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Annie Ernaux

Annie Ernaux (born September 1, 1940, Lillebonne, France), aged 86, is a French writer (born 1940). Ernaux is best known for Cleaned Out, The Years and La Place. Ernaux's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Strega Prize and Prix Renaudot.

Annie Ernaux’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dragon, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Annie Ernaux’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Healer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#182

US rank in 2025

~362,180

Americans share it since 1880

1922

its peak year

The SSA recorded 4,216 American girls and 34 boys named Annie in 1940: 56th among girls and 1,138th among boys for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Annie’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

6

Soul Urge · being needed

3

Personality · bright, quick

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

Annie’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 7

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia

Lavender · Lilac · Silver

The record

What sets Annie apart

Gloria Estefan (1957) and Jungkook (1997) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Annie, according to the stars

Core essence

Annie notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Annie is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Annie wants to be loved

Annie 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. Annie gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Annie creates

How Annie makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Annie creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Annie is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Annie 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Annie 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 Annie's birth date. Working below.

Where Annie sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Annie

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Annie

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

PrivateExpressive
Annie

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Annie

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

PracticalVisionary
Annie

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Annie

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Annie Ernaux

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

Annie’s birth-night reference starEltaninwarm orange · DracoEltanin, in Draco. A warm orange star, 87.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Eltanin →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 12.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Lillebonne that night

Computed for 49.52°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Eltanin stood nearest the zenith over Lillebonne at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.5° above the horizon in Draco.

Of the 84 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

From 49.5°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Lillebonne at all: they sit past the −40.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 3° below the horizon, Moon down and 0% lit at new moon.

How unusual Annie's chart is

Chart pattern score

66 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Virgo · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet

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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Annie Ernaux at a glance

Virgo Sun

Order first. Then rest, in theory.

Annie Ernaux's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 1, 1940, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Metal Dragon

Ambition with charisma attached.

Annie Ernaux was born on September 1, 1940, which falls in a Metal Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 6

Responsible before asked.

Annie Ernaux's birth date, September 1, 1940, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Annie’s chart

Annie’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 20° to 5° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 0.7° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0.9° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.5° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.6° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 2° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.3° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 3° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 3.2° orbSun in Virgo · 8°48′☉8°Moon in Leo · 28°11′☽28°Mercury in Virgo · 5°48′☿5°Venus in Cancer · 22°59′♀22°Mars in Virgo · 8°07′♂8°Jupiter in Taurus · 15°40′♃15°Saturn in Taurus · 14°46′ · retrograde♄℞14°Uranus in Taurus · 26°09′ · retrograde♅℞26°Neptune in Virgo · 24°38′♆24°Pluto in Leo · 3°30′♇3°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableSunconjunctionMars0.5° to 0.8° orb

    Annie’s core identity and drive act as one.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn0.9° orb

    Annie’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenussextileNeptune1.2° to 2.1° orb

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

  • stableUranustrineNeptune1.5° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.7° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury2.5° to 3.5° orb

  • stableVenussextileUranus2.7° to 3.6° orb

  • stableSuntrineSaturn5.5° to 6.4° orb

  • stableMarstrineSaturn6.3° to 7.0° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 9.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 1.2° to 14.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 2.8° to 17.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth7 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCancer 27°41′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 14°58′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 20°34′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 2°13′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 9°07′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea trine Pluto 1.3°
  • Chiron sextile Uranus 1.5°

Annie’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Annie’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, Mars, 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Venus semi-square Mars 0.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.8°

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Annie’s cards

Computed from September 1, 1940. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Devil

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Healer

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Annie’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1153825 (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 Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Annie Ernaux at Wikipedia, annie-ernaux.org, 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 Annie Ernaux.

Quick answers about Annie Ernaux’s chart

How old is Annie Ernaux?
Annie Ernaux is 86 years old, born September 1, 1940 in Lillebonne, France.
What zodiac sign is Annie Ernaux?
Annie Ernaux is a Virgo: born September 1, 1940, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What is Annie Ernaux's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 1, 1940 birth.
What is Annie Ernaux's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Annie Ernaux's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Annie Ernaux's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Annie Ernaux's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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