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, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Pig, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Pig, with 
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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.
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~618,857
Americans share it since 1880
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its peak year
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Aaron’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
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
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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, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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.
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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. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.
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. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
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. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
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
No documented birth time exists for Aaron Jay Kernis, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 20° Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
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
Aaron’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
stableMarstrinePluto4.3° to 5.1° orb
Aaron’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter5.3° to 6.3° orb
Aaron’s affections and growth act as one.
stableSaturntrinePluto5.3° to 5.4° orb
Aaron’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn5.8° to 7.2° orb
Aaron’s mind and discipline act as one.
stableSunconjunctionMercury6.6° to 7.2° orb
Aaron’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
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
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.
⚷ ChironAquarius 25°17′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Aaron making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 15°15′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Aaron caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosCapricorn 24°37′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Aaron is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 28°41′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Aaron at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 17°20′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of Aaron that says the unsayable and does not take it back.
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 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°
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. ♄ 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
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Aaron is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
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.
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 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.
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.6°
- Mercury quincunx Uranus 2.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Aaron Jay Kernis, 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 January 15, 1960, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
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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
No birth time is on public record for Aaron Jay Kernis, 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 Q302157, 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 Aaron Jay Kernis at Wikipedia, 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.
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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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Pig.
- 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 time was Aaron Jay Kernis 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 is Aaron Jay Kernis's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the January 15, 1960 birth date.
- What is Aaron Jay Kernis's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 15, 1960 birth date.
- 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.
