R. A. Lafferty
R. A. Lafferty (born November 7, 1914, Neola, United States; died 2002), was an American writer. Lafferty's honours include Hugo Award for Best Short Story and Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award.
R. A. Lafferty’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Tiger, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Tiger, with 
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R. A. Lafferty’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Guardian
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
R. A. Lafferty’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Green Orchid
Gold · Crimson · Botanical green
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What the chart says
R. A. Lafferty, according to the stars
Core essence
R. A. Lafferty does not do surface. The core of R. A. Lafferty is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from R. A. Lafferty is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, R. A. Lafferty is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What R. A. Lafferty needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How R. A. Lafferty wants to be loved
R. A. Lafferty wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with R. A. Lafferty and watch them fall for you again.
How R. A. Lafferty creates
How R. A. Lafferty makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. R. A. Lafferty creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: R. A. Lafferty is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. R. A. Lafferty 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means R. A. Lafferty 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 R. A. Lafferty's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where R. A. Lafferty sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunTrusts slowly. Forgets nothing.
R. A. Lafferty's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 7, 1914, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Wood Tiger
Wood TigerBrave, bright, burns fast.
R. A. Lafferty was born on November 7, 1914, which falls in a Wood Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Feeds the room, forgets to eat.
R. A. Lafferty's birth date, November 7, 1914, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in R. A. Lafferty’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in R. A. Lafferty's date-only chart is Mercury square Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- R. A. Lafferty combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Guardian.
R. A. Lafferty’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for R. A. Lafferty, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 0° to 12° Cancer 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.
stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 1.8° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysquareJupiter0.0° to 0.8° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturnconjunctionPluto0.1° to 0.2° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunsquareJupiter0.2° to 1.1° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableVenussextileJupiter1.5° to 1.6° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableMarstrineNeptune2.7° to 3.5° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussextileUranus4.4° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableMercurysquareUranus5.4° to 6.7° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus5.9° to 6.0° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableUranusoppositionNeptune7.4° orb
R. A. Lafferty’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.0° to 11.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water6 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
R. A. Lafferty’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 14°30′ (moves 0.02° 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 R. A. Lafferty absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresAquarius 19°50′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. R. A. Lafferty is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ Eros ℞Pisces 20°09′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. R. A. Lafferty is read as easily moved and hard to pin.
⚕ HygieaLeo 0°58′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has R. A. Lafferty at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 8°37′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. R. A. Lafferty is read as immovable on those points.
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.
- Chiron trine Sun 0.0°
- Hygiea conjunction Neptune 0.5°
- Chiron trine Mercury 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 0.8°
- Chiron square 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°).
R. A. Lafferty’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. ♅ Uranus7 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 1 major aspect
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: R. A. Lafferty 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 R. A. Lafferty’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 Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.
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.
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.0°
- Uranus biquintile Pluto 0.1°
- Mars biquintile Pluto 1.4°
- Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 1.4°
- Mars quintile Uranus 1.5°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.5°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.6°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for R. A. Lafferty, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
R. A. Lafferty’s cards
Every card is computed from November 7, 1914, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for R. A. Lafferty, 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
R. A. Lafferty’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q982489, 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 Keith Purtell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same R. A. Lafferty at Wikipedia.
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 R. A. Lafferty’s chart
- What zodiac sign was R. A. Lafferty?
- R. A. Lafferty was a Scorpio: born November 7, 1914, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Tiger.
- What was R. A. Lafferty's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 7, 1914 birth.
- What time was R. A. Lafferty 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 R. A. Lafferty's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the November 7, 1914 birth date.
- What was R. A. Lafferty's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 7, 1914 birth date.
- Where was R. A. Lafferty's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was R. A. Lafferty's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
