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William Jay Smith

William Jay Smith (born April 22, 1918, Winnfield, United States; died 2015), was an American writer, translator, editor. Smith served as United States Poet Laureate. Smith's honours include Rhodes Scholarship, Rome Prize and Russell Loines Award for Poetry.

William Jay Smith’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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William Jay Smith’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, 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

9 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

White · Blush · Gold

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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 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 tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with William, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

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 free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. William is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means William channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

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

PrivateExpressive
William

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
William

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

PracticalVisionary
William

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
William

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to William Jay Smith

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

William’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 78.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 30.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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.

Taurus Sun

Slow to move, slower to leave.

William Jay Smith's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 22, 1918, 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.

Earth Horse

Happiest halfway there.

William Jay Smith was born on April 22, 1918, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

William Jay Smith's birth date, April 22, 1918, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in William’s chart

William’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for William Jay Smith, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 27° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 1° orbVenus faces off with Mars · Opposition, 1.6° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.9° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.1° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.6° orbSaturn fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 3.4° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.7° orbJupiter opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 4° orbSun in Taurus · 1°45′☉1°Moon in Virgo · 21°53′☽21°Mercury in Taurus · 8°45′ · retrograde☿℞8°Venus in Pisces · 15°31′♀15°Mars in Virgo · 13°54′ · retrograde♂℞13°Jupiter in Gemini · 11°46′♃11°Saturn in Leo · 7°46′♄7°Uranus in Aquarius · 27°03′♅27°Neptune in Leo · 4°20′♆4°Pluto in Cancer · 3°40′♇3°

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.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.7° to 1.2° orb

    William’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableVenusoppositionMars1.1° to 2.1° orb

    William’s affections pull against their drive from across the wheel.

  • stableSunsextilePluto1.4° to 2.4° orb

    William’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssquareJupiter2.0° to 2.3° orb

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

  • stableSunsquareNeptune2.1° to 3.1° orb

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

  • stableVenussquareJupiter3.3° to 4.1° orb

    William’s affections grind against their growth.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune3.4° to 3.5° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextileSaturn3.9° to 4.1° orb

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

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune4.2° to 4.7° orb

    William’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableMercurytrineMars4.9° to 5.4° orb

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

  • stableSunsquareSaturn5.6° to 6.5° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury6.3° to 7.7° orb

    William’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth 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.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 1°15′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: William may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 9°21′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has William caring by building something that lasts for others.

  • ♡ ErosAries 19°56′ (moves 0.72° 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.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 0°22′ (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 LilithVirgo 29°12′ (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 trine Mercury 0.6°
  • Chiron square Pluto 2.4°

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. ♀ Venus7 pts

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

  2. 2. ☉ Sun6 pts

    disposes Saturn, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Mars, Jupiter; 4 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 Jupiter · Venus, Mars, JupiterAn 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.

  • Mercury quintile Uranus 0.3°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.7°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.2°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Jay Smith, 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

The Moon

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for William Jay Smith, 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 Q4355736, 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.

The same William Jay Smith at Wikipedia 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 Jay Smith.

Quick answers about William Jay Smith’s chart

What zodiac sign was William Jay Smith?
William Jay Smith was a Taurus: born April 22, 1918, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse.
What was William Jay Smith's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 22, 1918 birth.
What time was William Jay Smith 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 Jay Smith's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the April 22, 1918 birth date.
What was William Jay Smith's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 22, 1918 birth date.
Where was William Jay Smith's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was William Jay Smith's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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