Robert Robinson
Robert Robinson (born September 13, 1886, Rufford, United Kingdom; died 1975), was an English chemist. Robinson served as President of the Royal Society. Robinson's honours include Royal Medal, Priestley Medal and Royal Society Bakerian Medal.
Robert Robinson’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Fire Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Dog, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Robert
Robert Robinson’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Seeker
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive 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 1886, 2,443 American boys and 16 girls were registered Robert — 8th among boys and 568th 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 name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
5
Soul Urge · freedom
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on R (9) and closes on T (2). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as 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
9 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Carnelian
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus
Lavender · Lilac · Scarlet
The record
What sets Robert apart
Roald Dahl (1916) and Niall Horan (1993) 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 notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Robert is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Robert is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Robert needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
How Robert creates
How Robert makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Robert creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Robert is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Robert is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
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.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Robert Robinson
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Rufford on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Rufford that night
Computed for 53.17°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Rufford at 9 p.m. that evening: Deneb of Cygnus, within 8.5° of the exact zenith.
Of the 88 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
At 53.2°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −36.8° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 100% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 21° below the horizon.
How unusual Robert's chart is
Chart pattern score
58 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Virgo · A bowl chart · No Fire 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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunStandards nobody else can meet.
Robert Robinson's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 13, 1886, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Virgo means →Fire Dog
Fire DogWorries so you don't have to.
Robert Robinson was born on September 13, 1886, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Endings come naturally.
Robert Robinson's birth date, September 13, 1886, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Robert’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Robert Robinson's date-only chart is Sun sextile Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Robert Robinson combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Seeker.
Robert’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 27° Pisces depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunsextileSaturn0.0° to 0.8° orb
Robert’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunoppositionMoon0.1° to 6.0° orb
Robert’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.
stableMoontrineSaturn0.1° to 6.8° orb
Robert’s feelings flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquareNeptune1.7° to 3.0° orb
stableUranustrinePluto2.9° to 3.0° orb
stableMercurysquarePluto3.1° to 4.9° orb
stableVenussquarePluto3.3° to 4.5° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus3.7° to 3.8° orb
stableMarstrineSaturn5.2° to 5.8° orb
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto6.3° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto6.6° to 6.8° orb
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.7° to 12.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
Robert’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironGemini 23°43′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 15°22′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosGemini 17°55′ (moves 0.73° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 10°08′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 3°14′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea square Jupiter 0.6°
- Ceres sextile Mars 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 0.8°
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 2.1°
- Eros square Sun 2.7°
Robert’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Pluto; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Mars; 5 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Robert’s chart
Stellium in Virgo · 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.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 1.0°
- Saturn semi-square Pluto 1.2°
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Fellow Yang Fire day masters
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Famous people with Life Path 9
- Stefan PoschAustrian association football player
- Dennis Eckert AyensaGerman footballer
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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
Robert’s cards
Computed from September 13, 1886. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Radiant SeekerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
9 · Healer☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q49351 (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 Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Robert Robinson 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 Robinson.
Quick answers about Robert Robinson’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Robert Robinson?
- Robert Robinson was a Virgo: born September 13, 1886, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
- What was Robert Robinson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 13, 1886 birth.
- What was Robert Robinson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Robert Robinson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Robert Robinson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Robert Robinson's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Pluto; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
