William Gibson
William Gibson (born March 17, 1948, Conway, United States), aged 78, is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948). Gibson is best known for Neuromancer. Gibson's honours include Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Nebula Award for Best Novel and Tähtivaeltaja Award.
William Gibson’s zodiac sign is Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat, with Life Path 33 in numerology.
Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Rat, with 
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William Gibson’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Healer
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 33 is traditionally called a master path. It represents teaching through care, service and example.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 33, 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
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
33 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌻 Zinnia
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Terracotta
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 feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of William is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.
The vibe
Underneath, William processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What William needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
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 refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. William creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: William is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 33 is the master teacher. William is here to lift people, to care at a scale that becomes a calling, to make compassion practical. Devoted, wise, sometimes exhausted by how much they feel for everyone, and learning to keep a little for themselves.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means William fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from William's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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William Gibson at a glance
Pisces Sun
Pisces SunSoft edges, deep pull.
William Gibson's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 17, 1948, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Pisces readings associate the sign with imagination, empathy and permeable boundaries: absorbing the mood of a place and turning it into something. Astrologers describe it as the mutable water sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter and in modern practice by Neptune. The corresponding tension is drift, described in the tradition as a difficulty telling one's own feelings from everyone else's.
Earth Rat
Earth RatCharming, and counting the exits.
William Gibson was born on March 17, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.
Life Path 33
Life Path 33Love as a job description.
William Gibson's birth date, March 17, 1948, reduces to Life Path 33 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 33 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with teaching through care, service and example. Numerologists read it as an intensified 6, the nurturer's instinct turned toward a community rather than a household. The corresponding tension is self-sacrifice, with the caution that giving at that scale needs a source that is also being filled.
What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Gibson's date-only chart is Sun square Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- William Gibson combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Healer.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for William Gibson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Gemini 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.
stableSunsquareJupiter0.2° to 1.1° orb
William’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.8° orb
William’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysextileJupiter1.2° to 2.1° orb
William’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussquarePluto1.6° to 2.8° orb
William’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn2.4° to 2.5° orb
William’s drive and discipline act as one.
stableMarssextileUranus3.2° to 3.3° orb
William’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturnconjunctionPluto3.7° orb
William’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunsquareUranus4.3° to 5.3° orb
William’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.5° to 4.6° orb
William’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussquareSaturn5.3° to 6.5° orb
William’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupiteroppositionUranus5.4° to 5.5° orb
William’s growth pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarsconjunctionPluto6.1° to 6.2° orb
William’s drive and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed5 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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 24°38′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has William carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresTaurus 15°49′ (moves 0.36° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. William is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosAries 2°49′ (moves 0.69° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. William is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaGemini 23°50′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has William needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 15°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has William at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about 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.
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 0.6°
- Ceres square Saturn 0.8°
- Hygiea conjunction Uranus 1.6°
- Chiron trine Sun 2.4°
- Ceres square Pluto 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. ♃ Jupiter6.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; in its own sign, Sagittarius; 3 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn, 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.
T-square onto Sun · Jupiter, Uranus, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.2°
- Mercury quintile Venus 0.7°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.8°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.3°
- Venus quincunx Neptune 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Gibson, 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 March 17, 1948, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for William Gibson, 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 Q188987, 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 Gonzo Bonzo, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Gibson at Wikipedia, williamgibsonbooks.com, IMDb, X 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 Gibson.
Quick answers about William Gibson’s chart
- How old is William Gibson?
- William Gibson is 78 years old, born March 17, 1948 in Conway, United States.
- What zodiac sign is William Gibson?
- William Gibson is a Pisces: born March 17, 1948, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat.
- What is William Gibson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 17, 1948 birth.
- What time was William Gibson 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 Gibson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 33, calculated in numerology from the March 17, 1948 birth date.
- What is William Gibson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the March 17, 1948 birth date.
- Where is William Gibson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is William Gibson's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; in its own sign, Sagittarius; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
