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Joseph Kingsbury Smith

Joseph Kingsbury Smith (born February 20, 1908, New York City, United States; died 1999), was an American journalist. Smith's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and George Polk Award.

Joseph Kingsbury Smith’s zodiac sign was Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Joseph Kingsbury Smith’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Explorer

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical 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

US Social Security Administration public records

Joseph’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Amethyst, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Violet · Rose-gold · Gold

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What the chart says

Joseph, according to the stars

Core essence

Joseph feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Joseph is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.

The vibe

Underneath, Joseph cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Joseph needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How Joseph wants to be loved

Joseph 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 Joseph creates

How Joseph makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Joseph creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.

Instinct

Instinct: Joseph 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Joseph is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Joseph 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 Joseph's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Joseph sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Joseph

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

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

Dedicate a star to Joseph Kingsbury Smith

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

Joseph’s birth-night reference starCastorwhite · GeminiCastor, in Gemini. A white star, 79.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Castor →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 69° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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.

If you only read one paragraph

Pisces Sun

Feels it all, owns none of it.

Joseph Kingsbury Smith's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of February 20, 1908, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Pisces readings associate the sign with imagination, empathy and permeable boundaries: absorbing the mood of a place and turning it into something. Astrologers describe it as the mutable water sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter and in modern practice by Neptune. The corresponding tension is drift, described in the tradition as a difficulty telling one's own feelings from everyone else's.

Earth Monkey

Solved it, and made a joke.

Joseph Kingsbury Smith was born on February 20, 1908, which falls in a Earth 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 4

Builds it properly or not at all.

Joseph Kingsbury Smith's birth date, February 20, 1908, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.

What stands out in Joseph’s chart

Joseph’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Joseph Kingsbury Smith, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 1° to 14° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 0.1° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.4° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2° orbVenus flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.1° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.4° orbMercury flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.7° orbUranus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.1° orbSaturn grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.8° orbSun in Pisces · 0°41′☉0°Moon in Libra · 7°50′☽7°Mercury in Pisces · 15°02′ · retrograde☿℞15°Venus in Aries · 7°56′♀7°Mars in Aries · 28°19′♂28°Jupiter in Leo · 5°52′ · retrograde♃℞5°Saturn in Pisces · 26°36′♄26°Uranus in Capricorn · 15°25′♅15°Neptune in Cancer · 12°21′ · retrograde♆℞12°Pluto in Gemini · 22°49′ · retrograde♇℞22°

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.

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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.

  • stableMoonoppositionVenus0.1° to 5.7° orb

    Joseph’s feelings pull against their affections from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus0.3° to 0.5° orb

    Joseph’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenustrineJupiter1.4° to 2.7° orb

    Joseph’s affections flow straight into their growth.

  • stableSunsextileMars2.2° to 2.5° orb

    Joseph’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • stableMercurytrineNeptune2.6° to 2.7° orb

    Joseph’s mind flows straight into their imagination.

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune3.0° to 3.1° orb

    Joseph’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto3.7° to 3.9° orb

    Joseph’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenussquareNeptune3.8° to 5.0° orb

    Joseph’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 8.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 1.4° to 13.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 5.1° to 17.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.

Joseph’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 19°09′ (moves 0.07° 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 Joseph making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Libra 17°26′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Joseph is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 26°50′ (moves 0.87° over the day)

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

    Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Joseph wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 29°01′ (moves 0.25° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Joseph feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 5°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Joseph is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

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 sextile Saturn 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 0.4°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mars 0.7°
  • Hygiea sextile Sun 1.7°
  • Ceres square Uranus 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.5°

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°).

Joseph’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. 1. ♆ Neptune9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars4 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; disposes Venus; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Neptune-led chart is read as imagination and porousness leading: Joseph is read as tuned to what is not said.

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 Joseph’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, the shape it makesStellium in Pisces · 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 Uranus 0.3°
  • Saturn quintile Uranus 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-square Mars 1.7°
  • Mars semi-sextile Saturn 1.7°
  • Jupiter semi-square Pluto 2.0°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Joseph Kingsbury Smith, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Joseph Kingsbury Smith, 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

Joseph’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q61747343, 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.

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 Joseph Kingsbury Smith.

Quick answers about Joseph Kingsbury Smith’s chart

What zodiac sign was Joseph Kingsbury Smith?
Joseph Kingsbury Smith was a Pisces: born February 20, 1908, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey.
What was Joseph Kingsbury Smith's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 20, 1908 birth.
What time was Joseph Kingsbury Smith 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 Joseph Kingsbury Smith's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the February 20, 1908 birth date.
What was Joseph Kingsbury Smith's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 20, 1908 birth date.
Where was Joseph Kingsbury Smith's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Joseph Kingsbury Smith's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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