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William Inge

William Inge (born May 3, 1913, Independence, United States; died 1973), was an American playwright and novelist. Inge's honours include Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Pulitzer Prize for Drama and star on Playwrights' Sidewalk.

William Inge’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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William Inge’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Architect

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical 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

4 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🪷 Lotus

Ivory · Blush · Soft pink

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What the chart says

William, according to the stars

Core essence

William is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of William is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

The vibe

Underneath, William runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What William needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How William wants to be loved

William wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How William creates

How William makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. William builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: William is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. William is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; William slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from William's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

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Intimate circleWide network
William

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
William

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
William

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
William

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

PracticalVisionary
William

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
William

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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William’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 76.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 23.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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.

William Inge in 15 seconds

Taurus Sun

Slow to move, slower to leave.

William Inge's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 3, 1913, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.

Water Ox

Carries the load without comment.

William Inge was born on May 3, 1913, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 4

Plans, then plans the plan.

William Inge's birth date, May 3, 1913, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.

What stands out in William’s chart

William’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for William Inge, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 18° Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.5° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.7° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.8° orbMars flows with Neptune · Trine, 3.2° orbSaturn flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.3° orbMoon fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 4.5° orbMoon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 5.1° orbSun flows with Jupiter · Trine, 5.2° orbSun in Taurus · 12°41′☉12°Moon in Aries · 12°45′☽12°Mercury in Aries · 17°18′☿17°Venus in Aries · 29°14′ · retrograde♀℞29°Mars in Pisces · 26°39′♂26°Jupiter in Capricorn · 17°50′♃17°Saturn in Gemini · 4°14′♄4°Uranus in Aquarius · 7°31′♅7°Neptune in Cancer · 23°27′♆23°Pluto in Gemini · 28°30′♇28°

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°

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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.

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter0.0° to 1.2° orb

    William’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenussextilePluto0.5° to 1.0° orb

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

  • stableMarssquarePluto1.5° to 2.2° orb

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

  • stableMarstrineNeptune2.8° to 3.6° orb

    William’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSaturntrineUranus3.2° to 3.3° orb

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

  • stableSuntrineJupiter4.7° to 5.6° orb

    William’s core identity flows straight into their growth.

  • stableSunsquareUranus4.7° to 5.6° orb

    William’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune5.5° to 6.8° orb

    William’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableVenussquareNeptune5.5° to 6.0° orb

    William’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune5.6° orb

    William’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 0.0° to 9.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.0° to 11.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 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.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 14°12′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has William absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio 27°26′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. William is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.

  • ♡ ErosGemini 8°26′ (moves 0.89° over the day)

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

    Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. William is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 28°19′ (moves 0.33° 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 7°00′ (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 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Hygiea sextile Pluto 0.2°
  • Ceres trine Mars 0.8°
  • Eros trine Uranus 0.9°
  • Hygiea conjunction Venus 0.9°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Saturn 2.8°

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. ♀ Venus6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: William is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Jupiter, Neptune, MercuryAn 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.

  • Sun semi-square Pluto 0.8°
  • Mercury quintile Pluto 0.8°
  • Sun semi-square Mars 1.0°
  • Sun quintile Neptune 1.2°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.4°
  • Mercury semi-square Saturn 1.9°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Inge, 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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Death

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The Evergreen Architect

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for William Inge, 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 Q982880, 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 Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same William Inge 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 Inge.

Quick answers about William Inge’s chart

What zodiac sign was William Inge?
William Inge was a Taurus: born May 3, 1913, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox.
What was William Inge's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 3, 1913 birth.
What time was William Inge 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 was William Inge's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the May 3, 1913 birth date.
What was William Inge's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 3, 1913 birth date.
Where was William Inge's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was William Inge's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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