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Richard Howard

Richard Howard (born October 13, 1929, Cleveland, United States; died 2022), was an American poet and literary critic. Howard's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Richard Howard’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Richard Howard’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Strategist

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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

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

8 · 2 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Amber · Blush · Gold

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 makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Richard is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Richard needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Richard needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Richard wants to be loved

Richard 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 Richard and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

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 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: 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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Intimate circleWide network
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
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You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Richard

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Richard

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Richard

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
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You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Richard Howard

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Cleveland on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Richard’s birth-night reference starDenebwhite · CygnusDeneb, in Cygnus. A white star, 74.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Deneb →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 18.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Richard Howard's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 13, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.

Earth Snake

Calm surface, fast strike.

Richard Howard was born on October 13, 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 8

Ambition with a spreadsheet.

Richard Howard's birth date, October 13, 1929, 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

Richard’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Richard Howard, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 16° to 28° Aquarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 0.2° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.3° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.1° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.4° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 2.6° orbMoon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 3.1° orbSun flows with Jupiter · Trine, 3.6° orbVenus grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.6° orbSun in Libra · 19°52′☉19°Moon in Aquarius · 22°27′☽22°Mercury in Libra · 9°10′ · retrograde☿℞9°Venus in Virgo · 21°59′♀21°Mars in Scorpio · 4°54′♂4°Jupiter in Gemini · 16°17′ · retrograde♃℞16°Saturn in Sagittarius · 25°32′♄25°Uranus in Aries · 8°58′ · retrograde♅℞8°Neptune in Virgo · 2°48′♆2°Pluto in Cancer · 19°37′♇19°

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.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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 0.7° orb

    Richard’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercuryoppositionUranus0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Richard’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenussextilePluto1.8° to 3.0° orb

    Richard’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarssextileNeptune1.8° to 2.4° orb

    Richard’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenussquareSaturn3.0° to 4.1° orb

    Richard’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSuntrineJupiter3.1° to 4.1° orb

    Richard’s core identity flows straight into their growth.

  • stableVenussquareJupiter5.1° to 6.3° orb

    Richard’s affections grind against their growth.

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 8.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.0° to 12.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.0° to 9.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 4.2° to 16.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 6.6° to 18.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air 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 13°04′ (moves 0.04° 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.

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 18°56′ (moves 0.02° 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.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 19°18′ (moves 0.68° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Richard is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 6°59′ (moves 0.19° 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 16°12′ (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.

  • Eros trine Pluto 0.3°
  • Ceres trine Sun 0.9°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 2.0°
  • Hygiea opposition Mercury 2.2°
  • Ceres conjunction Jupiter 2.6°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.7°

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. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter3 pts

    disposes Saturn; 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.

  • Uranus biquintile Neptune 0.2°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.8°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Richard Howard, 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 October 13, 1929, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Star

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Strategist

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Western zodiac

Libra

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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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

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Richard Howard, 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 Q2636383, 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 Richard Howard 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Richard Howard.

Quick answers about Richard Howard’s chart

What zodiac sign was Richard Howard?
Richard Howard was a Libra: born October 13, 1929, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Snake.
What was Richard Howard's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 13, 1929 birth.
What time was Richard Howard 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 Howard's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the October 13, 1929 birth date.
What was Richard Howard's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 13, 1929 birth date.
Where was Richard Howard's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Richard Howard's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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