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, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rat, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Randy
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 1915
1956
its peak year
In 1948, 3,141 American boys and 163 girls were registered Randy — 99th among boys and 654th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Randy’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
7
Soul Urge · understanding
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on R (9) and closes on Y (7). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Randy’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
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 record
What sets Randy apart
LeBron James (1984) and Tiger Woods (1975) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
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. Working below.
Where Randy sits
Six lines
Randy’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Randy Schekman
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Saint Paul on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Saint Paul that night
Computed for 44.94°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Mirfak stood nearest the zenith over Saint Paul at 9 p.m. that evening, 85.2° above the horizon in Perseus.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 107 catalog stars above the horizon.
At 44.9°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Saint Paul at all: they sit past the −45.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at new moon, 1% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 45° down.
How unusual Randy's chart is
Chart pattern score
60 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Capricorn · 1 unaspected planet · No Water planets
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →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.
What Capricorn means →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.
What the Rat means →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.
What Life Path 1 means →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
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 19° Capricorn depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
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
stableVenustrinePluto2.5° to 3.8° orb
stableMercurysquareNeptune3.4° to 5.0° orb
stableJupitertrineSaturn3.9° to 4.2° orb
stableJupitersquareNeptune4.9° to 5.1° orb
stableSunsquareNeptune5.6° to 6.6° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionMars6.3° to 7.2° orb
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
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 3°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Leo 24°35′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 3°07′ (moves 0.71° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaVirgo 16°00′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 18°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 1.3°
- Chiron square Saturn 2.0°
- Eros square Saturn 2.9°
Randy’s dominant planets
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
Configurations in Randy’s chart
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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- 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°
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Famous people with Life Path 1
Life Path numbers explained →From the journal: How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan · The 12 animals and how the race story goes
Randy’s cards
Computed from December 30, 1948. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast StrategistWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
1 · Pioneer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Randy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q740638 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Randy Schekman at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not 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.
- 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 is Randy Schekman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What is Randy Schekman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- 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.
