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Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland (born January 29, 1866, Clamecy, France; died 1944), was a French author. Rolland is best remembered for Péguy, The life of Toistoi and Jean-Christophe. Rolland's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Prix Femina and Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française.

Romain Rolland’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Romain Rolland’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Guardian

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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Americans share it since 1880

1990

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Romain’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

East

Season

spring

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Green Orchid

Crimson · Ivory · Botanical green

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What the chart says

Romain, according to the stars

Core essence

Romain is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Romain is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Romain 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 Romain needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Romain wants to be loved

Romain 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 Romain be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Romain creates

How Romain makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Romain builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Romain 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 6 is the nurturer. Romain is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Romain 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 Romain's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Romain sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Romain

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Romain

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

PrivateExpressive
Romain

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Romain

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

PracticalVisionary
Romain

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Romain

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

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Romain Rolland in 15 seconds

Aquarius Sun

Cares about everyone, needs space.

Romain Rolland's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 29, 1866, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.

Wood Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Romain Rolland was born on January 29, 1866, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 6

Feeds the room, forgets to eat.

Romain Rolland's birth date, January 29, 1866, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in Romain’s chart

Romain’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Romain Rolland, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° Cancer depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0° orbSaturn faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.3° orbSun opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.1° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.5° orbMercury fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 2.5° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.6° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.8° orbMoon faces off with Mercury · Opposition, 2.8° orbSun in Aquarius · 9°25′Moon in Cancer · 22°23′22°Mercury in Capricorn · 19°32′19°Venus in Aquarius · 2°43′Mars in Capricorn · 16°59′16°Jupiter in Capricorn · 16°59′16°Saturn in Scorpio · 11°56′11°Uranus in Cancer · 0°27′ · retrogradeNeptune in Aries · 8°16′Pluto in Taurus · 12°15′12°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableMarsconjunctionJupiter0.0° to 0.3° orb

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

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto0.3° orb

    Romain’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableSunsextileNeptune0.7° to 1.6° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter1.9° to 3.2° orb

    Romain’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn2.0° to 3.0° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars2.2° to 2.9° orb

    Romain’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunsquarePluto2.3° to 3.3° orb

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

  • stableMarstrinePluto4.3° to 5.1° orb

    Romain’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupitertrinePluto4.6° to 4.8° orb

    Romain’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus6.6° to 6.8° orb

    Romain’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable0 of 10

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

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

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ChironPisces 16°13′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Romain absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • CeresCancer 29°11′ (moves 0.23° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Romain is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.

  • ErosScorpio 21°15′ (moves 0.70° over the day)

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

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Romain is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • HygieaScorpio 1°06′ (moves 0.17° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Romain carrying stress in the body until it is named.

  • Black Moon LilithScorpio 4°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Romain is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Hygiea trine Uranus 0.6°
  • Chiron sextile Mars 0.8°
  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Venus 1.4°
  • Hygiea square Venus 1.6°
  • Eros sextile Mercury 1.7°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Romain’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. Saturn6.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Mars, Jupiter; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. Uranus5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus

  3. 3. Pluto5 pts

    disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Romain is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Romain’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Sun · Saturn, Pluto, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Venus quincunx Uranus 2.3°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Romain Rolland, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Romain’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Lovers

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AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Guardian

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Western zodiac

Aquarius

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

yin Wood

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

yin Earth

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

yang Wood

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Romain Rolland, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Romain’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q47162, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Romain Rolland at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Romain Rolland.

Quick answers about Romain Rolland’s chart

What zodiac sign was Romain Rolland?
Romain Rolland was an Aquarius: born January 29, 1866, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox.
What was Romain Rolland's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 29, 1866 birth.
What time was Romain Rolland born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What was Romain Rolland's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the January 29, 1866 birth date.
What was Romain Rolland's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 29, 1866 birth date.
Where was Romain Rolland's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Romain Rolland's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Mars, Jupiter; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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