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Walter Hood

Walter Hood (born January 1, 1958, Charlotte, United States), aged 68, is an American architect. Hood is best known for Black Landscapes Matter. Hood's honours include MacArthur Fellows Program and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Walter Hood’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Walter Hood’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Visionary

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#252

US rank in 2025

~634,804

Americans share it since 1880

1918

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Walter’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

7 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

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What the chart says

Walter, according to the stars

Core essence

Walter is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Walter 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, Walter is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Walter needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Walter wants to be loved

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

How Walter creates

How Walter makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Walter creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Walter is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Walter is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Walter 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 Walter's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Walter sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Walter

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Walter

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

PrivateExpressive
Walter

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Walter

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

PracticalVisionary
Walter

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Walter

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 Walter Hood

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

Walter’s birth-night reference starAtikblue · PerseusAtik, in Perseus. A blue star, 84.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Atik →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 66.3° 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

Capricorn Sun

Working while you were asleep.

Walter Hood's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 1, 1958, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Fire Rooster

Says what everyone was thinking.

Walter Hood was born on January 1, 1958, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.

Life Path 7

Thinks more than it says.

Walter Hood's birth date, January 1, 1958, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Walter’s chart

Walter’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Walter Hood, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 13° to 26° Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.3° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.4° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.5° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 4° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 4.1° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 4.2° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 4.6° orbVenus faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 4.7° orbSun in Capricorn · 10°48′☉10°Moon in Taurus · 19°44′☽19°Mercury in Sagittarius · 26°19′ · retrograde☿℞26°Venus in Aquarius · 15°29′♀15°Mars in Sagittarius · 6°41′♂6°Jupiter in Libra · 28°41′♃28°Saturn in Sagittarius · 19°31′♄19°Uranus in Leo · 10°47′ · retrograde♅℞10°Neptune in Scorpio · 4°27′♆4°Pluto in Virgo · 2°08′ · retrograde♇℞2°

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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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

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.

  • stableMercurysextileJupiter2.0° to 2.7° orb

    Walter’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextilePluto3.4° to 3.5° orb

    Walter’s growth opens doors for their depths.

  • stableMarstrineUranus3.7° to 4.5° orb

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

  • stableVenussextileSaturn4.0° to 4.1° orb

    Walter’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssquarePluto4.2° to 4.9° orb

    Walter’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus4.6° to 4.8° orb

    Walter’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto5.5° to 6.1° orb

    Walter’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune5.7° to 5.8° orb

    Walter’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableUranussquareNeptune6.3° to 6.4° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn6.5° to 7.2° orb

    Walter’s mind and discipline act as one.

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 10.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

Walter’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 14°54′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Walter making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 25°50′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Walter is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 24°60′ (moves 0.64° over the day)

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

    Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Walter attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 9°55′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Walter feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 24°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Walter is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.

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.

  • Chiron conjunction Venus 0.6°
  • Hygiea square Sun 0.9°
  • Hygiea trine Uranus 0.9°
  • Eros conjunction Mercury 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 1.9°
  • Ceres square Jupiter 2.8°

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°).

Walter’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. ♃ Jupiter6 pts

    disposes Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Walter is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.

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 Walter’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 quincunx Uranus 0.0°
  • Sun quintile Jupiter 0.1°
  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 0.1°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.5°

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

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Walter’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Tower

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Visionary

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Walter Hood, 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

Walter’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7965158, 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.

Portrait by GSAPPstudent, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Walter Hood at Wikipedia and hooddesignstudio.com.

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 Walter Hood.

Quick answers about Walter Hood’s chart

How old is Walter Hood?
Walter Hood is 68 years old, born January 1, 1958 in Charlotte, United States.
What zodiac sign is Walter Hood?
Walter Hood is a Capricorn: born January 1, 1958, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster.
What is Walter Hood's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 1, 1958 birth.
What time was Walter Hood 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 Walter Hood's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 1, 1958 birth date.
What is Walter Hood's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 1, 1958 birth date.
Where is Walter Hood's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Walter Hood's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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