William Sylvester
William Sylvester (born January 31, 1922, California, United States; died 1995), was an American actor.
William Sylvester’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Dog, with 
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William Sylvester’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Scholar
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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
1 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia
Crimson · Ivory · Silver
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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.
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 as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let William be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How William creates
How William makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. William creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
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 1 is the pioneer. William is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of William leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means William runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from William's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
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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William Sylvester at a glance
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunIdeas first, people second.
William Sylvester's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 31, 1922, 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.
Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
William Sylvester was born on January 31, 1922, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Independent to the core.
William Sylvester's birth date, January 31, 1922, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.
What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Sylvester's date-only chart is Uranus trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- William Sylvester combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Scholar.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for William Sylvester, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 16° to 28° Pisces 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.
stableUranustrinePluto0.3° to 0.4° orb
William’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsquarePluto1.0° orb
William’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenustrineSaturn1.1° to 2.4° orb
William’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunconjunctionVenus1.9° to 2.2° orb
William’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunoppositionNeptune3.0° to 4.0° orb
William’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSuntrineSaturn3.3° to 4.3° orb
William’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitersextileNeptune4.2° orb
William’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusoppositionNeptune4.9° to 6.2° orb
William’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMarssquareNeptune5.6° to 6.2° orb
William’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 7.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth 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.
⚷ ChironAries 10°14′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: William may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresScorpio 5°36′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. William is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosAries 22°10′ (moves 0.77° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. William is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 1°29′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. William is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 2°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. William is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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.
- Chiron sextile Sun 1.0°
- Chiron sextile Venus 1.1°
- Chiron square Pluto 1.8°
- Hygiea square Mercury 2.1°
- Ceres trine Uranus 2.4°
- Chiron opposition Saturn 2.8°
- Ceres trine Pluto 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. ♅ Uranus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 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.
Stellium in Aquarius · 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 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.
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.6°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 0.8°
- Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.1°
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 1.7°
- Mars semi-square Saturn 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Sylvester, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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William’s cards
Every card is computed from January 31, 1922, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for William Sylvester, 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 Q1754108, 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 Sylvester at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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.
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Quick answers about William Sylvester’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William Sylvester?
- William Sylvester was an Aquarius: born January 31, 1922, 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 Metal Dog.
- What was William Sylvester's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 31, 1922 birth.
- What time was William Sylvester 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 Sylvester's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the January 31, 1922 birth date.
- What was William Sylvester's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 31, 1922 birth date.
- Where was William Sylvester's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William Sylvester's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
