Walter Piston
Walter Piston (born January 20, 1894, Knox County, United States; died 1976), was an American composer. Piston's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Officer of Arts and Letters.
Walter Piston’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Snake, with 
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Walter Piston’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Lightkeeper
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
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Americans share it since 1880
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Walter’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus
Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Walter, according to the stars
Core essence
Walter is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Walter 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, Walter 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 Walter needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Walter wants to be loved
Walter wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Walter, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Walter creates
How Walter makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Walter creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Walter is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
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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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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunOriginal, and fine with it.
Walter Piston's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 20, 1894, 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.
Water Snake
Water SnakeWise, cool, hard to read.
Walter Piston was born on January 20, 1894, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
Walter Piston's birth date, January 20, 1894, 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
- The tightest major aspect in Walter Piston's date-only chart is Mercury square Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Walter Piston combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.
Walter’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Walter Piston, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 9° to 25° 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.
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.
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.
stableMercurysquareSaturn0.0° to 1.0° orb
Walter’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto2.0° orb
Walter’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarsoppositionNeptune2.1° to 2.8° orb
Walter’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMercurytrineJupiter2.6° to 4.2° orb
Walter’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquarePluto3.8° to 4.0° orb
Walter’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarsoppositionPluto4.1° to 4.8° orb
Walter’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableSunsquareSaturn5.2° to 6.2° orb
Walter’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunconjunctionMercury5.5° to 6.1° orb
Walter’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableVenussquareNeptune5.8° to 6.0° orb
Walter’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupiteroppositionUranus6.5° orb
Walter’s growth pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 15.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air 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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Virgo 20°51′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Virgo is read as a wound around never being good enough. The reading has Walter turning that pressure into craft and an eye for what others miss.
⚳ CeresVirgo 23°38′
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has Walter caring in practical detail rather than in words.
♡ ErosCancer 19°17′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Walter is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaScorpio 10°29′ (moves 0.27° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Walter carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 2°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Walter is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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 trine Jupiter 0.6°
- Ceres trine Mercury 1.2°
- Ceres trine Jupiter 2.2°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 2.6°
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. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect
3. ♄ Saturn4.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Walter is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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.
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.9°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.0°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.0°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.1°
- Mars semi-sextile Uranus 1.6°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Walter Piston, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Walter’s cards
Every card is computed from January 20, 1894, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Walter Piston, 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 Q711052, 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 Walter Piston at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
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 Piston.
Quick answers about Walter Piston’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Walter Piston?
- Walter Piston was an Aquarius: born January 20, 1894, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Snake.
- What was Walter Piston's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 20, 1894 birth.
- What time was Walter Piston 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 was Walter Piston's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 20, 1894 birth date.
- What was Walter Piston's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Virgo at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 20, 1894 birth date.
- Where was Walter Piston's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Walter Piston's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
