André Previn
André Previn (born April 6, 1929, Berlin, Germany; died 2019), was a German-American conductor, pianist, and composer. Previn's honours include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors and Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
André Previn’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Earth Snake, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Snake, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with André
André Previn’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Pioneer
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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
What André’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
11
Soul Urge · insight
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on A (1) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
André’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
White · Crimson · Gold
The record
What sets André apart
James Watson (1928) and Paul Rudd (1969) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
André, according to the stars
Core essence
André 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 André 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.
How André wants to be loved
André wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once André is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How André creates
How André makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. André 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: André is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. André 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means André does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from André's birth date. Working below.
Where André sits
Six lines
André’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 likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Berlin 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 Berlin that night
Computed for 52.52°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Alkaphrah stood nearest the zenith over Berlin at 9 p.m. that evening, 80.1° above the horizon in Ursa Major.
Of the 103 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
At 52.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Berlin at all: they sit past the −37.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waning crescent, 11% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 18° down.
How unusual André's chart is
Chart pattern score
52 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aries · No Air planets · Venus retrograde
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.
Score your own chart →André Previn at a glance
Aries Sun
Aries SunFirst through every door.
André Previn's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 6, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Earth Snake
Earth SnakeCalm surface, fast strike.
André Previn was born on April 6, 1929, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Structure is comfort.
André Previn's birth date, April 6, 1929, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in André’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in André Previn's date-only chart is Sun square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Uranus, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- André Previn combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Pioneer.
André’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 26° to 9° Aquarius or Pisces depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunsquarePluto0.0° to 0.5° orb
André’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturntrineNeptune1.6° orb
André’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitersextilePluto1.7° to 2.0° orb
André’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableMercuryconjunctionUranus2.2° to 4.0° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter3.0° to 3.2° orb
stableMarssquareUranus3.2° to 3.6° orb
stableMercurysquareSaturn3.3° to 5.2° orb
stableVenussextileMars3.9° to 4.7° orb
stableSunsquareMars4.6° to 5.2° orb
stableMarsconjunctionPluto4.7° to 5.2° orb
stableVenustrineSaturn6.3° to 6.6° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter7.2° to 7.7° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
André’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironTaurus 8°17′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAries 20°24′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosGemini 9°52′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 18°48′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 25°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron conjunction Venus 1.3°
- Eros sextile Uranus 2.0°
- Hygiea trine Pluto 2.6°
- Chiron sextile Mars 3.0°
André’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 5 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn5 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 3 major aspects
Configurations in André’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, UranusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury biquintile Neptune 0.2°
- Venus semi-sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 1.8°
André’s family here
2 relatives of André Previn also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.
More people like André
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- Ray Charles1930
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- Reinhold WürthGerman businessman
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More charts like André’s
Fellow Aries suns
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- SelenaAmerican singer
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Born in Snake years
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- Shenae GrimesCanadian–American actress
- Blake GriffinAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
Also born on April 6
- James Watson1928
- Paul Rudd1969
- Zach Braff1975
- Todd Chrisley1969
- Marilu Henner1952
- Shaheen Afridi2000
Fellow Yin Metal day masters
- Walter KohnAmerican physicist
- Edward Victor AppletonEnglish physicist
- Stanley B. PrusinerAmerican neurologist and biochemist
Other Aries Snake charts
- Rob McElhenneyAmerican actor and producer
- Martin LawrenceAmerican actor and comedian (born 1965)
- Aly MichalkaAmerican singer and actress
- Hayes MacArthurAmerican stand-up comedian, actor and writer
Other Gilded Pioneers
- Dan T. CathyAmerican businessman
- Georg Friedrich Wilhelm SchaefflerGerman entrepreneur
- Han Chang-wooZainichi Korean businessperson
- Tom GoresAmerican businessman and investor
Famous people with Life Path 4
- Sigmund FreudAustrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis
- Marie CuriePolish-born French physicist and chemist
- Bill GatesAmerican businessman, investor, and philanthropist
From the journal: What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated · Is astrology real or fake?
André’s cards
Computed from April 6, 1929. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Gilded PioneerWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
4 · Architect♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
André’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q155712 (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 Steve Bowbrick (cropped - lossless - by HaeB), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same André Previn 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 André Previn.
Quick answers about André Previn’s chart
- What zodiac sign was André Previn?
- André Previn was an Aries: born April 6, 1929, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What was André Previn's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 6, 1929 birth.
- What was André Previn's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What was André Previn's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was André Previn's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was André Previn's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 5 major aspects). Venus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
