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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.; January 17, 1954, Washington, D.C., United States), aged 72 is a 26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954) served as the 26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025. Kennedy is best known for Ring of Fire. Kennedy's honours include Time 100 and American Book Awards.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Water Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Strategist

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

In 1954, 86,331 American boys and 192 girls were registered Robert — 2nd among boys and 672nd among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Robert’s name adds up to

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

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

7

Personality · composed, private

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

1 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus

Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink

The record

What sets Robert apart

Ring of Fire. That is the work the name is attached to.

Study took Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Millbrook School and University of Virginia School of Law.

The family line: born to Ethel Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, married Mary Richardson Kennedy and Emily Black and raised 5 children.

Muhammad Ali (1942) and Michelle Obama (1964) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
Ring of Fire
Educated at
Millbrook School, University of Virginia School of Law and Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Awards
Time 100 (2025) and American Book Awards (2005)
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Robert, according to the stars

Core essence

Robert is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Robert is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Robert is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Robert needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

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 seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Robert creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Robert is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Robert leads without needing to do it alone.

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Robert

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Robert

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

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 build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Robert’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 80.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 80.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Washington that night

Computed for 38.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Washington at 9 p.m. that evening: Menkib of Perseus, within 9.3° of the exact zenith.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 106 catalog stars above the horizon.

Washington sits at 38.9°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 −51.1° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 99% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 44° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born as
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.
Known as
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Born in
Washington, D.C., United States

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Robert's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Capricorn · T-square onto Neptune · 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 F. Kennedy Jr. at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Working while you were asleep.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 17, 1954, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Water Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was born on January 17, 1954, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 1

Goes first. Works it out.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s birth date, January 17, 1954, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 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 3° to 16° Cancer depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Neptune · Square, 1° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.6° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1.9° orbVenus grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.9° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.9° orbMercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.9° orbVenus faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 3.3° orbSun in Capricorn · 27°04′☉27°Moon in Cancer · 10°03′☽10°Mercury in Capricorn · 28°58′☿28°Venus in Capricorn · 24°07′♀24°Mars in Scorpio · 16°48′♂16°Jupiter in Gemini · 17°21′ · retrograde♃℞17°Saturn in Scorpio · 8°33′♄8°Uranus in Cancer · 20°48′ · retrograde♅℞20°Neptune in Libra · 26°02′♆26°Pluto in Leo · 24°25′ · retrograde♇℞24°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableSunsquareNeptune0.5° to 1.5° orb

    Robert’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenussquareNeptune1.3° to 2.5° orb

    Robert’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury1.6° to 2.2° orb

    Robert’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.6° orb

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune2.1° to 3.8° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus2.7° to 4.0° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus2.8° to 3.1° orb

  • stableMarstrineUranus3.7° to 4.3° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus4.6° to 5.1° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune5.2° to 5.3° orb

  • stableSunoppositionUranus5.7° to 6.8° orb

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 22°32′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 11°24′ (moves 0.15° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 4°29′ (moves 0.77° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 23°26′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 13°28′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea opposition Venus 0.7°
  • Chiron conjunction Venus 1.6°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.7°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 2.6°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 2.6°

Robert’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Robert’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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, the shape it makesT-square onto Neptune · Venus, Uranus, NeptuneAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Neptune · Sun, Uranus, NeptuneAn 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.

  • Mercury quintile Mars 0.2°
  • Venus quincunx Pluto 0.3°
  • Mars quincunx Jupiter 0.6°
  • Venus biquintile Jupiter 0.8°

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Robert’s cards

Computed from January 17, 1954. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Strategist

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1352872 (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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Quick answers about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chart

How old is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is 72 years old, born January 17, 1954 in Washington, D.C., United States.
What zodiac sign is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Capricorn: born January 17, 1954, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 17, 1954 birth.
What is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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