P. H. Newby
P. H. Newby (born June 25, 1918, Crowborough, United Kingdom; died 1997), was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. Newby served as Booker Prize judge. Newby's honours include Booker Prize, Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Somerset Maugham Award.
P. H. Newby’s zodiac sign was Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Horse, with 
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P. H. Newby’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Pioneer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
P. H. Newby’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Pearl, Pearl, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Rose pink · Pearl · Gold
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What the chart says
P. H. Newby, according to the stars
Core essence
P. H. Newby feels the room before entering it. The core of P. H. Newby is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for P. H. Newby, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, P. H. Newby is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What P. H. Newby needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How P. H. Newby wants to be loved
P. H. Newby wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once P. H. Newby is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How P. H. Newby creates
How P. H. Newby makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. P. H. Newby creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: P. H. Newby is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. P. H. Newby is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. P. H. Newby fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from P. H. Newby's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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The quick version
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunRemembers what you said in March.
P. H. Newby's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of June 25, 1918, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseHappiest halfway there.
P. H. Newby was born on June 25, 1918, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 5
Life Path 5Change finds them anyway.
P. H. Newby's birth date, June 25, 1918, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
What stands out in P. H. Newby’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in P. H. Newby's date-only chart is Mercury square Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Pluto, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- P. H. Newby combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Pioneer.
P. H. Newby’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for P. H. Newby, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 22° Capricorn 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.
stableMercurysquareMars0.0° to 1.1° orb
P. H. Newby’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunconjunctionMercury1.4° to 2.7° orb
P. H. Newby’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableVenussquareUranus1.4° to 2.6° orb
P. H. Newby’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableJupitertrineUranus1.4° to 1.7° orb
P. H. Newby’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunconjunctionPluto1.5° to 2.4° orb
P. H. Newby’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunsquareMars2.0° to 2.5° orb
P. H. Newby’s core identity grinds against their drive.
stableMercurytrineUranus2.4° to 4.6° orb
P. H. Newby’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercuryconjunctionPluto2.9° to 5.0° orb
P. H. Newby’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarssquarePluto4.0° to 4.4° orb
P. H. Newby’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter4.1° to 6.0° orb
P. H. Newby’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarssquareJupiter4.7° to 4.9° orb
P. H. Newby’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenustrineMars4.9° to 5.6° orb
P. H. Newby’s affections flow straight into their drive.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
P. H. Newby’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.
⚷ ChironAries 3°25′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: P. H. Newby may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 2°38′ (moves 0.22° 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 P. H. Newby caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosGemini 9°28′ (moves 0.84° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. P. H. Newby is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaAries 18°21′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has P. H. Newby feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 6°18′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of P. H. Newby that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.
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.
- Chiron square Sun 0.4°
- Ceres opposition Sun 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.3°
- Chiron square Pluto 1.6°
- Ceres opposition Mercury 1.6°
- Ceres square Mars 1.9°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.2°
- Chiron square Mercury 2.4°
- Ceres opposition Pluto 2.4°
- Chiron opposition Mars 2.6°
- Eros sextile Saturn 2.9°
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°).
P. H. Newby’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. ☉ Sun7 pts
disposes Saturn, Neptune; 5 major aspects
2. ☽ Moon6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto
3. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: P. H. Newby 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 P. H. Newby’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.
Stellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, PlutoThree 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 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.
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.5°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 1.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for P. H. Newby, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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P. H. Newby’s cards
Every card is computed from June 25, 1918, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for P. H. Newby, 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
P. H. Newby’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q531194, 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 P. H. Newby 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.
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Quick answers about P. H. Newby’s chart
- What zodiac sign was P. H. Newby?
- P. H. Newby was a Cancer: born June 25, 1918, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse.
- What was P. H. Newby's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 25, 1918 birth.
- What time was P. H. Newby 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 P. H. Newby's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the June 25, 1918 birth date.
- What was P. H. Newby's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 25, 1918 birth date.
- Where was P. H. Newby's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was P. H. Newby's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Saturn, Neptune; 5 major aspects). Moon is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
