Rodney Robert Porter
Rodney Robert Porter (born October 8, 1917, Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom; died 1985), was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate. Porter's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Copley Medal and Royal Medal.
Rodney Robert Porter’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Fire Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Snake, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Rodney
Rodney Robert Porter’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Rodney in the U.S.?
#1093
US rank in 2025
~248,325
Americans share it since 1880
1965
its peak year
The SSA recorded 234 American boys named Rodney in 1917: 363rd for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Rodney’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
8
Expression · direction and scale
33
Soul Urge · nurture
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on R (9) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Rodney’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy
Amber · Blush · Flame orange
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1917, 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 Rodney apart
The Canada Gairdner International Award came in 1966, when Rodney Robert Porter was 49.
The schooling ran through Imperial College School of Medicine and University of Liverpool.
Cause of death is recorded as traffic collision.
Wikipedia files Rodney Robert Porter under Physicians of St Mary's Hospital, London, Road incident deaths in England and Fellows of Trinity College, Oxford.
Matt Damon (1970) and Bruno Mars (1985) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Imperial College School of Medicine, University of Liverpool and University of Cambridge
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1972), Canada Gairdner International Award (1966) and Royal Medal (1973)
- Cause of death
- traffic collision
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 52
What the chart says
Rodney, according to the stars
Core essence
Rodney makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Rodney is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Rodney 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 Rodney needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Rodney wants to be loved
Rodney wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Rodney even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Rodney creates
How Rodney makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Rodney 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: Rodney 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Rodney 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: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Rodney fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Rodney's birth date. Working below.
Where Rodney sits
Six lines
Rodney’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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Rodney Robert Porter
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Newton-le-Willows 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 Newton-le-Willows that night
Computed for 53.45°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Newton-le-Willows was Alderamin, in Cepheus, 79.7° up.
Of the 95 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Newton-le-Willows sits at 53.5°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −36.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 30° below the horizon, Moon down and 41% lit at last quarter.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom
The death is recorded at Winchester in 1985.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Rodney Robert Porter: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Rodney'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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Libra Sun
Libra SunFair to a fault, slow to pick.
Rodney Robert Porter's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 8, 1917, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Fire Snake
Fire SnakeSays less than it knows.
Rodney Robert Porter was born on October 8, 1917, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Rodney Robert Porter's birth date, October 8, 1917, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Rodney’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Rodney Robert Porter's date-only chart is Jupiter sextile Saturn, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Saturn and Neptune, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Rodney Robert Porter combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
Rodney’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 27° Cancer 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
stableSunsextileMars1.0° to 1.4° orb
Rodney’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
stableJupitersextileSaturn1.0° to 1.1° orb
Rodney’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.5° to 1.7° orb
Rodney’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileSaturn1.7° to 2.6° orb
stableSuntrineJupiter2.7° to 3.7° orb
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn3.1° to 3.6° orb
stableMarsoppositionUranus3.9° to 4.5° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter4.1° to 4.7° orb
stableJupitersextileNeptune4.6° orb
stableSuntrineUranus4.9° to 5.9° orb
stableVenussquareUranus5.4° to 6.5° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune5.6° to 5.7° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Rodney’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 26°52′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 1°31′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 21°33′ (moves 0.51° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 29°04′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 7°20′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron opposition Mercury 0.7°
- Chiron trine Venus 0.9°
- Hygiea trine Mercury 1.5°
- Eros sextile Uranus 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 1.8°
Rodney’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun7 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus6 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Rodney’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.
- Mercury semi-square Saturn 0.1°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.5°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.3°
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Rodney’s cards
Computed from October 8, 1917. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Tidal VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Rodney’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q295700 (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 MRC National Institute for Medical Research, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Rodney Robert Porter at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Rodney Robert Porter.
Quick answers about Rodney Robert Porter’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Rodney Robert Porter?
- Rodney Robert Porter was a Libra: born October 8, 1917, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was Rodney Robert Porter's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 8, 1917 birth.
- What was Rodney Robert Porter's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Rodney Robert Porter's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Rodney Robert Porter's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Rodney Robert Porter's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Mars, Saturn, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
