Allen Steele
Allen Steele (born January 19, 1958, Nashville, United States), aged 68, is an American science fiction writer. Steele is best known for Coyote. Steele's honours include Seiun Awards, Hugo Award for Best Novella and Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Allen Steele’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Rooster, with 
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Allen Steele’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 Allen in the U.S.?
#578
US rank in 2025
~273,662
Americans share it since 1880
1951
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Allen’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus
Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Allen, according to the stars
Core essence
Allen is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Allen 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.
How Allen wants to be loved
Allen wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Allen be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Allen creates
How Allen makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Allen creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Allen is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Allen 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: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Allen has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Allen's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Allen sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunWorking while you were asleep.
Allen Steele's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 19, 1958, 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.
Fire Rooster
Fire RoosterSays what everyone was thinking.
Allen Steele was born on January 19, 1958, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Thinks more than it says.
Allen Steele's birth date, January 19, 1958, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Allen’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Allen Steele's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Allen Steele combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Visionary.
Allen’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Allen Steele, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 3° Capricorn or Aquarius 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.
stableSunconjunctionMoon0.1° to 7.8° orb
Allen’s core identity and feelings act as one.
stableMercurysextileNeptune0.3° to 1.5° orb
Allen’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
stableSunsquareJupiter0.9° to 1.9° orb
Allen’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableJupitersextilePluto1.2° to 1.3° orb
Allen’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn1.8° to 2.4° orb
Allen’s drive and discipline act as one.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.9° orb
Allen’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurytrinePluto3.2° to 4.4° orb
Allen’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenusoppositionUranus3.2° to 3.7° orb
Allen’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune4.1° to 4.2° orb
Allen’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunsquareNeptune5.0° to 6.0° orb
Allen’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableUranussquareNeptune5.3° to 5.4° orb
Allen’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.0° to 9.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Allen’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 16°09′ (moves 0.07° 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 Allen making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 21°40′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Allen is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosCapricorn 6°24′ (moves 0.62° 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. Allen is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaAries 13°19′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Allen feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 26°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Allen is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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 sextile Venus 0.2°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 0.8°
- Eros sextile Neptune 1.7°
- Chiron conjunction Venus 2.6°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 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°).
Allen’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. ♄ Saturn6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Allen 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 Allen’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.
- Mars semi-square Neptune 0.4°
- Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Allen Steele, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Allen’s cards
Every card is computed from January 19, 1958, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Allen Steele, 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
Allen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1193871, 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.
Portrait by Geoffrey.landis at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Allen Steele at Wikipedia.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Allen Steele.
Quick answers about Allen Steele’s chart
- How old is Allen Steele?
- Allen Steele is 68 years old, born January 19, 1958 in Nashville, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Allen Steele?
- Allen Steele is a Capricorn: born January 19, 1958, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster.
- What is Allen Steele's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 19, 1958 birth.
- What time was Allen Steele 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 Allen Steele's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 19, 1958 birth date.
- What is Allen Steele's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 19, 1958 birth date.
- Where is Allen Steele's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Allen Steele's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Jupiter is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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