William Sylvester
William Sylvester (born January 31, 1922, California, United States; died 1995), was an American actor.
William Sylvester’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, Chinese zodiac was Metal Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Aquarius, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with William
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
The SSA recorded 51,111 American boys and 194 girls named William in 1922: 3rd among boys and 500th 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.
8
Expression · direction and scale
2
Soul Urge · closeness
6
Personality · caring, responsible
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
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
The record
What sets William apart
Justin Timberlake (1981) and Kerry Washington (1977) 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 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. 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 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.
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 Sylvester
Three stars chosen from the real sky above California 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 California that night
Computed for 37.00°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Menkalinan stood nearest the zenith over California at 9 p.m. that evening, 81.8° above the horizon in Auriga.
Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
California sits at 37.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −53.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from California on any night.
Sun 43° below the horizon, Moon up and 15% lit at waxing crescent.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
55 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aquarius · 1 unaspected planet · No Earth planets
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 →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.
What Aquarius means →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.
What the Dog means →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.
What Life Path 1 means →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
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 16° to 28° Pisces 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
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
stableSunoppositionNeptune3.0° to 4.0° orb
stableSuntrineSaturn3.3° to 4.3° orb
stableJupitersextileNeptune4.2° orb
stableVenusoppositionNeptune4.9° to 6.2° orb
stableMarssquareNeptune5.6° to 6.2° orb
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
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAries 10°14′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 5°36′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 22°10′ (moves 0.77° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 1°29′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 2°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- 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°
William’s dominant planets
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
Configurations in William’s chart
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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- 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°
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Fellow Aquarius suns
- Liu WenChinese model
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Born in Dog years
- Kalif RaymondAmerican football player (born 1994)
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- Deatrich Wise Jr.American football player (born 1994)
Also born on January 31
- Justin Timberlake1981
- Kerry Washington1977
- Julián Alvarez2000
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- Brooke Monk2003
Fellow Yin Earth day masters
- RayeBritish singer-songwriter
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- Hande ErçelTurkish actor and fashion model
Other Aquarius Dog charts
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- Marcos LlorenteSpanish association football player
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Other Steadfast Scholars
- Gianluigi DonnarummaItalian association football player (born 1999)
- EstevãoBrazilian footballer
- Ardie SaveaNew Zealand rugby union player
- Tyson FuryBritish boxer (born 1988)
Famous people with Life Path 1
- April BowlbyAmerican actress
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From the journal: Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal · Astrology vs astronomy: when and why they separated
William’s cards
Computed from January 31, 1922. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast ScholarWestern zodiac
AquariusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
1 · Pioneer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1754108 (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 Sylvester at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William Sylvester.
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.
- 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 was William Sylvester's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What was William Sylvester's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- 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.
