William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, United Kingdom; died 1850), was an English Romantic poet. Wordsworth is best remembered for The Prelude.
William Wordsworth’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Metal Tiger, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Tiger, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with William
William Wordsworth’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Strategist
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, 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 earliest American count for William is 1880, 110 years on: 2nd among boys and 287th among girls, 9,532 American boys and 30 girls.
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
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on W (5) and closes on M (4). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as 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
8 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia
White · Crimson · Moonlight white
The record
What sets William apart
Jackie Chan (1954) and Russell Crowe (1964) 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 leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of William is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, William is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What William needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How William wants to be loved
William wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
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 bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. William is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. William goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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 Wordsworth
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Cockermouth 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 Cockermouth that night
Computed for 54.66°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Cockermouth at 9 p.m. that evening: Merak of Ursa Major, within 8.2° of the exact zenith.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.
Cockermouth sits at 54.7°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Nothing below −35.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Cockermouth on any night.
Sun 16° below the horizon, Moon up and 94% lit at waxing gibbous.
How unusual William's chart is
Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
T-square onto Venus
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
Aries Sun
Aries SunFirst through every door.
William Wordsworth's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 7, 1770, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Metal Tiger
Metal TigerLeads by moving.
William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
William Wordsworth's birth date, April 7, 1770, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in William’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in William Wordsworth's date-only chart is Sun square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- William Wordsworth combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Strategist.
William’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 7° to 21° Virgo 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
stableSunsquarePluto0.0° to 0.6° orb
William’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurysquareJupiter0.0° to 0.9° orb
William’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurytrineSaturn0.6° to 2.1° orb
William’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableUranustrineNeptune0.6° to 0.7° orb
stableVenussquarePluto2.5° to 3.7° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus2.9° to 3.1° orb
stableVenustrineJupiter3.0° to 4.2° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter3.4° to 4.1° orb
stableVenussquareSaturn4.1° to 5.3° orb
stableSaturnoppositionPluto7.8° orb
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.1° to 10.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 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.
⚷ ChironPisces 25°14′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Libra 23°20′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosPisces 29°16′ (moves 0.66° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 9°51′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 5°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron trine Saturn 0.2°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 0.3°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 0.4°
- Chiron square Jupiter 0.9°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 1.0°
- Chiron conjunction Mercury 1.1°
- Ceres square Saturn 2.1°
- Ceres opposition Venus 2.6°
William’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; 3 major aspects
Configurations in William’s chart
T-square onto Venus · Saturn, Pluto, VenusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars quintile Uranus 0.1°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.8°
- Mercury semi-square Uranus 1.0°
- Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.0°
- Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.1°
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From the journal: Sun sign stereotypes vs what modern Western readers say · Your animal plus your element: the 60-year cycle
William’s cards
Computed from April 7, 1770. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast StrategistWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
8 · Achiever♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
William’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q45546 (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 Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same William Wordsworth at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by William Wordsworth.
Quick answers about William Wordsworth’s chart
- What zodiac sign was William Wordsworth?
- William Wordsworth was an Aries: born April 7, 1770, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What was William Wordsworth's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 7, 1770 birth.
- What was William Wordsworth's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What was William Wordsworth's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was William Wordsworth's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was William Wordsworth's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
