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William G. Kaelin

William G. Kaelin (born November 23, 1957, New York City, United States), aged 68, is an American Nobel Laureate, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. Kaelin has served as board of directors member. Kaelin's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and Canada Gairdner International Award.

William G. Kaelin’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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William G. Kaelin’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 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive 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

11 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

South

Season

summer

Stones

Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Hibiscus

Gold · Rose-gold · Scarlet

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 is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of William 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.

How William wants to be loved

William wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show William you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How William creates

How William makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. William creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: William is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. William is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

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

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Intimate circleWide network
William

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
William

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

PrivateExpressive
William

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
William

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

PracticalVisionary
William

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
William

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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William G. Kaelin at a glance

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

William G. Kaelin's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 23, 1957, 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.

Fire Rooster

Says what everyone was thinking.

William G. Kaelin was born on November 23, 1957, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.

Life Path 11

Sees what the rest missed.

William G. Kaelin's birth date, November 23, 1957, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in William’s chart

William’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for William G. Kaelin, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 3° Sagittarius or Capricorn 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 grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.7° orbMercury fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 2.9° orbSaturn flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.3° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 4.2° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.5° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.6° orbSun in Sagittarius · 1°09′Moon in Sagittarius · 26°57′26°Mercury in Sagittarius · 17°51′17°Venus in Capricorn · 18°12′18°Mars in Scorpio · 9°57′Jupiter in Libra · 22°22′22°Saturn in Sagittarius · 14°58′14°Uranus in Leo · 11°39′ · retrograde11°Neptune in Scorpio · 3°22′Pluto in Virgo · 2°18′

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.

  • stableSunsquarePluto0.6° to 1.7° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareUranus1.4° to 2.0° orb

    William’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn2.2° to 3.6° orb

    William’s mind and discipline act as one.

  • stableSaturntrineUranus3.2° to 3.4° orb

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

  • stableVenussquareJupiter3.8° to 4.6° orb

    William’s affections grind against their growth.

  • stableMercurytrineUranus5.5° to 6.9° orb

    William’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMarsconjunctionNeptune6.3° to 6.9° orb

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

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 13.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.1° to 12.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 3.1° to 15.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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.

  • ChironAquarius 12°51′ (moves 0.04° 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 William making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • CeresCancer 29°43′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. William is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.

  • ErosScorpio 28°47′ (moves 0.70° over the day)

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

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. William is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • HygieaAries 7°08′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has William feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

  • Black Moon LilithPisces 20°06′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. William is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.2°
  • Ceres trine Sun 1.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 1.9°
  • Chiron sextile Saturn 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 2.2°
  • Eros conjunction Sun 2.4°
  • Chiron square Mars 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°).

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. 1. Jupiter7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. Pluto4 pts

    disposes Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. Mercury3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: William 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 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, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, SaturnThree 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.

  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.3°
  • Mercury semi-square Neptune 0.5°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.9°
  • Jupiter quintile Uranus 1.3°

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

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William’s cards

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Birth tarot card

Judgement

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Seeker

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Western zodiac

Sagittarius

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Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

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♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

yin Fire

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

yin Metal

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

yin Earth

Pig

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for William G. Kaelin, 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 Q1603351, 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 Rickinasia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same William G. Kaelin 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by William G. Kaelin.

Quick answers about William G. Kaelin’s chart

How old is William G. Kaelin?
William G. Kaelin is 68 years old, born November 23, 1957 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is William G. Kaelin?
William G. Kaelin is a Sagittarius: born November 23, 1957, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster.
What is William G. Kaelin's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 23, 1957 birth.
What time was William G. Kaelin 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 G. Kaelin's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the November 23, 1957 birth date.
What is William G. Kaelin's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 23, 1957 birth date.
Where is William G. Kaelin's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is William G. Kaelin's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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