Maxwell Anderson
Maxwell Anderson (born December 15, 1888, Atlantic, United States; died 1959), was an American playwright and writer. Anderson's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama and honorary doctorate from Columbia University.
Maxwell Anderson’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Rat, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Rat, with 
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Maxwell Anderson’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Seeker
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
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Maxwell’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold
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What the chart says
Maxwell, according to the stars
Core essence
Maxwell is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Maxwell 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.
How Maxwell wants to be loved
Maxwell wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Maxwell be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Maxwell creates
How Maxwell makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Maxwell creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Maxwell is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Maxwell is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Maxwell goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Maxwell's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Maxwell sits
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You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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 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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Maxwell Anderson in 15 seconds
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunTruth first, tact later.
Maxwell Anderson's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 15, 1888, 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.
Earth Rat
Earth RatResourceful is an understatement.
Maxwell Anderson was born on December 15, 1888, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Solitary, curious, deep.
Maxwell Anderson's birth date, December 15, 1888, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Maxwell’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Maxwell Anderson's date-only chart is Saturn sextile Uranus, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Maxwell Anderson combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Seeker.
Maxwell’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Maxwell Anderson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 18° to 0° Taurus or Gemini 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.
stableSaturnsextileUranus1.0° to 1.1° orb
Maxwell’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableVenustrinePluto1.1° to 2.3° orb
Maxwell’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitertrineSaturn1.1° to 1.4° orb
Maxwell’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter1.3° to 2.6° orb
Maxwell’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenustrineNeptune2.0° to 3.3° orb
Maxwell’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitersextileUranus2.2° to 2.4° orb
Maxwell’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurytrineSaturn2.4° to 4.0° orb
Maxwell’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableSunsextileUranus2.5° to 3.5° orb
Maxwell’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableSuntrineSaturn3.6° to 4.6° orb
Maxwell’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto4.3° to 4.4° orb
Maxwell’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunconjunctionJupiter5.0° to 5.7° orb
Maxwell’s core identity and growth act as one.
stableMarstrinePluto5.6° to 6.4° orb
Maxwell’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
Maxwell’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 ℞Cancer 9°34′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Cancer is read as a wound around belonging and being looked after. Maxwell is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Leo 5°34′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Maxwell is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosScorpio 4°13′ (moves 0.81° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Maxwell is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 4°11′ (moves 0.43° 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. Maxwell is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 5°04′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of Maxwell that says the unsayable and does not take it back.
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 opposition Pluto 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 0.4°
- Ceres sextile Pluto 0.9°
- Eros square Venus 1.3°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.1°
- Ceres opposition Venus 2.6°
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°).
Maxwell’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. ♃ Jupiter11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Maxwell is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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 Maxwell’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 Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, JupiterThree 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.
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 0.9°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.0°
- Sun semi-square Mars 1.4°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.6°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Maxwell Anderson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Maxwell’s cards
Every card is computed from December 15, 1888, 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 Metal.
Year
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Maxwell Anderson, 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
Maxwell’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q432919, 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 Stage Publishing Company, Inc., photograph by Alfredo Valente, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Maxwell Anderson at Wikipedia, 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 Maxwell Anderson.
Quick answers about Maxwell Anderson’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Maxwell Anderson?
- Maxwell Anderson was a Sagittarius: born December 15, 1888, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Rat.
- What was Maxwell Anderson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 15, 1888 birth.
- What time was Maxwell Anderson 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 Maxwell Anderson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the December 15, 1888 birth date.
- What was Maxwell Anderson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 15, 1888 birth date.
- Where was Maxwell Anderson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Maxwell Anderson's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
