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Willard Libby

Willard Libby (born December 17, 1908, Grand Valley, United States; died 1980), was an American physical chemist. Libby's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Albert Einstein Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Willard Libby’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey, with Life Path 2 in numerology.

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Willard Libby’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Healer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.

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

#2760

US rank in 2025

~78,542

Americans share it since 1880

1915

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Willard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

2 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold

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

What the chart says

Willard, according to the stars

Core essence

Willard is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Willard is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

The vibe

Underneath, Willard 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 Willard 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 Willard wants to be loved

Willard wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Willard even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Willard creates

How Willard makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Willard creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: Willard is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Willard 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Willard runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

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

Where Willard sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Willard

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Willard

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Willard

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Willard

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Willard

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Willard

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Willard Libby

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

Willard’s birth-night reference starAlgolblue-white · PerseusAlgol, in Perseus. A blue-white star, 83.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Algol →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 14.4° 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.

The quick version

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

Willard Libby's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 17, 1908, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.

Earth Monkey

Solved it, and made a joke.

Willard Libby was born on December 17, 1908, which falls in a Earth Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 2

Better with someone at their back.

Willard Libby's birth date, December 17, 1908, 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 Willard’s chart

Willard’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Willard Libby, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.2° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.3° orbUranus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 0.5° orbSun faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.7° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.8° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.2° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.5° orbMars flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.7° orbSun in Sagittarius · 25°29′☉25°Moon in Libra · 16°31′☽16°Mercury in Sagittarius · 21°53′☿21°Venus in Scorpio · 23°46′♀23°Mars in Scorpio · 14°33′♂14°Jupiter in Virgo · 14°16′♃14°Saturn in Aries · 3°29′♄3°Uranus in Capricorn · 15°45′♅15°Neptune in Cancer · 16°16′ · retrograde♆℞16°Pluto in Gemini · 24°49′ · retrograde♇℞24°

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°
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.

  • stableMoonsquareUranus0.0° to 6.9° orb

    Willard’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableMoonsquareNeptune0.0° to 6.4° orb

    Willard’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Willard’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunoppositionPluto0.1° to 1.2° orb

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

  • stableUranusoppositionNeptune0.5° to 0.6° orb

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

  • stableMarssextileUranus0.9° to 1.5° orb

    Willard’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarstrineNeptune1.4° to 2.1° orb

    Willard’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus1.5° orb

    Willard’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune2.0° orb

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

  • stableMercuryoppositionPluto2.1° to 3.7° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury3.3° to 3.9° orb

    Willard’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.0° to 10.7° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Willard’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 19°38′ (moves 0.05° 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 Willard making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 13°51′ (moves 0.41° 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. Willard is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 12°52′ (moves 0.59° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Willard is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 25°55′ (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 Willard needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 8°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Willard exacting with themselves first.

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.

  • Ceres square Jupiter 0.4°
  • Hygiea opposition Sun 0.4°
  • Hygiea conjunction Pluto 1.1°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 1.4°
  • Eros sextile Mars 1.7°
  • Chiron sextile Mercury 2.3°
  • Eros conjunction Uranus 2.9°

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°).

Willard’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. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Willard 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 Willard’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.

  • Venus quincunx Pluto 1.1°
  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.7°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.9°

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

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Willard’s cards

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Judgement

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The Radiant Healer

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Western zodiac

Sagittarius

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Willard Libby, 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

Willard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q190486, 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, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Willard Libby 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.

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Quick answers about Willard Libby’s chart

What zodiac sign was Willard Libby?
Willard Libby was a Sagittarius: born December 17, 1908, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey.
What was Willard Libby's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 17, 1908 birth.
What time was Willard Libby 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 Willard Libby's Life Path number?
Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the December 17, 1908 birth date.
What was Willard Libby's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 17, 1908 birth date.
Where was Willard Libby's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Willard Libby's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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