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Walter Rudolf Hess

Walter Rudolf Hess (born March 17, 1881, Frauenfeld, Switzerland; died 1973), was a Swiss physiologist. Hess's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Marcel Benoist Prize and Carl-Ludwig Honorary Medal.

Walter Rudolf Hess’s zodiac sign was Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Snake, with Life Path 2 in numerology.

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Walter Rudolf Hess’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Healer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional 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

2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Camellia

Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Silver

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What the chart says

Walter, according to the stars

Core essence

Walter feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Walter is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.

The vibe

Underneath, Walter cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Walter needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How Walter wants to be loved

Walter 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 Walter is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Walter creates

How Walter makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Walter creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Walter is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.

Triggers

Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Walter goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.

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 may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

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 may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Walter

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Walter

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 Walter Rudolf Hess

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

Walter’s birth-night reference starTalithawhite · Ursa MajorTalitha, in Ursa Major. A white star, 88.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Talitha →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 20.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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

Pisces Sun

Kind, porous, easily flooded.

Walter Rudolf Hess's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 17, 1881, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Pisces readings associate the sign with imagination, empathy and permeable boundaries: absorbing the mood of a place and turning it into something. Astrologers describe it as the mutable water sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter and in modern practice by Neptune. The corresponding tension is drift, described in the tradition as a difficulty telling one's own feelings from everyone else's.

Metal Snake

Private by design.

Walter Rudolf Hess was born on March 17, 1881, which falls in a Metal 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 2

Diplomat by instinct.

Walter Rudolf Hess's birth date, March 17, 1881, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 2 readings associate the number with cooperation, diplomacy and mediation: working alongside others and holding a group together. Numerologists describe it as the path of the partner, and read its influence as quiet rather than visible. The corresponding tension is self-effacement, with the caution that influence exercised through others can go uncounted, including by the person exercising it.

What stands out in Walter’s chart

Walter’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Walter Rudolf Hess, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 22° Libra 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 opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.4° orbVenus flows with Uranus · Trine, 0.4° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.3° orbMoon flows with Mars · Trine, 1.5° orbVenus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.6° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.2° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 3.6° orbMercury faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 4.4° orbSun in Pisces · 27°02′☉27°Moon in Libra · 15°25′☽15°Mercury in Pisces · 15°32′ · retrograde☿℞15°Venus in Taurus · 10°44′♀10°Mars in Aquarius · 16°55′♂16°Jupiter in Aries · 24°02′♃24°Saturn in Aries · 27°39′♄27°Uranus in Virgo · 11°05′ · retrograde♅℞11°Neptune in Taurus · 12°21′♆12°Pluto in Taurus · 26°38′♇26°

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.

  • stableSunsextilePluto0.0° to 0.9° orb

    Walter’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenustrineUranus0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Walter’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableUranustrineNeptune1.2° to 1.3° orb

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

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune1.3° to 2.0° orb

    Walter’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune2.8° to 3.6° orb

    Walter’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn3.6° to 3.7° orb

    Walter’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercuryoppositionUranus4.1° to 4.8° orb

    Walter’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMarssquareNeptune4.2° to 4.9° orb

    Walter’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenussquareMars6.2° orb

    Walter’s affections grind against their drive.

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 7.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 2.1° to 15.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercurysextileVenusorb from 4.1° to 5.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

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

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth 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.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 14°19′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Walter building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 20°51′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Walter is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.

  • ♡ ErosPisces 23°03′ (moves 0.66° over the day)

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

    Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. Walter is read as easily moved and hard to pin.

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 11°36′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Walter needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 19°46′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Walter guarding a private self that family did not get to name.

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.

  • Hygiea square Uranus 0.5°
  • Chiron sextile Mercury 1.2°
  • Chiron conjunction Neptune 2.0°
  • Chiron square Mars 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. 1. ♆ Neptune9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus7 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects

A Neptune-led chart is read as imagination and porousness leading: Walter is read as tuned to what is not said.

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 semi-square Neptune 0.3°
  • Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.6°
  • Mercury quintile Pluto 0.9°
  • Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.3°
  • Mars quintile Saturn 1.3°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.4°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.6°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Walter Rudolf Hess, 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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Justice

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The Gilded Healer

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Western zodiac

Pisces

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Walter Rudolf Hess, 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 Q115470, 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 Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Walter Rudolf Hess 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.

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Quick answers about Walter Rudolf Hess’s chart

What zodiac sign was Walter Rudolf Hess?
Walter Rudolf Hess was a Pisces: born March 17, 1881, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Snake.
What was Walter Rudolf Hess's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 17, 1881 birth.
What time was Walter Rudolf Hess 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 Rudolf Hess's Life Path number?
Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the March 17, 1881 birth date.
What was Walter Rudolf Hess's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the March 17, 1881 birth date.
Where was Walter Rudolf Hess's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Walter Rudolf Hess's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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