Mel Powell
Mel Powell (born February 12, 1923, The Bronx, United States; died 1998), was an American composer. Powell's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Arts and Letters Award in Music.
Mel Powell’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Dog, with 
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Mel Powell’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Mel in the U.S.?
#7031
US rank in 2025
~4,201
Americans share it since 1880
1958
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Mel’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 💠 Water Lily
Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Mel, according to the stars
Core essence
Mel is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Mel is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Mel is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Mel needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Mel wants to be loved
Mel wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Mel you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Mel creates
How Mel makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Mel creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Mel 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 11 is the visionary, a master number. Mel is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Mel gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from Mel's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Mel sits
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Mel Powell in 15 seconds
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunIdeas first, people second.
Mel Powell's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 12, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
Mel Powell was born on February 12, 1923, 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 11
Life Path 11Intuition before evidence.
Mel Powell's birth date, February 12, 1923, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in Mel’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Mel Powell's date-only chart is Mars trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Mel Powell combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
Mel’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Mel Powell, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Capricorn 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.
stableMoonsquareMars0.0° to 6.9° orb
Mel’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarstrineNeptune0.1° to 0.8° orb
Mel’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitersquareNeptune1.6° to 1.7° orb
Mel’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSuntrineSaturn2.5° to 3.6° orb
Mel’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusoppositionPluto2.5° to 3.6° orb
Mel’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableUranustrinePluto3.0° orb
Mel’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune3.3° orb
Mel’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarsoppositionSaturn3.4° to 4.1° orb
Mel’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
stableSunsquareJupiter4.2° to 5.2° orb
Mel’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableSunoppositionNeptune5.8° to 6.9° orb
Mel’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableJupitertrineUranus5.9° orb
Mel’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.0° to 7.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Mel’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 14°03′ (moves 0.04° 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: Mel may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 16°58′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Mel caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosAquarius 8°57′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Mel is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaAquarius 7°39′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Mel is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 14°56′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Mel carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.
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.
- Ceres square Mars 0.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 1.2°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 1.7°
- Chiron conjunction Mars 2.1°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.6°
- Ceres square Saturn 3.0°
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°).
Mel’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. ♄ Saturn6.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars5 pts
in its own sign, Aries; 3 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Mel is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
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 Mel’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.
T-square onto Jupiter · Sun, Neptune, JupiterAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Mercury quintile Jupiter 0.7°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.6°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 1.7°
- Mars quincunx Jupiter 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Mel Powell, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Mel
Alan Dugan was born on February 12, 1923 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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Mel’s cards
Every card is computed from February 12, 1923, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Mel Powell, 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
Mel’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q743673, 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.
The same Mel Powell 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 Mel Powell.
Quick answers about Mel Powell’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Mel Powell?
- Mel Powell was an Aquarius: born February 12, 1923, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dog.
- What was Mel Powell's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 12, 1923 birth.
- What time was Mel Powell 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 Mel Powell's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the February 12, 1923 birth date.
- What was Mel Powell's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 12, 1923 birth date.
- Where was Mel Powell's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Mel Powell's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
