Robert D. McFadden
Robert D. McFadden (born February 11, 1937, Milwaukee, United States), aged 89, is an American journalist. McFadden is best known for Joan Rivers, a Comic Stiletto Quick to Skewer, Is Dead at 81. McFadden's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
Robert D. McFadden’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Ox, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Ox, with 
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Robert D. McFadden’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Guardian
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional 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
US Social Security Administration public records
Robert’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌺 Poppy
Violet · Ivory · Flame orange
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Robert, according to the stars
Core essence
Robert is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Robert is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
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 make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Robert creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Robert is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Robert is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Robert 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 Robert's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Robert D. McFadden at a glance
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunAhead of the room by a decade.
Robert D. McFadden's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 11, 1937, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Fire Ox
Fire OxReliable to the bone.
Robert D. McFadden was born on February 11, 1937, which falls in a Fire Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
Robert D. McFadden's birth date, February 11, 1937, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Robert’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Robert D. McFadden's date-only chart is Mercury opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Robert D. McFadden combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Guardian.
Robert’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Robert D. McFadden, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 21° to 5° Aquarius or Pisces 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.
stableMercuryoppositionPluto0.0° to 0.8° orb
Robert’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMarssextileNeptune0.1° to 0.5° orb
Robert’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitertrineNeptune2.1° to 2.3° orb
Robert’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarssextileJupiter2.4° to 2.6° orb
Robert’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarstrineSaturn2.6° to 2.9° orb
Robert’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableSaturnoppositionNeptune3.0° to 3.1° orb
Robert’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunsquareMars3.8° to 4.3° orb
Robert’s core identity grinds against their drive.
stableSaturntrinePluto5.7° to 5.9° orb
Robert’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 0.0° to 12.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.9° to 14.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 2.9° to 16.3° depending on birth time
possibleVenussquareJupiterorb from 6.4° to 7.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Robert’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 ℞Gemini 17°48′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Robert turning that into a careful, exact way with words.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 26°52′ (moves 0.38° 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 Robert caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosAquarius 1°38′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Robert is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 1°36′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Robert is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 14°33′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Robert is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
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.
- Ceres opposition Pluto 0.3°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 0.4°
- Chiron square Neptune 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 1.5°
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°).
Robert’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. ♄ Saturn6.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus4 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Robert is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
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 Robert’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.
- Mercury quintile Venus 0.0°
- Saturn semi-square Uranus 0.3°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 1.3°
- Sun quintile Uranus 1.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Robert D. McFadden, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Robert’s cards
Every card is computed from February 11, 1937, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Robert D. McFadden, 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
Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7343324, 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 Robert D. McFadden at Wikipedia.
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 Robert D. McFadden’s chart
- How old is Robert D. McFadden?
- Robert D. McFadden is 89 years old, born February 11, 1937 in Milwaukee, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Robert D. McFadden?
- Robert D. McFadden is an Aquarius: born February 11, 1937, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Ox.
- What is Robert D. McFadden's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 11, 1937 birth.
- What time was Robert D. McFadden 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 is Robert D. McFadden's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the February 11, 1937 birth date.
- What is Robert D. McFadden's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 11, 1937 birth date.
- Where is Robert D. McFadden's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Robert D. McFadden's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
