William Schuman
William Schuman (born August 4, 1910, The Bronx, United States; died 1992), was an American composer and arts administrator. Schuman is best remembered for Symphony No. 8. Schuman's honours include Kennedy Center Honors, Pulitzer Prize for Music and Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards.
William Schuman’s zodiac sign was Leo, Chinese zodiac was Metal Dog, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Leo, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with William
William Schuman’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Architect
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed 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 1910, 8,844 American boys and 37 girls were registered William — 3rd among boys and 704th 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.
5
Expression · versatility
5
Soul Urge · freedom
9
Personality · generous, worldly
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
5 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🤍 White Magnolia
Coral · Gold · Moonlight white
The record
What sets William apart
Barack Obama (1961) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981) 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 is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of William is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
How William wants to be loved
William wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. William gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
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 loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. 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: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means William fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
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 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 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 Schuman
Three stars chosen from the real sky above The Bronx 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 The Bronx that night
Computed for 40.85°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at The Bronx was Vega, in Lyra, 82.3° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.
The Bronx sits at 40.8°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 The Bronx at all: they sit past the −49.2° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 18° below the horizon, Moon down and 0% lit at new moon.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
37 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Leo · 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.
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Leo Sun
Leo SunGenerous with the spotlight, mostly.
William Schuman's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 4, 1910, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Leo means →Metal Dog
Metal DogLoyal past the point of sense.
William Schuman was born on August 4, 1910, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Change finds them anyway.
William Schuman's birth date, August 4, 1910, 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 Schuman's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- William Schuman combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Architect.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 27° to 11° Cancer or Leo 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
stableMercurysextilePluto0.0° to 0.9° orb
William’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileJupiter0.9° to 1.7° orb
William’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.2° to 2.3° orb
William’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarssextilePluto1.4° to 2.0° orb
stableVenussquareJupiter1.9° to 2.9° orb
stableUranusoppositionNeptune2.5° to 2.6° orb
stableSunsquareSaturn4.5° to 5.5° orb
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 12.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 9.1° depending on birth time
possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 0.9° to 13.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 4.8° to 18.5° depending on birth time
possibleVenusconjunctionNeptuneorb from 6.9° to 8.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
William’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 1°11′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAries 22°36′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 0°39′ (moves 0.27° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaVirgo 26°16′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 15°16′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres square Uranus 0.1°
- Hygiea square Pluto 1.1°
- Eros square Mars 1.5°
- Chiron opposition Mars 2.0°
- Ceres square Neptune 2.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.8°
William’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury3 pts
disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus3 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 1 major aspect
Configurations in William’s chart
Stellium in Leo · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.
- Mercury semi-square Venus 0.0°
- Mars biquintile Uranus 0.7°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.0°
- Sun semi-square Pluto 1.0°
- Mercury biquintile Uranus 1.1°
- Venus semi-square Mars 1.7°
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Born in Dog years
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Also born on August 4
- Barack Obama1961
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex1981
- Antonio Valencia1985
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- Meg Whitman1956
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William’s cards
Computed from August 4, 1910. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
TemperanceAsterNym identity card
The Gilded ArchitectWestern zodiac
LeoChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
5 · Explorer☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q503225 (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.
The same William Schuman at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Schuman.
Quick answers about William Schuman’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William Schuman?
- William Schuman was a Leo: born August 4, 1910, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day.
- What was William Schuman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 4, 1910 birth.
- What was William Schuman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What was William Schuman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was William Schuman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William Schuman's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
