William Bolcom
William Bolcom (born May 26, 1938, Seattle, United States), aged 88, is an American composer (born 1938). Bolcom's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and National Medal of Arts.
William Bolcom’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Tiger, with 
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William Bolcom’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Seeker
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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
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US rank in 2025
~4,215,725
Americans share it since 1880
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its peak year
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William’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Emerald, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia
Ivory · Lilac · Terracotta
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What the chart says
William, according to the stars
Core essence
William is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. William needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
How William wants to be loved
William wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. William gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How William creates
How William 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. William 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: William is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. William 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 bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. William scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from William's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
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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Gemini Sun
Gemini SunQuick, curious, already elsewhere.
William Bolcom's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 26, 1938, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.
Earth Tiger
Earth TigerBig heart, short fuse.
William Bolcom was born on May 26, 1938, which falls in a Earth Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Solitary, curious, deep.
William Bolcom's birth date, May 26, 1938, 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 William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Bolcom's date-only chart is Venus trine Jupiter, with an orb of about 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- William Bolcom combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Seeker.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for William Bolcom, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 4° Aries or 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.
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.
stableVenustrineJupiter0.8° to 2.0° orb
William’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableSunsquareJupiter3.2° to 4.1° orb
William’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableUranustrineNeptune3.4° orb
William’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercuryconjunctionUranus3.5° to 4.8° orb
William’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarssquareNeptune3.8° to 4.5° orb
William’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.0° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 7.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 5.9° to 19.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 6.9° to 19.6° depending on birth time
possibleMercurytrineNeptuneorb from 6.9° to 8.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 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.
William’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.
⚷ ChironGemini 29°51′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has William turning that into a careful, exact way with words.
⚳ CeresAries 28°43′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: William looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosVirgo 14°03′ (moves 0.71° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. William is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ HygieaVirgo 20°54′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. William is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 6°48′ (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. William 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.
- Ceres square Pluto 0.4°
- Eros trine Uranus 0.9°
- Chiron trine Jupiter 1.4°
- Hygiea square Mars 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 2.5°
- Hygiea conjunction Neptune 2.5°
- Chiron conjunction Venus 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°).
William’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus3 pts
disposes Mercury, Uranus; 1 major aspect
3. ♆ Neptune3 pts
disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: William 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 William’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.
- Saturn semi-sextile Uranus 0.3°
- Uranus quintile Pluto 1.3°
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 1.5°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Bolcom, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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William’s cards
Every card is computed from May 26, 1938, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for William Bolcom, 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
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q710714, 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 Steven Damron, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Bolcom at Wikipedia, williambolcom.com, 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 William Bolcom.
Quick answers about William Bolcom’s chart
- How old is William Bolcom?
- William Bolcom is 88 years old, born May 26, 1938 in Seattle, United States.
- What zodiac sign is William Bolcom?
- William Bolcom is a Gemini: born May 26, 1938, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Tiger.
- What is William Bolcom's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 26, 1938 birth.
- What time was William Bolcom 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 William Bolcom's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the May 26, 1938 birth date.
- What is William Bolcom's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 26, 1938 birth date.
- Where is William Bolcom's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is William Bolcom's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
