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Alain Connes

Alain Connes (born April 1, 1947, Draguignan, France), aged 79, is a French mathematician. Connes has served as Director of Research at CNRS. Connes's honours include Fields medal, Prix Ampère and CNRS Gold medal.

Alain Connes’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Alain Connes’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Strategist

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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#2836

US rank in 2025

~3,986

Americans share it since 1880

1988

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Alain’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 5

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy

White · Crimson · Flame orange

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

What the chart says

Alain, according to the stars

Core essence

Alain 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 Alain 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, Alain 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 Alain 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 Alain wants to be loved

Alain wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Alain, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How Alain creates

How Alain makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Alain creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Alain 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Alain 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: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Alain slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

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

Where Alain sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Alain

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Alain

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Alain

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Alain

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Alain

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Alain

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Alain Connes

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

Alain’s birth-night reference starAlkaphrahblue-white · Ursa MajorAlkaphrah, in Ursa Major. A blue-white star, 86.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alkaphrah →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 22.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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.

Alain Connes at a glance

Aries Sun

Runs at it head first.

Alain Connes's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 1, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

Alain Connes was born on April 1, 1947, which falls in a Fire 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 8

Power, and the bill for it.

Alain Connes's birth date, April 1, 1947, 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 Alain’s chart

Alain’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Alain Connes, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 24° 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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.2° orbMoon opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.9° orbSun faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.7° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 3.5° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 4.8° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 4.8° orbJupiter flows with Saturn · Trine, 4.9° orbSun in Aries · 10°53′☉10°Moon in Leo · 17°25′☽17°Mercury in Pisces · 13°31′☿13°Venus in Pisces · 1°49′♀1°Mars in Pisces · 21°49′♂21°Jupiter in Scorpio · 27°04′ · retrograde♃℞27°Saturn in Leo · 1°57′ · retrograde♄℞1°Uranus in Gemini · 18°18′♅18°Neptune in Libra · 9°24′ · retrograde♆℞9°Pluto in Leo · 11°06′ · retrograde♇℞11°

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.

  • stableSuntrinePluto0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Alain’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune1.0° to 2.0° orb

    Alain’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° orb

    Alain’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarssquareUranus3.1° to 3.9° orb

    Alain’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenussquareJupiter4.1° to 5.4° orb

    Alain’s affections grind against their growth.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus4.4° to 5.1° orb

    Alain’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMarstrineJupiter4.8° to 5.7° orb

    Alain’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn4.9° orb

    Alain’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 13.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.0° to 7.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 13.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 1.0° to 15.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.

Alain’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.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 7°20′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Alain carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 26°37′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Alain is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 23°34′ (moves 0.26° over the day)

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

    Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Alain attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 10°52′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Alain is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 6°49′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Alain is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

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.

  • Hygiea square Pluto 0.2°
  • Ceres trine Jupiter 0.4°
  • Eros square Mars 1.7°
  • Hygiea sextile Mercury 2.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 2.6°

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°).

Alain’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. ♂ Mars6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Alain is read as acting first and reflecting after.

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 Alain’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.

  • Venus quincunx Saturn 0.1°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.2°
  • Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.3°
  • Mercury quincunx Pluto 2.4°

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

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Alain’s cards

Every card is computed from April 1, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Star

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Strategist

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Western zodiac

Aries

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Alain Connes, 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

Alain’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q313590, 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.

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Quick answers about Alain Connes’s chart

How old is Alain Connes?
Alain Connes is 79 years old, born April 1, 1947 in Draguignan, France.
What zodiac sign is Alain Connes?
Alain Connes is an Aries: born April 1, 1947, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
What is Alain Connes's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 1, 1947 birth.
What time was Alain Connes 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 Alain Connes's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the April 1, 1947 birth date.
What is Alain Connes's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 1, 1947 birth date.
Where is Alain Connes's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Alain Connes's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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