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Saul Friedländer

Saul Friedländer (born October 11, 1932, Prague, Czech Republic), aged 94, is an Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor (born 1932). Friedländer's honours include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Andreas Gryphius Prize and Geschwister-Scholl-Preis.

Saul Friedländer’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Water Monkey, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Saul Friedländer’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Visionary

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#557

US rank in 2025

~43,362

Americans share it since 1880

2006

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1932, Saul came 531st, carried by 122 American boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Saul’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

6

Soul Urge · being needed

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on S (1) and closes on L (3).

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

Saul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 4

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily

Amber · Blush · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Saul apart

Amitabh Bachchan (1942) and Michelle Trachtenberg (1985) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Saul, according to the stars

Core essence

Saul makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Saul 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, Saul is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Saul needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Saul wants to be loved

Saul wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Saul and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Saul creates

How Saul makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Saul creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.

Instinct

Instinct: Saul 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Saul 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 Saul 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 Saul's birth date. Working below.

Where Saul sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Saul

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Saul

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

PrivateExpressive
Saul

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Saul

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

PracticalVisionary
Saul

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Saul

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 Saul Friedländer

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

Saul’s birth-night reference starAlderaminwhite · CepheusAlderamin, in Cepheus. A white star, 75.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alderamin →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 26.7° 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 Prague that night

Computed for 50.09°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Alderamin stood nearest the zenith over Prague at 9 p.m. that evening, 75.2° above the horizon in Cepheus.

Of the 93 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

At 50.1°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −39.9° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 93% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 34° below the horizon.

How unusual Saul's chart is

Chart pattern score

57 / 100 · Unusual

Grand cross · 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.

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The quick version

Libra Sun

Every side of every argument.

Saul Friedländer's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 11, 1932, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Water Monkey

Wit is the tool.

Saul Friedländer was born on October 11, 1932, which falls in a Water Monkey year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Monkey means →

Life Path 9

Endings come naturally.

Saul Friedländer's birth date, October 11, 1932, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Saul’s chart

Saul’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 7° to 19° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 0.3° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.7° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.9° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.1° orbSun faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 3.6° orbJupiter fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 3.8° orbMoon faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 4.2° orbVenus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 4.4° orbSun in Libra · 17°55′☉17°Moon in Pisces · 13°19′☽13°Mercury in Libra · 26°29′☿26°Venus in Virgo · 4°45′♀4°Mars in Leo · 12°10′♂12°Jupiter in Virgo · 12°59′♃12°Saturn in Capricorn · 28°11′♄28°Uranus in Aries · 21°32′ · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Virgo · 9°10′♆9°Pluto in Cancer · 23°25′♇23°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableMoonoppositionJupiter0.1° to 6.4° orb

    Saul’s feelings pull against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.9° to 2.5° orb

    Saul’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableUranussquarePluto1.9° orb

    Saul’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysquarePluto2.3° to 3.9° orb

  • stableSunoppositionUranus3.1° to 4.1° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune3.7° to 3.9° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune3.9° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionUranus4.1° to 5.8° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto4.8° orb

  • stableSunsquarePluto5.0° to 6.0° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus6.6° to 6.7° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 10.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 27°57′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 16°45′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 2°18′ (moves 0.93° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 10°02′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 18°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Saturn 0.2°
  • Ceres square Sun 1.2°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 2.1°
  • Eros conjunction Venus 2.4°

Saul’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Saul’s chart

  • grand cross, the shape it makesGrand cross · Mercury, Uranus, Saturn, PlutoTwo oppositions crossed by four squares. Read as pressure from every direction and the stamina that grows from it.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Pluto · Sun, Uranus, PlutoAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.2°
  • Venus biquintile Saturn 0.6°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.7°
  • Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-square Jupiter 1.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.8°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.8°

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Saul’s cards

Computed from October 11, 1932. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Visionary

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

Life Path

9 · Healer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

壬

yang Water

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Saul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q699701 (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 Prof. Saul Friedlander., edit by User:Danny-w, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Saul Friedländer at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Saul Friedländer.

Quick answers about Saul Friedländer’s chart

How old is Saul Friedländer?
Saul Friedländer is 94 years old, born October 11, 1932 in Prague, Czech Republic.
What zodiac sign is Saul Friedländer?
Saul Friedländer is a Libra: born October 11, 1932, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What is Saul Friedländer's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 11, 1932 birth.
What is Saul Friedländer's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Saul Friedländer's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Saul Friedländer's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Saul Friedländer's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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