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William E. Moerner

William E. Moerner (born June 24, 1953, Pleasanton, United States), aged 73, is a Nobel prize winning American chemical physicist. Moerner's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics and Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry.

William E. Moerner’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Water Snake, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

Your match with William

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William E. Moerner’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 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.

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

#9

US rank in 2025

~4,215,725

Americans share it since 1880

1947

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1953, William came 6th among boys and 805th among girls, carried by 61,829 American boys and 131 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What William’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

William’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

3 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Pearl, Pearl, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 💠 Water Lily

Rose pink · Pearl · Moonlight white

The record

What sets William apart

Lionel Messi (1987) and Claudia Sheinbaum (1962) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

William, according to the stars

Core essence

William feels the room before entering it. The core of William is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for William, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

How William wants to be loved

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

How William creates

How William 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. William 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: William 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 3 is the creative. William is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means William does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

Computed from William's birth date. Working below.

Where William sits

Six lines

William’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
William

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
William

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

PrivateExpressive
William

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
William

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

PracticalVisionary
William

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
William

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 William E. Moerner

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

William’s birth-night reference starAlkaidblue · Ursa MajorAlkaid, in Ursa Major. A blue star, 77.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alkaid →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 17.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Pleasanton that night

Computed for 37.67°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Pleasanton was Alkaid, in Ursa Major, 77.7° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 84 catalog stars were up in all.

From 37.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −52.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 95% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 5° below the horizon.

How unusual William's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Cancer · A bowl chart

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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The quick version

Cancer Sun

Hard shell, soft centre.

William E. Moerner's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of June 24, 1953, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Water Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

William E. Moerner was born on June 24, 1953, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 3

Talks it, jokes it, lives it.

William E. Moerner's birth date, June 24, 1953, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 means →

What stands out in William’s chart

William’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 26° to 9° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.3° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.5° orbSaturn fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0.6° orbSaturn opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.9° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.8° orbUranus grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.4° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 4.1° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 4.2° orbSun in Cancer · 2°56′☉2°Moon in Sagittarius · 3°23′☽3°Mercury in Cancer · 28°13′☿28°Venus in Taurus · 17°16′♀17°Mars in Cancer · 7°05′♂7°Jupiter in Gemini · 10°43′♃10°Saturn in Libra · 20°33′♄20°Uranus in Cancer · 17°46′♅17°Neptune in Libra · 21°07′ · retrograde♆℞21°Pluto in Leo · 21°26′♇21°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableVenussextileUranus0.0° to 1.0° orb

    William’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.3° orb

    William’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune0.6° orb

    William’s discipline and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSaturnsextilePluto0.9° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus2.8° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune3.3° to 3.4° orb

  • stableVenussquarePluto3.7° to 4.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMars4.0° to 4.3° orb

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 0.9° to 13.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 5.4° to 18.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercurysquareNeptuneorb from 6.5° to 7.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.

William’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 19°07′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCancer 20°35′ (moves 0.44° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 7°43′ (moves 0.69° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 25°27′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 20°25′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Saturn 0.0°
  • Ceres square Neptune 0.5°
  • Eros sextile Mars 0.6°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.3°
  • Chiron square Saturn 1.4°
  • Chiron trine Venus 1.8°
  • Chiron square Neptune 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 2.6°
  • Ceres conjunction Uranus 2.8°

William’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Uranus

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Saturn, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn3 pts

    3 major aspects

Configurations in William’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, Mars, UranusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.7°
  • Mars semi-square Pluto 0.7°
  • Mercury quintile Venus 1.0°
  • Jupiter quintile Pluto 1.3°

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From the journal: What is feng shui? · Moon sign vs rising sign vs Sun sign

William’s cards

Computed from June 24, 1953. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1387059 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Kevin Lowder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same William E. Moerner at Wikipedia, profiles.stanford.edu and IMDb.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William E. Moerner.

Quick answers about William E. Moerner’s chart

How old is William E. Moerner?
William E. Moerner is 73 years old, born June 24, 1953 in Pleasanton, United States.
What zodiac sign is William E. Moerner?
William E. Moerner is a Cancer: born June 24, 1953, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What is William E. Moerner's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 24, 1953 birth.
What is William E. Moerner's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What is William E. Moerner's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is William E. Moerner's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is William E. Moerner's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Uranus). Venus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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