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Leopold Ružička

Leopold Ružička (born September 13, 1887, Vukovar, Croatia; died 1976), was a Croatian scientist. Ružička's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Marcel Benoist Prize and Faraday Lectureship Prize.

Leopold Ružička’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Fire Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

Your match with Leopold

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Leopold Ružička’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Storyteller

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

How common is the name Leopold in the U.S.?

#2001

US rank in 2025

~4,043

Americans share it since 1880

2020

its peak year

In 1887, 7 American boys were registered Leopold — 796th on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Leopold’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

3

Soul Urge · being heard

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on L (3) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Leopold’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Carnelian

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus

Lavender · Lilac · Scarlet

The record

What sets Leopold apart

Roald Dahl (1916) and Niall Horan (1993) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Leopold, according to the stars

Core essence

Leopold notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Leopold is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Leopold wants to be loved

Leopold wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Leopold gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Leopold creates

How Leopold makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Leopold creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Leopold is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Leopold is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Leopold leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Leopold 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 Leopold's birth date. Working below.

Where Leopold sits

Six lines

Leopold’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Leopold

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Leopold

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Leopold

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Leopold

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Leopold

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Leopold

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Leopold Ružička

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Vukovar on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Leopold’s birth-night reference starDenebwhite · CygnusDeneb, in Cygnus. A white star, 88.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Deneb →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 13.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Vukovar that night

Computed for 45.35°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Deneb stood nearest the zenith over Vukovar at 9 p.m. that evening, 88.5° above the horizon in Cygnus.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 90 catalog stars above the horizon.

At 45.4°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Vukovar at all: they sit past the −44.6° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at waning crescent, 19% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 29° down.

How unusual Leopold's chart is

Chart pattern score

38 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · Venus retrograde · 1 planet at a critical degree

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.

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The quick version

Virgo Sun

Standards nobody else can meet.

Leopold Ružička's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 13, 1887, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Fire Pig

Warm, sincere, easy company.

Leopold Ružička was born on September 13, 1887, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 1

Starts things. Lots of things.

Leopold Ružička's birth date, September 13, 1887, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Leopold’s chart

Leopold’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 17° to 1° Cancer or Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.1° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.5° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.7° orbMoon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 1.8° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 2° orbSaturn opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.1° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 2.4° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.8° orbSun in Virgo · 20°19′☉20°Moon in Cancer · 24°30′☽24°Mercury in Virgo · 22°41′☿22°Venus in Libra · 3°00′ · retrograde♀℞2°Mars in Leo · 10°58′♂10°Jupiter in Scorpio · 4°36′♃4°Saturn in Leo · 2°53′♄2°Uranus in Libra · 11°27′♅11°Neptune in Gemini · 0°03′ · retrograde♆℞0°Pluto in Gemini · 5°01′ · retrograde♇℞5°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableVenussextileSaturn0.0° to 0.4° orb

    Leopold’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssextileUranus0.2° to 0.8° orb

    Leopold’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn1.7° to 1.8° orb

    Leopold’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenustrinePluto1.8° to 2.3° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury1.9° to 2.8° orb

  • stableSaturnsextilePluto2.1° to 2.2° orb

  • stableVenustrineNeptune2.7° to 3.2° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.8° to 2.9° orb

  • stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto5.0° orb

  • stableMarssquareJupiter6.1° to 6.6° orb

  • stableUranustrinePluto6.4° to 6.5° orb

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 10.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

Leopold’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCancer 1°42′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 22°51′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 0°49′ (moves 0.53° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 28°50′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 13°54′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros opposition Neptune 0.8°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 1.2°
  • Chiron square Venus 1.3°
  • Eros trine Saturn 2.1°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Uranus 2.4°
  • Chiron trine Jupiter 2.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 2.9°

Leopold’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Leopold’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter quincunx Pluto 0.4°
  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 0.7°
  • Mars quintile Neptune 1.1°
  • Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 1.6°

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Famous people with Life Path 1

  • Michel Temer24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
  • Tim CookAmerican business executive, Apple CEO
  • Eartha KittAmerican singer and actress
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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else

Leopold’s cards

Computed from September 13, 1887. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Storyteller

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Leopold’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q122996 (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 Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Leopold Ružička at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Leopold Ružička.

Quick answers about Leopold Ružička’s chart

What zodiac sign was Leopold Ružička?
Leopold Ružička was a Virgo: born September 13, 1887, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What was Leopold Ružička's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 13, 1887 birth.
What was Leopold Ružička's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was Leopold Ružička's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Leopold Ružička's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Leopold Ružička's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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