Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker (born November 21, 1920, Minneapolis, United States; died 1988), was an American actor. Meeker's honours include Theatre World Award.
Ralph Meeker’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Monkey, with 
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Ralph Meeker’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 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Ralph in the U.S.?
#1048
US rank in 2025
~415,858
Americans share it since 1880
1921
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Ralph’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Crimson · Silver
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What the chart says
Ralph, according to the stars
Core essence
Ralph does not do surface. The core of Ralph 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 Ralph is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How Ralph wants to be loved
Ralph 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 Ralph you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Ralph creates
How Ralph makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Ralph 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: Ralph is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Ralph is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Ralph does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Ralph's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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.
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Ralph Meeker at a glance
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Ralph Meeker's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 21, 1920, 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.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyTurns problems into games.
Ralph Meeker was born on November 21, 1920, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
Ralph Meeker's birth date, November 21, 1920, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Ralph’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ralph Meeker's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Jupiter, with an orb of about 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with four planets in each, and none in Air.
- Ralph Meeker 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.
Ralph’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Ralph Meeker, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 26° to 9° Pisces or Aries 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.
stableMercurysextileJupiter0.9° to 1.8° orb
Ralph’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsquareUranus2.1° to 3.2° orb
Ralph’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
stableMarstrineSaturn2.1° to 2.8° orb
Ralph’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableVenussextileUranus2.5° to 3.7° orb
Ralph’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableVenusoppositionPluto3.1° to 4.3° orb
Ralph’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurysquareNeptune3.3° to 4.1° orb
Ralph’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableSunsextileMars3.5° to 3.7° orb
Ralph’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
stableUranustrinePluto6.8° orb
Ralph’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn7.0° orb
Ralph’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.1° to 9.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 12.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Air signs.
Ralph’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 ℞Aries 6°16′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Ralph may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 9°07′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Ralph is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosScorpio 24°36′ (moves 0.71° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Ralph is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaVirgo 1°37′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. Ralph is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 14°22′ (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. Ralph 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.
- Hygiea opposition Uranus 0.2°
- Ceres conjunction Pluto 0.5°
- Eros sextile Mars 0.9°
- Chiron square Venus 1.4°
- Eros sextile Saturn 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 1.7°
- Chiron square Pluto 2.3°
- Hygiea square Sun 2.5°
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°).
Ralph’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. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4 pts
disposes Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Ralph is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Ralph’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Sun quintile Jupiter 1.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ralph Meeker, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?
Ralph’s cards
Every card is computed from November 21, 1920, 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 Water.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ralph Meeker, 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
Ralph’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1370520, 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 derivative work: Rossrs (talk) Ralph_Meeker_in_Ada_trailer.jpg: Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ralph Meeker at Wikipedia 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 Ralph Meeker’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Ralph Meeker?
- Ralph Meeker was a Scorpio: born November 21, 1920, 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 Metal Monkey.
- What was Ralph Meeker's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 21, 1920 birth.
- What time was Ralph Meeker 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 Ralph Meeker's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the November 21, 1920 birth date.
- What was Ralph Meeker's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 21, 1920 birth date.
- Where was Ralph Meeker's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Ralph Meeker's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
