Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun (born August 4, 1859, Vågå, Norway; died 1952), was a Norwegian novelist. Hamsun is best remembered for Growth of the Soil and Hunger. Hamsun's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature and Goethe Medal for Art and Science.
Knut Hamsun’s zodiac sign was Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Goat, with 
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Knut Hamsun’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 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
Knut’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Coral · Gold
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What the chart says
Knut, according to the stars
Core essence
Knut is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Knut is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
How Knut wants to be loved
Knut wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Knut gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Knut creates
How Knut 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. Knut 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: Knut is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Knut is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Knut fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Knut's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Knut sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Leo Sun
Leo SunThe room rearranges itself.
Knut Hamsun's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 4, 1859, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Earth Goat
Earth GoatMakes everything a bit more beautiful.
Knut Hamsun was born on August 4, 1859, which falls in a Earth Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Knut Hamsun's birth date, August 4, 1859, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Knut’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Knut Hamsun's date-only chart is Venus trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mars and Saturn, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Fire/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Knut Hamsun 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.
Knut’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Knut Hamsun, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 3° Libra or Scorpio 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.
stableMoonsquareVenus0.0° to 6.3° orb
Knut’s feelings grind against their affections. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurytrinePluto0.0° to 0.5° orb
Knut’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenustrineNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb
Knut’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssextileUranus0.0° to 0.4° orb
Knut’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysquareUranus1.0° to 1.8° orb
Knut’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarssquarePluto1.1° to 1.7° orb
Knut’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunsquarePluto2.5° to 3.4° orb
Knut’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunconjunctionSaturn3.4° to 4.2° orb
Knut’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurysextileJupiter3.7° to 4.2° orb
Knut’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersextilePluto3.8° to 4.0° orb
Knut’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableSunsextileUranus4.0° to 4.9° orb
Knut’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableSunconjunctionMars4.2° to 4.5° orb
Knut’s core identity and drive act as one.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Knut’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 20°38′ (moves 0.05° 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 Knut making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Pisces 20°18′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Knut is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosSagittarius 13°31′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Knut attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaLeo 10°22′ (moves 0.36° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Knut at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 10°07′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Knut at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.
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.
- Hygiea conjunction Sun 1.1°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.6°
- Eros trine Saturn 1.8°
- Hygiea square Pluto 1.8°
- Eros trine Sun 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mars 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°).
Knut’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. ☉ Sun11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
5 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Knut is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 Knut’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 Leo · Sun, Mars, 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 sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.3°
- Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 0.9°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.3°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 1.5°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Knut Hamsun, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Knut’s cards
Every card is computed from August 4, 1859, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Knut Hamsun, 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
Knut’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q40826, 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 Nasjonalbiblioteket from Norway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Knut Hamsun at Wikipedia, hamsunsenteret.no, 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 Knut Hamsun.
Quick answers about Knut Hamsun’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Knut Hamsun?
- Knut Hamsun was a Leo: born August 4, 1859, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Goat.
- What was Knut Hamsun's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 4, 1859 birth.
- What time was Knut Hamsun 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 Knut Hamsun's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the August 4, 1859 birth date.
- What was Knut Hamsun's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 4, 1859 birth date.
- Where was Knut Hamsun's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Knut Hamsun's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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