Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming (born January 27, 1965, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom, 08:20), aged 61, is a British actor. Notable films include GoldenEye, Eyes Wide Shut and X2. Cumming's honours include Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Laurence Olivier Awards.
Alan Cumming’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Dragon, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Wood Dragon, with 
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Alan Cumming’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Architect
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
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~364,389
Americans share it since 1880
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its peak year
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Alan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Green Orchid
Crimson · Ivory · Botanical green
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What the chart says
Alan, according to the stars
Core essence
Alan is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Alan is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Alan is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Alan needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
How Alan wants to be loved
Alan wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Alan you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Alan creates
How Alan makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Alan 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: Alan is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Alan is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Alan channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Alan's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunCares about everyone, needs space.
Alan Cumming's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Wood Dragon
Wood DragonSets the standard, then raises it.
Alan Cumming was born on January 27, 1965, which falls in a Wood Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Plans, then plans the plan.
Alan Cumming's birth date, January 27, 1965, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Alan’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Alan Cumming's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Jupiter in the 4th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Alan Cumming's timed chart is Mercury sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Uranus and Pluto, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Alan Cumming combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Architect.
Alan’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MercurysextileNeptuneapplying · 0.5° orb
Alan’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
MercuryconjunctionVenusseparating · 0.6° orb
Alan’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
JupitertrinePlutoseparating · 0.7° orb
Alan’s growth flows straight into their depths.
VenussextileNeptuneapplying · 1.1° orb
Alan’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
UranusconjunctionPlutoseparating · 1.7° orb
Alan’s need for freedom and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunsextileMoonseparating · 2.1° orb
Alan’s core identity opens doors for their feelings.
VenustrineJupiterseparating · 2.2° orb
Alan’s affections flow straight into their growth.
JupitertrineUranusseparating · 2.4° orb
Alan’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MercurytrineJupiterseparating · 2.7° orb
Alan’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
VenustrinePlutoseparating · 2.8° orb
Alan’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
JupiteroppositionNeptuneapplying · 3.3° orb
Alan’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
MercurytrinePlutoseparating · 3.4° orb
Alan’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 3.9° orb
Alan’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenustrineUranusseparating · 4.6° orb
Alan’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
MoonsquareUranusapplying · 4.9° orb
Alan’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.
MercurytrineUranusseparating · 5.1° orb
Alan’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MoonsquareSaturnseparating · 5.3° orb
Alan’s feelings grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonsquarePlutoapplying · 6.6° orb
Alan’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth6 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Alan’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 15°56′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Alan absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresAquarius 10°41′ · House 1
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. Alan is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosCapricorn 7°14′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Alan is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 7°05′ · House 6
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Alan is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 12°10′ · House 12
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. Alan 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.
- Chiron opposition Pluto 0.0°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.7°
- Ceres sextile Moon 1.3°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 2.0°
- Chiron sextile Venus 2.8°
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°).
Alan’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♅ Uranus12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 5 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter10 pts
rules the Moon sign, Sagittarius; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury8 pts
disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 5 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Alan is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.
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 Alan’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Kite · Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto, NeptuneA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.- Kite · Venus, Jupiter, Pluto, NeptuneA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
Grand trine · Mercury, Jupiter, UranusThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.- Grand trine · Venus, Jupiter, UranusThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
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.
- Venus semi-square Saturn 0.2°
- Mercury semi-square Saturn 0.3°
- Jupiter quintile Saturn 0.6°
- Moon quintile Mars 0.7°
- Sun biquintile Uranus 1.0°
Alan’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Virgo, house 8 | Sun | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 10 | Saturn | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Virgo, house 8 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 12 | Jupiter | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 12 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Sagittarius, house 11 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 12 | Mars, Uranus, Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 12 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 8 | Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Taurus, house 4 | Moon | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Pisces, house 2 | Mercury, Venus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Alan’s cards
Every card is computed from January 27, 1965, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Hour
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Alan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q316629, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Alan Cumming at Wikipedia, alancumming.com, IMDb, Instagram, X 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 Alan Cumming’s chart
- How old is Alan Cumming?
- Alan Cumming is 61 years old, born January 27, 1965 in Aberfeldy, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is Alan Cumming?
- Alan Cumming is an Aquarius: born January 27, 1965, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Dragon.
- What is Alan Cumming's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 27, 1965 birth.
- What time was Alan Cumming born?
- 08:20 local time in Aberfeldy, United Kingdom, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Alan Cumming's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 08:20 birth time in Aberfeldy, United Kingdom (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Alan Cumming's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the January 27, 1965 birth date.
- What is Alan Cumming's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 15°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 27, 1965 birth time.
- Where is Alan Cumming's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 12°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Alan Cumming's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 5 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
