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Paul Flory

Paul Flory (born June 19, 1910, Sterling, United States; died 1985), was an American chemist. Flory is best remembered for Principles of Polymer Chemistry. Flory's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Priestley Medal and Chemical Pioneer Award.

Paul Flory’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Metal Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Paul Flory’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Seeker

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#262

US rank in 2025

~1,404,135

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

The SSA recorded 2,005 American boys and 9 girls named Paul in 1910: 15th among boys and 1,737th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Paul’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

1

Soul Urge · independence

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on P (7) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Paul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Magnolia

Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Paul apart

Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) and Boris Johnson (1964) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Paul, according to the stars

Core essence

Paul is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Paul needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Paul feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Paul needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Paul wants to be loved

Paul 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 Paul is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Paul creates

How Paul 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. Paul 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: Paul 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Paul is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Paul fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

Computed from Paul's birth date. Working below.

Where Paul sits

Six lines

Paul’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Paul

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Paul

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

PrivateExpressive
Paul

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Paul

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Paul

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Paul

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Paul’s birth-night reference starAlkaidblue · Ursa MajorAlkaid, in Ursa Major. A blue star, 75.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alkaid →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 18.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Sterling that night

Computed for 41.80°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Alkaid stood nearest the zenith over Sterling at 9 p.m. that evening, 75.9° above the horizon in Ursa Major.

Of the 82 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

Sterling sits at 41.8°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −48.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

Sun 12° below the horizon, Moon up and 93% lit at waxing gibbous.

How unusual Paul's chart is

Chart pattern score

37 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Gemini · 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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If you only read one paragraph

Gemini Sun

Four conversations, one person.

Paul Flory's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 19, 1910, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Metal Dog

Loyal past the point of sense.

Paul Flory was born on June 19, 1910, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

Paul Flory's birth date, June 19, 1910, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Paul’s chart

Paul’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury flows with Jupiter · Trine, 0.1° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.1° orbSun fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1.1° orbMoon opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.2° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.2° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 4.6° orbMoon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 4.7° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.7° orbSun in Gemini · 27°33′☉27°Moon in Scorpio · 23°05′☽23°Mercury in Gemini · 5°00′☿5°Venus in Taurus · 18°21′♀18°Mars in Leo · 0°23′♂0°Jupiter in Libra · 5°05′♃5°Saturn in Taurus · 3°35′♄3°Uranus in Capricorn · 24°16′ · retrograde♅℞24°Neptune in Cancer · 18°14′♆18°Pluto in Gemini · 26°25′♇26°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Paul’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussextileNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Paul’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto0.7° to 1.6° orb

    Paul’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn2.9° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMarssextileJupiter4.4° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars4.5° to 4.8° orb

  • stableVenustrineUranus5.3° to 6.5° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus5.8° to 6.4° orb

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune6.0° to 6.1° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 0.0° to 10.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.1° to 7.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

Paul’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 2°38′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAries 14°00′ (moves 0.27° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Scorpio 27°33′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 11°16′ (moves 0.27° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 10°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron sextile Saturn 0.9°
  • Chiron square Mercury 2.4°
  • Eros trine Mars 2.8°

Paul’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Paul’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Gemini · 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Venus quintile Mars 0.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.4°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.5°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.7°
  • Mercury semi-square Neptune 1.8°
  • Uranus quincunx Pluto 2.1°

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Paul’s cards

Computed from June 19, 1910. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Seeker

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

9 · Healer

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Paul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q176351 (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 Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Paul Flory at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Paul Flory.

Quick answers about Paul Flory’s chart

What zodiac sign was Paul Flory?
Paul Flory was a Gemini: born June 19, 1910, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What was Paul Flory's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 19, 1910 birth.
What was Paul Flory's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What was Paul Flory's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Paul Flory's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Paul Flory's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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