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Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (born November 14, 1900, Brooklyn, United States; died 1990), was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor. Copland's honours include Kennedy Center Honors, Pulitzer Prize for Music and Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Aaron Copland’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Rat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Aaron Copland’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Scholar

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

How common is the name Aaron in the U.S.?

#80

US rank in 2025

~618,857

Americans share it since 1880

1989

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Aaron’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 3

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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Aaron, according to the stars

Core essence

Aaron does not do surface. The core of Aaron 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 Aaron is earned slowly and never given lightly.

How Aaron wants to be loved

Aaron 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. Aaron gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Aaron creates

How Aaron makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Aaron creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Aaron is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Aaron 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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Aaron fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

Computed from Aaron's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Aaron sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Aaron

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Aaron

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

PrivateExpressive
Aaron

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Aaron

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Aaron

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Aaron

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 Aaron Copland

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

Aaron’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 82.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 42° 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.

Aaron Copland at a glance

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

Aaron Copland's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 14, 1900, 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.

Metal Rat

Saw the opening before you did.

Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

Aaron Copland's birth date, November 14, 1900, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.

What stands out in Aaron’s chart

Aaron’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Aaron Copland, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 4° Leo or Virgo 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 opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.2° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.4° orbJupiter faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 1.8° orbMoon fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.4° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.5° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.6° orbSaturn faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.6° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 3.8° orbSun in Scorpio · 21°53′☉21°Moon in Leo · 28°35′☽28°Mercury in Sagittarius · 4°29′ · retrograde☿℞4°Venus in Libra · 12°50′♀12°Mars in Leo · 26°10′♂26°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 15°19′♃15°Saturn in Capricorn · 2°24′♄2°Uranus in Sagittarius · 11°28′♅11°Neptune in Gemini · 28°46′ · retrograde♆℞28°Pluto in Gemini · 17°09′ · retrograde♇℞17°

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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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

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.

  • stableVenussextileUranus0.8° to 1.9° orb

    Aaron’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableJupiteroppositionPluto1.7° to 2.0° orb

    Aaron’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.

  • stableVenussextileJupiter2.0° to 3.0° orb

    Aaron’s affections open doors for their growth.

  • stableMarssextileNeptune2.4° to 2.8° orb

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

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune3.6° to 3.7° orb

    Aaron’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenustrinePluto3.7° to 4.9° orb

    Aaron’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionUranus3.8° to 3.9° orb

    Aaron’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunsquareMars4.0° to 4.6° orb

    Aaron’s core identity grinds against their drive.

  • stableUranusoppositionPluto5.6° to 5.7° orb

    Aaron’s need for freedom pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMarstrineSaturn6.1° to 6.4° orb

    Aaron’s drive flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus6.6° to 7.4° orb

    Aaron’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.0° to 12.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

Aaron’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.

  • ⚷ ChironSagittarius 23°40′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Sagittarius is read as a sore spot around belief and being taught. The reading has Aaron building a philosophy from lived evidence rather than received one.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 8°50′ (moves 0.25° 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. Aaron is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Taurus 17°35′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

    Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Aaron wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 15°45′ (moves 0.34° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Aaron is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 9°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Aaron that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.7°
  • Chiron trine Mars 2.5°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 2.6°
  • Hygiea square Venus 2.9°

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°).

Aaron’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. ♃ Jupiter7 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto7 pts

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

  3. 3. ♀ Venus5 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; 3 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Aaron is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.

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 Aaron’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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 biquintile Neptune 0.9°
  • Venus semi-square Mars 1.7°

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

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Aaron’s cards

Every card is computed from November 14, 1900, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Star

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Scholar

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Aaron Copland, 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

Aaron’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q192185, 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.

Portrait by CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Aaron Copland at Wikipedia, aaroncopland.com, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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 Aaron Copland.

Quick answers about Aaron Copland’s chart

What zodiac sign was Aaron Copland?
Aaron Copland was a Scorpio: born November 14, 1900, 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 Metal Rat.
What was Aaron Copland's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 14, 1900 birth.
What time was Aaron Copland 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 Aaron Copland's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the November 14, 1900 birth date.
What was Aaron Copland's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 14, 1900 birth date.
Where was Aaron Copland's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Aaron Copland's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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