Vermont C. Royster
Vermont C. Royster (born April 30, 1914, Raleigh, United States; died 1996), was an American writer. Royster's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize for Commentary and Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
Vermont C. Royster’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Wood Tiger, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Tiger, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Vermont
Vermont C. Royster’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Architect
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
What Vermont’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
22
Soul Urge · legacy
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on V (4) and closes on T (2). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 9: movement against empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Vermont’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 1 · 3
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
White · Blush · Forest
The record
What sets Vermont apart
Kirsten Dunst (1982) and Claude Shannon (1916) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Vermont, according to the stars
Core essence
Vermont 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 Vermont 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Vermont 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 Vermont needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Vermont wants to be loved
Vermont wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Vermont is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Vermont creates
How Vermont 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. Vermont 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: Vermont is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Vermont is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Vermont does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Vermont's birth date. Working below.
Where Vermont sits
Six lines
Vermont’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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Vermont C. Royster
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Raleigh 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 Raleigh that night
Computed for 35.78°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Raleigh was Tania Australis, in Ursa Major, 76.7° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 101 catalog stars were up in all.
From 35.8°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 −54.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 28% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 22° below the horizon.
How unusual Vermont's chart is
Chart pattern score
50 / 100 · Unusual
A bowl chart · 2 planets at a critical degree · 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.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunSlow to move, slower to leave.
Vermont C. Royster's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 30, 1914, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Wood Tiger
Wood TigerBrave, bright, burns fast.
Vermont C. Royster was born on April 30, 1914, which falls in a Wood Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Plans, then plans the plan.
Vermont C. Royster's birth date, April 30, 1914, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Vermont’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Vermont C. Royster's date-only chart is Venus sextile Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Vermont C. Royster combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Architect.
Vermont’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 14° 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
stableVenussextileMars0.2° to 0.9° orb
Vermont’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableSunsquareUranus1.5° to 2.5° orb
Vermont’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
stableMercurysextileJupiter1.5° to 3.2° orb
Vermont’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysquareNeptune2.7° to 4.5° orb
stableVenussextileNeptune2.7° to 3.9° orb
stableJupitertrineSaturn3.4° orb
stableMarsconjunctionNeptune3.6° to 4.1° orb
stableSaturntrineUranus4.7° to 4.8° orb
possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 6.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 2.7° to 15.4° depending on birth time
possibleMercurysextileSaturnorb from 5.0° to 6.6° depending on birth time
possibleMercurysquareMarsorb from 6.8° to 8.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Vermont’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironPisces 17°46′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 23°23′ (moves 0.25° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosPisces 4°13′ (moves 0.50° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 7°47′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 17°20′ (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 sextile Saturn 1.1°
- Ceres sextile Mercury 1.4°
- Chiron square Saturn 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.3°
Vermont’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus5 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon4 pts
in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Mars, Neptune
Configurations in Vermont’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.
- Mars semi-sextile Pluto 0.0°
- Venus semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Mercury quintile Uranus 1.5°
- Mars semi-square Saturn 1.8°
More people like Vermont
Other writers
- Carleton Mabee1914
- Czesław Miłosz1911
- Wilson Tucker1914
- Anthony Boucher1911
- R. A. Lafferty1914
- Odysseas Elytis1911
Born in United States
- Daniel J. BoorstinAmerican historian
- Karl ShapiroAmerican poet and essayist
- James A. Van AllenAmerican astrophysicist
- Mary MartinAmerican actress
- Carl ForemanAmerican screenwriter and film producer
- Morton GouldAmerican composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
More charts like Vermont’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Milton BabbittAmerican composer
- Yusef KomunyakaaAmerican poet and academic (born 1947)
- Michael ColgrassCanadian musician and composer
Born in Tiger years
- Phil CollinsEnglish drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
- Sheryl CrowAmerican musician (born 1962)
- Kristin CavallariAmerican actress
Also born on April 30
- Kirsten Dunst1982
- Claude Shannon1916
- Ana de Armas1988
- Travis Scott1991
- Jane Campion1954
- Kunal Nayyar1981
Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- Jon HederAmerican actor
- Kathy GriffinAmerican actress and comedian
- Florence HendersonAmerican actress and singer
Other Taurus Tiger charts
- Halldór LaxnessIcelandic author
- Stevie WonderAmerican and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer
- David AttenboroughBritish broadcaster and naturalist
- MrBeastAmerican YouTuber, media personality and businessman
Other Radiant Architects
- Tom BergeronAmerican television personality, game show host, television host, comedian and actor
- Matt DillonAmerican actor
- Gabby DouglasAmerican gymnast
- Kristen DouteAmerican actress
Famous people with Life Path 4
- Luis DíazColombian association football player (born 1997)
- Marcus RashfordEnglish footballer (born 1997)
- Alexander IsakSwedish footballer (born 1999)
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Vermont’s cards
Computed from April 30, 1914. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ArchitectWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
4 · Architect♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Vermont’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q931832 (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.
The same Vermont C. Royster at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Vermont C. Royster.
Quick answers about Vermont C. Royster’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Vermont C. Royster?
- Vermont C. Royster was a Taurus: born April 30, 1914, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What was Vermont C. Royster's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 30, 1914 birth.
- What was Vermont C. Royster's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What was Vermont C. Royster's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Vermont C. Royster's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Vermont C. Royster's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
