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Robert Hass

Robert Hass (born March 1, 1941, San Francisco, United States), aged 85, is an American poet. Hass's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Robert Hass’s zodiac sign is Pisces, Chinese zodiac is Metal Snake, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Robert Hass’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Storyteller

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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

Robert ranked 2nd among boys and 498th among girls in 1941, the year of this birth, with 64,247 American boys and 196 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Robert’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

3

Soul Urge · being heard

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on R (9) and closes on T (2). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

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

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Camellia

Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1941, 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

Robert Hass took the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979, at 38.

Training came by way of Marin Catholic High School and Saint Mary's College of California.

On the family side, Robert Hass was married Brenda Hillman.

Wikipedia's editors put Robert Hass under Saint Mary's College of California alumni, PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award winners and Marin Catholic High School alumni.

Javier Bardem (1969) and Lupita Nyong'o (1983) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Marin Catholic High School, Saint Mary's College of California and University at Buffalo
Awards
National Book Award (2007), Guggenheim Fellowship (1979) and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2008)
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
13

What the chart says

Robert, according to the stars

Core essence

Robert feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Robert is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.

The vibe

Underneath, Robert runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Robert needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Robert wants to be loved

Robert wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Robert be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

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 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Robert does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Robert

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Robert

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

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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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Robert Hass

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

Robert’s birth-night reference starCastorwhite · GeminiCastor, in Gemini. A white star, 84.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Castor →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 63.6° 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 San Francisco that night

Computed for 37.78°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at San Francisco at 9 p.m. that evening: Castor of Gemini, within 5.8° of the exact zenith.

Of the 104 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

From 37.8°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from San Francisco at all: they sit past the −52.2° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 35° below the horizon, Moon up and 15% lit at waxing crescent.

How unusual Robert's chart is

Chart pattern score

15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

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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The quick version

Pisces Sun

Soft edges, deep pull.

Robert Hass's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 1, 1941, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Pisces means →

Metal Snake

Wise, cool, hard to read.

Robert Hass was born on March 1, 1941, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

Robert Hass's birth date, March 1, 1941, 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 16° to 27° Aries depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.5° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.6° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1.2° orbMars flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.1° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.7° orbMars flows with Jupiter · Trine, 3.2° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 4.1° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 4.2° orbSun in Pisces · 10°52′☉10°Moon in Aries · 21°56′☽21°Mercury in Pisces · 4°03′ · retrograde☿℞4°Venus in Aquarius · 28°37′♀28°Mars in Capricorn · 8°09′♂8°Jupiter in Taurus · 11°23′♃11°Saturn in Taurus · 10°13′♄10°Uranus in Taurus · 22°34′♅22°Neptune in Virgo · 26°45′ · retrograde♆℞26°Pluto in Leo · 2°25′ · retrograde♇℞2°

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

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.1° to 0.9° orb

    Robert’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableSunsextileSaturn0.2° to 1.1° orb

    Robert’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn1.1° to 1.2° orb

    Robert’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarstrineSaturn1.8° to 2.4° orb

  • stableSunsextileMars2.6° to 2.9° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter3.0° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars3.2° to 4.9° orb

  • stableUranustrineNeptune4.2° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus4.3° to 6.6° orb

  • stableVenussquareUranus5.4° to 6.7° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury5.8° to 7.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 1.4° to 12.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Cancer 25°49′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 28°29′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 26°21′ (moves 0.68° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 13°58′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 29°20′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres sextile Venus 0.1°
  • Eros opposition Neptune 0.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 0.7°
  • Chiron sextile Neptune 0.9°
  • Ceres square Neptune 1.7°

Robert’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♆ Neptune6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Robert’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

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

  • Sun quintile Uranus 0.3°
  • Venus quintile Saturn 0.4°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.4°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.6°
  • Venus quintile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.5°
  • Mercury quincunx Pluto 1.6°
  • Venus quincunx Neptune 1.9°

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Robert’s cards

Computed from March 1, 1941. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Storyteller

Western zodiac

Pisces

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q370513 (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.

The same Robert Hass at Wikipedia.

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

Quick answers about Robert Hass’s chart

How old is Robert Hass?
Robert Hass is 85 years old, born March 1, 1941 in San Francisco, United States.
What zodiac sign is Robert Hass?
Robert Hass is a Pisces: born March 1, 1941, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
What is Robert Hass's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 1, 1941 birth.
What is Robert Hass's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is Robert Hass's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Robert Hass's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Robert Hass's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 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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