Joseph 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: Joseph is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Joseph is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Joseph is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Joseph's birth date. Working below.

Where Joseph sits

Six lines

Joseph’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Joseph

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Joseph

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Joseph

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Joseph

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Joseph

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Joseph

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Washington on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Joseph’s birth-night reference starAlpheccablue-white · Corona BorealisAlphecca, in Corona Borealis. A blue-white star, 78° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alphecca →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 23.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Washington that night

Computed for 38.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Alphecca stood nearest the zenith over Washington at 9 p.m. that evening, 78.0° above the horizon in Corona Borealis.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 82 catalog stars were up in all.

Washington sits at 38.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Washington at all: they sit past the −51.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at full moon, 97% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 5° down.

How unusual Joseph's chart is

Chart pattern score

55 / 100 · Unusual

T-square onto Mars · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet

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.

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Joseph Ellis in 15 seconds

Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

Joseph Ellis's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 18, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Water Goat

Needs beauty like air.

Joseph Ellis was born on July 18, 1943, which falls in a Water Goat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Goat means →

Life Path 6

Responsible before asked.

Joseph Ellis's birth date, July 18, 1943, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Joseph’s chart

Joseph’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 3° to 19° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.6° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.8° orbUranus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1° orbVenus grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.1° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 1.3° orbJupiter fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.6° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.5° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 3.6° orbSun in Cancer · 25°09′☉25°Moon in Aquarius · 11°32′☽11°Mercury in Cancer · 25°46′☿25°Venus in Virgo · 8°37′♀8°Mars in Taurus · 7°19′♂7°Jupiter in Leo · 3°52′♃3°Saturn in Gemini · 21°08′♄21°Uranus in Gemini · 7°29′♅7°Neptune in Virgo · 29°39′♆29°Pluto in Leo · 6°29′♇6°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 1.2° orb

    Joseph’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarssquarePluto0.5° to 1.1° orb

    Joseph’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenussquareUranus0.8° to 1.5° orb

    Joseph’s affections grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableUranussextilePluto1.0° orb

  • stableVenustrineMars1.3° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionPluto2.5° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune2.8° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMarssquareJupiter3.2° to 3.7° orb

  • stableJupitersextileUranus3.5° to 3.7° orb

  • stableSunsextileNeptune4.0° to 5.0° orb

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune4.1° to 4.3° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Joseph’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironLeo 28°58′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 11°22′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosLeo 28°46′ (moves 0.89° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 27°56′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 6°07′ (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 Pluto 0.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 2.3°
  • Ceres square Venus 2.8°

Joseph’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☽ Moon5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Pluto; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Joseph’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.

  • Mars semi-sextile Uranus 0.2°
  • Saturn semi-square Pluto 0.4°
  • Mars semi-square Saturn 1.2°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.5°

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Joseph’s cards

Computed from July 18, 1943. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

癸

yin Water

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Joseph’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q669468 (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.

Portrait by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Joseph Ellis at Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Joseph Ellis.

Quick answers about Joseph Ellis’s chart

How old is Joseph Ellis?
Joseph Ellis is 83 years old, born July 18, 1943 in Washington, D.C., United States.
What zodiac sign is Joseph Ellis?
Joseph Ellis is a Cancer: born July 18, 1943, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What is Joseph Ellis's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 18, 1943 birth.
What is Joseph Ellis's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Joseph Ellis's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Leo at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Joseph Ellis's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Joseph Ellis's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Moon is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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