Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich (born October 4, 1938, Aarberg, Switzerland), aged 88, is a Swiss chemist (born 1938). Wüthrich has served as advisory board. Wüthrich's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize and Marcel Benoist Prize.
Kurt Wüthrich’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Earth Tiger, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Tiger, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Kurt
Kurt Wüthrich’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Strategist
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Kurt in the U.S.?
#2271
US rank in 2025
~86,054
Americans share it since 1894
1964
its peak year
In 1938, 134 American boys were registered Kurt — 503rd on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Kurt’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
6
Soul Urge · being needed
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on K (2) and closes on T (2).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Kurt’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Amber · Blush · Gold
The record
What sets Kurt apart
Susan Sarandon (1946) and Vitaly Ginzburg (1916) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Kurt, according to the stars
Core essence
Kurt makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Kurt is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Kurt needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Kurt needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Kurt wants to be loved
Kurt wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Kurt even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Kurt creates
How Kurt makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Kurt creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Kurt 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Kurt 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Kurt channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Kurt's birth date. Working below.
Where Kurt sits
Six lines
Kurt’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 Kurt Wüthrich
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Aarberg 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 Aarberg that night
Computed for 47.05°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Aarberg at 9 p.m. that evening: Deneb of Cygnus, within 7.4° of the exact zenith.
Of the 94 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Aarberg sits at 47.0°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Nothing below −43.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Aarberg on any night.
The Moon, 80% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 29° below the horizon.
How unusual Kurt's chart is
Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
T-square onto Jupiter
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.
Score your own chart →Kurt Wüthrich at a glance
Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
Kurt Wüthrich's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 4, 1938, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Earth Tiger
Earth TigerBig heart, short fuse.
Kurt Wüthrich was born on October 4, 1938, which falls in a Earth Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Kurt Wüthrich's birth date, October 4, 1938, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Kurt’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Kurt Wüthrich's date-only chart is Mars trine Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Kurt Wüthrich combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Strategist.
Kurt’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 19° Aquarius depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMarstrineUranus0.0° to 0.6° orb
Kurt’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussquareJupiter0.9° to 1.7° orb
Kurt’s affections grind against their growth.
stableVenussextileNeptune2.1° to 2.8° orb
Kurt’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunoppositionSaturn3.8° to 4.9° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury4.2° to 5.1° orb
stableUranustrineNeptune4.4° to 4.5° orb
stableMarsconjunctionNeptune4.5° to 5.1° orb
stableJupitersquareUranus5.6° orb
stableVenusoppositionUranus6.6° to 7.3° orb
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 10.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Kurt’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironCancer 9°52′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 27°55′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 5°29′ (moves 0.58° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaScorpio 1°35′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 21°22′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea square Pluto 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.3°
- Eros sextile Mercury 0.4°
- Chiron square Sun 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 2.7°
Kurt’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Kurt’s chart
T-square onto Jupiter · Venus, Uranus, 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.
- Mars semi-square Pluto 0.5°
- Sun biquintile Uranus 0.6°
- Jupiter quincunx Neptune 1.1°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.5°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.8°
- Mars quincunx Saturn 1.9°
More people like Kurt
Other chemists
- Richard Robson1937
- Thomas A. Steitz1940
- Robert Huber1937
- Joachim Frank1940
- Robert Curl1933
- John E. Walker1941
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More charts like Kurt’s
Fellow Libra suns
- Herbert JonesAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Jakob PöltlAustrian basketball player (born 1995)
- Robert Williams IIIAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
Born in Tiger years
- Delilah Belle HamlinAmerican actress and TV personality (born 1998)
- Ashley HamiltonAmerican actor
- David FurnishCanadian filmmaker
Also born on October 4
- Susan Sarandon1946
- Vitaly Ginzburg1916
- Christoph Waltz1956
- Dakota Johnson1989
- Alicia Silverstone1976
- Melissa Benoist1988
Fellow Yin Earth day masters
- Konrad LorenzAustrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973
- Martin Lewis PerlAmerican scientist
- William GiauqueAmerican chemist
Other Libra Tiger charts
- Ales BialiatskiBelarusian activist, Nobel laureate (born 1962)
- Raymond Davis Jr.American scientist
- Thomas Hunt MorganAmerican biologist
- Jody WilliamsAmerican teacher and aid worker
Other Steadfast Strategists
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- Caleb McLaughlinAmerican actor
- Eileen GuAmerican-born Chinese freestyle skier
- Lauren JacksonAustralian basketball player
Famous people with Life Path 8
- Max ArfstenAmerican soccer player
- Mamadou SarrSenegalese-French footballer (born 2005)
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From the journal: Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal · Astrology vs astronomy: when and why they separated
Kurt’s cards
Computed from October 4, 1938. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
8 · Achiever♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Kurt’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q110957 (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.
Portrait by Markus Pössel (User: Mapos), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Kurt Wüthrich at Wikipedia, scripps.edu and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Kurt Wüthrich.
Quick answers about Kurt Wüthrich’s chart
- How old is Kurt Wüthrich?
- Kurt Wüthrich is 88 years old, born October 4, 1938 in Aarberg, Switzerland.
- What zodiac sign is Kurt Wüthrich?
- Kurt Wüthrich is a Libra: born October 4, 1938, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What is Kurt Wüthrich's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 4, 1938 birth.
- What is Kurt Wüthrich's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Kurt Wüthrich's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Kurt Wüthrich's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Kurt Wüthrich's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
