Nikolay Basov
Nikolay Basov (born December 14, 1922, Usman, Russia; died 2001), was a Soviet physicist. Basov served as deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and director. Basov's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland and Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.
Nikolay Basov’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Water Dog, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Dog, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Nikolay
Nikolay Basov’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Explorer
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Nikolay in the U.S.?
#6342
US rank in 2025
~507
Americans share it since 1992
2010
its peak year
US records hold Nikolay from 1992 onward, though not for 1922 — fewer than five that year, which the SSA does not publish. 2010 was its busiest.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Nikolay’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
11
Expression · sensing what is coming
5
Soul Urge · freedom
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on N (5) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Nikolay’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 3 · 9
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 record
What sets Nikolay apart
Dilma Rousseff (1947) and Nicolas Batum (1988) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Nikolay, according to the stars
Core essence
Nikolay is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Nikolay 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 Nikolay wants to be loved
Nikolay wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Nikolay even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Nikolay creates
How Nikolay 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. Nikolay 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: Nikolay 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 4 is the builder. Nikolay is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Nikolay slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from Nikolay's birth date. Working below.
Where Nikolay sits
Six lines
Nikolay’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Nikolay Basov
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Usman on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Usman that night
Computed for 52.05°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Usman was Mirfak, in Perseus, 87.1° up.
Of the 104 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 52.0°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Nothing below −38.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Usman on any night.
Sun 51° below the horizon, Moon down and 17% lit at waning crescent.
How unusual Nikolay's chart is
Chart pattern score
49 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
Grand trine · No Earth planets · Venus retrograde
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.
Score your own chart →Nikolay Basov at a glance
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Nikolay Basov's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 14, 1922, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
Nikolay Basov was born on December 14, 1922, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Structure is comfort.
Nikolay Basov's birth date, December 14, 1922, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Nikolay’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Nikolay Basov's date-only chart is Jupiter trine Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets are in Water signs, and none in Earth.
- Nikolay Basov combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Explorer.
Nikolay’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 20° to 4° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableJupitertrineUranus0.1° to 0.3° orb
Nikolay’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune0.2° to 0.3° orb
Nikolay’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitertrinePluto0.3° to 0.5° orb
Nikolay’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableUranustrinePluto0.6° orb
stableSunsextileSaturn2.9° to 3.8° orb
stableSuntrineNeptune3.1° to 4.1° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury4.0° to 4.5° orb
stableVenussquareNeptune6.5° orb
possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 12.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.0° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 2.1° to 16.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Nikolay’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 13°01′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 22°57′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 2°55′ (moves 0.61° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 13°33′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 8°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Mars 0.8°
- Ceres conjunction Sun 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 2.3°
- Chiron square Pluto 2.5°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 2.9°
Nikolay’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune5 pts
disposes Mars, Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Nikolay’s chart
Grand trine · Jupiter, Uranus, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.8°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.0°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.2°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.3°
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Nikolay’s cards
Computed from December 14, 1922. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ExplorerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Nikolay’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q83557 (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 Nikolay Basov at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Nikolay Basov.
Quick answers about Nikolay Basov’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Nikolay Basov?
- Nikolay Basov was a Sagittarius: born December 14, 1922, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What was Nikolay Basov's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 14, 1922 birth.
- What was Nikolay Basov's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What was Nikolay Basov's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Nikolay Basov's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Nikolay Basov's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
