Paul Goldberger
Paul Goldberger (born December 4, 1950, Passaic, United States), aged 75, is an American author, architecture critic and lecturer. Goldberger's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and honorary doctor of the University of Miami.
Paul Goldberger’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Tiger, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Tiger, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Paul
Paul Goldberger’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical 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
Of the names registered in 1950, Paul came 18th among boys and 1,246th among girls, carried by 21,742 American boys and 55 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Paul’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
8
Expression · direction and scale
11
Soul Urge · insight
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on P (7) and closes on L (3). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 7: voice against analysis.
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
4 · 1 · 3
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Magnolia
Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Paul apart
Jay-Z (1969) and Tyra Banks (1973) 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 the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Paul 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Paul cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Paul needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Paul wants to be loved
Paul wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Paul and watch them fall for you again.
How Paul creates
How Paul makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Paul 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: Paul 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Paul is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Paul 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 Paul's birth date. Working below.
Where Paul sits
Six lines
Paul’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 likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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 Paul Goldberger
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Passaic 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 Passaic that night
Computed for 40.86°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Almach stood nearest the zenith over Passaic at 9 p.m. that evening, 88.5° above the horizon in Andromeda.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 106 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 40.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Passaic at all: they sit past the −49.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waning crescent, 25% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 50° down.
How unusual Paul's chart is
Chart pattern score
40 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 2 planets 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.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunSays the quiet part loud.
Paul Goldberger's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 4, 1950, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Metal Tiger
Metal TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
Paul Goldberger was born on December 4, 1950, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Paul Goldberger's birth date, December 4, 1950, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Paul’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Paul Goldberger's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, 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.
- Paul Goldberger combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Paul’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 0° to 14° Libra 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
stableMercurysextileJupiter0.2° to 1.5° orb
Paul’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysquareSaturn0.9° to 2.3° orb
Paul’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.9° orb
Paul’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileNeptune1.2° to 2.5° orb
stableVenustrinePluto2.1° to 3.4° orb
stableMarssquareNeptune2.4° to 3.2° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus5.0° to 5.2° orb
possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 13.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 8.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 1.5° to 14.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 3.5° to 16.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Paul’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 23°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 9°48′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 10°45′ (moves 0.67° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 13°44′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 6°28′ (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 1.2°
- Ceres opposition Uranus 1.3°
Paul’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Saturn, Neptune; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Paul’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
- Jupiter quincunx Saturn 0.7°
- Sun quintile Saturn 1.1°
- Venus quintile Jupiter 1.3°
- Mercury quintile Neptune 1.4°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.9°
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Born in United States
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More charts like Paul’s
Fellow Sagittarius suns
- Jane FondaAmerican actress and activist
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Born in Tiger years
- Naya RiveraAmerican actress and singer
- Karen CarpenterAmerican singer and drummer
- Rosie O'DonnellAmerican comedian, producer, actress, and television personality
Also born on December 4
- Jay-Z1969
- Tyra Banks1973
- Marisa Tomei1964
- Kim Seok-jin1992
- Ronnie Ortiz-Magro1985
- Nancy Mace1977
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Sunny HostinAmerican lawyer, journalist, and television host
- Jennifer GreyAmerican actress
- Sarah HylandAmerican actress and singer
Other Sagittarius Tiger charts
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- Marc ConnellyAmerican playwright
Other Tidal Explorers
- Luke MusgraveAmerican football player (born 2000)
- Daniel WhelanIrish player of American football
- Harrison SmithAmerican football player
- Greg DulcichAmerican football player (born 2000)
Famous people with Life Path 4
- Alex ShibutaniAmerican ice dancer
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- Vanessa WilliamsAmerican actress, singer and former Miss America (born 1963)
From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?
Paul’s cards
Computed from December 4, 1950. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Paul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7150934 (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 Cooper Hewitt, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Paul Goldberger at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Paul Goldberger.
Quick answers about Paul Goldberger’s chart
- How old is Paul Goldberger?
- Paul Goldberger is 75 years old, born December 4, 1950 in Passaic, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Paul Goldberger?
- Paul Goldberger is a Sagittarius: born December 4, 1950, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Paul Goldberger's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 4, 1950 birth.
- What is Paul Goldberger's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Paul Goldberger's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Paul Goldberger's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Paul Goldberger's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
