Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman (born May 11, 1918, Far Rockaway, United States; died 1988), was an American theoretical physicist. Feynman is best remembered for Feynman parametrization, Hellmann–Feynman theorem and Feynman point. Feynman's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Albert Einstein Award and National Medal of Science.
Richard Feynman’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Horse, with 
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Richard Feynman’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Scholar
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, 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
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Richard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Ivory · Blush · 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 steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Richard is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How Richard wants to be loved
Richard wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Richard creates
How Richard makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Richard creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Richard is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Richard is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Richard channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Richard's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Richard sits
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunSlow to move, slower to leave.
Richard Feynman's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 11, 1918, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseHappiest halfway there.
Richard Feynman was born on May 11, 1918, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Turns effort into standing.
Richard Feynman's birth date, May 11, 1918, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Richard’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Richard Feynman's date-only chart is Mars square Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Richard Feynman combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Scholar.
Richard’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Richard Feynman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 28° to 12° Taurus or Gemini 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.
stableVenustrineNeptune0.1° to 1.1° orb
Richard’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssquareJupiter0.4° to 0.5° orb
Richard’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenussquarePluto0.6° to 1.7° orb
Richard’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurysextileUranus2.9° to 3.0° orb
Richard’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenustrineSaturn2.9° to 3.9° orb
Richard’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysextilePluto3.5° to 3.6° orb
Richard’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysquareNeptune4.0° to 4.1° orb
Richard’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune4.0° to 4.1° orb
Richard’s discipline and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSuntrineMars4.4° to 5.2° orb
Richard’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableUranustrinePluto6.5° orb
Richard’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.0° to 10.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 6.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
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.
⚷ ChironAries 2°10′ (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: Richard may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 9°39′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Richard caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosTaurus 3°52′ (moves 0.75° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Richard wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaAries 6°26′ (moves 0.31° 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 LilithLibra 1°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Richard that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.
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.
- Eros sextile Pluto 0.1°
- Eros square Neptune 0.6°
- Hygiea conjunction Venus 1.3°
- Chiron square Pluto 1.8°
- Hygiea trine Neptune 1.9°
- Hygiea trine Saturn 2.1°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.3°
- Hygiea square Pluto 2.5°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 2.7°
- Chiron conjunction Venus 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°).
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. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus4 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; 2 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Richard is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 semi-square Venus 0.0°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Mars 0.1°
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.3°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.5°
- Mars quintile Pluto 0.6°
- Sun semi-square Pluto 1.2°
- Venus quintile Jupiter 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Richard Feynman, 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 May 11, 1918, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Richard Feynman, 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 Q39246, 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 Copyright Tamiko Thiel 1984, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Richard Feynman at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Feynman’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Richard Feynman?
- Richard Feynman was a Taurus: born May 11, 1918, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse.
- What was Richard Feynman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 11, 1918 birth.
- What time was Richard Feynman 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 Feynman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the May 11, 1918 birth date.
- What was Richard Feynman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 11, 1918 birth date.
- Where was Richard Feynman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Richard Feynman's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
