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Peter Grünberg

Peter Grünberg (born May 18, 1939, Plzeň, Czech Republic; died 2018), was a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate. Grünberg served as professor. Grünberg's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics.

Peter Grünberg’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Earth Rabbit, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Peter Grünberg’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Lightkeeper

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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#187

US rank in 2025

~591,531

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

In 1939, 4,639 American boys and 11 girls were registered Peter — 46th among boys and 2,711th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Peter’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

9

Soul Urge · meaning

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on P (7) and closes on R (9). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Peter’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 3 · 4 · 6

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

The record

What sets Peter apart

Tina Fey (1970) and Chow Yun-fat (1955) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Peter, according to the stars

Core essence

Peter 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 Peter 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, Peter is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Peter needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Peter wants to be loved

Peter 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 Peter creates

How Peter 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. Peter 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: Peter is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Peter 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Peter 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 Peter's birth date. Working below.

Where Peter sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Peter

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Peter

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Peter

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Peter

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Peter

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Peter

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Peter Grünberg

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Plzeň 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 Plzeň that night

Computed for 49.74°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Plzeň was Alioth, in Ursa Major, 83.1° up.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 89 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 49.7°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Plzeň at all: they sit past the −40.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at new moon, 0% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 9° down.

How unusual Peter's chart is

Chart pattern score

55 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Taurus · T-square onto Venus · No Air planets

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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Taurus Sun

Stubborn is the polite word.

Peter Grünberg's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 18, 1939, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Earth Rabbit

Keeps the peace, keeps the plan.

Peter Grünberg was born on May 18, 1939, which falls in a Earth Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 9

Endings come naturally.

Peter Grünberg's birth date, May 18, 1939, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Peter’s chart

Peter’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 24° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus grinds against Mars · Square, 0.4° orbMoon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 0.9° orbSun flows with Mars · Trine, 1.2° orbMars faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1.6° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.8° orbVenus fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1.9° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.1° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.2° orbSun in Taurus · 26°37′☉26°Moon in Taurus · 17°26′☽17°Mercury in Taurus · 6°11′☿6°Venus in Aries · 27°26′♀27°Mars in Capricorn · 27°51′♂27°Jupiter in Aries · 1°19′♃1°Saturn in Aries · 25°30′♄25°Uranus in Taurus · 18°21′♅18°Neptune in Virgo · 20°36′ · retrograde♆℞20°Pluto in Cancer · 29°29′♇29°

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

  • stableVenussquareMars0.0° to 0.9° orb

    Peter’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableMoonconjunctionUranus0.1° to 7.6° orb

    Peter’s feelings and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableSuntrineMars0.9° to 1.5° orb

    Peter’s core identity flows straight into their drive.

  • stableVenusconjunctionSaturn1.4° to 2.5° orb

  • stableVenussquarePluto1.5° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto1.5° to 1.8° orb

  • stableJupitertrinePluto1.7° to 1.9° orb

  • stableMarssquareSaturn2.2° to 2.5° orb

  • stableUranustrineNeptune2.2° to 2.3° orb

  • stableSunsextilePluto2.4° to 3.4° orb

  • stableMarssextileJupiter3.4° to 3.5° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto3.9° to 4.0° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth6 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCancer 7°20′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 22°05′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAries 22°51′ (moves 0.69° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Capricorn 12°54′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 16°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron sextile Mercury 1.1°
  • Ceres square Neptune 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 1.8°
  • Eros conjunction Saturn 2.7°

Peter’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars8 pts

    disposes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    5 major aspects

Configurations in Peter’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, UranusThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Venus · Mars, Pluto, VenusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Saturn · Mars, Pluto, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.6°
  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.8°
  • Venus biquintile Neptune 0.8°
  • Uranus quintile Pluto 0.9°
  • Sun semi-sextile Saturn 1.1°
  • Saturn biquintile Neptune 1.1°

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Peter’s cards

Computed from May 18, 1939. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

9 · Healer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

己

yin Earth

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Peter’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q57120 (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 Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Peter Grünberg at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Peter Grünberg.

Quick answers about Peter Grünberg’s chart

What zodiac sign was Peter Grünberg?
Peter Grünberg was a Taurus: born May 18, 1939, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What was Peter Grünberg's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 18, 1939 birth.
What was Peter Grünberg's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What was Peter Grünberg's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Peter Grünberg's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Peter Grünberg's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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