Norman Borlaug
Norman Borlaug (born March 25, 1914, Cresco, United States; died 2009), was an American biologist. Borlaug's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Peace Prize and Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering.
Norman Borlaug’s zodiac sign was Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Tiger, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.How compatible are you with Norman Borlaug?
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Norman Borlaug’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Visionary
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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Norman in the U.S.?
#1200
US rank in 2025
~254,762
Americans share it since 1880
1928
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Norman’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Aquamarine, Red Coral, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Green Orchid
Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Norman, according to the stars
Core essence
Norman leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Norman is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, Norman is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Norman needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
How Norman wants to be loved
Norman wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Norman creates
How Norman makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Norman 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: Norman is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Norman 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Norman 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 Norman's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Norman 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 may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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The quick version
Aries Sun
Aries SunStarts the thing. Then plans it.
Norman Borlaug's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 25, 1914, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.
Wood Tiger
Wood TigerBrave, bright, burns fast.
Norman Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, which falls in a Wood Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
Norman Borlaug's birth date, March 25, 1914, 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 Norman’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Norman Borlaug's date-only chart is Venus square Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with four planets in each, and none in Earth.
- Norman Borlaug combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Visionary.
Norman’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Norman Borlaug, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Pisces 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.
stableVenussextileJupiter0.1° to 1.2° orb
Norman’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableVenussquareMars0.2° to 1.1° orb
Norman’s affections grind against their drive.
stableJupitertrineSaturn1.1° to 1.2° orb
Norman’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussextileSaturn1.2° to 2.4° orb
Norman’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysquareSaturn1.6° to 1.7° orb
Norman’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableSaturntrineUranus2.3° orb
Norman’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableMercurytrineMars2.7° to 2.9° orb
Norman’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus3.4° to 3.5° orb
Norman’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenussextileUranus3.5° to 4.7° orb
Norman’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableSunsquarePluto4.7° to 5.6° orb
Norman’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 8.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.
Norman’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 15°52′ (moves 0.06° 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 Norman absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresAquarius 12°40′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Norman is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosAquarius 15°27′ (moves 0.54° 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. Norman is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 27°18′ (moves 0.27° 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. Norman is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 13°19′ (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 Norman 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 trine Saturn 0.1°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 0.6°
- Eros sextile Venus 0.9°
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 1.3°
- Eros conjunction Jupiter 1.5°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.8°
- Chiron trine Mars 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Venus 1.9°
- Ceres conjunction Uranus 2.1°
- Eros trine Saturn 2.6°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 2.8°
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°).
Norman’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. ♂ Mars7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus6 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Norman is read as acting first and reflecting after.
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 Norman’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.
- Mars quincunx Jupiter 0.0°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.1°
- Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 0.6°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.7°
- Mars semi-sextile Saturn 1.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Norman Borlaug, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Norman’s cards
Every card is computed from March 25, 1914, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Norman Borlaug, 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
Norman’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q154824, 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 Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Norman Borlaug at Wikipedia.
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 Norman Borlaug.
Quick answers about Norman Borlaug’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Norman Borlaug?
- Norman Borlaug was an Aries: born March 25, 1914, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Tiger.
- What was Norman Borlaug's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 25, 1914 birth.
- What time was Norman Borlaug 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 Norman Borlaug's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the March 25, 1914 birth date.
- What was Norman Borlaug's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons for the March 25, 1914 birth date.
- Where was Norman Borlaug's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Norman Borlaug's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
