Philip W. Anderson
Philip W. Anderson (born December 13, 1923, Indianapolis, United States; died 2020), was an American physicist. Anderson's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science and Dannie Heineman Prize.
Philip W. Anderson’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Water Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Pig, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Philip
Philip W. Anderson’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Explorer
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Philip in the U.S.?
#528
US rank in 2025
~345,173
Americans share it since 1880
1953
its peak year
In 1923, 2,783 American boys and 17 girls were registered Philip — 70th among boys and 2,245th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Philip’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
3
Expression · expression and voice
3
Soul Urge · being heard
9
Personality · generous, worldly
The name opens on P (7) and closes on P (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Philip’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Philip apart
Taylor Swift (1989) and Jamie Foxx (1967) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Philip, according to the stars
Core essence
Philip is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Philip is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
How Philip wants to be loved
Philip wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Philip you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Philip creates
How Philip makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Philip creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Philip is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Philip is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Philip runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Philip's birth date. Working below.
Where Philip sits
Six lines
Philip’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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis that night
Computed for 39.77°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Algol stood nearest the zenith over Indianapolis at 9 p.m. that evening, 85.9° above the horizon in Perseus.
Of the 108 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Indianapolis sits at 39.8°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −50.2° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Indianapolis on any night.
The Moon was at first quarter, 40% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 52° down.
How unusual Philip's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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.
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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Philip W. Anderson's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 13, 1923, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Water Pig
Water PigAssumes the best. Usually right.
Philip W. Anderson was born on December 13, 1923, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Structure is comfort.
Philip W. Anderson's birth date, December 13, 1923, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Philip’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Philip W. Anderson's date-only chart is Sun trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Philip W. Anderson combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Explorer.
Philip’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 28° to 11° Aquarius or Pisces depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSuntrineNeptune0.0° to 0.9° orb
Philip’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussextileUranus0.0° to 1.1° orb
Philip’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableMercurysextileMars0.1° to 0.9° orb
Philip’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusoppositionPluto2.0° to 3.2° orb
stableUranustrinePluto2.1° orb
stableMarstrinePluto5.2° to 5.9° orb
stableMercuryoppositionPluto5.3° to 6.8° orb
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn6.5° to 7.0° orb
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 11.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 6.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 7.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 7.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Philip’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 16°37′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 16°20′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 14°18′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 8°44′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 18°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros trine Venus 0.0°
- Eros opposition Uranus 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.5°
- Chiron square Venus 2.3°
- Hygiea trine Mars 2.5°
- Eros sextile Pluto 2.6°
Philip’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus3 pts
disposes Saturn; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Philip’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 biquintile Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Mars 0.5°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.6°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.5°
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 2.0°
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From the journal: Why your Chinese sign might be wrong · What is feng shui?
Philip’s cards
Computed from December 13, 1923. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Gilded ExplorerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Philip’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q190770 (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.
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Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Philip W. Anderson.
Quick answers about Philip W. Anderson’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Philip W. Anderson?
- Philip W. Anderson was a Sagittarius: born December 13, 1923, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What was Philip W. Anderson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 13, 1923 birth.
- What was Philip W. Anderson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What was Philip W. Anderson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Philip W. Anderson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Philip W. Anderson's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
