William S. McFeely
William S. McFeely (born September 25, 1930, New York City, United States; died 2019), was an American historian. McFeely's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Guggenheim Fellowship and Francis Parkman Prize.
William S. McFeely’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Metal Horse, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Horse, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.Your match with William
William S. McFeely’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Diplomat
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 2, 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
The SSA recorded 47,271 American boys and 289 girls named William in 1930: 4th among boys and 399th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What William’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
2
Soul Urge · closeness
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.
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
2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
The record
What sets William apart
Will Smith (1968) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969) 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 makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of William is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, William feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What William needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How William wants to be loved
William wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with William even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How William creates
How William makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. William creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. William is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means William does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
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 may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to William S. McFeely
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Sadr of Cygnus, within 0.7° of the exact zenith.
Of the 89 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
New York City sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waxing crescent, 16% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 25° down.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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 →If you only read one paragraph
Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
William S. McFeely's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 25, 1930, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Metal Horse
Metal HorseBright, restless, warm.
William S. McFeely was born on September 25, 1930, which falls in a Metal Horse year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Horse means →Life Path 2
Life Path 2Diplomat by instinct.
William S. McFeely's birth date, September 25, 1930, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 2 means →What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William S. McFeely's date-only chart is Venus trine Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Jupiter and Pluto, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- William S. McFeely combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Diplomat.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 7° to 21° Scorpio depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenustrineJupiter0.0° to 0.5° orb
William’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableVenustrineMars0.4° to 0.7° orb
William’s affections flow straight into their drive.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter0.5° to 0.9° orb
William’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturntrineNeptune1.1° orb
stableMarssquareUranus2.7° to 3.3° orb
stableVenustrinePluto2.8° to 3.7° orb
stableSunsquareSaturn3.1° to 4.1° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionPluto3.1° to 3.2° orb
stableMercurysextilePluto3.2° to 4.1° orb
stableMarsconjunctionPluto3.6° to 4.1° orb
stableJupitersquareUranus3.7° to 3.8° orb
stableUranussquarePluto6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
William’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 18°24′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 3°04′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosGemini 19°23′ (moves 0.68° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 17°16′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 24°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.8°
- Chiron opposition Venus 0.9°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 1.3°
- Chiron sextile Mars 1.5°
- Chiron sextile Pluto 2.3°
- Ceres trine Saturn 2.4°
William’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Venus; 5 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects
Configurations in William’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.6°
- Sun quintile Pluto 0.9°
- Venus quintile Neptune 1.1°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.4°
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 1.8°
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William’s cards
Computed from September 25, 1930. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JudgementAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast DiplomatWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Horse 午Life Path
2 · Diplomat♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q8017981 (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.
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Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William S. McFeely.
Quick answers about William S. McFeely’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William S. McFeely?
- William S. McFeely was a Libra: born September 25, 1930, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was William S. McFeely's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 25, 1930 birth.
- What was William S. McFeely's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
- What was William S. McFeely's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was William S. McFeely's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William S. McFeely's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Pluto is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
