Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter (born May 15, 1890, Indian Creek, United States; died 1980), was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Porter's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, O. Henry Award and National Book Award.
Katherine Anne Porter’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Tiger, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Tiger, with 
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Katherine Anne Porter’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Guardian
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Katherine in the U.S.?
#186
US rank in 2025
~652,750
Americans share it since 1880
1990
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Katherine’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
2 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Ivory · Blush · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Katherine, according to the stars
Core essence
Katherine 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 Katherine 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Katherine runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Katherine needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How Katherine wants to be loved
Katherine wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Katherine like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Katherine creates
How Katherine 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. Katherine 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: Katherine is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Katherine is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Katherine has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Katherine's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Katherine Anne Porter in 15 seconds
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
Katherine Anne Porter's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 15, 1890, 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 Tiger
Metal TigerCourage before caution.
Katherine Anne Porter was born on May 15, 1890, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 2
Life Path 2Listens first, then decides.
Katherine Anne Porter's birth date, May 15, 1890, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 2 readings associate the number with cooperation, diplomacy and mediation: working alongside others and holding a group together. Numerologists describe it as the path of the partner, and read its influence as quiet rather than visible. The corresponding tension is self-effacement, with the caution that influence exercised through others can go uncounted, including by the person exercising it.
What stands out in Katherine’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Katherine Anne Porter's date-only chart is Mercury trine Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Mercury, Venus, Neptune and Pluto, sit together in Gemini, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Katherine Anne Porter combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Guardian.
Katherine’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Katherine Anne Porter, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Aries 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.
stableMercurytrineJupiter0.7° to 0.9° orb
Katherine’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarssextileJupiter1.5° to 1.8° orb
Katherine’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsquareSaturn2.0° to 2.9° orb
Katherine’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryoppositionMars2.2° to 2.7° orb
Katherine’s mind pulls against their drive from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto2.2° orb
Katherine’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus3.5° to 4.4° orb
Katherine’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsextileUranus3.8° to 3.9° orb
Katherine’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableMarsoppositionPluto3.9° to 4.2° orb
Katherine’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableVenustrineJupiter4.2° to 5.3° orb
Katherine’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableVenusoppositionMars5.7° to 7.1° orb
Katherine’s affections pull against their drive from across the wheel.
stableJupitertrinePluto5.7° orb
Katherine’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableMarsoppositionNeptune6.1° to 6.4° orb
Katherine’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air6 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
Katherine’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 18°32′ (moves 0.08° 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. Katherine is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio 27°20′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. Katherine is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosGemini 2°07′ (moves 0.86° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Katherine is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaPisces 27°15′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Katherine needing solitude to reset.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 2°33′ (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. Katherine 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.
- Ceres square Saturn 0.1°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 1.3°
- Eros conjunction Neptune 1.8°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 2.4°
- Ceres opposition Sun 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°).
Katherine’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. ☿ Mercury9 pts
in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Venus, Neptune, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars5 pts
5 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Katherine is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Katherine’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 Gemini · Mercury, Venus, Neptune, PlutoThree 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 quintile Saturn 1.3°
- Sun quincunx Uranus 1.4°
- Mars semi-square Uranus 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Katherine Anne Porter, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Katherine’s cards
Every card is computed from May 15, 1890, 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
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Katherine Anne Porter, 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
Katherine’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q236958, 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 Hulton Archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Katherine Anne Porter at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
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 Katherine Anne Porter.
Quick answers about Katherine Anne Porter’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Katherine Anne Porter?
- Katherine Anne Porter was a Taurus: born May 15, 1890, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Tiger.
- What was Katherine Anne Porter's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 15, 1890 birth.
- What time was Katherine Anne Porter 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 Katherine Anne Porter's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the May 15, 1890 birth date.
- What was Katherine Anne Porter's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 15, 1890 birth date.
- Where was Katherine Anne Porter's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Katherine Anne Porter's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Venus, Neptune, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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