Judith Merril
Judith Merril (born January 21, 1923, Boston, United States; died 1997), was an American science fiction writer and editor. Merril's honours include Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and Hugo Award for Best Related Work.
Judith Merril’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, Chinese zodiac was Water Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Aquarius, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Dog, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Judith
Judith Merril’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Scholar
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Judith in the U.S.?
#790
US rank in 2025
~455,955
Americans share it since 1880
1943
its peak year
Judith ranked 299th in 1923, the year of this birth, with 461 American girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Judith’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
3
Expression · expression and voice
8
Soul Urge · achievement
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on J (1) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Judith’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
1 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus
Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1922, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Judith apart
Judith Merril took the Hugo Award for Best Related Work in 2003, at 80.
The classrooms behind this chart: Morris High School and James Monroe High School.
On the family side, Judith Merril was married Frederik Pohl.
Wikipedia's editors put Judith Merril under Futurians, Canadian women librarians and American Trotskyists.
Christian Dior (1905) and Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Morris High School and James Monroe High School
- Awards
- Hugo Award for Best Related Work (2003) and Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2013)
- Citizenship
- United States and Canada
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 18
What the chart says
Judith, according to the stars
Core essence
Judith is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Judith 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Judith is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Judith needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
How Judith wants to be loved
Judith wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Judith and watch them fall for you again.
How Judith creates
How Judith makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Judith builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Judith is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Judith 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 Judith leads without needing to do it alone.
Computed from Judith's birth date. Working below.
Where Judith sits
Six lines
Judith’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Judith Merril
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Boston on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Boston that night
Computed for 42.36°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Boston was Capella, in Auriga, 86.3° up.
Of the 108 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 42.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −47.6° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Boston on any night.
Sun 47° below the horizon, Moon up and 23% lit at waxing crescent.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Boston, United States
The death is recorded at Toronto, Ontario in 1997.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Judith Merril: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Judith's chart is
Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
Grand trine · T-square onto Jupiter · 2 planets at a critical degree
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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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunIdeas first, people second.
Judith Merril's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 21, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aquarius means →Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
Judith Merril was born on January 21, 1923, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Independent to the core.
Judith Merril's birth date, January 21, 1923, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in Judith’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Judith Merril's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- No planet falls in Earth signs in this chart.
- Judith Merril combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Scholar.
Judith’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Pisces depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMercurysextileVenus0.0° to 0.7° orb
Judith’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileMars0.3° to 0.6° orb
Judith’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
stableJupitersquareNeptune1.0° to 1.1° orb
Judith’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurysquareJupiter1.2° to 1.6° orb
stableUranustrinePluto1.5° orb
stableVenustrineNeptune2.1° to 3.1° orb
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune2.3° to 2.6° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.8° orb
stableVenussquareUranus3.0° to 3.8° orb
stableJupitertrineUranus4.9° to 5.0° orb
stableMercurytrineSaturn5.1° to 5.4° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto6.4° to 6.5° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Judith’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAries 13°19′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 8°28′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 25°57′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 28°56′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 12°29′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron trine Venus 1.3°
- Ceres opposition Pluto 1.3°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 1.3°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 1.5°
- Hygiea conjunction Sun 1.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 2.7°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 2.8°
Judith’s dominant planets
1. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Judith’s chart
Grand trine · Jupiter, Uranus, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
T-square onto Jupiter · Mercury, Neptune, JupiterAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury semi-square Mars 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.0°
- Mercury biquintile Pluto 1.0°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.0°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 1.5°
Judith’s family here
One relative of Judith Merril also has a chart on AsterNym.
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Born in Dog years
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Other Aquarius Dog charts
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Judith’s cards
Computed from January 21, 1923. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen ScholarWestern zodiac
AquariusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
1 · Pioneer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Judith’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q276304 (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.
The same Judith Merril at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Judith Merril.
Quick answers about Judith Merril’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Judith Merril?
- Judith Merril was an Aquarius: born January 21, 1923, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
- What was Judith Merril's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 21, 1923 birth.
- What was Judith Merril's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What was Judith Merril's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Judith Merril's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Judith Merril's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
