William Friedkin
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935, Chicago, United States; died 2023), was an American director and producer. Friedkin's honours include Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director and Leopard of Honour.
William Friedkin’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Pig, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.How compatible are you with William Friedkin?
Your birthday, just below, gives your match percentage with William. Under a minute.
Your AsterNym Match
?%Your score is waiting.
Two details and you have your number with William. Under a minute, and it is real astrology, not a quiz.
Your result includes:
- · Your compatibility percentage
- · What attracts you to each other
- · What you would bring to the match
- · Where you might clash
- · Whether you share lucky numbers, colours, stones or seasons
William Friedkin’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Storyteller
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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
US Social Security Administration public records
William’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🌿 Fern
Coral · Lilac · Forest
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
William, according to the stars
Core essence
William notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of William is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, William is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What William needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How William wants to be loved
William wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with William and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How William creates
How William 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. William 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: William 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. William is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of William leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means William 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 William's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where William sits
Six lines. Tap where you sit on each.
William’s dot is placed from the chart. Yours is wherever you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to William Friedkin
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Chicago on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
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.
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunStandards nobody else can meet.
William Friedkin's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 29, 1935, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Wood Pig
Wood PigWarm, sincere, easy company.
William Friedkin was born on August 29, 1935, which falls in a Wood 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 1
Life Path 1Starts things. Lots of things.
William Friedkin's birth date, August 29, 1935, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Friedkin's date-only chart is Sun trine Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- William Friedkin combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Storyteller.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for William Friedkin, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 18° Virgo 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
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
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.
stableSuntrineUranus0.0° to 0.5° orb
William’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableMoonconjunctionNeptune0.1° to 7.2° orb
William’s feelings and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunoppositionSaturn1.0° to 2.1° orb
William’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableVenussextileMars1.3° to 2.4° orb
William’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter1.3° to 1.8° orb
William’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.5° to 3.5° orb
William’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsextileUranus1.5° to 1.6° orb
William’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableJupitersextileNeptune2.8° to 2.9° orb
William’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextileJupiter3.0° to 3.6° orb
William’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableMercurysextilePluto3.2° to 4.8° orb
William’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysextileMars3.8° to 4.8° orb
William’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarssextileNeptune4.0° to 4.6° orb
William’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth6 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Fire or Air signs.
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 15°57′ (moves 0.03° 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.
⚳ CeresVirgo 17°03′ (moves 0.45° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has William caring in practical detail rather than in words.
♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 23°57′ (moves 0.43° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. William is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 12°25′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. William is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 15°17′ (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 William 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 sextile Jupiter 0.2°
- Ceres sextile Mars 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Neptune 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 1.5°
- Hygiea trine Neptune 1.6°
- Chiron square Neptune 2.0°
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. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Neptune; 3 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune6 pts
disposes Saturn; 5 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 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.
Stellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, Venus, NeptuneThree 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 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 sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.2°
- Sun quintile Jupiter 0.6°
- Sun quintile Mars 0.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Friedkin, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
More people like William
Other screenwriters
- Ursula Andress1936
- Vernon Dobtcheff1934
- David Carradine1936
- Carol Burnett1933
- Alain Delon1935
- Robert Silverberg1935
Born in United States
- Kenneth LangoneAmerican businessman
- Ronald ShusettAmerican screenwriter
- Charles KochAmerican billionaire and businessman
- Howard TeminAmerican geneticist
- Mary OliverAmerican poet
- John CazaleAmerican actor
More charts like William’s
Fellow Virgo suns
- Chandra WilsonAmerican actress and director
- Amy WinehouseEnglish singer-songwriter
- Luke WilsonAmerican actor (born 1971)
Born in Pig years
- Konstantin NikolaevRussian billionaire
- Boris ZingarevichRussian businessman
- Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al ThaniQatari politician; prime minister and foreign minister
Also born on August 29
- Michael Jackson1958
- Liam Payne1993
- Lea Michele1986
- Brian Chesky1981
- Pierpaolo Piccioli1967
- John McCain1936
Fellow Yin Fire day masters
- Ed HarrisAmerican actor and director (born 1950)
- Tim RothBritish actor
- Frank FinlayBritish actor
Other Virgo Pig charts
- Kolton MillerAmerican football offensive tackle
- Easton StickAmerican football player
- Austin SchlottmannAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Eddy PineiroAmerican football player (born 1995)
Other Radiant Storytellers
- Blake HanceNFL player
- NayeonSouth Korean singer
- SoobinSouth Korean rapper and singer
- Baylor ScheiermanAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Famous people with Life Path 1
- Barry MarshallNobel Prize winner, and Professor of Clinical Microbiology
- Angelique KidjoBeninese-French world music singer
- Doja CatAmerican singer and rapper
From the journal: Why your Chinese sign might be wrong · What is feng shui?
William’s cards
Every card is computed from August 29, 1935, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
Tap to flip
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for William Friedkin, 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 Q51582, 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 GuillemMedina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Friedkin 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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by William Friedkin.
Quick answers about William Friedkin’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William Friedkin?
- William Friedkin was a Virgo: born August 29, 1935, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Pig.
- What was William Friedkin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 29, 1935 birth.
- What time was William Friedkin 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.
- How tall was William Friedkin?
- William Friedkin was 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was William Friedkin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the August 29, 1935 birth date.
- What was William Friedkin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 29, 1935 birth date.
- Where was William Friedkin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William Friedkin's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
