Andy Lau
Andy Lau (born September 27, 1961, Tai Po, China), aged 65, is a Hong Kong actor, film producer, and singer. Notable films include The Great Wall, Infernal Affairs and House of Flying Daggers. Lau's honours include Bronze Bauhinia Star, Medal of Honour and Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor.
Andy Lau’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Metal Ox, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Ox, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Andy
Andy Lau’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Strategist
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Andy in the U.S.?
#565
US rank in 2025
~95,492
Americans share it since 1880
2005
its peak year
In 1961, 1,374 American boys and 17 girls were registered Andy — 208th among boys and 3,063rd among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Andy’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
6
Expression · taking responsibility
5
Soul Urge · freedom
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on A (1) and closes on Y (7). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Andy’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
The record
What sets Andy apart
The Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor came in 2011, when Andy Lau was 50.
Study took Andy Lau to Ho Lap College.
Andy Lau was 20 when the work began in 1981.
The family line: married Carol Chu.
Avril Lavigne (1984) and Gwyneth Paltrow (1972) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Ho Lap College
- Instruments
- voice
- Awards
- Bronze Bauhinia Star (2016), Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor (2011) and Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award (2013)
- Working from
- 1981
- Wikipedia editions
- 46
What the chart says
Andy, according to the stars
Core essence
Andy makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Andy 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, Andy is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Andy needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Andy wants to be loved
Andy wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Andy and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Andy creates
How Andy makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Andy creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Andy is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Andy is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Andy fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Andy's birth date. Working below.
Where Andy sits
Six lines
Andy’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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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
Dedicate a star to Andy Lau
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Tai Po 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 Tai Po that night
Computed for 22.45°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Tai Po at 9 p.m. that evening: Albireo of Cygnus, within 9.0° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 85 catalog stars were up in all.
Tai Po sits at 22.4°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The Moon, 88% lit at waning gibbous, had already set; the Sun sat 24° below the horizon.
How unusual Andy's chart is
Chart pattern score
51 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Libra · A bowl chart · 1 planet at a critical degree
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 →The quick version
Libra Sun
Libra SunFair to a fault, slow to pick.
Andy Lau's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 27, 1961, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Metal Ox
Metal OxCarries the load without comment.
Andy Lau was born on September 27, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Turns effort into standing.
Andy Lau's birth date, September 27, 1961, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Andy’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Andy Lau's date-only chart is Mars square Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Andy Lau combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Strategist.
Andy’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 16° Taurus 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
stableMoonoppositionNeptune0.1° to 7.1° orb
Andy’s feelings pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMarssquareJupiter0.2° to 0.8° orb
Andy’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurysextileUranus0.7° to 1.6° orb
Andy’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.0° orb
stableMarssextileUranus1.3° to 1.9° orb
stableMercurysquareJupiter1.8° to 2.8° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionMars2.6° to 3.0° orb
stableMarssquareSaturn3.3° to 3.9° orb
stableVenusconjunctionPluto3.9° to 5.1° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn4.1° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus4.5° to 4.7° orb
stableVenusconjunctionUranus5.2° to 6.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Andy’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 2°52′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 26°52′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 13°60′ (moves 0.51° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 6°04′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 26°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 0.4°
- Ceres trine Jupiter 0.5°
- Chiron opposition Venus 1.4°
- Ceres square Uranus 1.6°
- Hygiea square Venus 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 2.0°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 2.3°
- Hygiea square Pluto 2.7°
Andy’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury7 pts
disposes Venus, Pluto; 5 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn6 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Andy’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.4°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.5°
- Uranus quintile Neptune 0.7°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.8°
- Venus biquintile Jupiter 0.9°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 1.1°
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Born in Ox years
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Also born on September 27
- Avril Lavigne1984
- Gwyneth Paltrow1972
- Lil Wayne1982
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- Mitski1990
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Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Cody SimpsonAustralian singer
- Michael UrieAmerican actor (born 1980)
- Nev SchulmanAmerican television host, producer and photographer
Other Libra Ox charts
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- Frank D. GilroyAmerican playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director
Other Tidal Strategists
- Juliane KöhlerGerman actress
- Bert LahrAmerican actor
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From the journal: The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works · Your Sun, Moon and rising signs: the Big Three explained
Andy’s cards
Computed from September 27, 1961. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Tidal StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
8 · Achiever♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Andy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q16766 (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 mR.Hom, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Andy Lau at Wikipedia, awc618.com, IMDb, YouTube and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Andy Lau.
Quick answers about Andy Lau’s chart
- How old is Andy Lau?
- Andy Lau is 65 years old, born September 27, 1961 in Tai Po, China.
- What zodiac sign is Andy Lau?
- Andy Lau is a Libra: born September 27, 1961, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What is Andy Lau's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 27, 1961 birth.
- What is Andy Lau's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Andy Lau's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Andy Lau's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Andy Lau's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
