Vaughan Jones
Vaughan Jones (born December 31, 1952, Gisborne, New Zealand; died 2020), was a New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist. Jones's honours include Fields medal, Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit and Rutherford Medal.
Vaughan Jones’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was Water Dragon, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Dragon, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with Vaughan
Vaughan Jones’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Diplomat
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Vaughan in the U.S.?
#13759
US rank in 2025
~1,637
Americans share it since 1911
2006
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1952, Vaughan came 1,932nd, carried by 17 American boys.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Vaughan’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
2
Expression · connecting people
7
Soul Urge · understanding
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on V (4) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Vaughan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 1 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Vaughan apart
Anthony Hopkins (1937) and Baron Waqa (1959) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Vaughan, according to the stars
Core essence
Vaughan is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Vaughan 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Vaughan is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Vaughan needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Vaughan wants to be loved
Vaughan wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Vaughan be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Vaughan creates
How Vaughan makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Vaughan creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Vaughan 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Vaughan is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Computed from Vaughan's birth date. Working below.
Where Vaughan sits
Six lines
Vaughan’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Gisborne on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
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The sky over Gisborne that night
Computed for 38.66°S, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Gisborne at 9 p.m. that evening: Acamar of Eridanus, within 6.9° of the exact zenith.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 91 catalog stars above the horizon.
Gisborne sits at 38.7°S, high enough that Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
The Moon, 100% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 13° below the horizon.
How unusual Vaughan's chart is
Chart pattern score
12 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunWorking while you were asleep.
Vaughan Jones's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 31, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Capricorn means →Water Dragon
Water DragonBig energy, bigger plans.
Vaughan Jones was born on December 31, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Everyone's person. Never off duty.
Vaughan Jones's birth date, December 31, 1952, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in Vaughan’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Vaughan Jones' date-only chart is Venus trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Vaughan Jones combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Diplomat.
Vaughan’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 0° to 13° Cancer depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenustrineNeptune0.0° to 0.6° orb
Vaughan’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenusoppositionPluto0.2° to 1.4° orb
Vaughan’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.7° to 0.8° orb
Vaughan’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSuntrineJupiter1.2° to 2.3° orb
stableMercurytrinePluto1.7° to 3.1° orb
stableVenustrineSaturn1.9° to 3.0° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune2.4° to 2.5° orb
stableMercurysextileNeptune2.5° to 3.8° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus3.1° to 3.3° orb
stableSaturnsextilePluto3.2° orb
stableMarstrineSaturn3.6° to 4.3° orb
stableMarstrineNeptune6.0° to 6.7° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Vaughan’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironCapricorn 13°31′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 4°48′ (moves 0.14° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 19°24′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 14°24′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 0°50′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mars 0.8°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 2.4°
- Chiron trine Jupiter 2.5°
- Eros opposition Uranus 2.6°
Vaughan’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus8 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 5 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune7 pts
disposes Mars; 6 major aspects
Configurations in Vaughan’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
- Venus biquintile Uranus 0.9°
- Sun quintile Saturn 1.1°
- Mars quintile Jupiter 1.1°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.3°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.7°
More people like Vaughan
Other mathematicians
- Pierre-Louis Lions1956
- Sergei Novikov1938
- Efim Zelmanov1955
- Alan Baker1939
- Gerd Faltings1954
- Enrico Bombieri1940
Born in New Zealand
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- Rachel HunterNew Zealand model and actress
- Peter JacksonNew Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Ernest RutherfordNew Zealand physicist
- John KeyPrime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016
- Maurice WilkinsNew Zealand-born English physicist and biologist
More charts like Vaughan’s
Fellow Capricorn suns
- Ivan Glasenbergformer CEO of Glencore International
- Liang WengenBillionaire and member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Henry KravisAmerican businessman
Born in Dragon years
- Bruce LeeHong Kong–American martial artist and actor
- Boris JohnsonPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
- Maya AngelouAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist
Also born on December 31
- Anthony Hopkins1937
- Baron Waqa1959
- Hunter Schafer1998
- Diane von Fürstenberg1946
- Richie McCaw1980
- Gabby Douglas1995
Fellow Yin Metal day masters
- Matt TurnerAmerican soccer player
- Jean-Philippe MatetaFrench footballer (born 1997)
- Agustín CanobbioUruguayan association football player
Other Capricorn Dragon charts
- Orkun KökçüTurkish-Dutch association football player (born 2000)
- Eric GarcíaSpanish association football player
- Kaishu SanoJapanese association football player
- Maxim De CuyperBelgian association football player (born 2000)
Other Gilded Diplomats
- Jenna DewanAmerican actress, dancer and model (born 1980)
- Robert HerjavecCroatian-Canadian businessman
- Kevin JamesAmerican comedian and actor
- Jermaine JacksonAmerican musician (born 1954)
Famous people with Life Path 6
- Danny LloydAmerican former actor (born 1972)
- Graham ChapmanEnglish actor, comedian and writer
- Otto WernickeGerman actor
From the journal: Your animal plus your element: the 60-year cycle · Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time
Vaughan’s cards
Computed from December 31, 1952. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The LoversAsterNym identity card
The Gilded DiplomatWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
6 · Guardian♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Vaughan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q369638 (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 David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Vaughan Jones at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Vaughan Jones.
Quick answers about Vaughan Jones’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Vaughan Jones?
- Vaughan Jones was a Capricorn: born December 31, 1952, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
- What was Vaughan Jones's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 31, 1952 birth.
- What was Vaughan Jones's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What was Vaughan Jones's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Vaughan Jones's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Vaughan Jones's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 5 major aspects). Saturn is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
