Leon M. Lederman
Leon M. Lederman (born July 15, 1922, New York City, United States; died 2018), was an American mathematician and physicist. Lederman's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Guggenheim Fellowship and Enrico Fermi Award.
Leon M. Lederman’s zodiac sign was Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Dog, with 
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Leon M. Lederman’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Visionary
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Leon in the U.S.?
#138
US rank in 2025
~184,074
Americans share it since 1880
1924
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Leon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
9 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🪷 Lotus
Sky blue · Pearl · Soft pink
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What the chart says
Leon, according to the stars
Core essence
Leon feels the room before entering it. The core of Leon is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Leon, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
How Leon wants to be loved
Leon wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Leon and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Leon creates
How Leon 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. Leon 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: Leon 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 9 is the humanitarian. Leon is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Leon 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.
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Leon M. Lederman at a glance
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunFeeds you before you ask.
Leon M. Lederman's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 15, 1922, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
Leon M. Lederman was born on July 15, 1922, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Wide view, open hands.
Leon M. Lederman's birth date, July 15, 1922, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.
What stands out in Leon’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Leon M. Lederman's date-only chart is Mercury square Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Pluto, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Leon M. Lederman combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Visionary.
Leon’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Leon M. Lederman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 29° to 11° Pisces or 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.
stableMercurysquareSaturn0.0° to 0.7° orb
Leon’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableMarssextileJupiter0.0° to 0.1° orb
Leon’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupitersquarePluto1.2° to 1.3° orb
Leon’s growth grinds against their depths.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.5° to 1.6° orb
Leon’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssquareUranus2.2° orb
Leon’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableUranustrinePluto3.4° orb
Leon’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitersextileNeptune3.6° to 3.7° orb
Leon’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarstrineNeptune3.7° orb
Leon’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.0° to 9.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 8.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Leon’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.
⚷ ChironAries 17°29′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Leon may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresLibra 29°37′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Leon is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.
♡ ErosVirgo 18°13′ (moves 0.82° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. Leon is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 2°51′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Leon is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 21°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Leon is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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 sextile Saturn 0.6°
- Ceres sextile Venus 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.0°
- Hygiea square Venus 2.2°
- Ceres trine Mercury 2.6°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.7°
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°).
Leon’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. ☽ Moon6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto
2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury3 pts
disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Leon is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
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 Leon’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 Cancer · Sun, Mercury, 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.
Yod onto Uranus · Jupiter, Neptune, UranusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.
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.
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.2°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 1.5°
- Venus semi-sextile Saturn 1.7°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Leon M. Lederman, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Leon’s cards
Every card is computed from July 15, 1922, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Leon M. Lederman, 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
Leon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q192695, 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 FNAL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Leon M. Lederman’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Leon M. Lederman?
- Leon M. Lederman was a Cancer: born July 15, 1922, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog.
- What was Leon M. Lederman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 15, 1922 birth.
- What time was Leon M. Lederman 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 Leon M. Lederman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the July 15, 1922 birth date.
- What was Leon M. Lederman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 15, 1922 birth date.
- Where was Leon M. Lederman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Leon M. Lederman's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto). Jupiter is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
