William Lawrence Bragg
William Lawrence Bragg (born March 31, 1890, Adelaide, Australia; died 1971), was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg is best remembered for X-ray diffraction. Bragg's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Knight Bachelor and Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
William Lawrence Bragg’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Metal Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Tiger, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with William
William Lawrence Bragg’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Visionary
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, 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
In 1890, 7,494 American boys and 34 girls were registered William — 2nd among boys and 445th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What William’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
6
Expression · taking responsibility
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
2
Personality · warm, careful
The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
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
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Aquamarine, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Silver
The record
What sets William apart
Octavio Paz (1914) and Ewan McGregor (1971) 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 leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of William is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, William needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What William needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
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 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 bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. William is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. William has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from William's birth date. Working below.
Where William sits
Six lines
William’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Adelaide on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
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The sky over Adelaide that night
Computed for 34.93°S, 9 p.m. local sky.
Suhail stood nearest the zenith over Adelaide at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.9° above the horizon in Vela.
Of the 81 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Adelaide sits at 34.9°S, high enough that Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Sun 37° below the horizon, Moon up and 78% lit at waxing gibbous.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
39 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Aries · Only two elements
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →William Lawrence Bragg at a glance
Aries Sun
Aries SunRuns at it head first.
William Lawrence Bragg's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 31, 1890, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Metal Tiger
Metal TigerCourage before caution.
William Lawrence Bragg was born on March 31, 1890, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
William Lawrence Bragg's birth date, March 31, 1890, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Lawrence Bragg's date-only chart is Sun trine Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets are in Fire signs, and none in Earth and Water.
- William Lawrence Bragg combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Visionary.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSuntrineMars0.0° to 0.5° orb
William’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableSuntrineMoon0.1° to 6.0° orb
William’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.
stableMoontrineMars0.1° to 6.2° orb
William’s feelings flow straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysextileNeptune0.4° to 2.3° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto1.5° to 1.6° orb
stableSaturnsextileUranus2.4° orb
stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto2.8° to 2.9° orb
stableSunsextileJupiter3.1° to 3.9° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter3.4° orb
stableVenusoppositionUranus4.2° to 5.5° orb
stableJupitertrineNeptune4.4° to 4.5° orb
stableSaturnsquareNeptune4.6° to 4.7° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire6 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth or Water signs.
William’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironCancer 16°10′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 3°48′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 24°58′ (moves 0.77° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 12°26′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 27°28′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros opposition Uranus 0.3°
- Ceres opposition Neptune 1.4°
- Ceres opposition Pluto 1.5°
- Hygiea square Mars 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 2.2°
- Ceres trine Mercury 2.8°
- Eros trine Saturn 2.8°
William’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 5 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
Configurations in William’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
- Mars semi-square Uranus 0.1°
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.2°
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 1.1°
William’s family here
One relative of William Lawrence Bragg also has a chart on AsterNym.
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William’s cards
Computed from March 31, 1890. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The TowerAsterNym identity card
The Gilded VisionaryWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
7 · Seeker♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q131729 (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 Nobel foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Lawrence Bragg at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William Lawrence Bragg.
Quick answers about William Lawrence Bragg’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William Lawrence Bragg?
- William Lawrence Bragg was an Aries: born March 31, 1890, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What was William Lawrence Bragg's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 31, 1890 birth.
- What was William Lawrence Bragg's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What was William Lawrence Bragg's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was William Lawrence Bragg's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William Lawrence Bragg's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 5 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
