Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman (born December 30, 1948, Saint Paul, United States), aged 77, is a Nobel prize winning American cell biologist. Schekman's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and Canada Gairdner International Award.
Randy Schekman’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Rat, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.How compatible are you with Randy Schekman?
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Randy Schekman’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Strategist
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Randy in the U.S.?
#1089
US rank in 2025
~334,472
Americans share it since 1880
1956
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Randy’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Ivory · Gold
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Randy, according to the stars
Core essence
Randy is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Randy 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, Randy is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Randy needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Randy wants to be loved
Randy 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 Randy and watch them fall for you again.
How Randy creates
How Randy makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Randy creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Randy is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Randy is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Randy leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Randy 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 Randy's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Randy sits
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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 may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunClimbs. Then climbs again.
Randy Schekman's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 30, 1948, 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.
Earth Rat
Earth RatCharming, and counting the exits.
Randy Schekman was born on December 30, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Randy Schekman's birth date, December 30, 1948, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in Randy’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Randy Schekman's date-only chart is Sun conjunction Jupiter, with an orb of about 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Randy Schekman combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Strategist.
Randy’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Randy Schekman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 19° Capricorn 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.
stableSunconjunctionJupiter0.7° to 1.5° orb
Randy’s core identity and growth act as one.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.0° to 1.1° orb
Randy’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileNeptune1.5° to 2.7° orb
Randy’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSuntrineSaturn2.4° to 3.5° orb
Randy’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenustrinePluto2.5° to 3.8° orb
Randy’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurysquareNeptune3.4° to 5.0° orb
Randy’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableJupitertrineSaturn3.9° to 4.2° orb
Randy’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitersquareNeptune4.9° to 5.1° orb
Randy’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunsquareNeptune5.6° to 6.6° orb
Randy’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars6.3° to 7.2° orb
Randy’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 0.1° to 9.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth6 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
Randy’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.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 3°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Sagittarius is read as a sore spot around belief and being taught. The reading has Randy building a philosophy from lived evidence rather than received one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Leo 24°35′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Randy is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosSagittarius 3°07′ (moves 0.71° 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 Randy attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaVirgo 16°00′ (moves 0.06° 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. Randy is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 18°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Randy is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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.
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 1.3°
- Chiron square Saturn 2.0°
- Eros square Saturn 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°).
Randy’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. ♄ Saturn9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Randy 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 Randy’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 Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, Mars, JupiterThree 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.
- Jupiter biquintile Pluto 0.1°
- Sun biquintile Pluto 1.2°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.7°
- Venus semi-square Mars 1.9°
- Mars quincunx Uranus 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Randy Schekman, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Randy’s cards
Every card is computed from December 30, 1948, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Randy Schekman, 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
Randy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q740638, 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 Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Randy Schekman 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 Randy Schekman.
Quick answers about Randy Schekman’s chart
- How old is Randy Schekman?
- Randy Schekman is 77 years old, born December 30, 1948 in Saint Paul, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Randy Schekman?
- Randy Schekman is a Capricorn: born December 30, 1948, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat.
- What is Randy Schekman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 30, 1948 birth.
- What time was Randy Schekman 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 Randy Schekman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the December 30, 1948 birth date.
- What is Randy Schekman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 30, 1948 birth date.
- Where is Randy Schekman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Randy Schekman's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
