Paul Lauterbur
Paul Lauterbur (born May 6, 1929, Sidney, United States; died 2007), was an American chemist. Lauterbur is best remembered for magnetic resonance imaging. Lauterbur's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine.
Paul Lauterbur’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Snake, with 
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Paul Lauterbur’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Architect
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, 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
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Paul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Ivory · Blush · Terracotta
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What the chart says
Paul, according to the stars
Core essence
Paul is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Paul is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, Paul runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Paul needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How Paul wants to be loved
Paul 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 Paul creates
How Paul makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Paul creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Paul is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Paul 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Paul 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 Paul'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 likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunComfort first, then everything else.
Paul Lauterbur's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 6, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Earth Snake
Earth SnakeCalm surface, fast strike.
Paul Lauterbur was born on May 6, 1929, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Paul Lauterbur's birth date, May 6, 1929, 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 Paul’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Paul Lauterbur's date-only chart is Sun sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs.
- Paul Lauterbur combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Architect.
Paul’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Paul Lauterbur, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 4° to 17° Aries 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.
stableSunsextilePluto0.4° to 1.3° orb
Paul’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturntrineNeptune1.3° to 1.4° orb
Paul’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquareMars4.0° to 4.8° orb
Paul’s affections grind against their drive.
stableJupitersextilePluto4.8° to 5.0° orb
Paul’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableMercurysquareNeptune5.2° to 6.8° orb
Paul’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableSunconjunctionJupiter5.4° to 6.1° orb
Paul’s core identity and growth act as one.
stableVenussquarePluto5.6° to 5.8° orb
Paul’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenustrineNeptune6.4° to 6.6° orb
Paul’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.0° to 8.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 12.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.3° to 12.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 4.1° to 18.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Paul’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 10°13′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Paul building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresTaurus 2°29′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Paul is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosCancer 7°46′ (moves 0.93° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Paul is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaPisces 28°43′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Paul needing solitude to reset.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 28°23′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Paul leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
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.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.2°
- Hygiea square Saturn 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Saturn 1.6°
- Eros square Uranus 1.7°
- Hygiea trine Mars 2.2°
- Ceres trine Saturn 2.5°
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°).
Paul’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. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury3 pts
in its own sign, Gemini; 1 major aspect
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Paul is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Paul’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.
- Sun sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.7°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.8°
- Sun quintile Mars 1.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Paul Lauterbur, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Paul
Dave Anderson was born on May 6, 1929 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
Paul’s cards
Every card is computed from May 6, 1929, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Paul Lauterbur, 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
Paul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q106547, 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.
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The same Paul Lauterbur 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 Paul Lauterbur’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Paul Lauterbur?
- Paul Lauterbur was a Taurus: born May 6, 1929, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
- What was Paul Lauterbur's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 6, 1929 birth.
- What time was Paul Lauterbur 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 Paul Lauterbur's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the May 6, 1929 birth date.
- What was Paul Lauterbur's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 6, 1929 birth date.
- Where was Paul Lauterbur's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Paul Lauterbur's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
