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Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf (born November 20, 1858, Östra Ämtervik, Sweden; died 1940), was a Swedish writer. Lagerlöf is best remembered for Gösta Berlings Saga, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Jerusalem. Lagerlöf's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Officer of the Order of Leopold and Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav.

Selma Lagerlöf’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Earth Horse, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Selma Lagerlöf’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 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#2810

US rank in 2025

~27,202

Americans share it since 1880

1918

its peak year

No US figure exists for 1858 — the SSA series begins 22 years later. Selma opened it at 259th, 36 American girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Selma’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

9

Soul Urge · meaning

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on S (1) and closes on A (1). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against voice.

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

Selma’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌻 Zinnia

Gold · Crimson · Terracotta

The record

What sets Selma apart

Joe Biden (1942) and Nadine Gordimer (1923) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Selma, according to the stars

Core essence

Selma does not do surface. The core of Selma 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 Selma is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Selma is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Selma needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Selma wants to be loved

Selma 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 Selma and watch them fall for you again.

How Selma creates

How Selma 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. Selma 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: Selma is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Selma is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

Triggers

Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Selma goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.

Computed from Selma's birth date. Working below.

Where Selma sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Selma

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Selma

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

PrivateExpressive
Selma

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Selma

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

PracticalVisionary
Selma

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Selma

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 Selma Lagerlöf

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Östra Ämtervik church parish on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Selma’s birth-night reference starGamma Cassiopeiaeblue · CassiopeiaGamma Cassiopeiae, in Cassiopeia. A blue star, 88.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Gamma Cassiopeiae →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 51.6° 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 Östra Ämtervik church parish that night

Computed for 59.73°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Östra Ämtervik church parish was Gamma Cassiopeiae, in Cassiopeia, 88.8° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 105 catalog stars were up in all.

From 59.7°N, Vega, Capella, Deneb and Castor never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Östra Ämtervik church parish at all: they sit past the −30.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at full moon, 100% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 40° down.

How unusual Selma's chart is

Chart pattern score

31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

T-square onto Pluto · 1 planet at a critical degree

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

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

Selma Lagerlöf's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 20, 1858, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Earth Horse

Runs free, catches feelings anyway.

Selma Lagerlöf was born on November 20, 1858, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Horse means →

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

Selma Lagerlöf's birth date, November 20, 1858, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Selma’s chart

Selma’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 26° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.9° orbMercury flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.4° orbMoon opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.1° orbJupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.3° orbSun faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 3.7° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.8° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 4.5° orbSun flows with Neptune · Trine, 5.7° orbSun in Scorpio · 27°53′☉27°Moon in Taurus · 19°06′☽19°Mercury in Sagittarius · 9°52′☿9°Venus in Sagittarius · 29°25′♀29°Mars in Aquarius · 5°21′♂5°Jupiter in Gemini · 18°56′ · retrograde♃℞18°Saturn in Leo · 12°19′♄12°Uranus in Gemini · 1°35′ · retrograde♅℞1°Neptune in Pisces · 22°11′ · retrograde♆℞22°Pluto in Taurus · 6°12′ · retrograde♇℞6°

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

  • stableMarssquarePluto0.5° to 1.2° orb

    Selma’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn1.7° to 3.2° orb

    Selma’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableSunoppositionUranus3.2° to 4.2° orb

    Selma’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune3.2° to 3.3° orb

  • stableMarstrineUranus3.4° to 4.2° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars4.1° to 4.9° orb

  • stableSuntrineNeptune5.2° to 6.2° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto6.1° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionSaturn6.6° to 7.3° orb

  • stableVenustrinePluto6.7° to 6.9° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 10.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 14.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal0 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 12°47′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 7°34′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosLibra 1°06′ (moves 0.90° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 10°25′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 11°29′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron opposition Saturn 0.5°
  • Eros trine Uranus 0.5°
  • Ceres trine Pluto 1.4°
  • Eros square Venus 1.7°
  • Chiron sextile Mercury 2.9°

Selma’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars5.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Uranus; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Selma’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Pluto · Mars, Saturn, 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.

  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.0°
  • Saturn quintile Uranus 1.3°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.4°
  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.5°
  • Mars semi-square Neptune 1.8°
  • Venus quincunx Uranus 2.2°

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Selma’s cards

Computed from November 20, 1858. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Strength

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Scholar

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Selma’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q44519 (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 Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Selma Lagerlöf at Wikipedia, selmalagerlof.org, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Selma Lagerlöf.

Quick answers about Selma Lagerlöf’s chart

What zodiac sign was Selma Lagerlöf?
Selma Lagerlöf was a Scorpio: born November 20, 1858, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What was Selma Lagerlöf's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 20, 1858 birth.
What was Selma Lagerlöf's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What was Selma Lagerlöf's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Selma Lagerlöf's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Selma Lagerlöf's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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