William Sadler
William Sadler (born April 13, 1950, Buffalo, United States), aged 76, is an American actor (born 1950). Sadler's honours include Saturn Awards and Clarence Derwent Awards.
William Sadler’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Metal Tiger, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Tiger, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with William
William Sadler’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Pioneer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, 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
In 1950, 60,680 American boys and 125 girls were registered William — 6th among boys and 776th 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.
3
Expression · expression and voice
7
Soul Urge · understanding
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4).
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
5 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia
White · Crimson · Moonlight white
The record
What sets William apart
Thomas Jefferson (1743) and Samuel Beckett (1906) 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 is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What William needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
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 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 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 5 is the free spirit. William is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
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. 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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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
Dedicate a star to William Sadler
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Buffalo 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 Buffalo that night
Computed for 42.89°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Buffalo at 9 p.m. that evening: Tania Australis of Ursa Major, within 1.9° of the exact zenith.
Of the 103 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Buffalo sits at 42.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −47.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Buffalo on any night.
Sun 21° below the horizon, Moon down and 10% lit at waning crescent.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
17 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
Mars retrograde · 1 planet at a critical degree
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 →Aries Sun
Aries SunFires first. Thinks later.
William Sadler's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 13, 1950, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Metal Tiger
Metal TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
William Sadler was born on April 13, 1950, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Can't sit still. Won't try.
William Sadler's birth date, April 13, 1950, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Sadler's date-only chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto.
- William Sadler combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Pioneer.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 19° Pisces 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
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.0° orb
William’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMoonoppositionSaturn0.1° to 6.5° orb
William’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableJupitertrineUranus1.7° to 1.9° orb
William’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysextileVenus2.4° to 3.2° orb
stableMercurytrineSaturn2.9° to 4.6° orb
stableVenustrineUranus4.9° to 5.9° orb
stableVenusoppositionSaturn6.0° to 7.1° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter6.8° to 7.6° orb
stableSunoppositionNeptune6.9° to 7.9° orb
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 8.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.5° to 11.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 5.3° to 17.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
William’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 21°37′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 19°47′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 24°36′ (moves 0.86° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 22°30′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 10°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros trine Mars 0.0°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mercury 0.6°
- Hygiea trine Sun 0.7°
- Chiron trine Sun 1.6°
- Hygiea square Mars 2.1°
- Chiron square Mars 3.0°
William’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Mercury, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars4 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun
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.
- Saturn quintile Uranus 0.0°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Mars 0.1°
- Uranus semi-square Pluto 0.7°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.1°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.3°
- Sun quincunx Mars 1.4°
More people like William
Other actors
- Sigourney Weaver1949
- Chris Cooper1951
- Bill Hudson1949
- Anjelica Huston1951
- David Foster1949
- Olivia Hussey1951
Born in United States
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- Peggy NoonanAmerican author and conservative columnist
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- Phil McGrawAmerican television personality (born 1950)
- Don JohnsonAmerican actor and singer (born 1949)
- Dorian HarewoodAmerican actor (born 1950)
More charts like William’s
Fellow Aries suns
- Hayley MillsBritish actress (born 1946)
- Peter UstinovBritish actor, writer and director
- David LeanBritish filmmaker and editor
Born in Tiger years
- Usain BoltJamaican sprinter
- Bradley CooperAmerican actor
- Kylian MbappéFrench association football player
Also born on April 13
- Thomas Jefferson1743
- Samuel Beckett1906
- Seamus Heaney1939
- Julius Nyerere1922
- Jonathan Brandis1976
- Ty Dolla Sign1982
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Patricia ArquetteAmerican actress (born 1968)
- Jason AlexanderAmerican actor, comedian, director and television host
- Tracy AndersonAmerican fitness trainer and author
Other Aries Tiger charts
- Katherine MaloneyAmerican rower
- Lady GagaAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress
- Nathalia DillBrazilian actress
- Matthew BroderickAmerican actor (born 1962)
Other Steadfast Pioneers
- Moira MagnesonAmerican poet
- Henry E. PilkentonAmerican Kentucky poet laureate
- Paul SalyersAmerican Kentucky poet laureate
- Liz LochheadScottish poet and essayist (born 1947)
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAmerican politician
- Jennifer ConnellyAmerican actress
- Courteney CoxAmerican actress and producer
From the journal: Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained · Your Kua number, and why it splits households
William’s cards
Computed from April 13, 1950. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast PioneerWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
5 · Explorer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
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 Q152542 (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 Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Sadler at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William Sadler.
Quick answers about William Sadler’s chart
- How old is William Sadler?
- William Sadler is 76 years old, born April 13, 1950 in Buffalo, United States.
- What zodiac sign is William Sadler?
- William Sadler is an Aries: born April 13, 1950, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What is William Sadler's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 13, 1950 birth.
- What is William Sadler's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is William Sadler's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 21°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is William Sadler's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is William Sadler's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Mercury, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
