Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson (born November 26, 1943, Sandpoint, United States), aged 82, is an American novelist and essayist (born 1943). Robinson is best known for Lila, Home and Housekeeping. Robinson's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Women's Prize for Fiction and National Humanities Medal.
Marilynne Robinson’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Goat, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Goat, with 
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Marilynne Robinson’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Seeker
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Marilynne in the U.S.?
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outside the current top list
~968
Americans share it since 1880
1946
its peak year
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Marilynne’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Rose-gold · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Marilynne, according to the stars
Core essence
Marilynne is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Marilynne is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Marilynne feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Marilynne needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How Marilynne wants to be loved
Marilynne 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. Marilynne gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Marilynne creates
How Marilynne makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Marilynne creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Marilynne 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Marilynne 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 bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Marilynne scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Marilynne's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Marilynne sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunRestless in a good way.
Marilynne Robinson's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 26, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.
Water Goat
Water GoatNeeds beauty like air.
Marilynne Robinson was born on November 26, 1943, which falls in a Water 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 9
Life Path 9Compassion at scale.
Marilynne Robinson's birth date, November 26, 1943, 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 Marilynne’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Marilynne Robinson's date-only chart is Sun sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Saturn and Uranus, 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.
- Marilynne Robinson combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Seeker.
Marilynne’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Marilynne Robinson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° 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.
stableSunsextileNeptune0.0° to 0.6° orb
Marilynne’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenustrineMars0.4° to 1.9° orb
Marilynne’s affections flow straight into their drive.
stableUranussextilePluto1.7° to 1.8° orb
Marilynne’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersextileSaturn1.9° to 2.0° orb
Marilynne’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryoppositionMars2.5° to 4.4° orb
Marilynne’s mind pulls against their drive from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunoppositionUranus2.8° to 3.8° orb
Marilynne’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableUranustrineNeptune3.1° to 3.2° orb
Marilynne’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurytrinePluto3.3° to 4.9° orb
Marilynne’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysextileVenus4.3° to 4.8° orb
Marilynne’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSuntrinePluto4.5° to 5.5° orb
Marilynne’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableNeptunesextilePluto4.9° orb
Marilynne’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryoppositionUranus5.0° to 6.6° orb
Marilynne’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 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 Earth signs.
Marilynne’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.
⚷ ChironVirgo 14°41′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Virgo is read as a wound around never being good enough. The reading has Marilynne turning that pressure into craft and an eye for what others miss.
⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 6°60′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Marilynne is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosSagittarius 9°41′ (moves 0.66° 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 Marilynne attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaLibra 17°55′ (moves 0.36° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Marilynne is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 20°43′ (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. Marilynne 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.
- Hygiea conjunction Venus 0.6°
- Eros trine Pluto 1.0°
- Chiron square Mars 1.5°
- Hygiea trine Mars 1.7°
- Chiron square Mercury 1.9°
- Eros opposition Uranus 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°).
Marilynne’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Pluto; 3 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Marilynne 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 Marilynne’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Saturn semi-square Pluto 1.0°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Marilynne Robinson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Marilynne’s cards
Every card is computed from November 26, 1943, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Marilynne Robinson, 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
Marilynne’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q253926, 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 Christian Scott Heinen Bell, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Marilynne Robinson at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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 Marilynne Robinson.
Quick answers about Marilynne Robinson’s chart
- How old is Marilynne Robinson?
- Marilynne Robinson is 82 years old, born November 26, 1943 in Sandpoint, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Marilynne Robinson?
- Marilynne Robinson is a Sagittarius: born November 26, 1943, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Goat.
- What is Marilynne Robinson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 26, 1943 birth.
- What time was Marilynne Robinson 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 is Marilynne Robinson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the November 26, 1943 birth date.
- What is Marilynne Robinson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Virgo at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 26, 1943 birth date.
- Where is Marilynne Robinson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Marilynne Robinson's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Mars, Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
