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William Thurston

William Thurston (born October 30, 1946, Washington, D.C., United States; died 2012), was an American mathematician. Thurston's honours include Fields medal, Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry and Alan T. Waterman Award.

William Thurston’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, Chinese zodiac was Fire Dog, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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William Thurston’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Guardian

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, 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

The SSA recorded 60,034 American boys and 157 girls named William in 1946: 4th among boys and 630th 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.

7

Expression · depth and research

1

Soul Urge · independence

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 9: voice against empathy.

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

6 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy

Amber · Crimson · Flame orange

The record

What sets William apart

Diego Maradona (1960) and Ivanka Trump (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 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.

The vibe

Underneath, William is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What William needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How William wants to be loved

William wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with William and watch them fall for you again.

How William creates

How William makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. William creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. William is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
William

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
William

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
William

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
William

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
William

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
William

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Washington on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

William’s birth-night reference starScheatdeep red · PegasusScheat, in Pegasus. A deep red star, 77.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Scheat →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 29° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Washington that night

Computed for 38.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Scheat stood nearest the zenith over Washington at 9 p.m. that evening, 77.7° above the horizon in Pegasus.

Of the 93 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

Washington sits at 38.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −51.1° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 30% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 44° below the horizon.

How unusual William's chart is

Chart pattern score

70 / 100 · Rare

3-planet stellium in Scorpio · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet

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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William Thurston in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

Deep water, no shallow end.

William Thurston's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 30, 1946, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Fire Dog

Guards the gate all night.

William Thurston was born on October 30, 1946, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 6

Responsible before asked.

William Thurston's birth date, October 30, 1946, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in William’s chart

William’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.1° orbSun fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.9° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.9° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.9° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.8° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.8° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.1° orbSun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 2.7° orbSun in Scorpio · 6°40′☉6°Moon in Capricorn · 9°20′☽9°Mercury in Sagittarius · 0°15′☿0°Venus in Sagittarius · 2°22′ · retrograde♀℞2°Mars in Scorpio · 24°57′♂24°Jupiter in Scorpio · 7°32′♃7°Saturn in Leo · 8°29′♄8°Uranus in Gemini · 21°21′ · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Libra · 9°24′♆9°Pluto in Leo · 13°19′♇13°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMoonsquareNeptune0.1° to 5.9° orb

    William’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter0.5° to 1.3° orb

    William’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn0.9° to 1.0° orb

    William’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune0.9° orb

  • stableSunsquareSaturn1.3° to 2.3° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.6° to 2.7° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto4.8° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.1° to 5.4° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto5.7° to 5.9° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn6.0° to 6.2° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars7.0° to 7.8° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 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.

  • ⚷ ChironLibra 28°31′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 3°38′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 3°25′ (moves 0.94° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 22°42′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 19°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros square Venus 1.1°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 1.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Uranus 1.5°

William’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    5 major aspects

Configurations in William’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mars, JupiterThree 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.

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.3°
  • Mars semi-square Neptune 0.6°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.2°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 1.9°

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William’s cards

Computed from October 30, 1946. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Guardian

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

6 · Guardian

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q333927 (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 Thurston 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 Thurston.

Quick answers about William Thurston’s chart

What zodiac sign was William Thurston?
William Thurston was a Scorpio: born October 30, 1946, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What was William Thurston's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 30, 1946 birth.
What was William Thurston's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What was William Thurston's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was William Thurston's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was William Thurston's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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