Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck (born June 26, 1892, Hillsboro, United States; died 1973), was a Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary. Buck is best remembered for Sons, Letter from Peking and Fighting Angel. Buck's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel and National Women's Hall of Fame.
Pearl S. Buck’s zodiac sign was Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dragon, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Dragon, with 
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Pearl S. Buck’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Visionary
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Pearl in the U.S.?
#777
US rank in 2025
~163,010
Americans share it since 1880
1918
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Pearl’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 6
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Pearl, Pearl, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 💠 Water Lily
Rose pink · Pearl · Moonlight white
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What the chart says
Pearl, according to the stars
Core essence
Pearl feels the room before entering it. The core of Pearl 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 Pearl, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
How Pearl wants to be loved
Pearl wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Pearl gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Pearl creates
How Pearl makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Pearl creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Pearl is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Pearl is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Pearl goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Pearl's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Pearl sits
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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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Pearl S. Buck at a glance
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunMoody, and loyal past reason.
Pearl S. Buck's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of June 26, 1892, 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.
Water Dragon
Water DragonAmbition with charisma attached.
Pearl S. Buck was born on June 26, 1892, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
Pearl S. Buck's birth date, June 26, 1892, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Pearl’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Pearl S. Buck's date-only chart is Venus sextile Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Pearl S. Buck combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Visionary.
Pearl’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Pearl S. Buck, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 26° to 9° Cancer or Leo 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.
stableVenussextileSaturn0.3° to 0.7° orb
Pearl’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto0.8° orb
Pearl’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSuntrineUranus2.9° to 3.9° orb
Pearl’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableVenussquareJupiter3.1° to 3.6° orb
Pearl’s affections grind against their growth.
stableMarssextileJupiter4.6° orb
Pearl’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunconjunctionMercury6.6° to 7.8° orb
Pearl’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.0° to 7.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.0° to 12.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.2° to 13.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 1.2° to 15.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 1.9° to 15.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 4.8° to 18.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Pearl’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.
⚷ ChironLeo 16°37′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Pearl performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.
⚳ CeresTaurus 12°01′ (moves 0.34° 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. Pearl is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosLeo 21°27′ (moves 0.89° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has Pearl loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.
⚕ HygieaCancer 6°07′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Pearl is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 28°40′ (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 Pearl 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.
- Eros trine Jupiter 0.1°
- Chiron opposition Mars 0.2°
- Hygiea conjunction Sun 0.6°
- Ceres sextile Mercury 0.7°
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°).
Pearl’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. ☽ Moon6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Saturn, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect
3. ☉ Sun2 pts
2 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Pearl is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
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 Pearl’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, 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 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-square Neptune 0.0°
- Mercury quintile Saturn 0.5°
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.8°
- Uranus biquintile Pluto 0.9°
- Mars biquintile Saturn 1.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Pearl S. Buck, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Pearl’s cards
Every card is computed from June 26, 1892, 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 Earth.
Year
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Pearl S. Buck, 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
Pearl’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q80900, 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.
Portrait by Unknown (see print without name, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Pearl S. Buck at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
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 Pearl S. Buck.
Quick answers about Pearl S. Buck’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Pearl S. Buck?
- Pearl S. Buck was a Cancer: born June 26, 1892, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Dragon.
- What was Pearl S. Buck's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 26, 1892 birth.
- What time was Pearl S. Buck 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 Pearl S. Buck's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the June 26, 1892 birth date.
- What was Pearl S. Buck's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 26, 1892 birth date.
- Where was Pearl S. Buck's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Pearl S. Buck's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
