William Taubman
William Taubman (born November 13, 1940, New York City, United States), aged 85, is an American political scientist. Taubman is best known for Gorbachev. His Life and Times. Taubman's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Order of Friendship and Guggenheim Fellowship.
William Taubman’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dragon, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Dragon, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.Your match with William
William Taubman’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Guardian
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed 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
Of the names registered in 1940, William came 4th among boys and 564th among girls, carried by 44,779 American boys and 152 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What William’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
6
Soul Urge · being needed
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against 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 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Crimson · Silver
The record
What sets William apart
Whoopi Goldberg (1955) and Lando Norris (1999) 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 does not do surface. The core of William is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from William is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How William wants to be loved
William wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. William gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How William creates
How William makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. William creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: William is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. 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: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. William fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
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 likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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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: Mirach of Andromeda, within 8.1° of the exact zenith.
Of the 98 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 99% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 49° below the horizon.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
49 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
2 unaspected planets · Five planets retrograde · A leaning bowl
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 →The quick version
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunDeep water, no shallow end.
William Taubman's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 13, 1940, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Metal Dragon
Metal DragonAmbition with charisma attached.
William Taubman was born on November 13, 1940, which falls in a Metal Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 2
Life Path 2Listens first, then decides.
William Taubman's birth date, November 13, 1940, 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 Taubman's date-only chart is Jupiter conjunction Saturn, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- William Taubman combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Guardian.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 29° to 11° Aries or Taurus 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
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn1.3° orb
William’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunoppositionUranus2.5° to 3.6° orb
William’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableUranustrineNeptune2.8° to 2.9° orb
William’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSunconjunctionMercury2.9° to 5.1° orb
stableJupitersquarePluto4.8° to 4.9° orb
stableMercuryoppositionSaturn6.1° to 7.3° orb
stableSaturnsquarePluto6.2° orb
stableMercuryoppositionUranus6.5° to 7.7° orb
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 7.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 4.7° to 17.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed7 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
William’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Leo 1°30′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 16°46′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 21°29′ (moves 0.51° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 22°03′
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 17°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Sun 0.3°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 0.4°
- Hygiea trine Sun 0.9°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 2.2°
- Chiron conjunction Pluto 2.8°
- Eros trine Uranus 2.8°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Venus 2.9°
William’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 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.
- Mars quincunx Uranus 1.1°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.6°
- Mars semi-sextile Neptune 1.7°
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Born in United States
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More charts like William’s
Fellow Scorpio suns
- Tracy KidderAmerican writer
- George CrumbAmerican composer
- Robert CaroAmerican journalist and author
Born in Dragon years
- Nigel FarageBritish politician
- Patrick SwayzeAmerican actor, producer, singer and dancer
- Marcelo VieiraBrazilian association football player
Also born on November 13
- Whoopi Goldberg1955
- Lando Norris1999
- Jimmy Kimmel1967
- Paul Graham1964
- Lynsey Addario1973
- Art Malik1952
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Gerty CoriAustro-Hungarian-American biochemist
- Peter MedawarEnglish-brazilian biologist
- Jean-Marie LehnFrench chemist
Other Scorpio Dragon charts
- Andrew Motionpoet, novelist and biographer from England (born 1952)
- Sergiño DestAmerican-Dutch soccer player
- Dan NdoyeSwiss association football player (born 2000)
- Amine SbaïMoroccan and French association football player
Other Gilded Guardians
- Conor McGregorIrish boxer and mixed martial arts fighter
- HulkBrazilian association football player
- Brenda SongAmerican actress and model
- Tyler PerryAmerican actor and filmmaker
Famous people with Life Path 2
- Nikola JovićSerbian basketball player (born 2003)
- Jevon CarterAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- Dean Wadebasketball player (1996-)
From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
William’s cards
Computed from November 13, 1940. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JudgementAsterNym identity card
The Gilded GuardianWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
2 · Diplomat♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q32678 (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 Rodrigo Fernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Taubman at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William Taubman.
Quick answers about William Taubman’s chart
- How old is William Taubman?
- William Taubman is 85 years old, born November 13, 1940 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is William Taubman?
- William Taubman is a Scorpio: born November 13, 1940, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What is William Taubman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 13, 1940 birth.
- What is William Taubman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
- What is William Taubman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is William Taubman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is William Taubman's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
