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Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch (born January 14, 1947, Atlanta, United States), aged 79, is an American historian. Branch is best known for America in the King Years. Branch's honours include Pulitzer Prize for History, Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellows Program.

Taylor Branch’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Fire Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Taylor Branch’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Visionary

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

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

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

#403

US rank in 2025

~443,686

Americans share it since 1880

1993

its peak year

Taylor ranked 752nd in 1947, the year of this birth, with 84 American boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Taylor’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

2

Expression · connecting people

8

Soul Urge · achievement

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on T (2) and closes on R (9).

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

Taylor’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The record

What sets Taylor apart

Yukio Mishima (1925) and Jason Bateman (1969) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Taylor, according to the stars

Core essence

Taylor is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Taylor is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

How Taylor wants to be loved

Taylor 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 Taylor and watch them fall for you again.

How Taylor creates

How Taylor makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Taylor 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: Taylor is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Taylor 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Taylor does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Taylor's birth date. Working below.

Where Taylor sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Taylor

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Taylor

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

PrivateExpressive
Taylor

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Taylor

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

PracticalVisionary
Taylor

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Taylor

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Taylor Branch

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

Taylor’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 88.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 71.1° 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 Atlanta that night

Computed for 33.75°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Atlanta at 9 p.m. that evening: Menkib of Perseus, within 1.9° of the exact zenith.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 105 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 33.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −56.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 41% lit at last quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 38° below the horizon.

How unusual Taylor's chart is

Chart pattern score

39 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Capricorn · 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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Taylor Branch at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Climbs. Then climbs again.

Taylor Branch's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 14, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Fire Dog

Guards the gate all night.

Taylor Branch was born on January 14, 1947, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 9

Compassion at scale.

Taylor Branch's birth date, January 14, 1947, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Taylor’s chart

Taylor’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 24° to 6° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.1° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.8° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.1° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.2° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 3.4° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.4° orbSun in Capricorn · 23°42′☉23°Moon in Scorpio · 0°23′☽0°Mercury in Capricorn · 18°14′☿18°Venus in Sagittarius · 7°37′♀7°Mars in Capricorn · 21°37′♂21°Jupiter in Scorpio · 22°38′♃22°Saturn in Leo · 6°22′ · retrograde♄℞6°Uranus in Gemini · 18°28′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Libra · 10°48′ · retrograde♆℞10°Pluto in Leo · 12°37′ · retrograde♇℞12°

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

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.6° to 1.5° orb

    Taylor’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter0.7° to 1.3° orb

    Taylor’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn0.8° to 1.7° orb

    Taylor’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.8° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMars2.0° to 2.2° orb

  • stableVenussextileNeptune2.7° to 3.6° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars3.0° to 3.8° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.4° to 4.5° orb

  • stableVenustrinePluto4.5° to 5.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury5.2° to 5.8° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto6.2° to 6.3° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 12.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironScorpio 7°20′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 26°52′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 10°29′ (moves 0.78° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 21°23′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 28°16′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea square Mars 0.2°
  • Chiron square Saturn 1.0°
  • Eros square Pluto 2.1°
  • Hygiea square Sun 2.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 2.9°

Taylor’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Taylor’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.

  • Mercury quincunx Uranus 0.2°
  • Sun biquintile Uranus 0.8°
  • Venus semi-square Mars 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°

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Taylor’s cards

Computed from January 14, 1947. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Visionary

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

9 · Healer

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Taylor’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3981664 (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 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Taylor Branch at Wikipedia and X.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Taylor Branch.

Quick answers about Taylor Branch’s chart

How old is Taylor Branch?
Taylor Branch is 79 years old, born January 14, 1947 in Atlanta, United States.
What zodiac sign is Taylor Branch?
Taylor Branch is a Capricorn: born January 14, 1947, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What is Taylor Branch's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 14, 1947 birth.
What is Taylor Branch's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Taylor Branch's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Taylor Branch's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Taylor Branch's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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