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Vladimir Drinfeld

Vladimir Drinfeld (born February 14, 1954, Kharkiv, Ukraine), aged 72, is a Mathematician from the former Ukrainian SSR, who emigrated to the United States and is currently working at the University of Chicago. Drinfeld's honours include Fields medal, Shaw Prize and Wolf Prize in Mathematics.

Vladimir Drinfeld’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Horse, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Vladimir Drinfeld’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Scholar

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#1836

US rank in 2025

~6,190

Americans share it since 1880

2016

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Vladimir’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern

Violet · Ivory · Forest

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Vladimir, according to the stars

Core essence

Vladimir is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Vladimir is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Vladimir 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 Vladimir needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Vladimir wants to be loved

Vladimir 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 Vladimir be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Vladimir creates

How Vladimir makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Vladimir 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: Vladimir 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Vladimir 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 fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Vladimir has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Vladimir's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Vladimir sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Vladimir

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Vladimir

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

PrivateExpressive
Vladimir

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Vladimir

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

PracticalVisionary
Vladimir

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Vladimir

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 Vladimir Drinfeld

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

Vladimir’s birth-night reference starMenkalinanwhite · AurigaMenkalinan, in Auriga. A white star, 84.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkalinan →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 81° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

The quick version

Aquarius Sun

Weird on purpose, never sorry.

Vladimir Drinfeld's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 14, 1954, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.

Wood Horse

Runs free, catches feelings anyway.

Vladimir Drinfeld was born on February 14, 1954, which falls in a Wood Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

Vladimir Drinfeld's birth date, February 14, 1954, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.

What stands out in Vladimir’s chart

Vladimir’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Vladimir Drinfeld, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 21° Cancer depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.8° orbSun faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1.4° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.2° orbVenus flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.9° orbMercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.2° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.7° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 3.7° orbSun in Aquarius · 25°09′☉25°Moon in Cancer · 15°12′☽15°Mercury in Pisces · 13°15′☿13°Venus in Aquarius · 28°51′♀28°Mars in Sagittarius · 2°32′♂2°Jupiter in Gemini · 16°26′♃16°Saturn in Scorpio · 9°21′♄9°Uranus in Cancer · 19°43′ · retrograde♅℞19°Neptune in Libra · 25°58′ · retrograde♆℞25°Pluto in Leo · 23°46′ · retrograde♇℞23°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
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Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSuntrineNeptune0.3° to 1.3° orb

    Vladimir’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunoppositionPluto0.9° to 1.9° orb

    Vladimir’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune2.2° to 3.5° orb

    Vladimir’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.2° orb

    Vladimir’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter2.8° to 3.7° orb

    Vladimir’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenussquareMars3.3° to 4.0° orb

    Vladimir’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn3.4° to 4.3° orb

    Vladimir’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.6° to 3.8° orb

    Vladimir’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenusoppositionPluto4.4° to 5.7° orb

    Vladimir’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMercurytrineUranus6.0° to 7.0° orb

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

  • stableUranussquareNeptune6.2° to 6.3° orb

    Vladimir’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.

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

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 24°58′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. Vladimir is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Libra 13°10′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Vladimir is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 23°39′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Vladimir is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 18°38′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Vladimir is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 16°33′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Vladimir that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Eros square Pluto 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 0.1°
  • Chiron square Neptune 1.0°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 1.1°
  • Eros square Sun 1.5°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Vladimir’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♅ Uranus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Mercury; 4 major aspects

A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Vladimir is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Vladimir’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Sun biquintile Uranus 0.6°
  • Jupiter biquintile Saturn 1.1°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Vladimir Drinfeld, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Vladimir’s cards

Every card is computed from February 14, 1954, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Star

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The Gilded Scholar

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Western zodiac

Aquarius

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Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Vladimir Drinfeld, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Vladimir’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q369561, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

The same Vladimir Drinfeld at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vladimir Drinfeld.

Quick answers about Vladimir Drinfeld’s chart

How old is Vladimir Drinfeld?
Vladimir Drinfeld is 72 years old, born February 14, 1954 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
What zodiac sign is Vladimir Drinfeld?
Vladimir Drinfeld is an Aquarius: born February 14, 1954, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Horse.
What is Vladimir Drinfeld's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 14, 1954 birth.
What time was Vladimir Drinfeld born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Vladimir Drinfeld's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the February 14, 1954 birth date.
What is Vladimir Drinfeld's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 14, 1954 birth date.
Where is Vladimir Drinfeld's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Vladimir Drinfeld's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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