Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter (born September 22, 1959, Champaign, United States), aged 67, is an American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate. Perlmutter's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and Albert Einstein Medal.
Saul Perlmutter’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Pig, with 
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Saul Perlmutter’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Storyteller
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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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
US Social Security Administration public records
Saul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Saul, according to the stars
Core essence
Saul notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Saul is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
How Saul wants to be loved
Saul wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Saul openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Saul creates
How Saul 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. Saul 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: Saul is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Saul 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 Saul leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Saul fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Saul's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Saul sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Saul Perlmutter in 15 seconds
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunFixes everything except the need to.
Saul Perlmutter's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 22, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Earth Pig
Earth PigTrusts easily. Rarely regrets it.
Saul Perlmutter was born on September 22, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Goes first. Works it out.
Saul Perlmutter's birth date, September 22, 1959, 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 Saul’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Saul Perlmutter's date-only chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Saul Perlmutter combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Storyteller.
Saul’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Saul Perlmutter, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 26° to 8° Taurus or Gemini 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.
stableMoontrineMercury0.1° to 5.2° orb
Saul’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb
Saul’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileJupiter0.7° to 1.6° orb
Saul’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableVenustrineSaturn0.8° to 0.9° orb
Saul’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunsquareSaturn1.3° to 2.3° orb
Saul’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurysquareSaturn1.4° to 3.1° orb
Saul’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableVenussquareJupiter2.0° to 2.2° orb
Saul’s affections grind against their growth.
stableSunconjunctionMercury3.6° to 4.4° orb
Saul’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturntrinePluto4.1° orb
Saul’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.6° orb
Saul’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusconjunctionPluto4.9° orb
Saul’s affections and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 9.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Saul’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 23°31′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Saul making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 1°01′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Saul is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosScorpio 12°55′ (moves 0.67° 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. Saul is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaLeo 12°30′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Saul at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 4°31′ (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 Saul 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.
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 0.3°
- Ceres square Venus 1.2°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Mercury 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Sun 2.1°
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°).
Saul’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. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn7 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 5 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Venus, Uranus; 3 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Saul is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Saul’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.
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.9°
- Mercury semi-square Uranus 1.3°
- Mercury semi-sextile Pluto 1.8°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Saul Perlmutter, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Saul
Elizabeth A. Fenn was born on September 22, 1959 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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Saul’s cards
Every card is computed from September 22, 1959, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Saul Perlmutter, 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
Saul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q106949, 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 Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Saul Perlmutter 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 Saul Perlmutter’s chart
- How old is Saul Perlmutter?
- Saul Perlmutter is 67 years old, born September 22, 1959 in Champaign, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Saul Perlmutter?
- Saul Perlmutter is a Virgo: born September 22, 1959, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Pig.
- What is Saul Perlmutter's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 22, 1959 birth.
- What time was Saul Perlmutter 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 is Saul Perlmutter's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the September 22, 1959 birth date.
- What is Saul Perlmutter's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 22, 1959 birth date.
- Where is Saul Perlmutter's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Saul Perlmutter's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
