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Aleister Crowley

Aleister Crowley (born October 12, 1875, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom; died 1947), was an English occultist. Crowley is best remembered for The Heart of the Master, Snowdrops from a Curate's Garden and Moonchild.

Aleister Crowley’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Wood Pig, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Aleister Crowley’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Visionary

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#2943

US rank in 2025

~653

Americans share it since 1997

2020

its peak year

The SSA suppresses any name given to fewer than five children in a year, and Aleister falls under that line for 1880. Its peak came in 2020, and 653 Americans have carried it since 1997.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Aleister’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on A (1) and closes on R (9). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Aleister’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern

Amber · Blush · Forest

The record

What sets Aleister apart

The Book of the Law, Abbey of Thelema and Thelema. That is the work the name is attached to.

The schooling ran through Eastbourne College and Tonbridge School.

The record gives bronchitis as the cause, and Hampton as the resting place.

The family line: married Rose Edith Kelly and raised one child.

On Wikipedia the categories read British esotericists, Channellers and Bisexual sportsmen.

Luciano Pavarotti (1935) and Hugh Jackman (1968) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
The Book of the Law, Abbey of Thelema and Thelema
Educated at
Eastbourne College, Tonbridge School and Malvern College
Cause of death
bronchitis
Buried at
Hampton
Sport
chess
Citizenship
United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
78

What the chart says

Aleister, according to the stars

Core essence

Aleister makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Aleister is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Aleister is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Aleister needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Aleister wants to be loved

Aleister wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Aleister gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Aleister creates

How Aleister makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Aleister creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Aleister 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Aleister is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Aleister 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 Aleister's birth date. Working below.

Where Aleister sits

Six lines

Aleister’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Aleister

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Aleister

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Aleister

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Aleister

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Aleister

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Aleister

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Aleister Crowley

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Leamington Spa 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 Leamington Spa that night

Computed for 52.29°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Leamington Spa was Alderamin, in Cepheus, 77.2° up.

Of the 92 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

At 52.3°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −37.7° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 94% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 33° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Lived in
Mexico City · New Orleans

Wikidata records Mexico City and New Orleans as Aleister Crowley's home, against Leamington Spa as the birthplace.

The death is recorded at Hastings in 1947.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Aleister Crowley: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Aleister's chart is

Chart pattern score

22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

T-square onto Mercury

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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If you only read one paragraph

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Aleister Crowley's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 12, 1875, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Wood Pig

Assumes the best. Usually right.

Aleister Crowley was born on October 12, 1875, which falls in a Wood Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 7

Digs under every answer.

Aleister Crowley's birth date, October 12, 1875, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Aleister’s chart

Aleister’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 22° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.4° orbSaturn faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 0.4° orbMars flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.7° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.8° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 1.2° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 3° orbSaturn grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.7° orbSun grinds against Mars · Square, 3.8° orbSun in Libra · 18°45′☉18°Moon in Pisces · 16°02′☽16°Mercury in Scorpio · 13°03′☿13°Venus in Libra · 23°48′♀23°Mars in Capricorn · 22°35′♂22°Jupiter in Scorpio · 7°02′♃7°Saturn in Aquarius · 19°32′ · retrograde♄℞19°Uranus in Leo · 19°07′♅19°Neptune in Taurus · 2°01′ · retrograde♆℞2°Pluto in Taurus · 23°15′ · retrograde♇℞23°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableSunsextileUranus0.0° to 0.8° orb

    Aleister’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableSuntrineSaturn0.3° to 1.3° orb

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

  • stableMarstrinePluto0.4° to 1.0° orb

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

  • stableSaturnoppositionUranus0.4° orb

  • stableVenussquareMars0.9° to 1.5° orb

  • stableSunsquareMars3.6° to 4.0° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn3.6° to 4.9° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto3.7° orb

  • stableUranussquarePluto4.1° to 4.2° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus4.9° to 5.2° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune4.9° to 5.1° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter5.8° to 6.2° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Aleister’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 24°17′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 26°52′ (moves 0.45° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 23°09′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 23°01′ (moves 0.17° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 8°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros trine Pluto 0.1°
  • Hygiea sextile Pluto 0.2°
  • Hygiea opposition Mars 0.4°
  • Chiron opposition Venus 0.5°
  • Eros square Venus 0.6°
  • Eros conjunction Mars 0.6°
  • Hygiea square Venus 0.8°
  • Chiron square Mars 1.7°

Aleister’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    disposes Mars; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Aleister’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Saturn, Uranus, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Pluto · Saturn, Uranus, PlutoAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Venus quincunx Pluto 0.5°
  • Saturn quintile Neptune 0.5°

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Aleister’s cards

Computed from October 12, 1875. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Visionary

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

7 · Seeker

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

乙

yin Wood

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Aleister’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q172684 (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 Aleister Crowley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Aleister Crowley 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 Aleister Crowley.

Quick answers about Aleister Crowley’s chart

What zodiac sign was Aleister Crowley?
Aleister Crowley was a Libra: born October 12, 1875, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What was Aleister Crowley's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 12, 1875 birth.
What was Aleister Crowley's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What was Aleister Crowley's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Aleister Crowley's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Aleister Crowley's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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