Peter Mansfield
Peter Mansfield (born October 9, 1933, Lambeth, England; died 2017), was an English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging. Mansfield's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, National Inventors Hall of Fame and Knight Bachelor.
Peter Mansfield’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Water Rooster, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Rooster, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Peter
Peter Mansfield’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Strategist
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental 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
Peter ranked 60th among boys and 2,032nd among girls in 1933, the year of this birth, with 3,137 American boys and 16 girls on the register.
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
7
Soul Urge · understanding
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
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
8 · 5 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily
Amber · Blush · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Peter apart
John Lennon (1940) and Boris Nemtsov (1959) 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 makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Peter is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Peter processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Peter needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Peter wants to be loved
Peter wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Peter even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Peter creates
How Peter makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Peter creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Peter is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Peter is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
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.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Peter Mansfield
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Lambeth 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 Lambeth that night
Computed for 51.49°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Lambeth at 9 p.m. that evening: Alderamin of Cepheus, within 13.1° of the exact zenith.
Of the 94 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
Lambeth sits at 51.5°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 67% lit at last quarter, was still up; the Sun sat 33° below the horizon.
How unusual Peter's chart is
Chart pattern score
25 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
1 unaspected planet · 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.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
Peter Mansfield's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 9, 1933, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Water Rooster
Water RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Peter Mansfield was born on October 9, 1933, which falls in a Water Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Peter Mansfield's birth date, October 9, 1933, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Peter’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Peter Mansfield's date-only chart is Uranus square Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Peter Mansfield combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Strategist.
Peter’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 27° Gemini 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
stableUranussquarePluto1.1° orb
Peter’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenusconjunctionMars1.7° to 2.2° orb
Peter’s affections and drive act as one.
stableVenustrinePluto2.8° to 3.9° orb
Peter’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitertrineSaturn3.3° to 3.5° orb
stableMercurysquareSaturn4.8° to 6.2° orb
stableMarstrinePluto5.0° to 5.7° orb
stableSuntrineSaturn5.5° to 6.5° orb
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.0° to 9.9° depending on birth time
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.7° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 4.7° to 16.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 6.2° to 18.0° depending on birth time
possibleMercuryoppositionUranusorb from 7.7° to 9.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Peter’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 3°37′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 14°53′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 9°19′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 9°45′ (moves 0.36° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 28°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.0°
- Ceres opposition Sun 0.9°
- Hygiea square Neptune 1.5°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.9°
- Chiron trine Jupiter 2.7°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 2.7°
- Eros square Jupiter 3.0°
Peter’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars3 pts
disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Peter’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus quintile Saturn 0.3°
- Jupiter quintile Pluto 0.4°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Mars 0.7°
- Saturn quincunx Neptune 1.5°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.5°
- Venus quincunx Uranus 2.2°
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Also born on October 9
- John Lennon1940
- Boris Nemtsov1959
- Bella Hadid1996
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Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Alan BakerEnglish mathematician
- Herbert C. BrownAmerican chemist
- Wolfgang Pauliphysicist, Nobel prize winner
Other Libra Rooster charts
- Prince Emmanuel of Belgiumyounger son and third child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium
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Peter’s cards
Computed from October 9, 1933. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
8 · Achiever♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Peter’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q243601 (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.
The same Peter Mansfield 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 Mansfield.
Quick answers about Peter Mansfield’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Peter Mansfield?
- Peter Mansfield was a Libra: born October 9, 1933, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was Peter Mansfield's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 9, 1933 birth.
- What was Peter Mansfield's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was Peter Mansfield's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Peter Mansfield's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Peter Mansfield's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects). Pluto is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
