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Ralph Steinman

Ralph Steinman (born January 14, 1943, Montreal, Canada; died 2011), was a Canadian immunologist and cell biologist. Steinman's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Canada Gairdner International Award and Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine.

Ralph Steinman’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Horse, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Ralph Steinman’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Pioneer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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

5 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus

Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Ralph, according to the stars

Core essence

Ralph is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Ralph is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Ralph is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Ralph needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Ralph wants to be loved

Ralph 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 Ralph be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Ralph creates

How Ralph makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Ralph 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: Ralph is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Ralph is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Ralph has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Ralph's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Ralph sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Ralph

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ralph

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Ralph

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ralph

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Ralph

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ralph

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Ralph Steinman

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Montreal on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Ralph’s birth-night reference starMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 84.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirfak →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 73.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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.

Ralph Steinman in 15 seconds

Capricorn Sun

Climbs. Then climbs again.

Ralph Steinman's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 14, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Water Horse

Open road, open heart.

Ralph Steinman was born on January 14, 1943, which falls in a Water Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.

Life Path 5

Five doors open at once.

Ralph Steinman's birth date, January 14, 1943, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in Ralph’s chart

Ralph’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Ralph Steinman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.3° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.2° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 1.4° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 1.5° orbVenus faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1.5° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.8° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.8° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.9° orbSun in Capricorn · 23°37′☉23°Moon in Taurus · 9°14′☽9°Mercury in Aquarius · 10°42′☿10°Venus in Aquarius · 7°50′♀7°Mars in Sagittarius · 21°15′♂21°Jupiter in Cancer · 19°45′ · retrograde♃℞19°Saturn in Gemini · 6°04′ · retrograde♄℞6°Uranus in Gemini · 0°50′ · retrograde♅℞0°Neptune in Libra · 2°02′ · retrograde♆℞2°Pluto in Leo · 6°23′ · retrograde♇℞6°

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.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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.

  • stableMoonsquareVenus0.0° to 7.0° orb

    Ralph’s feelings grind against their affections. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSaturnsextilePluto0.3° orb

    Ralph’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenusoppositionPluto0.8° to 2.1° orb

    Ralph’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn1.1° to 2.4° orb

    Ralph’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableUranustrineNeptune1.2° orb

    Ralph’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.3° to 3.4° orb

    Ralph’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSunoppositionJupiter3.3° to 4.5° orb

    Ralph’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune4.0° to 4.1° orb

    Ralph’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMercuryoppositionPluto4.2° to 4.4° orb

    Ralph’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto4.3° to 4.4° orb

    Ralph’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn4.5° to 4.8° orb

    Ralph’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune5.2° to 6.4° orb

    Ralph’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

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 ℞Leo 28°28′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Ralph performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 0°45′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Ralph looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ ErosPisces 21°33′ (moves 0.66° 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. Ralph is read as easily moved and hard to pin.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 10°44′ (moves 0.18° 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 Ralph at their best with something to be proud of.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 15°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Ralph guarding a private self that family did not get to name.

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 Mercury 0.0°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 0.1°
  • Eros square Mars 0.3°
  • Ceres opposition Neptune 1.3°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 1.8°
  • Eros sextile Sun 2.1°
  • Chiron square Uranus 2.4°
  • Hygiea opposition Venus 2.9°

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. 1. ♄ Saturn9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Ralph is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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.

  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Venus, Saturn, Neptune, PlutoA 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.

  • Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.1°
  • Jupiter quintile Neptune 0.3°
  • Jupiter semi-square Saturn 1.3°
  • Mars quincunx Jupiter 1.5°
  • Venus semi-square Mars 1.6°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ralph Steinman, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

Born the same day as Ralph

Holland Taylor was born on January 14, 1943 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.

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Ralph’s cards

Every card is computed from January 14, 1943, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Ralph Steinman, 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 Q105494, 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 Kupal123, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Ralph Steinman 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ralph Steinman.

Quick answers about Ralph Steinman’s chart

What zodiac sign was Ralph Steinman?
Ralph Steinman was a Capricorn: born January 14, 1943, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Horse.
What was Ralph Steinman's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 14, 1943 birth.
What time was Ralph Steinman 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 Steinman's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the January 14, 1943 birth date.
What was Ralph Steinman's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Leo at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 14, 1943 birth date.
Where was Ralph Steinman's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Ralph Steinman's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 5 major aspects). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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