Karl Barry Sharpless
Karl Barry Sharpless (born April 28, 1941, Philadelphia, United States), aged 85, is an American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941). Sharpless's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wolf Prize in Chemistry and Chemical Pioneer Award.
Karl Barry Sharpless’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Snake, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Snake, with 
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Karl Barry Sharpless’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Karl in the U.S.?
#1593
US rank in 2025
~101,751
Americans share it since 1880
1960
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Karl’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia
White · Blush · Moonlight white
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What the chart says
Karl, according to the stars
Core essence
Karl 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 Karl 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.
How Karl wants to be loved
Karl wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Karl is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Karl creates
How Karl 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. Karl 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: Karl 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Karl is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Karl goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Karl's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Karl 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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The quick version
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
Karl Barry Sharpless's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 28, 1941, 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.
Metal Snake
Metal SnakeWise, cool, hard to read.
Karl Barry Sharpless was born on April 28, 1941, which falls in a Metal 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 11
Life Path 11Bright signal, thin skin.
Karl Barry Sharpless's birth date, April 28, 1941, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in Karl’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Karl Barry Sharpless' date-only chart is Uranus trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five planets, Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Karl Barry Sharpless combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
Karl’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Karl Barry Sharpless, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 24° to 6° Taurus or Gemini 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.
stableUranustrineNeptune0.1° to 0.2° orb
Karl’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssquareSaturn1.1° to 1.6° orb
Karl’s drive grinds against their discipline.
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus1.6° to 1.7° orb
Karl’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurysquarePluto1.7° to 3.7° orb
Karl’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrineNeptune1.7° to 2.0° orb
Karl’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunconjunctionVenus2.3° to 2.6° orb
Karl’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarssquareJupiter5.2° to 5.6° orb
Karl’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunsquarePluto5.4° to 6.4° orb
Karl’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenusconjunctionSaturn5.7° to 6.8° orb
Karl’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn6.7° to 6.8° orb
Karl’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.1° to 11.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth6 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed7 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
Karl’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.
⚷ ChironCancer 26°03′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Cancer is read as a wound around belonging and being looked after. Karl is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 8°33′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Karl caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosTaurus 8°49′ (moves 0.79° 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 Karl wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 3°02′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Karl is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 5°46′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Karl is read as immovable on those points.
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.
- Ceres trine Sun 0.6°
- Chiron sextile Neptune 0.8°
- Eros conjunction Sun 0.9°
- Chiron sextile Uranus 1.0°
- Hygiea square Pluto 1.0°
- Eros conjunction Venus 1.6°
- Ceres trine Venus 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Sun 2.2°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 2.6°
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°).
Karl’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. ♀ Venus11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Karl 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 Karl’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, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, UranusThree 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.
- Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury quintile Mars 0.7°
- Mars biquintile Neptune 1.2°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Karl Barry Sharpless, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Karl
Ann-Margret was born on April 28, 1941 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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Karl’s cards
Every card is computed from April 28, 1941, 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
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Karl Barry Sharpless, 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
Karl’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q110925, 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.
Portrait by Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Karl Barry Sharpless 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.
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Quick answers about Karl Barry Sharpless’s chart
- How old is Karl Barry Sharpless?
- Karl Barry Sharpless is 85 years old, born April 28, 1941 in Philadelphia, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Karl Barry Sharpless?
- Karl Barry Sharpless is a Taurus: born April 28, 1941, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Snake.
- What is Karl Barry Sharpless's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 28, 1941 birth.
- What time was Karl Barry Sharpless 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 is Karl Barry Sharpless's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the April 28, 1941 birth date.
- What is Karl Barry Sharpless's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 28, 1941 birth date.
- Where is Karl Barry Sharpless's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Karl Barry Sharpless's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
