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Joseph Livingston

Joseph Livingston (born February 10, 1905, New York City, United States; died 1989), was an American journalist. Livingston's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.

Joseph Livingston’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Joseph Livingston’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Lightkeeper

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive 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

9 · 2 · 8

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

East

Season

spring

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern

Violet · Ivory · Forest

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Joseph, according to the stars

Core essence

Joseph is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Joseph is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

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 cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Joseph 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: Joseph 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 9 is the humanitarian. Joseph is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Joseph 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 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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Joseph

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Joseph

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Joseph

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Joseph

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

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If you only read one paragraph

Aquarius Sun

Weird on purpose, never sorry.

Joseph Livingston's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 10, 1905, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.

Wood Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

Joseph Livingston was born on February 10, 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 9

Carries the whole room's weight.

Joseph Livingston's birth date, February 10, 1905, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Joseph’s chart

Joseph’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Joseph Livingston, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 23° to 5° Aries or Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.5° orbSun fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1.9° orbJupiter opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.1° orbVenus grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.2° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 2.7° orbUranus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 2.8° orbMoon flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.4° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 3.4° orbSun in Aquarius · 21°19′21°Moon in Aries · 29°30′29°Mercury in Aquarius · 2°10′Venus in Aries · 7°56′Mars in Scorpio · 12°50′12°Jupiter in Aries · 25°20′25°Saturn in Aquarius · 23°12′23°Uranus in Capricorn · 2°53′Neptune in Cancer · 5°42′ · retrogradePluto in Gemini · 19°47′ · retrograde19°

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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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
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Opposition 180°

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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.

  • stableSuntrinePluto1.0° to 2.0° orb

    Joseph’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn1.4° to 2.3° orb

    Joseph’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenussquareNeptune1.7° to 2.8° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextileSaturn2.1° orb

    Joseph’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune2.8° 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.

  • stableSaturntrinePluto3.4° to 3.5° orb

    Joseph’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter3.6° to 4.4° orb

    Joseph’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableVenussquareUranus4.6° to 5.6° orb

    Joseph’s affections grind against their need for freedom.

  • possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 0.0° to 10.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.1° to 9.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.2° to 12.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air 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 2°25′ (moves 0.08° 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.

  • CeresAquarius 7°52′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Joseph is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ErosCapricorn 2°43′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Joseph is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • HygieaScorpio 6°28′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Joseph carrying stress in the body until it is named.

  • Black Moon LilithAries 2°21′ (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 Joseph 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 orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Ceres sextile Venus 0.1°
  • Chiron conjunction Mercury 0.2°
  • Eros conjunction Uranus 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 0.5°
  • Hygiea trine Neptune 0.8°
  • Eros opposition Neptune 3.0°

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. Uranus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. Saturn5.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. Sun3 pts

    3 major aspects

A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Joseph is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.

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 Aquarius · 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Venus · Uranus, Neptune, VenusAn 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.

  • Venus quintile Pluto 0.2°
  • Venus semi-square Saturn 0.3°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.6°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 0.7°
  • Mars biquintile Pluto 0.9°
  • Venus biquintile Mars 1.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.6°

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

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The Moon

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The Gilded Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Aquarius

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

yin Wood

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

yang Earth

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

yang Metal

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Joseph Livingston, 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 Q90860111, 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 Joseph Livingston at Wikipedia.

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 Livingston.

Quick answers about Joseph Livingston’s chart

What zodiac sign was Joseph Livingston?
Joseph Livingston was an Aquarius: born February 10, 1905, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Snake.
What was Joseph Livingston's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 10, 1905 birth.
What time was Joseph Livingston 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 Livingston's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the February 10, 1905 birth date.
What was Joseph Livingston's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 10, 1905 birth date.
Where was Joseph Livingston's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Joseph Livingston's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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