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Robert Burns Woodward

Robert Burns Woodward (born April 10, 1917, Boston, United States; died 1979), was an American chemist. Woodward's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Copley Medal and National Medal of Science.

Robert Burns Woodward’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Fire Snake, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Robert Burns Woodward’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Pioneer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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.

3

Expression · expression and voice

9

Soul Urge · meaning

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on R (9) and closes on T (2). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 9: movement against empathy.

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

5 · 2 · 8 · 9

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

Sadio Mané (1992) and Omar Sharif (1932) 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 keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Robert creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

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 5 is the free spirit. Robert is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
Robert

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Robert

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Robert

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Robert

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

PracticalVisionary
Robert

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Robert

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Robert Burns Woodward

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

Robert’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 87.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 38.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Boston that night

Computed for 42.36°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Boston was Tania Australis, in Ursa Major, 87.5° up.

Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Boston sits at 42.4°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −47.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waning gibbous, 87% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 27° down.

How unusual Robert's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

3-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.

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Robert Burns Woodward in 15 seconds

Aries Sun

Starts the thing. Then plans it.

Robert Burns Woodward's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 10, 1917, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Fire Snake

Says less than it knows.

Robert Burns Woodward was born on April 10, 1917, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 5

Change finds them anyway.

Robert Burns Woodward's birth date, April 10, 1917, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Robert’s chart

Robert’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 21° to 4° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.4° orbMercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.8° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.5° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.6° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 4° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 4.1° orbMoon flows with Neptune · Trine, 4.2° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 4.6° orbSun in Aries · 20°15′☉20°Moon in Scorpio · 27°52′☽27°Mercury in Taurus · 2°54′☿2°Venus in Aries · 16°10′♀16°Mars in Aries · 11°35′♂11°Jupiter in Taurus · 11°29′♃11°Saturn in Cancer · 23°53′♄23°Uranus in Aquarius · 22°47′♅22°Neptune in Leo · 2°06′ · retrograde♆℞2°Pluto in Cancer · 2°27′♇2°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Conjunction 0°
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

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune0.0° to 1.8° orb

    Robert’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableMercurysextilePluto0.0° to 1.4° orb

    Robert’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunsextileUranus2.1° to 3.0° orb

    Robert’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn3.2° to 4.1° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.9° to 4.2° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars4.3° to 4.8° orb

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 11.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercuryconjunctionJupiterorb from 7.7° to 9.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable0 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 27°15′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Virgo 8°30′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ Eros ℞Scorpio 29°44′ (moves 0.22° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 1°53′ (moves 0.26° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 17°12′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea opposition Neptune 0.2°
  • Hygiea square Mercury 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 1.0°
  • Eros trine Neptune 2.4°
  • Ceres trine Jupiter 3.0°

Robert’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♂ Mars8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Mercury, Jupiter; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Robert’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aries · Sun, 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-sextile Jupiter 0.1°
  • Sun quintile Pluto 0.2°
  • Jupiter quintile Saturn 0.4°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.4°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.1°

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Robert’s cards

Computed from April 10, 1917. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Temperance

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Pioneer

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

5 · Explorer

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q232316 (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 Robert_Burns_Woodward_in_1965.jpg: The original uploader was Peter Geymayer at German Wikipedia. (Original text: Dr. Peter Geymayer) derivative work: ≈ Chamal talk ¤, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Robert Burns Woodward at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Robert Burns Woodward.

Quick answers about Robert Burns Woodward’s chart

What zodiac sign was Robert Burns Woodward?
Robert Burns Woodward was an Aries: born April 10, 1917, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What was Robert Burns Woodward's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 10, 1917 birth.
What was Robert Burns Woodward's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What was Robert Burns Woodward's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Robert Burns Woodward's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Robert Burns Woodward's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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