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Andrea Elliott

Andrea Elliott (born December 14, 1972, Washington, D.C., United States), aged 53, is an American journalist. Elliott's honours include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing and George Polk Award.

Andrea Elliott’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Rat, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Andrea Elliott’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Seeker

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#235

US rank in 2025

~451,448

Americans share it since 1880

1981

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Andrea’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 💠 Water Lily

Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white

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

What the chart says

Andrea, according to the stars

Core essence

Andrea is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Andrea is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

How Andrea wants to be loved

Andrea wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Andrea even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Andrea creates

How Andrea makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Andrea creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: Andrea is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Andrea is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Andrea runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

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

Where Andrea sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Andrea

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Andrea

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

PrivateExpressive
Andrea

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Andrea

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

PracticalVisionary
Andrea

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Andrea

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 Andrea Elliott

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

Andrea’s birth-night reference starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 84.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 13° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Procyon →

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.

Andrea Elliott in 15 seconds

Sagittarius Sun

Needs a horizon, any horizon.

Andrea Elliott's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 14, 1972, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.

Water Rat

Finds the shortcut every time.

Andrea Elliott was born on December 14, 1972, which falls in a Water Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 9

Wide view, open hands.

Andrea Elliott's birth date, December 14, 1972, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Andrea’s chart

Andrea’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Andrea Elliott, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 27° to 11° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.3° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.6° orbMoon flows with Neptune · Trine, 1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.4° orbMercury opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.6° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 2.9° orbMercury fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 3.9° orbSaturn flows with Uranus · Trine, 5.6° orbSun in Sagittarius · 22°49′☉22°Moon in Aries · 4°35′☽4°Mercury in Sagittarius · 1°42′☿1°Venus in Scorpio · 24°57′♀24°Mars in Scorpio · 19°12′♂19°Jupiter in Capricorn · 13°51′♃13°Saturn in Gemini · 16°38′ · retrograde♄℞16°Uranus in Libra · 22°12′♅22°Neptune in Sagittarius · 5°38′♆5°Pluto in Libra · 4°17′♇4°

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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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.

  • stableMoonoppositionPluto0.0° to 7.3° orb

    Andrea’s feelings pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSunsextileUranus0.1° to 1.1° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° to 1.4° orb

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

  • stableMercurysextilePluto2.1° to 3.1° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune3.4° to 4.4° orb

    Andrea’s mind and imagination act as one.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars5.5° to 6.0° orb

    Andrea’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableSaturntrineUranus5.5° to 5.6° orb

    Andrea’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableSunoppositionSaturn5.6° to 6.7° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus6.7° to 6.9° orb

    Andrea’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.0° to 9.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 2.4° to 16.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

Andrea’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 ℞Aries 12°54′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Andrea may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresScorpio 16°36′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. Andrea is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.

  • ♡ ErosPisces 11°35′ (moves 0.55° over the day)

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

    Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. Andrea is read as easily moved and hard to pin.

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 28°07′ (moves 0.43° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Andrea is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 2°49′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Andrea leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

  • Chiron square Jupiter 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mercury 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 1.5°
  • Eros sextile Jupiter 2.3°
  • Ceres conjunction Mars 2.6°
  • Ceres sextile Jupiter 2.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Neptune 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°).

Andrea’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. ♃ Jupiter6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Andrea is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.

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 Andrea’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.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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 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 Pluto 0.1°
  • Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.6°

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

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Andrea’s cards

Every card is computed from December 14, 1972, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Seeker

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Western zodiac

Sagittarius

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

壬

yang Water

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Andrea Elliott, 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

Andrea’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4755067, 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 Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Andrea Elliott at Wikipedia, andrea-elliott.com, IMDb and X.

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 Andrea Elliott.

Quick answers about Andrea Elliott’s chart

How old is Andrea Elliott?
Andrea Elliott is 53 years old, born December 14, 1972 in Washington, D.C., United States.
What zodiac sign is Andrea Elliott?
Andrea Elliott is a Sagittarius: born December 14, 1972, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Rat.
What is Andrea Elliott's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 14, 1972 birth.
What time was Andrea Elliott 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 Andrea Elliott's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the December 14, 1972 birth date.
What is Andrea Elliott's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 14, 1972 birth date.
Where is Andrea Elliott's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Andrea Elliott's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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