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Oliver Waterman Larkin

Oliver Waterman Larkin (born August 17, 1896, Medford, United States; died 1970), was an American art historian. Larkin's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History.

Oliver Waterman Larkin’s zodiac sign was Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey, with Life Path 22 in numerology.

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Oliver Waterman Larkin’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Architect

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Oliver in the U.S.?

#3

US rank in 2025

~270,680

Americans share it since 1880

2024

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Oliver’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

22 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Peridot, Ruby, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌺 Poppy

Coral · Gold · Flame orange

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What the chart says

Oliver, according to the stars

Core essence

Oliver is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Oliver is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.

The vibe

Underneath, Oliver is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Oliver needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Oliver wants to be loved

Oliver wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Oliver and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Oliver creates

How Oliver makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Oliver creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Oliver is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Oliver is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Oliver scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Oliver's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Oliver sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Oliver

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Oliver

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Oliver

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Oliver

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Oliver

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Oliver

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Oliver Waterman Larkin

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Medford on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Oliver’s birth-night reference starVegablue-white · LyraVega, in Lyra. A blue-white star, 83.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Vega →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 12.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Leo Sun

Pride is the engine.

Oliver Waterman Larkin's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 17, 1896, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.

Fire Monkey

Inventive, restless, funny.

Oliver Waterman Larkin was born on August 17, 1896, which falls in a Fire Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 22

The cathedral builder.

Oliver Waterman Larkin's birth date, August 17, 1896, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.

What stands out in Oliver’s chart

Oliver’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Oliver Waterman Larkin, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 11° to 25° Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.6° orbMoon faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.3° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.3° orbMercury opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.2° orbMoon flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.5° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.5° orbSun fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 4° orbSun grinds against Uranus · Square, 4.6° orbSun in Leo · 25°13′☉25°Moon in Sagittarius · 18°42′☽18°Mercury in Virgo · 11°07′☿11°Venus in Virgo · 6°01′♀6°Mars in Gemini · 0°58′♂0°Jupiter in Leo · 21°15′♃21°Saturn in Scorpio · 13°18′♄13°Uranus in Scorpio · 20°36′♅20°Neptune in Gemini · 19°57′♆19°Pluto in Gemini · 13°37′♇13°

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.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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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.

  • stableJupitersquareUranus0.5° to 0.7° orb

    Oliver’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune1.2° to 1.4° orb

    Oliver’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn1.4° to 3.0° orb

    Oliver’s mind opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableMercurysquarePluto1.7° to 3.4° orb

    Oliver’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter3.6° to 4.3° orb

    Oliver’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • stableSunsquareUranus4.1° to 5.1° orb

    Oliver’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableVenussquareMars4.7° to 5.4° orb

    Oliver’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus4.9° to 5.3° orb

    Oliver’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSunsquareMars5.6° to 5.9° orb

    Oliver’s core identity grinds against their drive.

  • stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto6.3° orb

    Oliver’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionUranus7.3° orb

    Oliver’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.

  • possibleMoonoppositionPlutoorb from 0.0° to 11.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal0 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable6 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Oliver’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.

  • ⚷ ChironLibra 23°50′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Libra is read as a wound around fairness and partnership. Oliver is read as someone who learnt what a fair deal looks like by living through unfair ones.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 5°56′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Oliver looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 20°27′ (moves 0.15° 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 Oliver attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 8°41′ (moves 0.06° 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. Oliver is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 17°13′ (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 Oliver 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.

  • Eros opposition Neptune 0.5°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 0.8°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 1.4°
  • Hygiea trine Mercury 2.4°
  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 2.6°
  • Hygiea trine Venus 2.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 2.7°

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°).

Oliver’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. 1. ☉ Sun9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Venus, Mars, Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Oliver is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.

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 Oliver’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.

  • Saturn quincunx Pluto 0.3°
  • Sun quintile Pluto 0.4°
  • Uranus quincunx Neptune 0.6°
  • Saturn biquintile Neptune 0.7°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Oliver Waterman Larkin, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Oliver’s cards

Every card is computed from August 17, 1896, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Death

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Architect

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Western zodiac

Leo

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

丙

yang Fire

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Oliver Waterman Larkin, 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

Oliver’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3881815, 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 Oliver Waterman Larkin 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 Oliver Waterman Larkin.

Quick answers about Oliver Waterman Larkin’s chart

What zodiac sign was Oliver Waterman Larkin?
Oliver Waterman Larkin was a Leo: born August 17, 1896, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey.
What was Oliver Waterman Larkin's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 17, 1896 birth.
What time was Oliver Waterman Larkin 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 Oliver Waterman Larkin's Life Path number?
Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the August 17, 1896 birth date.
What was Oliver Waterman Larkin's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 17, 1896 birth date.
Where was Oliver Waterman Larkin's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Oliver Waterman Larkin's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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