Morton Gould
Morton Gould (born December 10, 1913, Richmond Hill, United States; died 1996), was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. Gould is best remembered for Cowboy Rhapsody. Gould's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Kennedy Center Honors and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Morton Gould’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Ox, with 
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Morton Gould’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Seeker
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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
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Morton’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
9 · 1
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Morton, according to the stars
Core essence
Morton is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Morton 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, Morton is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Morton needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Morton wants to be loved
Morton wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Morton and watch them fall for you again.
How Morton creates
How Morton makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Morton creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Morton is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Morton 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Morton does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Morton's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Morton 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 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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunBlunt, cheerful, gone by morning.
Morton Gould's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 10, 1913, 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 Ox
Water OxCarries the load without comment.
Morton Gould was born on December 10, 1913, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Morton Gould's birth date, December 10, 1913, 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 Morton’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Morton Gould's date-only chart is Mercury trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Neptune and Pluto, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto.
- Morton Gould combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Seeker.
Morton’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Morton Gould, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 19° Taurus 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.
stableMercurytrineNeptune0.1° to 1.1° orb
Morton’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableVenussextileUranus1.4° to 2.6° orb
Morton’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableMarsoppositionJupiter2.6° to 3.0° orb
Morton’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableSunoppositionSaturn3.1° to 4.2° orb
Morton’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMercurytrineMars3.4° to 4.5° orb
Morton’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenustrineNeptune4.5° to 5.8° orb
Morton’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarsconjunctionNeptune4.5° to 4.7° orb
Morton’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus5.6° to 5.9° orb
Morton’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableUranusoppositionNeptune7.1° to 7.2° orb
Morton’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune7.3° to 7.6° orb
Morton’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.6° to 12.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 2.6° to 14.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Morton’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 10°37′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Morton absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 2°21′ (moves 0.40° 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 Morton caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosSagittarius 12°11′ (moves 0.67° 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 Morton attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 17°24′ (moves 0.14° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Morton is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 1°37′ (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 Morton 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.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.3°
- Ceres opposition Pluto 2.0°
- Eros opposition Saturn 2.2°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 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°).
Morton’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. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Morton 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 Morton’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.
- Jupiter biquintile Saturn 0.0°
- Sun biquintile Mars 0.8°
- Uranus biquintile Pluto 1.4°
- Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.6°
- Sun semi-square Uranus 1.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Morton Gould, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Morton’s cards
Every card is computed from December 10, 1913, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Morton Gould, 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
Morton’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1352656, 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 Morton Gould 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 Morton Gould.
Quick answers about Morton Gould’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Morton Gould?
- Morton Gould was a Sagittarius: born December 10, 1913, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox.
- What was Morton Gould's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 10, 1913 birth.
- What time was Morton Gould 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 Morton Gould's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the December 10, 1913 birth date.
- What was Morton Gould's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 10, 1913 birth date.
- Where was Morton Gould's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Morton Gould's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
