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Sam Ragan

Sam Ragan (born December 31, 1915, Granville County, United States; died 1996), was an American poet. Ragan served as North Carolina Poet Laureate. Ragan's honours include North Carolina Award for Fine Arts.

Sam Ragan’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rabbit, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Sam Ragan’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Pioneer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Sam in the U.S.?

#647

US rank in 2025

~128,810

Americans share it since 1880

1918

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Sam’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

5 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern

Frost white · Ivory · Forest

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What the chart says

Sam, according to the stars

Core essence

Sam is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Sam is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

How Sam wants to be loved

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

How Sam creates

How Sam 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. Sam 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: Sam is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Sam is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Sam 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 Sam's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Sam sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Sam

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Sam

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Sam

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Sam

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

PracticalVisionary
Sam

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Sam

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Sam Ragan

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Granville County on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Sam’s birth-night reference starAtikblue · PerseusAtik, in Perseus. A blue star, 84.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Atik →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 67.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

If you only read one paragraph

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Sam Ragan's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 31, 1915, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Wood Rabbit

Gentle, and never cornered.

Sam Ragan was born on December 31, 1915, which falls in a Wood Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rabbit readings emphasise tact, grace and the ability to settle a room without seeming to try. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rabbit as the diplomat of the cycle, alert to subtleties and fond of comfort. The corresponding caution in the tradition is avoidance: the tendency to slip away from a conflict that needed to happen.

Life Path 5

Change finds them anyway.

Sam Ragan's birth date, December 31, 1915, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in Sam’s chart

Sam’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Sam Ragan, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 29° to 13° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Venus · Square, 0.5° orbMars opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.3° orbSun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 2.4° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.1° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 4.2° orbSun faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 4.4° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 4.4° orbMoon grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.6° orbSun in Capricorn · 8°57′☉8°Moon in Scorpio · 6°31′☽6°Mercury in Capricorn · 18°04′☿18°Venus in Aquarius · 6°02′♀6°Mars in Leo · 29°49′ · retrograde♂℞29°Jupiter in Pisces · 22°09′♃22°Saturn in Cancer · 13°22′ · retrograde♄℞13°Uranus in Aquarius · 13°40′♅13°Neptune in Leo · 1°53′ · retrograde♆℞1°Pluto in Cancer · 2°09′ · retrograde♇℞2°

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.

  • stableMarssextilePluto2.3° orb

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

  • stableMercurysextileJupiter3.4° to 4.8° orb

    Sam’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenusoppositionNeptune3.5° to 4.8° orb

    Sam’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSunoppositionSaturn3.9° to 5.0° orb

    Sam’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn3.9° to 5.6° orb

    Sam’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • stableSunoppositionPluto6.3° to 7.3° orb

    Sam’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.0° to 14.2° depending on birth time

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

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.1° to 13.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.1° to 13.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 11.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

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

Sam’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 18°34′ (moves 0.03° 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 Sam absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 15°23′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Sam is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 16°58′ (moves 0.60° 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. Sam is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 19°10′ (moves 0.26° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Sam is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 25°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of Sam that says the unsayable and does not take it back.

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.

  • Chiron sextile Mercury 0.5°
  • Eros conjunction Mercury 1.1°
  • Hygiea square Mercury 1.1°
  • Ceres square Uranus 1.7°
  • Ceres sextile Saturn 2.0°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 2.7°

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°).

Sam’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. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus3 pts

    in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Venus

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Sam 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 Sam’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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 Uranus 0.3°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.3°
  • Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.1°
  • Sun quintile Jupiter 1.2°
  • Mars semi-square Saturn 1.5°

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

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Sam’s cards

Every card is computed from December 31, 1915, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Sam Ragan, 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

Sam’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7408040, 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.

The same Sam Ragan at Wikipedia.

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 Sam Ragan.

Quick answers about Sam Ragan’s chart

What zodiac sign was Sam Ragan?
Sam Ragan was a Capricorn: born December 31, 1915, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rabbit.
What was Sam Ragan's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 31, 1915 birth.
What time was Sam Ragan 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 Sam Ragan's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the December 31, 1915 birth date.
What was Sam Ragan's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 31, 1915 birth date.
Where was Sam Ragan's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Sam Ragan's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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