Philip José Farmer
Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918, Terre Haute, United States; died 2009), was an American writer. Farmer is best remembered for Riverworld. Farmer's honours include Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel and Hugo Award.
Philip José Farmer’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Snake, with 
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Philip José Farmer’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Scholar
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Philip in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~345,173
Americans share it since 1880
1953
its peak year
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Philip’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus
Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet
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What the chart says
Philip, according to the stars
Core essence
Philip is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Philip is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
How Philip wants to be loved
Philip wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Philip be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Philip creates
How Philip makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Philip creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Philip 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Philip is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Philip leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Philip fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Philip's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Philip sits
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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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
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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Philip José Farmer in 15 seconds
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunCares about everyone, needs space.
Philip José Farmer's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 26, 1918, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Fire Snake
Fire SnakeSays less than it knows.
Philip José Farmer was born on January 26, 1918, which falls in a Fire 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 1
Life Path 1Leads because nobody else moved.
Philip José Farmer's birth date, January 26, 1918, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in Philip’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Philip José Farmer's date-only chart is Sun opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Venus and Uranus, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Philip José Farmer combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Scholar.
Philip’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Philip José Farmer, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 25° to 7° 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.
stableSunoppositionNeptune0.0° to 0.8° orb
Philip’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarstrineJupiter1.1° to 1.2° orb
Philip’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssquarePluto1.2° to 1.3° orb
Philip’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSuntrineMars2.9° to 3.8° orb
Philip’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableMarssextileNeptune3.0° to 3.1° orb
Philip’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussquareJupiter3.7° to 4.0° orb
Philip’s affections grind against their growth.
stableSuntrineJupiter4.0° to 5.0° orb
Philip’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
stableJupitersextileNeptune4.2° to 4.3° orb
Philip’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusconjunctionUranus4.8° to 5.1° orb
Philip’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
stableSunoppositionSaturn5.0° to 6.1° orb
Philip’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune5.8° orb
Philip’s discipline and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenustrinePluto6.1° to 6.4° orb
Philip’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Philip’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 26°32′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Philip absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 17°47′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Philip is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosAquarius 23°19′ (moves 0.61° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Philip is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaAquarius 29°48′ (moves 0.36° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Philip is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 19°37′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Philip exacting with themselves first.
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 conjunction Uranus 0.6°
- Hygiea square Jupiter 1.7°
- Hygiea conjunction Venus 2.2°
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°).
Philip’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. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun6 pts
disposes Saturn, Neptune; 4 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury; 2 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Philip is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.
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 Philip’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 Aquarius · Sun, Venus, 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.
Kite · Sun, Mars, Jupiter, NeptuneA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
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.
- Mercury quincunx Saturn 0.2°
- Venus biquintile Mars 1.0°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.3°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.8°
- Sun quincunx Pluto 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Philip José Farmer, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Philip’s cards
Every card is computed from January 26, 1918, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Philip José Farmer, 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
Philip’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q296256, 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 Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Philip José Farmer at Wikipedia, pjfarmer.com and IMDb.
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 Philip José Farmer’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Philip José Farmer?
- Philip José Farmer was an Aquarius: born January 26, 1918, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Snake.
- What was Philip José Farmer's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 26, 1918 birth.
- What time was Philip José Farmer 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 Philip José Farmer's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the January 26, 1918 birth date.
- What was Philip José Farmer's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 26, 1918 birth date.
- Where was Philip José Farmer's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Philip José Farmer's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
