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Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978, Berkeley, United States, 08:58), aged 48, is an American comedian and actor. Notable films include Saturday Night Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Friends with Benefits. Samberg's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

Andy Samberg’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Horse, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Andy Samberg’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Guardian

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional 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

Of the names registered in 1978, Andy came 220th among boys and 5,582nd among girls, carried by 970 American boys and 11 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Andy’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name David A. J. Samberg, not the name they published under.

8

Expression · direction and scale

8

Soul Urge · achievement

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on D (4) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

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

6 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Peridot, Ruby, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Coral · Gold

The record

What sets Andy apart

Andy Samberg took the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2007, at 29.

Berkeley High School and University of California, Santa Cruz shaped the training.

The working life starts in 2001, at 23.

On the family side, Andy Samberg was married Joanna Newsom and raised one child.

Edward Norton (1969) and Patrick Swayze (1952) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Berkeley High School, University of California, Santa Cruz and New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Television Series Musical or Comedy (2014) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2007)
Working from
2001
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Andy, according to the stars

Core essence

Andy is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Andy is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.

The vibe

Underneath, Andy needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Andy needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Andy wants to be loved

Andy wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Andy gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Andy creates

How Andy makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Andy creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Andy is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Andy is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
Andy

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Andy

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

PrivateExpressive
Andy

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Andy

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

PracticalVisionary
Andy

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Andy

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth sky

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

Andy’s birth-sky starMenkalinanwhite · AurigaMenkalinan, in Auriga. A white star, 81.8° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkalinan →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 81.1° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

Read from the sky above Berkeley at 08:58, Andy Samberg’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Berkeley that night

Computed for 37.87°N, at the documented birth time.

Menkalinan stood nearest the zenith over Berkeley at the birth hour, 81.8° above the horizon in Auriga.

Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

From 37.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −52.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Berkeley on any night.

Sun -29° below the horizon, Moon down and 100% lit at full moon.

The name and the places

Born as
David A. J. Samberg
Known as
Andy Samberg
Born in
Berkeley, United States

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What Andy's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

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Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Wealth

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Human Design

Manifesting Generator, profile 1/4

Sacral authority · Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

44 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

2 unaspected planets · Born on the Full Moon

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.

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Andy Samberg in 15 seconds

Leo Sun

Warm, loud, hard to ignore.

Andy Samberg's Sun was in Leo at the documented birth time.

What Leo means →

Earth Horse

Can't stand still. Won't.

Andy Samberg was born on August 18, 1978, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Horse means →

Life Path 6

Care is the whole job.

Andy Samberg's birth date, August 18, 1978, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Andy’s chart

Andy’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.8° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.1° orbMoon faces off with Mercury · Opposition, 3° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 3.3° orbVenus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 3.7° orbMoon faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 4.2° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.5° orbSun in Leo · 25°21′ · house 12☉25°Moon in Aquarius · 28°41′ · house 6☽28°Mercury in Leo · 25°40′ · house 12 · retrograde☿℞25°Venus in Libra · 11°04′ · house 2♀11°Mars in Libra · 8°57′ · house 2♂8°Jupiter in Cancer · 26°26′ · house 11♃26°Saturn in Virgo · 2°51′ · house 1♄2°Uranus in Scorpio · 12°40′ · house 3♅12°Neptune in Sagittarius · 15°34′ · house 4 · retrograde♆℞15°Pluto in Libra · 14°43′ · house 2♇14°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCVir 25°01′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCPsc 25°01′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCGem 24°24′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICSgr 24°24′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantVirgo
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 0.3° orb

    Andy’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 0.8° orb

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

  • VenusconjunctionMarsseparating · 2.1° orb

    Andy’s affections and drive act as one.

  • MoonoppositionMercuryseparating · 3.0° orb

  • SunoppositionMoonseparating · 3.3° orb

  • VenusconjunctionPlutoapplying · 3.7° orb

  • MoonoppositionSaturnapplying · 4.2° orb

  • VenussextileNeptuneapplying · 4.5° orb

  • MarsconjunctionPlutoapplying · 5.8° orb

  • MercuryconjunctionSaturnseparating · 7.2° orb

  • SunconjunctionSaturnapplying · 7.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 9°46′ · House 9

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 10°19′ · House 5

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

  • ♡ ErosLeo 20°46′ · House 12

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

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 20°60′ · House 4

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 23°45′ · House 11

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Venus 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Ascendant 1.3°
  • Ceres square Mars 1.4°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 2.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 2.7°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.9°

Andy’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☉ Sun9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus7 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mars, Pluto; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Andy’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mercury semi-square Venus 0.4°
  • Mars quintile Jupiter 0.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.7°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Moon sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.0°
  • Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 1.1°
  • Moon quintile Neptune 1.1°
  • Sun semi-square Mars 1.4°
  • Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.6°
  • Mercury semi-square Mars 1.7°
  • Moon quincunx Jupiter 2.2°

Andy’s houses

Andy’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1VirgoMercury in Leo, house 12Saturnself, body, how you arrive
2LibraVenus in Libra, house 2Venus, Mars, Plutomoney, possessions, self-worth
3ScorpioPluto in Libra, house 2Uranusmind, siblings, the local world
4SagittariusJupiter in Cancer, house 11Neptunehome, family, roots
5CapricornSaturn in Virgo, house 1emptycreativity, romance, play
6AquariusUranus in Scorpio, house 3Moonwork, habits, health
7PiscesNeptune in Sagittarius, house 4emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8AriesMars in Libra, house 2emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9TaurusVenus in Libra, house 2emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10GeminiMercury in Leo, house 12emptycareer, reputation, public life
11CancerMoon in Aquarius, house 6Jupiterfriends, community, the future
12LeoSun in Leo, house 12Sun, Mercurythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Andy’s cards

Computed from August 18, 1978. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Guardian

Western zodiac

Leo

Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Hour

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Andy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q314640 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Andy Samberg at Wikipedia, thelonelyisland.com, IMDb, Instagram, X 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 Samberg.

Quick answers about Andy Samberg’s chart

How old is Andy Samberg?
Andy Samberg is 48 years old, born August 18, 1978 in Berkeley, United States.
What zodiac sign is Andy Samberg?
Andy Samberg is a Leo: born August 18, 1978, which puts the Sun in Leo at the documented birth time.
What is Andy Samberg's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 18, 1978 birth.
What time was Andy Samberg born?
08:58 local time in Berkeley, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Andy Samberg's rising sign?
Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 08:58 birth time in Berkeley, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Andy Samberg's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Andy Samberg's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 9°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Andy Samberg's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 23°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Andy Samberg's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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