Riley P. Bechtel
Riley P. Bechtel (born March 25, 1952, Alameda County, United States), aged 74, is an American billionaire heir and businessman.
Riley P. Bechtel’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Water Dragon, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Dragon, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Riley
Riley P. Bechtel’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Visionary
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Riley in the U.S.?
#48
US rank in 2025
~246,985
Americans share it since 1880
2016
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1952, Riley came 547th among boys and 4,833rd among girls, carried by 163 American boys and 7 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Riley’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
6
Soul Urge · being needed
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on R (9) and closes on Y (7). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 5: voice against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Riley’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Aquamarine, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1952, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Riley apart
Training came by way of Stanford Law School and The Thacher School.
Riley P. Bechtel was born to Stephen Bechtel, Jr. and raised one child.
Elton John (1947) and Aretha Franklin (1942) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Stanford Law School, The Thacher School and University of California, Davis
- Citizenship
- United States
- Wikipedia editions
- 4
What the chart says
Riley, according to the stars
Core essence
Riley leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Riley is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
How Riley wants to be loved
Riley wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Riley, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Riley creates
How Riley makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Riley creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Riley is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Riley is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Riley 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 Riley's birth date. Working below.
Where Riley sits
Six lines
Riley’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Riley P. Bechtel
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Alameda County on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Alameda County that night
Computed for 37.65°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Alameda County at 9 p.m. that evening: Alkaphrah of Ursa Major, within 9.8° of the exact zenith.
Of the 102 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 37.6°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −52.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Alameda County on any night.
The Moon, 0% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 30° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Alameda County, United States
- Lives in
- Menlo Park
Wikidata records Menlo Park as Riley P. Bechtel's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Riley P. Bechtel: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Riley's chart is
Chart pattern score
58 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aries · T-square onto Uranus · No Earth planets
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →Riley P. Bechtel at a glance
Aries Sun
Aries SunFires first. Thinks later.
Riley P. Bechtel's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 25, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Water Dragon
Water DragonBig energy, bigger plans.
Riley P. Bechtel was born on March 25, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Carries the whole room's weight.
Riley P. Bechtel's birth date, March 25, 1952, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Riley’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Riley P. Bechtel's date-only chart is Mercury opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Riley P. Bechtel combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Visionary.
Riley’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 27° to 12° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunconjunctionMoon0.1° to 6.7° orb
Riley’s core identity and feelings act as one.
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune0.3° to 0.5° orb
Riley’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
stableVenustrineUranus0.8° to 2.1° orb
Riley’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
stableMercurytrinePluto0.9° to 1.0° orb
stableMarssquarePluto0.9° orb
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune0.9° to 1.2° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter1.4° to 1.5° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.4° orb
stableSaturnsquareUranus2.2° to 2.3° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto2.3° to 2.6° orb
stableSunsquareUranus4.3° to 5.3° orb
stableSunoppositionSaturn6.5° to 7.6° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal7 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Riley’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironCapricorn 12°02′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAries 15°14′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosGemini 22°33′ (moves 0.94° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAries 13°54′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 29°37′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron square Saturn 0.1°
- Chiron sextile Venus 0.7°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 0.7°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.8°
- Hygiea opposition Saturn 1.8°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 2.1°
- Eros sextile Mercury 2.2°
Riley’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Riley’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, JupiterThree 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.
T-square onto Uranus · Sun, Saturn, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.7°
- Venus quincunx Saturn 0.8°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Mars 1.6°
- Mercury quincunx Mars 1.9°
More people like Riley
Born in United States
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- Marsha BlackburnAmerican businesswoman and politician (born 1952)
- Paula VogelAmerican playwright
More charts like Riley’s
Fellow Aries suns
- R. Lee ErmeyAmerican actor and soldier
- Paul ReiserAmerican actor
- Giorgio CantariniItalian actor
Born in Dragon years
- Sharon OsbourneBritish-American television personality
- RihannaBarbadian singer (born 1988)
- Clive OwenEnglish actor
Also born on March 25
- Elton John1947
- Aretha Franklin1942
- Sarah Jessica Parker1965
- Mikey Madison1999
- Lee Pace1979
- Big Sean1988
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Kendrick LamarAmerican rapper
- Mads MikkelsenDanish actor
- Cindy CrawfordAmerican model
Other Aries Dragon charts
- Haley Joel OsmentAmerican actor
- Vanessa KirbyBritish actress (born 1987)
- Michelle MonaghanAmerican actress
- Keri RussellAmerican actress
Other Gilded Visionarys
- Kris JennerAmerican media personality, socialite, and businesswoman
- EndrickBrazilian footballer
- Michael JohnsonAmerican sprinter
- Serge IbakaCongolese-Spanish basketball player
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Haruki MurakamiJapanese writer
- Morgan FreemanAmerican actor and producer
- Jim CarreyCanadian-American actor and comedian
From the journal: Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time · What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated
Riley’s cards
Computed from March 25, 1952. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Gilded VisionaryWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
9 · Healer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Riley’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7334227 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Riley P. Bechtel.
Quick answers about Riley P. Bechtel’s chart
- How old is Riley P. Bechtel?
- Riley P. Bechtel is 74 years old, born March 25, 1952 in Alameda County, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Riley P. Bechtel?
- Riley P. Bechtel is an Aries: born March 25, 1952, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What is Riley P. Bechtel's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 25, 1952 birth.
- What is Riley P. Bechtel's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Riley P. Bechtel's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Riley P. Bechtel's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Riley P. Bechtel's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
