Nils Gustaf Dalén
Nils Gustaf Dalén (born November 30, 1869, Stenstorps församling, Sweden; died 1937), was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist. Dalén's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics.
Nils Gustaf Dalén’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Earth Snake, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Snake, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.Your match with Nils
Nils Gustaf Dalén’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Healer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Nils in the U.S.?
#4993
US rank in 2025
~3,083
Americans share it since 1888
1970
its peak year
The SSA suppresses any name given to fewer than five children in a year, and Nils falls under that line for 1880. Its peak came in 1970, and 3,083 Americans have carried it since 1888.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Nils’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
2
Expression · connecting people
1
Soul Urge · independence
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on N (5) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Nils’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🌻 Zinnia
Gold · Rose-gold · Terracotta
The record
What sets Nils apart
Winston Churchill (1874) and Ben Stiller (1965) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Nils, according to the stars
Core essence
Nils is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Nils 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 Nils wants to be loved
Nils 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 Nils you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Nils creates
How Nils 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. Nils 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: Nils is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Nils is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Nils does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Nils's birth date. Working below.
Where Nils sits
Six lines
Nils’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 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 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 Nils Gustaf Dalén
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Stenstorps församling 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 Stenstorps församling that night
Computed for 58.27°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Stenstorps församling at 9 p.m. that evening: Ruchbah of Cassiopeia, within 3.2° of the exact zenith.
Of the 102 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
Stenstorps församling sits at 58.3°N, high enough that Vega, Capella, Deneb and Castor never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Stenstorps församling at all: they sit past the −31.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waning crescent, 10% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 42° down.
How unusual Nils's chart is
Chart pattern score
46 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · No Air planets · 1 planet at a critical degree
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.
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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunBlunt, cheerful, gone by morning.
Nils Gustaf Dalén's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 30, 1869, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Earth Snake
Earth SnakeSays less than it knows.
Nils Gustaf Dalén was born on November 30, 1869, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 2
Life Path 2Holds the room together.
Nils Gustaf Dalén's birth date, November 30, 1869, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 2 means →What stands out in Nils’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Nils Gustaf Dalén's date-only chart is Saturn trine Neptune, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Saturn, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Nils Gustaf Dalén combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Healer.
Nils’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 20° to 5° 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
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSaturntrineNeptune1.2° to 1.4° orb
Nils’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusoppositionUranus3.0° to 4.1° orb
Nils’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableJupiterconjunctionPluto3.5° to 3.6° orb
Nils’s growth and depths act as one.
stableUranussquareNeptune4.5° orb
stableUranussextilePluto4.9° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury7.1° to 7.6° orb
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 9.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 13.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 2.2° to 16.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 3.5° to 18.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 7.9° to 22.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Nils’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 29°30′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 23°26′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 7°40′ (moves 0.67° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 24°58′ (moves 0.18° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 10°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros conjunction Sun 0.7°
- Chiron trine Mercury 1.5°
- Ceres trine Venus 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.9°
- Chiron square Mars 2.3°
Nils’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus3 pts
disposes Jupiter, Pluto; 1 major aspect
3. ♄ Saturn3 pts
disposes Venus, Mars; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Nils’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, SaturnThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.2°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.4°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.8°
- Jupiter biquintile Saturn 0.8°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.0°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.7°
- Saturn quincunx Pluto 1.7°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.8°
More people like Nils
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- Harry MartinsonSwedish writer
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More charts like Nils’s
Fellow Sagittarius suns
- Dick Van DykeAmerican actor and comedian (born 1925)
- Katherine SchwarzeneggerAmerican writer (born 1989)
- Chrissy TeigenAmerican model
Born in Snake years
- Peter StormareSwedish actor, director and musician
- Tom HulceAmerican actor and producer
- Jürgen ProchnowGerman actor
Also born on November 30
- Winston Churchill1874
- Ben Stiller1965
- Kaley Cuoco1985
- Billy Idol1955
- Tayari Jones1970
- Ian Hecox1987
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Paula PattonAmerican actress (born 1975)
- Gina RodriguezAmerican actress
- Kim RaverAmerican actress and producer
Other Sagittarius Snake charts
- Mark WilliamsAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Dylan CardwellAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- David Jones GarcíaDominican basketball player (born 2001)
- Jeff WittekAmerican internet personality
Other Evergreen Healers
- Brandi CyrusAmerican actress and singer
- Judi DenchEnglish actress (born 1934)
- Jeff GarlinAmerican comedian and actor
- Brianne HoweyAmerican actress
Famous people with Life Path 2
- Heather GrahamAmerican actress
- Shanola HamptonAmerican actress
- Bob HarperAmerican personal trainer
From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
Nils’s cards
Computed from November 30, 1869. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JusticeAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen HealerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
2 · Diplomat♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Nils’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q160518 (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 Atelier Jaeger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Nils Gustaf Dalén at Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Nils Gustaf Dalén.
Quick answers about Nils Gustaf Dalén’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Nils Gustaf Dalén?
- Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Sagittarius: born November 30, 1869, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What was Nils Gustaf Dalén's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 30, 1869 birth.
- What was Nils Gustaf Dalén's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
- What was Nils Gustaf Dalén's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Nils Gustaf Dalén's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Nils Gustaf Dalén's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
