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Andrea M. Ghez

Andrea M. Ghez (born June 16, 1965, New York City, United States), aged 61, is an American astronomer. Ghez's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award and Royal Society Bakerian Medal.

Andrea M. Ghez’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Wood Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Andrea M. Ghez’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Seeker

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, 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 1881

1981

its peak year

Andrea ranked 63rd among girls and 684th among boys in 1965, the year of this birth, with 6,080 American girls and 118 boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Andrea’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

3

Soul Urge · being heard

9

Personality · generous, worldly

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

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

Andrea’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌿 Fern

Rose pink · Lilac · Forest

The record

What sets Andrea apart

Tupac Shakur (1971) and Barbara McClintock (1902) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Andrea, according to the stars

Core essence

Andrea is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Andrea needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Andrea is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Andrea needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Andrea wants to be loved

Andrea wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Andrea gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Andrea creates

How Andrea makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Andrea 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: Andrea 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Andrea 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Andrea 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 Andrea's birth date. Working below.

Where Andrea sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Andrea

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Andrea

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

PrivateExpressive
Andrea

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Andrea

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

PracticalVisionary
Andrea

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Andrea

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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The sky over New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at New York City was Alkaid, in Ursa Major, 81.2° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 84 catalog stars were up in all.

From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 5° below the horizon, Moon down and 92% lit at waning gibbous.

How unusual Andrea's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

Grand trine · T-square onto Jupiter · No Fire planets

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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Andrea M. Ghez in 15 seconds

Gemini Sun

Four conversations, one person.

Andrea M. Ghez's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 16, 1965, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Wood Snake

Says less than it knows.

Andrea M. Ghez was born on June 16, 1965, which falls in a Wood Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 7

Needs the quiet to work.

Andrea M. Ghez's birth date, June 16, 1965, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Andrea’s chart

Andrea’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Mars · Trine, 0.4° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.6° orbJupiter grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.1° orbSun grinds against Mars · Square, 1.2° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.2° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.5° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.6° orbUranus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.7° orbSun in Gemini · 25°16′☉25°Moon in Capricorn · 23°39′☽23°Mercury in Cancer · 1°15′☿1°Venus in Cancer · 12°37′♀12°Mars in Virgo · 24°06′♂24°Jupiter in Gemini · 12°42′♃12°Saturn in Pisces · 17°07′♄17°Uranus in Virgo · 11°04′♅11°Neptune in Scorpio · 17°41′ · retrograde♆℞17°Pluto in Virgo · 13°49′♇13°

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

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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

  • stableMoontrineMars0.0° to 6.2° orb

    Andrea’s feelings flow straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussextilePluto0.6° to 1.8° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune0.6° orb

    Andrea’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunsquareMars0.9° to 1.4° orb

  • stableVenussextileUranus0.9° to 2.1° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto1.0° to 1.2° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus1.5° to 1.7° orb

  • stableUranusconjunctionPluto2.7° to 2.8° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto3.3° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn3.9° to 5.1° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn4.3° to 4.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire0 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable6 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Fire signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 22°32′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 28°10′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 17°00′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 27°51′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 27°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros conjunction Saturn 0.1°
  • Eros trine Neptune 0.7°
  • Chiron opposition Mars 1.6°
  • Chiron square Sun 2.7°
  • Ceres square Sun 2.9°

Andrea’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    6 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto6 pts

    disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects

Configurations in Andrea’s chart

  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Venus, Saturn, Neptune, PlutoA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Jupiter · Saturn, Pluto, JupiterAn 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 Jupiter · Saturn, Uranus, JupiterAn 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 semi-sextile Jupiter 0.1°
  • Venus quintile Mars 0.5°
  • Mercury quintile Pluto 0.6°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.4°

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Andrea’s cards

Computed from June 16, 1965. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Seeker

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

7 · Seeker

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Andrea’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q493956 (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 BorderlineRebel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Quick answers about Andrea M. Ghez’s chart

How old is Andrea M. Ghez?
Andrea M. Ghez is 61 years old, born June 16, 1965 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Andrea M. Ghez?
Andrea M. Ghez is a Gemini: born June 16, 1965, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What is Andrea M. Ghez's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 16, 1965 birth.
What is Andrea M. Ghez's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What is Andrea M. Ghez's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Andrea M. Ghez's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Andrea M. Ghez's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 1 major aspect). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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