Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon (born October 30, 1896, Quincy, United States; died 1985), was an American actress and writer. Gordon's honours include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Ruth Gordon’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Monkey, with 
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Ruth Gordon’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Ruth in the U.S.?
#173
US rank in 2025
~838,901
Americans share it since 1880
1920
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Ruth’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Opal, Red Coral, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy
Amber · Crimson · Flame orange
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What the chart says
Ruth, according to the stars
Core essence
Ruth does not do surface. The core of Ruth is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Ruth is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Ruth needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Ruth needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Ruth wants to be loved
Ruth 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 Ruth and watch them fall for you again.
How Ruth creates
How Ruth 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. Ruth 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: Ruth is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Ruth 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 Ruth leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Ruth scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Ruth's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Ruth Gordon in 15 seconds
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunDeep water, no shallow end.
Ruth Gordon's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 30, 1896, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Fire Monkey
Fire MonkeyInventive, restless, funny.
Ruth Gordon was born on October 30, 1896, which falls in a Fire Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Ruth Gordon's birth date, October 30, 1896, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in Ruth’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ruth Gordon's date-only chart is Mercury trine Neptune, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Saturn and Uranus, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Ruth Gordon combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
Ruth’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Ruth Gordon, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 14° to 27° Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMercurytrineNeptune0.5° to 1.9° orb
Ruth’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableVenussquareJupiter1.1° to 2.2° orb
Ruth’s affections grind against their growth.
stableSunsextileJupiter1.7° to 2.5° orb
Ruth’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus3.6° to 3.7° orb
Ruth’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.
stableVenusoppositionPluto5.4° to 6.6° orb
Ruth’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto6.6° orb
Ruth’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 8.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 6.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 7.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.9° to 14.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 1.5° to 15.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Ruth’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.
⚷ ChironScorpio 3°24′ (moves 0.14° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Ruth carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ Ceres ℞Pisces 22°57′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Ruth is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosCapricorn 16°31′ (moves 0.48° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Ruth is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 1°05′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Ruth is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 25°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Ruth carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Ceres trine Uranus 0.8°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 1.7°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 2.3°
- Ceres trine Saturn 2.9°
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°).
Ruth’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. ♇ Pluto8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect
3. ♀ Venus3 pts
disposes Mercury; 2 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Ruth is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Ruth’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.
Stellium in Scorpio · Sun, Saturn, UranusThree 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 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.
- Saturn quincunx Neptune 0.2°
- Sun biquintile Pluto 0.4°
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.4°
- Mars biquintile Uranus 0.4°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.5°
- Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.0°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.2°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ruth Gordon, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Ruth’s cards
Every card is computed from October 30, 1896, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ruth Gordon, 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
Ruth’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q232562, 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 Photographer Eileen Darby., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ruth Gordon 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.
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Quick answers about Ruth Gordon’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Ruth Gordon?
- Ruth Gordon was a Scorpio: born October 30, 1896, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey.
- What was Ruth Gordon's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 30, 1896 birth.
- What time was Ruth Gordon 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 Ruth Gordon's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the October 30, 1896 birth date.
- What was Ruth Gordon's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 30, 1896 birth date.
- Where was Ruth Gordon's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Ruth Gordon's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
