Reed Whittemore
Reed Whittemore (born September 11, 1919, New Haven, United States; died 2012), was an American poet. Whittemore served as United States Poet Laureate. Whittemore's honours include Guggenheim Fellowship.
Reed Whittemore’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Goat, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Goat, with 
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Reed Whittemore’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Explorer
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Reed in the U.S.?
#419
US rank in 2025
~36,977
Americans share it since 1880
2014
its peak year
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Reed’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
22 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Reed, according to the stars
Core essence
Reed notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Reed is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Reed runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Reed needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How Reed wants to be loved
Reed wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Reed and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Reed creates
How Reed makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Reed creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Reed is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Reed is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Reed fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Reed's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Reed 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 may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
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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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
Reed Whittemore's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 11, 1919, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Earth Goat
Earth GoatGentle hands, strong opinions.
Reed Whittemore was born on September 11, 1919, which falls in a Earth Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 22
Life Path 22Big blueprint, real hands.
Reed Whittemore's birth date, September 11, 1919, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.
What stands out in Reed’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Reed Whittemore's date-only chart is Mercury conjunction Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Fire/Earth emphasis, with four planets in each.
- Reed Whittemore combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Explorer.
Reed’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Reed Whittemore, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 0° to 15° 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.
stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn0.0° to 1.3° orb
Reed’s mind and discipline act as one.
stableSunconjunctionVenus1.5° to 3.1° orb
Reed’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarsconjunctionNeptune1.6° to 2.2° orb
Reed’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune1.9° to 2.0° orb
Reed’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurysextilePluto2.5° to 4.2° orb
Reed’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter3.6° to 4.1° orb
Reed’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsextilePluto3.8° to 3.9° orb
Reed’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercuryoppositionUranus4.4° to 6.2° orb
Reed’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableSaturnoppositionUranus4.7° to 4.9° orb
Reed’s discipline pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.0° to 7.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 7.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Reed’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 5°28′ (moves 0.04° 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: Reed may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 0°28′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Reed looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosCapricorn 13°26′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Reed is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaGemini 22°21′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Reed needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 25°41′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Reed is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
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.
- Chiron square Pluto 2.2°
- Hygiea square Venus 2.2°
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°).
Reed’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. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Saturn; 3 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune; 1 major aspect
3. ♅ Uranus4 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Reed is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Reed’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 Virgo · Sun, Mercury, Venus, SaturnThree 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.
- Venus quintile Pluto 0.5°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 0.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Reed Whittemore, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Reed’s cards
Every card is computed from September 11, 1919, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Reed Whittemore, 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
Reed’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7306708, 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.
The same Reed Whittemore 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 Reed Whittemore’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Reed Whittemore?
- Reed Whittemore was a Virgo: born September 11, 1919, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Goat.
- What was Reed Whittemore's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 11, 1919 birth.
- What time was Reed Whittemore 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 Reed Whittemore's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the September 11, 1919 birth date.
- What was Reed Whittemore's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 11, 1919 birth date.
- Where was Reed Whittemore's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Reed Whittemore's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
