Richard E. Taylor
Richard E. Taylor (born November 2, 1929, Medicine Hat, Canada; died 2018), was a Canadian physicist. Taylor's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Companion of the Order of Canada and Panofsky Prize.
Richard E. Taylor’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Snake, with 
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Richard E. Taylor’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Lightkeeper
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
7 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌻 Zinnia
Gold · Crimson · Terracotta
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What the chart says
Richard, according to the stars
Core essence
Richard does not do surface. The core of Richard is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Richard is earned slowly and never given lightly.
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 refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Richard creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Richard is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Richard is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
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 may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Richard E. Taylor's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 2, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Earth Snake
Earth SnakeCalm surface, fast strike.
Richard E. Taylor was born on November 2, 1929, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Richard E. Taylor's birth date, November 2, 1929, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Richard’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Richard E. Taylor's date-only chart is Mars trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Richard E. Taylor combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Lightkeeper.
Richard’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Richard E. Taylor, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 18° to 1° 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.
stableMarstrinePluto0.4° to 1.1° orb
Richard’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenustrineJupiter1.1° to 2.4° orb
Richard’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableMercurysextileSaturn1.2° to 2.7° orb
Richard’s mind opens doors for their discipline.
stableVenussquarePluto2.1° to 3.4° orb
Richard’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurysquarePluto4.8° to 6.4° orb
Richard’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSaturntrineNeptune6.1° orb
Richard’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 0.2° to 12.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 2.1° to 14.6° depending on birth time
possibleVenusoppositionUranusorb from 8.0° to 9.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 12°06′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Richard building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 18°04′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Richard feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosSagittarius 2°43′ (moves 0.66° 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.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 3°54′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Richard feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 18°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Richard is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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 Mars 0.4°
- Eros square Neptune 0.6°
- Ceres trine Venus 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith square Venus 1.6°
- Chiron opposition Sun 2.2°
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 3.0°
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. ♇ Pluto8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mercury; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 2 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Richard is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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.
- Sun biquintile Jupiter 0.8°
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 1.0°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.3°
- Venus semi-square Neptune 1.4°
- Sun quincunx Uranus 1.6°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Richard E. Taylor, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Richard’s cards
Every card is computed from November 2, 1929, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Richard E. Taylor, 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 Q201470, 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 ENERGY.GOV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Richard E. Taylor at Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.
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 E. Taylor’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Richard E. Taylor?
- Richard E. Taylor was a Scorpio: born November 2, 1929, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
- What was Richard E. Taylor's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 2, 1929 birth.
- What time was Richard E. Taylor 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 Richard E. Taylor's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the November 2, 1929 birth date.
- What was Richard E. Taylor's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 2, 1929 birth date.
- Where was Richard E. Taylor's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Richard E. Taylor's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 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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