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Wilhelm Wien

Wilhelm Wien (born January 13, 1864, Parusnoye, Russia; died 1928), was a German physicist. Wien is best remembered for Wien approximation, mass spectrometer and Wien's displacement law. Wien's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and Guthrie Lecture.

Wilhelm Wien’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Pig, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Wilhelm Wien’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Diplomat

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#4133

US rank in 2025

~1,828

Americans share it since 1880

2014

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Wilhelm’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

6 · 2 · 5 · 8

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

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What the chart says

Wilhelm, according to the stars

Core essence

Wilhelm is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Wilhelm 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, Wilhelm is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Wilhelm needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Wilhelm wants to be loved

Wilhelm wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Wilhelm and watch them fall for you again.

How Wilhelm creates

How Wilhelm makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Wilhelm creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Wilhelm is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Wilhelm is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

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

Where Wilhelm sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Wilhelm

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Wilhelm

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

PrivateExpressive
Wilhelm

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Wilhelm

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

PracticalVisionary
Wilhelm

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Wilhelm

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 Wilhelm Wien

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

Wilhelm’s birth-night reference starCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 79.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Capella →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 28.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Procyon →

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.

Wilhelm Wien in 15 seconds

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Wilhelm Wien's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 13, 1864, 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.

Water Pig

Generous to the last coin.

Wilhelm Wien was born on January 13, 1864, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.

Life Path 6

Feeds the room, forgets to eat.

Wilhelm Wien's birth date, January 13, 1864, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in Wilhelm’s chart

Wilhelm’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Wilhelm Wien, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 12° to 27° Pisces 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 Jupiter · Sextile, 0.1° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.3° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 0.8° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.6° orbMars opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.6° orbMercury opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 1.9° orbMoon flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.2° orbSun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 2.3° orbSun in Capricorn · 22°34′☉22°Moon in Pisces · 20°16′☽20°Mercury in Aquarius · 10°39′☿10°Venus in Sagittarius · 8°42′♀8°Mars in Sagittarius · 19°28′♂19°Jupiter in Scorpio · 22°29′♃22°Saturn in Libra · 17°54′♄17°Uranus in Gemini · 21°53′ · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Aries · 3°33′♆3°Pluto in Taurus · 10°24′ · retrograde♇℞10°

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°

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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.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Wilhelm’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.0° to 0.5° orb

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

  • stableMarssextileSaturn1.2° to 1.9° orb

    Wilhelm’s drive opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableMercurysextileVenus1.6° to 2.3° orb

    Wilhelm’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus2.0° to 2.8° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrineUranus3.9° to 4.0° orb

    Wilhelm’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn4.2° to 5.2° orb

    Wilhelm’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune4.6° to 5.7° orb

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

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.1° to 9.1° depending on birth time

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

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 8.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Wilhelm’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.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 7°44′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Wilhelm absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 18°38′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Wilhelm is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 4°54′ (moves 0.62° over the day)

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

    Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Wilhelm wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 20°44′

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

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Wilhelm is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 10°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Wilhelm is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 0.5°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 0.7°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 0.8°
  • Chiron square Venus 1.0°
  • Hygiea trine Sun 1.8°
  • Hygiea opposition Jupiter 1.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.2°
  • Chiron sextile Pluto 2.7°

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°).

Wilhelm’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. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Wilhelm is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Wilhelm’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.

  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Uranus · Sun, Jupiter, UranusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

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.

  • Jupiter quincunx Uranus 0.6°
  • Sun quincunx Uranus 0.7°
  • Sun quintile Neptune 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
  • Venus quincunx Pluto 1.7°

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

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Wilhelm Wien, 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

Wilhelm’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q57068, 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 Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Wilhelm Wien 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 Wilhelm Wien’s chart

What zodiac sign was Wilhelm Wien?
Wilhelm Wien was a Capricorn: born January 13, 1864, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Pig.
What was Wilhelm Wien's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 13, 1864 birth.
What time was Wilhelm Wien 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 Wilhelm Wien's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the January 13, 1864 birth date.
What was Wilhelm Wien's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 13, 1864 birth date.
Where was Wilhelm Wien's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Wilhelm Wien's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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