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Russell A. Hulse

Russell A. Hulse (born November 28, 1950, New York City, United States), aged 75, is an American astronomer. Hulse's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Russell A. Hulse’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Tiger, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Russell A. Hulse’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 Russell in the U.S.?

#345

US rank in 2025

~361,476

Americans share it since 1880

1960

its peak year

In 1950, 4,945 American boys and 18 girls were registered Russell — 67th among boys and 2,416th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Russell’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

8

Soul Urge · achievement

11

Personality · perceptive

The name opens on R (9) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Russell’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Camellia

Gold · 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 1950, 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 Russell apart

The Nobel Prize in Physics came in 1993, when Russell A. Hulse was 43.

Russell A. Hulse was taught at Bronx High School of Science and Cooper Union.

On Wikipedia the categories read Cooper Union alumni, University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Natural Sciences alumni and American relativity theorists.

Ed Harris shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
Bronx High School of Science, Cooper Union and University of Massachusetts Amherst
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physics (1993) and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003)
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
68

What the chart says

Russell, according to the stars

Core essence

Russell is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Russell is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

The vibe

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

How Russell wants to be loved

Russell wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Russell and watch them fall for you again.

How Russell creates

How Russell makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Russell creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Russell is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Russell 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Russell 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 Russell's birth date. Working below.

Where Russell sits

Six lines

Russell’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Russell

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Russell

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Russell

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Russell

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Russell

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Russell

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Russell A. Hulse

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

Russell’s birth-night reference starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 84.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 50.5° 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 New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Almach stood nearest the zenith over New York City at 9 p.m. that evening, 84.7° above the horizon in Andromeda.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.

New York City sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at waning gibbous, 83% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 50° down.

How unusual Russell's chart is

Chart pattern score

64 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 2 unaspected planets · T-square onto Neptune

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

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

Russell A. Hulse's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 28, 1950, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Metal Tiger

Leaps first, apologises never.

Russell A. Hulse was born on November 28, 1950, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Tiger means →

Life Path 9

Carries the whole room's weight.

Russell A. Hulse's birth date, November 28, 1950, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Russell’s chart

Russell’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 26° Cancer depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.8° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbMoon grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.6° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.7° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.9° orbMoon faces off with Mars · Opposition, 3.3° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.6° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 6.3° orbSun in Sagittarius · 5°54′☉5°Moon in Cancer · 20°23′☽20°Mercury in Sagittarius · 20°40′☿20°Venus in Sagittarius · 9°32′♀9°Mars in Capricorn · 17°04′♂17°Jupiter in Aquarius · 29°38′♃29°Saturn in Libra · 0°38′♄0°Uranus in Cancer · 8°42′ · retrograde♅℞8°Neptune in Libra · 18°45′♆18°Pluto in Leo · 19°51′ · retrograde♇℞19°

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

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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

  • stableMercurytrinePluto0.1° to 1.6° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb

    Russell’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune1.2° to 2.6° orb

    Russell’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • stableMarssquareNeptune1.3° to 2.1° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.5° to 3.7° orb

  • stableSunsquareJupiter5.8° to 6.7° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.0° to 9.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 7.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 4.2° to 16.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsextileSaturnorb from 4.8° to 5.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 5.6° to 17.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMarsoppositionUranusorb from 8.0° to 8.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironSagittarius 22°23′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 7°30′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 6°43′ (moves 0.68° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 11°27′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 5°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 0.1°
  • Eros conjunction Sun 0.8°
  • Ceres opposition Uranus 1.2°
  • Chiron conjunction Mercury 1.7°
  • Chiron trine Pluto 2.5°
  • Eros conjunction Venus 2.8°
  • Hygiea opposition Uranus 2.8°

Russell’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☽ Moon3 pts

    in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Uranus

Configurations in Russell’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · 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.

  • Venus quincunx Uranus 0.8°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.0°

Born the same day as Russell

Ed Harris was born on November 28, 1950 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from New York City, at 40.7°N, nothing below −49.3° declination ever rises, which keeps Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of sight. Same sky, different lives.

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Russell’s cards

Computed from November 28, 1950. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Seeker

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

Life Path

9 · Healer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

庚

yang Metal

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Russell’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q156286 (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.

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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

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Quick answers about Russell A. Hulse’s chart

How old is Russell A. Hulse?
Russell A. Hulse is 75 years old, born November 28, 1950 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Russell A. Hulse?
Russell A. Hulse is a Sagittarius: born November 28, 1950, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is Russell A. Hulse's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 28, 1950 birth.
What is Russell A. Hulse's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Russell A. Hulse's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Russell A. Hulse's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Russell A. Hulse's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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