Aaron Jay Kernis
Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960, Philadelphia, United States), aged 66, is an American composer and professor of music composition. Kernis is best known for String Quartet No. 2 and Symphony in Waves. Kernis's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Grawemeyer Awards.
Aaron Jay Kernis’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Pig, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Aaron
Aaron Jay Kernis’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Pioneer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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
The SSA recorded 1,768 American boys and 20 girls named Aaron in 1960: 178th among boys and 2,729th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Aaron’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
8
Expression · direction and scale
5
Soul Urge · freedom
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on A (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Aaron’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌻 Zinnia
Crimson · Ivory · Terracotta
The record
What sets Aaron apart
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929) and Edward Teller (1908) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Aaron, according to the stars
Core essence
Aaron is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Aaron is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Aaron needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Aaron needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Aaron wants to be loved
Aaron 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 Aaron and watch them fall for you again.
How Aaron creates
How Aaron makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Aaron creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Aaron is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Aaron is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Aaron does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Aaron's birth date. Working below.
Where Aaron sits
Six lines
Aaron’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Aaron Jay Kernis
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia that night
Computed for 39.95°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Philadelphia at 9 p.m. that evening: Capella of Auriga, within 8.9° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 106 catalog stars were up in all.
Philadelphia sits at 40.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −50.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Philadelphia on any night.
Sun 45° below the horizon, Moon up and 96% lit at waning gibbous.
How unusual Aaron's chart is
Chart pattern score
60 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Capricorn · A bowl chart · No Air planets
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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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunPlays the long game. Wins it.
Aaron Jay Kernis's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 15, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Capricorn means →Earth Pig
Earth PigGenerous to the last coin.
Aaron Jay Kernis was born on January 15, 1960, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Change finds them anyway.
Aaron Jay Kernis's birth date, January 15, 1960, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Aaron’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Aaron Jay Kernis' date-only chart is Jupiter trine Uranus, with an orb of about 2°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Saturn, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Earth signs, and none in Air.
- Aaron Jay Kernis combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Pioneer.
Aaron’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 7° to 20° Leo 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
stableJupitertrineUranus1.7° to 2.0° orb
Aaron’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.2° to 2.3° orb
Aaron’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.1° to 3.2° orb
Aaron’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenustrineUranus3.4° to 4.6° orb
stableMarstrinePluto4.3° to 5.1° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter5.3° to 6.3° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto5.3° to 5.4° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn5.8° to 7.2° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury6.6° to 7.2° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.0° to 12.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 11.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
Aaron’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 25°17′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 15°15′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 24°37′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 28°41′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 17°20′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros conjunction Sun 0.1°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Venus 1.3°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 2.4°
- Hygiea trine Mars 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 2.7°
Aaron’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Aaron’s chart
Stellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, Mars, SaturnThree 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.
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.6°
- Mercury quincunx Uranus 2.4°
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Also born on January 15
- Martin Luther King Jr.1929
- Edward Teller1908
- Aristotle Onassis1906
- Pitbull1981
- Ben Shapiro1984
- Dove Cameron1996
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- Didier DrogbaIvorian and French association football player
- Ian McKellenBritish actor
- Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedowTurkmen politician and president of Turkmenistan
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Famous people with Life Path 5
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Aaron’s cards
Computed from January 15, 1960. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Tidal PioneerWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
5 · Explorer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Aaron’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q302157 (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 Aaron Jay Kernis 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 Aaron Jay Kernis.
Quick answers about Aaron Jay Kernis’s chart
- How old is Aaron Jay Kernis?
- Aaron Jay Kernis is 66 years old, born January 15, 1960 in Philadelphia, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Aaron Jay Kernis?
- Aaron Jay Kernis is a Capricorn: born January 15, 1960, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
- What is Aaron Jay Kernis's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 15, 1960 birth.
- What is Aaron Jay Kernis's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Aaron Jay Kernis's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Aaron Jay Kernis's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Aaron Jay Kernis's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
