Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout (born April 13, 1947, Vallejo, United States), aged 79, is an American poet (born 1947). Armantrout's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Guggenheim Fellowship and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
Rae Armantrout’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Pig, with 
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Rae Armantrout’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Rae in the U.S.?
#1306
US rank in 2025
~24,420
Americans share it since 1880
1956
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Rae’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy
White · Crimson · Flame orange
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Rae, according to the stars
Core essence
Rae 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 Rae 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.
How Rae wants to be loved
Rae wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Rae, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Rae creates
How Rae makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Rae creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Rae 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Rae is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Rae gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from Rae's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Rae sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
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 may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Vallejo on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
Aries Sun
Aries SunRuns at it head first.
Rae Armantrout's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 13, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.
Fire Pig
Fire PigGives more than it gets.
Rae Armantrout was born on April 13, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 11
Life Path 11Bright signal, thin skin.
Rae Armantrout's birth date, April 13, 1947, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in Rae’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Rae Armantrout's date-only chart is Mercury trine Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Rae Armantrout combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
Rae’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Rae Armantrout, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 19° to 1° Capricorn or Aquarius 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.
stableMercurytrineJupiter0.0° to 1.3° orb
Rae’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarstrineSaturn0.2° to 1.0° orb
Rae’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableVenussquareUranus1.6° to 2.8° orb
Rae’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.9° to 2.0° orb
Rae’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileUranus3.9° to 4.8° orb
Rae’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars4.4° to 4.9° orb
Rae’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurytrineSaturn4.6° to 5.9° orb
Rae’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableMarstrineJupiter4.9° to 5.7° orb
Rae’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitertrineSaturn5.8° to 5.9° orb
Rae’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 6.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 6.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Rae’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 ℞Scorpio 6°29′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Rae carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresAries 1°24′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Rae looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosSagittarius 25°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Rae attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 14°48′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Rae is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 8°12′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Rae is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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.
- Ceres conjunction Mars 0.1°
- Ceres trine Saturn 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 0.9°
- Eros square Mercury 1.0°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 1.7°
- Eros trine Sun 2.8°
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°).
Rae’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. ♂ Mars9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Saturn, Pluto; 1 major aspect
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Rae is read as acting first and reflecting after.
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 Rae’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.
Grand trine · Mercury, Jupiter, SaturnThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.- Grand trine · Mars, Jupiter, SaturnThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
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.
- Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.5°
- Venus biquintile Pluto 0.5°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.8°
- Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Rae Armantrout, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Sect: day charts vs night charts · Why your Chinese sign might be wrong
Rae’s cards
Every card is computed from April 13, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Rae Armantrout, 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
Rae’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7281906, 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 kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Rae Armantrout 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 Rae Armantrout’s chart
- How old is Rae Armantrout?
- Rae Armantrout is 79 years old, born April 13, 1947 in Vallejo, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Rae Armantrout?
- Rae Armantrout is an Aries: born April 13, 1947, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
- What is Rae Armantrout's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 13, 1947 birth.
- What time was Rae Armantrout 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 is Rae Armantrout's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the April 13, 1947 birth date.
- What is Rae Armantrout's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 13, 1947 birth date.
- Where is Rae Armantrout's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Rae Armantrout's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
