William Rose Benét
William Rose Benét (born February 2, 1886, Brooklyn, United States; died 1950), was an American writer. Benét's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
William Rose Benét’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rooster, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Rooster, with 
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William Rose Benét’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Lightkeeper
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Water 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 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern
Violet · Ivory · Forest
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 is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of William is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
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 seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. William creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
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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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunAhead of the room by a decade.
William Rose Benét's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 2, 1886, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Wood Rooster
Wood RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
William Rose Benét was born on February 2, 1886, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Endings come naturally.
William Rose Benét's birth date, February 2, 1886, 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
- The tightest major aspect in William Rose Benét's date-only chart is Jupiter conjunction Uranus, with an orb of about 2°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Earth/Air emphasis, with four planets in each, and none in Fire.
- William Rose Benét combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for William Rose Benét, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 4° Capricorn or Aquarius 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.
stableMoonconjunctionMercury0.1° to 5.4° orb
William’s feelings and mind act as one.
stableMercurytrinePluto1.7° to 3.3° orb
William’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus1.8° orb
William’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarstrineNeptune2.0° to 2.1° orb
William’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurytrineMars3.0° to 4.7° orb
William’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitersquareSaturn3.5° orb
William’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrinePluto4.5° to 4.6° orb
William’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableMercurytrineNeptune5.1° to 6.7° orb
William’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableSaturnsquareUranus5.3° orb
William’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
stableVenustrineSaturn5.4° to 5.6° orb
William’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSuntrineUranus5.8° to 6.9° orb
William’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableMarstrinePluto6.3° to 6.4° orb
William’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Fire signs.
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 ℞Gemini 11°01′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has William turning that into a careful, exact way with words.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 3°47′ (moves 0.37° 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.
♡ ErosAquarius 1°30′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. William is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 6°16′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. William is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 8°25′ (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.
- Eros trine Pluto 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 0.9°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 1.4°
- Ceres opposition Saturn 1.6°
- Ceres square Jupiter 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 2.7°
- Chiron trine Sun 2.8°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 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. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Mars, Pluto; 4 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: William is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.
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.
Grand trine · Mercury, Mars, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.- Grand trine · Mercury, Mars, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
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.
- Venus quincunx Uranus 0.2°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.3°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 1.0°
- Venus quincunx Jupiter 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Rose Benét, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
William’s family here
One relative of William Rose Benét also has a chart on AsterNym.
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William’s cards
Every card is computed from February 2, 1886, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for William Rose Benét, 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 Q2580418, 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 Rose Benét 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 Rose Benét.
Quick answers about William Rose Benét’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William Rose Benét?
- William Rose Benét was an Aquarius: born February 2, 1886, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rooster.
- What was William Rose Benét's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 2, 1886 birth.
- What time was William Rose Benét 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 Rose Benét's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the February 2, 1886 birth date.
- What was William Rose Benét's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 11°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 2, 1886 birth date.
- Where was William Rose Benét's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William Rose Benét's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
