Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch (born April 5, 1917, Chicago, United States; died 1994), was an American fiction writer. Bloch is best remembered for Psycho. Bloch's honours include Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Inkpot Award and World Horror Convention Grand Master Award.
Robert Bloch’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Fire Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Snake, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Robert
Robert Bloch’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Visionary
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Robert in the U.S.?
#92
US rank in 2025
~4,869,849
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
The SSA recorded 35,220 American boys and 168 girls named Robert in 1917: 4th among boys and 515th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Robert’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
8
Soul Urge · achievement
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on R (9) and closes on T (2). The value it repeats most is 2, which numerology reads as tact.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Robert’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy
White · Crimson · Flame orange
The record
What sets Robert apart
Pharrell Williams (1973) and Lily James (1989) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Robert, according to the stars
Core essence
Robert 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 Robert 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 Robert wants to be loved
Robert 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 Robert creates
How Robert makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Robert creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Robert 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Robert 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: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Robert gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from Robert's birth date. Working below.
Where Robert sits
Six lines
Robert’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Robert Bloch
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Chicago 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 Chicago that night
Computed for 41.88°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Tania Australis stood nearest the zenith over Chicago at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.7° above the horizon in Ursa Major.
Of the 103 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Chicago sits at 41.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Chicago at all: they sit past the −48.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 27° below the horizon, Moon up and 98% lit at full moon.
How unusual Robert's chart is
Chart pattern score
60 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Aries · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet
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 →If you only read one paragraph
Aries Sun
Aries SunStarts the thing. Then plans it.
Robert Bloch's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 5, 1917, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Fire Snake
Fire SnakeSays less than it knows.
Robert Bloch was born on April 5, 1917, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Robert Bloch's birth date, April 5, 1917, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Robert’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Robert Bloch's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Robert Bloch combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Visionary.
Robert’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 18° to 0° Virgo or Libra 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
stableMercurysquareSaturn0.0° to 1.9° orb
Robert’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableMercurysextileUranus0.0° to 1.3° orb
Robert’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenusconjunctionMars2.0° to 2.5° orb
Robert’s affections and drive act as one.
stableMarssquarePluto5.0° to 5.7° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus5.2° to 5.5° orb
stableMarstrineNeptune5.3° to 6.0° orb
stableSunconjunctionMars7.5° to 7.7° orb
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 6.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 1.5° to 13.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 1.8° to 14.1° depending on birth time
possibleSunconjunctionMercuryorb from 7.0° to 8.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 7.6° to 19.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Robert’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironPisces 26°58′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Virgo 8°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 0°37′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius 0°33′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 16°39′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.3°
- Ceres trine Jupiter 1.4°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.5°
- Hygiea opposition Neptune 1.6°
Robert’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus3 pts
disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Robert’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, Venus, MarsThree 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.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars semi-square Uranus 0.2°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.3°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.3°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.2°
- Jupiter quintile Saturn 1.4°
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More charts like Robert’s
Fellow Aries suns
- Sadio ManéSenegalese footballer
- Julius NyerereTanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania
- Omar SharifEgyptian actor
Born in Snake years
- Blake GriffinAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
- Alyssa Farah GriffinAmerican political strategist (born 1989)
- Jon HederAmerican actor
Also born on April 5
- Pharrell Williams1973
- Lily James1989
- Sterling K. Brown1976
- Gregory Peck1916
- Bette Davis1908
- Spencer Tracy1900
Fellow Yin Fire day masters
- Emma ThompsonEnglish actress and screenwriter
- Khaled HosseiniAfghan novelist
- PewDiePieSwedish YouTuber
Other Aries Snake charts
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- Tyler KolekAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Jalen WilliamsAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- David PortnoyAmerican internet entrepreneur and celebrity
Other Radiant Visionarys
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- Katrina BowdenAmerican actress and model
- Harrison ButkerAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Diem BrownAmerican television personality; reality TV star
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Barrie M. OsborneAmerican film producer
- Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Ted WhiteAmerican writer
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Robert’s cards
Computed from April 5, 1917. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Radiant VisionaryWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
9 · Healer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q355879 (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.
Portrait by Will Hart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Robert Bloch at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Robert Bloch.
Quick answers about Robert Bloch’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Robert Bloch?
- Robert Bloch was an Aries: born April 5, 1917, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What was Robert Bloch's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 5, 1917 birth.
- What was Robert Bloch's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Robert Bloch's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Robert Bloch's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Robert Bloch's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
