Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah (born December 20, 1948, Zanzibar City, Tanzania), aged 77, is a Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948). Gurnah is best known for Paradise, Memory of Departure and Dottie. Gurnah's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, honorary doctorate and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rat, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rat, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Abdulrazak
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Seeker
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
What Abdulrazak’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
1
Soul Urge · independence
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on A (1) and closes on K (2). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Abdulrazak’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold
The record
What sets Abdulrazak apart
Kylian Mbappé (1998) and Jonah Hill (1983) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Abdulrazak, according to the stars
Core essence
Abdulrazak is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Abdulrazak is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Abdulrazak 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 Abdulrazak 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 Abdulrazak creates
How Abdulrazak 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. Abdulrazak 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: Abdulrazak 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Abdulrazak is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Abdulrazak 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 Abdulrazak's birth date. Working below.
Where Abdulrazak sits
Six lines
Abdulrazak’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 may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
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 Abdulrazak Gurnah
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Zanzibar City 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 Zanzibar City that night
Computed for 6.17°S, 9 p.m. local sky.
Menkar stood nearest the zenith over Zanzibar City at 9 p.m. that evening, 78.0° above the horizon in Cetus.
Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Zanzibar City sits at 6.2°S, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The Moon was at waning gibbous, 77% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 32° down.
How unusual Abdulrazak's chart is
Chart pattern score
31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
No Water planets · 1 planet at a critical degree · A leaning bowl
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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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunRestless in a good way.
Abdulrazak Gurnah's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 20, 1948, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Earth Rat
Earth RatCharming, and counting the exits.
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on December 20, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Compassion at scale.
Abdulrazak Gurnah's birth date, December 20, 1948, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Abdulrazak’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Abdulrazak Gurnah's date-only chart is Sun opposition Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Fire/Earth emphasis, with four planets in each, and none in Water.
- Abdulrazak Gurnah combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Seeker.
Abdulrazak’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 13° to 28° 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
stableSunoppositionUranus0.0° to 0.7° orb
Abdulrazak’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° to 1.4° orb
Abdulrazak’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupitertrineSaturn1.4° to 1.6° orb
Abdulrazak’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurytrineSaturn2.7° to 4.3° orb
stableMarssquareNeptune2.7° to 3.4° orb
stableMercuryoppositionUranus3.3° to 4.9° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury4.0° to 4.5° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter4.3° to 5.7° orb
stableVenussquareSaturn5.5° to 6.7° orb
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 13.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.5° to 14.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Water signs.
Abdulrazak’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 2°46′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresLeo 24°42′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 25°34′ (moves 0.74° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaVirgo 15°05′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 16°53′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 1.1°
- Chiron conjunction Venus 2.7°
- Hygiea trine Mars 2.9°
Abdulrazak’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn6 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Abdulrazak’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus semi-square Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.3°
- Sun quintile Neptune 1.4°
- Venus quincunx Uranus 1.5°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.7°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.7°
More people like Abdulrazak
Other writers
- Lorri Neilsen Glenn1947
- Melba Boyd1950
- Liz Lochhead1947
- Charles Krauthammer1950
- Nancy Kress1948
- John Grant1949
Born in Tanzania
- Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen
- Diamond PlatnumzTanzanian artist, dancer, philanthropist and businessman
- Julius NyerereTanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania
More charts like Abdulrazak’s
Fellow Sagittarius suns
- Grayson DolanAmerican comedian
- Holly HumberstoneBritish singer (born 1999)
- Maja StarkSwedish golfer
Born in Rat years
- Amancio OrtegaSpanish business tycoon
- Sean PaulJamaican dancehall singer and rapper
- Eliud KipchogeKenyan long-distance runner
Also born on December 20
- Kylian Mbappé1998
- Jonah Hill1983
- Anok Yai1997
- David Cook1982
- Chris Robinson1966
- Dylan Wang1998
Fellow Yin Earth day masters
- Alex CooperAmerican podcast host
- Shepherd BushiriChristian evangelical preacher from Malawi
- T. J. RodgersAmerican businessman
Other Sagittarius Rat charts
- Julianne MooreBritish-American actress and author
- Ozzy OsbourneEnglish musician and television personality
- Elizabeth BlackburnAustralian-American biological researcher
- Alyssa MilanoAmerican actress
Other Steadfast Seekers
- Christian KirkAmerican football player (born 1996)
- MingyuSouth Korean singer and rapper
- Walter MercadoPuerto Rican astrologer
- Julius RandleAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Robert IrwinAustralian conservationist and wildlife photographer (born 2003)
- Pax Jolie-Pittadopted son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
- Bigi Jacksonyoungest son of Michael Jackson
From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
Abdulrazak’s cards
Computed from December 20, 1948. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast SeekerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
9 · Healer♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Abdulrazak’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q317877 (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 Adrian Tync, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Quick answers about Abdulrazak Gurnah’s chart
- How old is Abdulrazak Gurnah?
- Abdulrazak Gurnah is 77 years old, born December 20, 1948 in Zanzibar City, Tanzania.
- What zodiac sign is Abdulrazak Gurnah?
- Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Sagittarius: born December 20, 1948, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Abdulrazak Gurnah's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 20, 1948 birth.
- What is Abdulrazak Gurnah's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Abdulrazak Gurnah's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Abdulrazak Gurnah's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Abdulrazak Gurnah's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
