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Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov (born April 16, 1921, Camden, London, United Kingdom; died 2004), was a British actor, writer and director. Ustinov served as Chancellor of Durham University and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Ustinov's honours include Order of the Smile, Order of the Southern Cross and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Peter Ustinov’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Metal Rooster, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Peter Ustinov’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Diplomat

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional 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

The SSA recorded 3,548 American boys and 16 girls named Peter in 1921: 57th among boys and 2,357th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Peter’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

4

Expression · building what holds

1

Soul Urge · independence

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

6 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia

White · Crimson · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Peter apart

Selena (1971) and Akon (1973) 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 leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Peter is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Peter needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Peter needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Peter wants to be loved

Peter wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Peter is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Peter creates

How Peter 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. Peter 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: 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Peter is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Peter is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Peter

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Peter

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Peter

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Peter

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above London Borough of Camden on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

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The sky over London Borough of Camden that night

Computed for 51.54°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at London Borough of Camden at 9 p.m. that evening: Alkaphrah of Ursa Major, within 7.5° of the exact zenith.

Of the 103 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

London Borough of Camden 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.

Nothing below −38.5° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from London Borough of Camden on any night.

The Moon, 66% lit at first quarter, was still up; the Sun sat 9° below the horizon.

How unusual Peter's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

1 unaspected planet · No Air planets · Venus retrograde

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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Peter Ustinov in 15 seconds

Aries Sun

First through every door.

Peter Ustinov's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 16, 1921, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Metal Rooster

Candid to a fault.

Peter Ustinov was born on April 16, 1921, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 6

Care is the whole job.

Peter Ustinov's birth date, April 16, 1921, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 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 2° to 16° Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbJupiter faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 1.2° orbMoon fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.4° orbUranus flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.4° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.5° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.6° orbMars flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.9° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.3° orbSun in Aries · 25°55′☉25°Moon in Leo · 9°37′☽9°Mercury in Aries · 3°38′☿3°Venus in Taurus · 5°50′ · retrograde♀℞5°Mars in Taurus · 16°06′♂16°Jupiter in Virgo · 9°31′ · retrograde♃℞9°Saturn in Virgo · 18°57′ · retrograde♄℞18°Uranus in Pisces · 8°18′♅8°Neptune in Leo · 10°58′ · retrograde♆℞10°Pluto in Cancer · 6°56′♇6°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableVenussextilePluto0.8° to 1.4° orb

    Peter’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupiteroppositionUranus1.2° to 1.3° orb

    Peter’s growth pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableUranustrinePluto1.3° to 1.4° orb

    Peter’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussextileUranus2.2° to 2.8° orb

  • stableMercurysquarePluto2.5° to 4.1° orb

  • stableMarstrineSaturn2.5° to 3.2° orb

  • stableJupitersextilePluto2.5° to 2.6° orb

  • stableVenustrineJupiter3.4° to 3.9° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune4.8° to 5.5° orb

  • stableVenussquareNeptune4.9° to 5.4° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter6.2° to 7.0° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.0° to 13.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Air signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 10°51′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCancer 7°49′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 22°51′ (moves 0.50° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 22°48′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 0°36′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Neptune 0.1°
  • Ceres trine Uranus 0.5°
  • Ceres conjunction Pluto 0.9°
  • Ceres sextile Jupiter 1.7°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 2.0°

Peter’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♂ Mars8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus7 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    4 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.

  • Saturn quintile Pluto 0.0°
  • Sun biquintile Saturn 1.0°
  • Sun quintile Pluto 1.0°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.4°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 1.5°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.9°

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Peter’s cards

Computed from April 16, 1921. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Devil

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Diplomat

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

6 · Guardian

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Peter’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q55796 (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 Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

Quick answers about Peter Ustinov’s chart

What zodiac sign was Peter Ustinov?
Peter Ustinov was an Aries: born April 16, 1921, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What was Peter Ustinov's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 16, 1921 birth.
How tall was Peter Ustinov?
Peter Ustinov was 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What was Peter Ustinov's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What was Peter Ustinov's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Peter Ustinov's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Peter Ustinov's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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