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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, Chinese zodiac is 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

William ranked 6th among boys and 776th among girls in 1957, the year of this birth, with 56,852 American boys and 168 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What William’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

7

Soul Urge · understanding

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4).

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

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 record

What sets William apart

Vincent Cassel (1966) and Gwynne Shotwell (1963) 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 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. Working below.

Where William sits

Six lines

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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.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

William’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 84.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 47.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirach of Andromeda, within 5.5° of the exact zenith.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 101 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 7% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 50° down.

How unusual William's chart is

Chart pattern score

44 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · A bowl chart

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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.

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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.

What the Rooster means →

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.

What Life Path 11 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 20° to 3° Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on the hour.

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′☉1°Moon in Sagittarius · 26°57′☽26°Mercury in Sagittarius · 17°51′☿17°Venus in Capricorn · 18°12′♀18°Mars in Scorpio · 9°57′♂9°Jupiter in Libra · 22°22′♃22°Saturn in Sagittarius · 14°58′♄14°Uranus in Leo · 11°39′ · retrograde♅℞11°Neptune in Scorpio · 3°22′♆3°Pluto in Virgo · 2°18′♇2°

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

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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

  • 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

  • stableSaturntrineUranus3.2° to 3.4° orb

  • stableVenussquareJupiter3.8° to 4.6° orb

  • stableMercurytrineUranus5.5° to 6.9° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionNeptune6.3° to 6.9° orb

  • 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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 12°51′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

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

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

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

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 7°08′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

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

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • 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°

William’s dominant planets

  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

Configurations in William’s chart

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

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

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William’s cards

Computed from November 23, 1957. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Judgement

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Seeker

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1603351 (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 Rickinasia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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.
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 is William G. Kaelin's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is William G. Kaelin's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
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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