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Stephen M. Ross

Stephen M. Ross (born May 10, 1940, Detroit, United States), aged 86, is an American businessman.

Stephen M. Ross’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dragon, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Stephen M. Ross’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#383

US rank in 2025

~867,669

Americans share it since 1880

1952

its peak year

In 1940, 4,423 American boys and 13 girls were registered Stephen — 49th among boys and 2,399th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Stephen’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

7

Soul Urge · understanding

2

Personality · warm, careful

The name opens on S (1) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.

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

Stephen’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia

Ivory · Blush · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1940, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Stephen apart

Study took Stephen M. Ross to Wayne State University Law School and Mumford High School.

On the family side, Stephen M. Ross was married Kara Ross.

Linda Evangelista (1965) and Miuccia Prada (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Wayne State University Law School, Mumford High School and Miami Beach Senior High School
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Stephen, according to the stars

Core essence

Stephen is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Stephen is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

How Stephen wants to be loved

Stephen wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Stephen gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Stephen creates

How Stephen makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Stephen creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Stephen is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Stephen is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Stephen scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Stephen's birth date. Working below.

Where Stephen sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Stephen

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Stephen

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Stephen

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Stephen

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

PracticalVisionary
Stephen

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Stephen

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Stephen M. Ross

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

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Detroit that night

Computed for 42.33°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Detroit at 9 p.m. that evening: Phecda of Ursa Major, within 11.8° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 93 catalog stars were up in all.

Detroit sits at 42.3°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −47.7° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Detroit on any night.

Sun 13° below the horizon, Moon up and 13% lit at waxing crescent.

The name and the places

Born in
Detroit, United States
Lives in
New York City

Wikidata records New York City as Stephen M. Ross's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Stephen M. Ross: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Stephen's chart is

Chart pattern score

55 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Taurus · A bowl chart · 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

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Stephen M. Ross's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 10, 1940, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Metal Dragon

Ambition with charisma attached.

Stephen M. Ross was born on May 10, 1940, which falls in a Metal Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 11

Bright signal, thin skin.

Stephen M. Ross's birth date, May 10, 1940, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 11 means →

What stands out in Stephen’s chart

Stephen’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 21° to 4° Gemini or Cancer depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0.8° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 1° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.2° orbSun fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 2° orbMoon fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2° orbJupiter grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.1° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.7° orbSun flows with Neptune · Trine, 3° orbSun in Taurus · 19°52′☉19°Moon in Gemini · 27°31′☽27°Mercury in Taurus · 7°14′☿7°Venus in Cancer · 2°55′♀2°Mars in Gemini · 25°32′♂25°Jupiter in Aries · 28°42′♃28°Saturn in Taurus · 6°24′♄6°Uranus in Taurus · 21°52′♅21°Neptune in Virgo · 22°53′ · retrograde♆℞22°Pluto in Leo · 0°47′♇0°

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn0.0° to 1.8° orb

    Stephen’s mind and discipline act as one.

  • stableUranustrineNeptune1.0° orb

    Stephen’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunconjunctionUranus1.5° to 2.5° orb

    Stephen’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableJupitersquarePluto2.0° to 2.2° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune2.3° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSuntrineNeptune2.5° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMarssextileJupiter3.0° to 3.4° orb

  • stableVenussextileSaturn3.2° to 3.8° orb

  • stableMercurysextileVenus3.7° to 5.0° orb

  • stableVenussextileJupiter4.0° to 4.4° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto5.6° to 5.7° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars7.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCancer 16°05′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 8°02′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 7°36′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 22°02′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 26°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 0.2°
  • Eros trine Mercury 0.4°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 0.8°
  • Hygiea opposition Neptune 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.9°
  • Eros trine Saturn 1.2°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 1.6°
  • Hygiea sextile Sun 2.2°

Stephen’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Stephen’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter biquintile Neptune 0.2°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.6°
  • Sun quintile Pluto 1.1°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 2.0°

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Stephen’s cards

Computed from May 10, 1940. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Judgement

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Stephen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7609857 (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.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Stephen M. Ross.

Quick answers about Stephen M. Ross’s chart

How old is Stephen M. Ross?
Stephen M. Ross is 86 years old, born May 10, 1940 in Detroit, United States.
What zodiac sign is Stephen M. Ross?
Stephen M. Ross is a Taurus: born May 10, 1940, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Stephen M. Ross's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 10, 1940 birth.
What is Stephen M. Ross's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is Stephen M. Ross's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Stephen M. Ross's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Stephen M. Ross's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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