Richard Borcherds
Richard Borcherds (born November 29, 1959, Cape Town, South Africa), aged 66, is a British-American mathematician (born 1959). Borcherds's honours include Fields medal, Whitehead Prize and Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Richard Borcherds’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Pig, with 
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Richard Borcherds’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Storyteller
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Richard in the U.S.?
#234
US rank in 2025
~2,587,082
Americans share it since 1880
1946
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Richard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🌻 Zinnia
Gold · Rose-gold · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Richard, according to the stars
Core essence
Richard is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Richard is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
How Richard wants to be loved
Richard wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Richard gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Richard creates
How Richard makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Richard creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Richard is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Richard 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 Richard leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Richard runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Richard's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Richard sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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The quick version
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunSays the quiet part loud.
Richard Borcherds's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 29, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.
Earth Pig
Earth PigTrusts easily. Rarely regrets it.
Richard Borcherds was born on November 29, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Goes first. Works it out.
Richard Borcherds's birth date, November 29, 1959, 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 Richard’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Richard Borcherds' date-only chart is Sun square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Mars and Neptune, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Richard Borcherds combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Storyteller.
Richard’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Richard Borcherds, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 0° Scorpio or Sagittarius 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.
stableSunsquarePluto0.0° to 0.8° orb
Richard’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussextileUranus0.0° to 0.9° orb
Richard’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableSaturntrinePluto0.4° to 0.5° orb
Richard’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars0.6° to 2.1° orb
Richard’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.6° orb
Richard’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.0° to 2.1° orb
Richard’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysquareUranus4.1° to 4.9° orb
Richard’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunconjunctionJupiter4.6° to 5.4° orb
Richard’s core identity and growth act as one.
stableJupitersquarePluto5.2° to 5.4° orb
Richard’s growth grinds against their depths.
stableMarssquareUranus5.5° to 6.2° orb
Richard’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 0.0° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Richard’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.
⚷ ChironAquarius 23°03′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Richard making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 26°12′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Richard is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosSagittarius 26°07′ (moves 0.61° 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 Richard attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaLeo 28°20′ (moves 0.13° 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 Richard at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 12°04′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of Richard that says the unsayable and does not take it back.
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 opposition Jupiter 0.6°
- Hygiea square Mars 1.4°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 2.0°
- Chiron trine Venus 2.3°
- Chiron square Mercury 2.5°
- Hygiea square Mercury 2.8°
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°).
Richard’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. ♃ Jupiter8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars, Neptune; 4 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 2 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Richard is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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 Richard’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.
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.4°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.7°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.7°
- Sun semi-sextile Neptune 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Richard Borcherds, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Richard
Rahm Emanuel was born on November 29, 1959 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: Every sign's ruling planet and what it governs · Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection
Richard’s cards
Every card is computed from November 29, 1959, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Richard Borcherds, 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
Richard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q334010, 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 George Bergman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Richard Borcherds at Wikipedia and YouTube.
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 Richard Borcherds’s chart
- How old is Richard Borcherds?
- Richard Borcherds is 66 years old, born November 29, 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa.
- What zodiac sign is Richard Borcherds?
- Richard Borcherds is a Sagittarius: born November 29, 1959, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Pig.
- What is Richard Borcherds's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 29, 1959 birth.
- What time was Richard Borcherds 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 Richard Borcherds's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the November 29, 1959 birth date.
- What is Richard Borcherds's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 29, 1959 birth date.
- Where is Richard Borcherds's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Richard Borcherds's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Pluto is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
