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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy (born Robert Francis Kennedy; November 20, 1925, Brookline, United States, 15:11; died 1968), was an American politician and lawyer. Kennedy held office as justice minister and United States senator. Kennedy's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal and Ernst Reuter Medal.

Robert F. Kennedy’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Wood Ox, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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Robert F. Kennedy’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 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, 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

Robert ranked 1st among boys and 364th among girls in 1925, the year of this birth, with 60,895 American boys and 350 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Robert’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Robert Francis Kennedy, not the name they published under.

1

Expression · starting things

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

33

Personality · warm authority

The name opens on R (9) and closes on T (2). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

3 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Green Orchid

Gold · Crimson · Botanical green

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 1925, 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 Robert apart

Joe Biden (1942) and Nadine Gordimer (1923) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Sport
American football
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English

What the chart says

Robert, according to the stars

Core essence

Robert does not do surface. The core of Robert is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Robert is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Robert is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Robert needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Robert wants to be loved

Robert wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Robert you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Robert creates

How Robert makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Robert creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Robert is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

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. 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 may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Robert

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Robert

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Robert

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Robert

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Robert

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

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Robert’s birth-sky starFawarisblue-white · CygnusFawaris, in Cygnus. A blue-white star, 85.7° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Fawaris →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 10° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

Read from the sky above Brookline at 15:11, Robert F. Kennedy’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Brookline that night

Computed for 42.33°N, at the documented birth time.

Fawaris stood nearest the zenith over Brookline at the birth hour, 85.7° above the horizon in Cygnus.

Of the 89 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

From 42.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −47.7° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 25% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat -10° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born as
Robert Francis Kennedy
Known as
Robert F. Kennedy
Born in
Brookline, United States

The death is recorded at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County in 1968.

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What Robert's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Lunar Star 太陰 in 卯

Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Career

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Manifesting Generator, profile 4/6

Emotional authority · Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

57 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Scorpio · 3-planet stellium in Capricorn · No Air 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.

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Robert F. Kennedy in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

Robert F. Kennedy's Sun was in Scorpio at the documented birth time.

What Scorpio means →

Wood Ox

Says little. Finishes everything.

Robert F. Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 3

Charm with a deadline problem.

Robert F. Kennedy's birth date, November 20, 1925, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 means →

What stands out in Robert’s chart

Robert’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 0.4° orbVenus faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.6° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.4° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.8° orbJupiter opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.8° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.2° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 3.3° orbSaturn flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.3° orbSun in Scorpio · 28°00′ · house 7☉28°Moon in Capricorn · 28°27′ · house 9☽28°Mercury in Sagittarius · 19°50′ · house 8☿19°Venus in Capricorn · 15°03′ · house 9♀15°Mars in Scorpio · 4°50′ · house 7♂4°Jupiter in Capricorn · 20°09′ · house 9♃20°Saturn in Scorpio · 18°19′ · house 7♄18°Uranus in Pisces · 21°36′ · house 11 · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Leo · 24°47′ · house 4♆24°Pluto in Cancer · 14°30′ · house 3 · retrograde♇℞14°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCTau 5°53′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCSco 5°53′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCCap 19°21′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICCnc 19°21′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantTaurus
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • SunsextileMoonseparating · 0.4° orb

    Robert’s core identity opens doors for their feelings.

  • VenusoppositionPlutoseparating · 0.6° orb

    Robert’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • JupitersextileUranusapplying · 1.4° orb

    Robert’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • MercurysquareUranusapplying · 1.8° orb

  • JupitersextileSaturnseparating · 1.8° orb

  • SunsquareNeptuneseparating · 3.2° orb

  • VenussextileSaturnapplying · 3.3° orb

  • SaturntrineUranusapplying · 3.3° orb

  • SaturntrinePlutoseparating · 3.8° orb

  • MercurytrineNeptuneapplying · 5.0° orb

  • VenusconjunctionJupiterapplying · 5.1° orb

  • JupiteroppositionPlutoseparating · 5.7° orb

  • SuntrineUranusseparating · 6.4° orb

  • MoonsquareMarsapplying · 6.4° orb

  • SaturnsquareNeptuneapplying · 6.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

Robert’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 24°39′ · House 12

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

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 22°13′ · House 4

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

  • ♡ ErosLibra 15°58′ · House 6

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 23°39′ · House 3

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 7°42′ · House 4

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Neptune 0.1°
  • Eros square Venus 0.9°
  • Eros square Pluto 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Ascendant 1.8°
  • Hygiea trine Uranus 2.0°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 2.4°
  • Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 2.9°

Robert’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn12 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon, Venus, Jupiter; angular in the seventh house; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus6 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Taurus; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Robert’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mars, SaturnThree 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.
  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Moon, Venus, 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.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mercury semi-square Mars 0.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.3°
  • Jupiter biquintile Neptune 1.4°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.5°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.5°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.8°

Robert’s houses

Robert’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1TaurusVenus in Capricorn, house 9emptyself, body, how you arrive
2GeminiMercury in Sagittarius, house 8emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3CancerMoon in Capricorn, house 9Plutomind, siblings, the local world
4LeoSun in Scorpio, house 7Neptunehome, family, roots
5VirgoMercury in Sagittarius, house 8emptycreativity, romance, play
6LibraVenus in Capricorn, house 9emptywork, habits, health
7ScorpioPluto in Cancer, house 3Sun, Mars, Saturnpartnership, marriage, open rivals
8SagittariusJupiter in Capricorn, house 9Mercuryshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9CapricornSaturn in Scorpio, house 7Moon, Venus, Jupiterbelief, travel, higher learning
10AquariusUranus in Pisces, house 11emptycareer, reputation, public life
11PiscesNeptune in Leo, house 4Uranusfriends, community, the future
12AriesMars in Scorpio, house 7emptythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

Robert’s family here

2 relatives of Robert F. Kennedy also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.

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Robert’s cards

Computed from November 20, 1925. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Guardian

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q25310 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Harry Warnecke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Quick answers about Robert F. Kennedy’s chart

What zodiac sign was Robert F. Kennedy?
Robert F. Kennedy was a Scorpio: born November 20, 1925, which puts the Sun in Scorpio at the documented birth time.
What was Robert F. Kennedy's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 20, 1925 birth.
What time was Robert F. Kennedy born?
15:11 local time in Brookline, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What was Robert F. Kennedy's rising sign?
Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 15:11 birth time in Brookline, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
What was Robert F. Kennedy's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What was Robert F. Kennedy's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 24°, in the twelfth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Robert F. Kennedy's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 7°, in the fourth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Robert F. Kennedy's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon, Venus, Jupiter; angular in the seventh house; 5 major aspects). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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