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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, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 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

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

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

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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, not guessed. The full working is below.

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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

Dedicate a star to William Thurston

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 →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

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. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

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. 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 6

Responsible before asked.

William Thurston's birth date, October 30, 1946, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in William’s chart

William’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for William Thurston, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Capricorn depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

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. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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

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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.

  • 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

    William’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn1.3° to 2.3° orb

    William’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.6° to 2.7° orb

    William’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

    William’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto4.8° orb

    William’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.1° to 5.4° orb

    William’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableJupitersquarePluto5.7° to 5.9° orb

    William’s growth grinds against their depths.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn6.0° to 6.2° orb

    William’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars7.0° to 7.8° orb

    William’s affections and drive act as one.

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

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.

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

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

    Chiron in Libra is read as a wound around fairness and partnership. William is read as someone who learnt what a fair deal looks like by living through unfair ones.

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

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. William is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

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

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

    Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. William is read as slow to start and exact once started.

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

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

    Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has William feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

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

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has William leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

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

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. 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

A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: William is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.

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, 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 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.

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

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for William Thurston, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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William’s cards

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The Lovers

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The Radiant Guardian

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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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

No birth time is on public record for William Thurston, 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 Q333927, 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 Thurston at Wikipedia.

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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or 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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dog.
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 time was William Thurston 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 Thurston's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the October 30, 1946 birth date.
What was William Thurston's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 30, 1946 birth date.
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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