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Stephen Smale

Stephen Smale (born July 15, 1930, Flint, United States), aged 96, is an American mathematician. Smale is best known for Smale conjecture, Morse–Smale system and Palais–Smale compactness condition. Smale's honours include Fields medal, Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit and Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry.

Stephen Smale’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Metal Horse, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Stephen Smale’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Strategist

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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental 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

Stephen ranked 138th among boys and 2,195th among girls in 1930, the year of this birth, with 1,257 American boys and 16 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Stephen’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

7

Soul Urge · understanding

4

Personality · steady, dependable

The name opens on S (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as 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

8 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia

Sky blue · Pearl · Silver

The record

What sets Stephen apart

Mario Kempes (1954) and Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Stephen, according to the stars

Core essence

Stephen feels the room before entering it. The core of Stephen is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Stephen, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Stephen 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 Stephen 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 Stephen wants to be loved

Stephen 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 Stephen and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Stephen creates

How Stephen 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. Stephen 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: Stephen 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Stephen 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 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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

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 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 Stephen Smale

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

Stephen’s birth-night reference starAlpheccablue-white · Corona BorealisAlphecca, in Corona Borealis. A blue-white star, 73.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alphecca →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 20.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

The sky over Flint that night

Computed for 43.02°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Flint was Alphecca, in Corona Borealis, 73.1° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.

From 43.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Flint at all: they sit past the −47.0° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 7° below the horizon, Moon down and 77% lit at waning gibbous.

How unusual Stephen's chart is

Chart pattern score

46 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

4-planet stellium in Cancer · 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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Cancer Sun

Guards the people, guards the past.

Stephen Smale's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 15, 1930, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Metal Horse

Bright, restless, warm.

Stephen Smale was born on July 15, 1930, which falls in a Metal Horse year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Horse means →

Life Path 8

Built for the big table.

Stephen Smale's birth date, July 15, 1930, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 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 9° to 21° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.3° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 0.4° orbVenus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0.7° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 1° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.4° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.1° orbSun fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 3.2° orbJupiter faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.3° orbSun in Cancer · 22°27′☉22°Moon in Pisces · 15°50′☽15°Mercury in Cancer · 22°48′☿22°Venus in Virgo · 1°11′♀1°Mars in Gemini · 0°49′♂0°Jupiter in Cancer · 4°15′♃4°Saturn in Capricorn · 7°31′ · retrograde♄℞7°Uranus in Aries · 15°22′♅15°Neptune in Virgo · 1°50′♆1°Pluto in Cancer · 19°15′♇19°

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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 0.9° orb

    Stephen’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenussquareMars0.1° to 0.6° orb

    Stephen’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune0.1° to 1.2° orb

    Stephen’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarssquareNeptune0.7° to 1.4° orb

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune2.3° to 2.5° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionPluto2.5° to 4.6° orb

  • stableVenussextileJupiter2.6° to 3.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto2.7° to 3.7° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionSaturn3.1° to 3.4° orb

  • stableUranussquarePluto3.9° orb

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune5.6° to 5.7° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn5.7° to 7.0° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed0 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 18°10′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 0°45′ (moves 0.45° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 3°57′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 3°30′ (moves 0.28° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 16°50′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres sextile Mars 0.1°
  • Eros sextile Jupiter 0.3°
  • Chiron sextile Pluto 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.5°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 1.7°
  • Eros trine Neptune 2.1°
  • Hygiea square Venus 2.3°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mars 2.7°
  • Eros trine Venus 2.8°

Stephen’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Stephen’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, PlutoThree 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.

  • Mars semi-square Uranus 0.5°
  • Mars biquintile Saturn 0.7°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.8°
  • Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.5°

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From the journal: What is feng shui? · Moon sign vs rising sign vs Sun sign

Stephen’s cards

Computed from July 15, 1930. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Strategist

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

Life Path

8 · Achiever

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Stephen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q315394 (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 George Bergman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Stephen Smale at Wikipedia.

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

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

Quick answers about Stephen Smale’s chart

How old is Stephen Smale?
Stephen Smale is 96 years old, born July 15, 1930 in Flint, United States.
What zodiac sign is Stephen Smale?
Stephen Smale is a Cancer: born July 15, 1930, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What is Stephen Smale's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 15, 1930 birth.
What is Stephen Smale's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is Stephen Smale's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Stephen Smale's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Stephen Smale's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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