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Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald (born July 3, 1970, Berlin, Germany), aged 56, is an American actress and singer (born 1970). McDonald's honours include Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Audra McDonald’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Audra McDonald’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Visionary

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

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

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

#2003

US rank in 2025

~25,783

Americans share it since 1880

1967

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Audra’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia

Sky blue · Pearl · Silver

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

The record

What sets Audra apart

Franz Kafka (1883) and Julian Assange (1971) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Audra, according to the stars

Core essence

Audra feels the room before entering it. The core of Audra is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Audra, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Audra is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Audra needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Audra wants to be loved

Audra wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Audra openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Audra creates

How Audra makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Audra builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Audra is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Audra 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Audra does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

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

Where Audra sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Audra

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Audra

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

PrivateExpressive
Audra

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Audra

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

PracticalVisionary
Audra

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Audra

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Audra McDonald

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

Audra’s birth-night reference starEdasichwarm orange · DracoEdasich, in Draco. A warm orange star, 83.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Edasich →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 10.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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.

Cancer Sun

Feeds you before you ask.

Audra McDonald's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 3, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.

Metal Dog

Fair, direct, dependable.

Audra McDonald was born on July 3, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.

Life Path 9

Wide view, open hands.

Audra McDonald's birth date, July 3, 1970, 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 Audra’s chart

Audra’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Audra McDonald, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Cancer depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.2° orbMars opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.1° orbSun fuses with Moon · Conjunction, 2° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 2° orbMoon fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 2.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.6° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 4.2° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 4.2° orbSun in Cancer · 11°06′☉11°Moon in Cancer · 9°05′☽9°Mercury in Cancer · 6°51′☿6°Venus in Leo · 19°34′♀19°Mars in Cancer · 20°25′♂20°Jupiter in Libra · 26°13′♃26°Saturn in Taurus · 19°21′♄19°Uranus in Libra · 4°51′♅4°Neptune in Scorpio · 28°29′ · retrograde♆℞28°Pluto in Virgo · 24°54′♇24°

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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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

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.

  • stableVenussquareSaturn0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Audra’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSunconjunctionMoon0.1° to 7.7° orb

    Audra’s core identity and feelings act as one.

  • stableMoonconjunctionMercury0.1° to 7.2° orb

    Audra’s feelings and mind act as one.

  • stableMarssextileSaturn0.8° to 1.3° orb

    Audra’s drive opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus0.9° to 3.1° orb

    Audra’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury3.6° to 4.9° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.6° orb

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

  • stableMarssextilePluto4.2° to 4.8° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareJupiter5.5° to 6.1° orb

    Audra’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSaturntrinePluto5.5° to 5.6° orb

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

  • stableSunsquareUranus5.8° to 6.7° orb

    Audra’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 10.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

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

Audra’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 10°19′ (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: Audra may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 28°11′ (moves 0.27° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Audra looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 11°21′ (moves 0.44° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Audra is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 8°38′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Audra is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 23°05′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Audra is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

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.

  • Eros opposition Sun 0.3°
  • Chiron square Sun 0.8°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mercury 1.8°
  • Ceres opposition Jupiter 2.0°
  • Hygiea conjunction Sun 2.5°

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°).

Audra’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. ☽ Moon10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Venus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects

A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Audra is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.

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 Audra’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 Cancer · 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 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.

  • Venus semi-square Uranus 0.3°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.5°
  • Venus semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 1.3°

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

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From the journal: What if you don't know your birth time? · Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet

Audra’s cards

Every card is computed from July 3, 1970, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

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AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Visionary

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Western zodiac

Cancer

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Audra McDonald, 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

Audra’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q267676, 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 Arts at MIT, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Audra McDonald at Wikipedia, audramcdonald.com, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.

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 Audra McDonald.

Quick answers about Audra McDonald’s chart

How old is Audra McDonald?
Audra McDonald is 56 years old, born July 3, 1970 in Berlin, Germany.
What zodiac sign is Audra McDonald?
Audra McDonald is a Cancer: born July 3, 1970, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog.
What is Audra McDonald's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 3, 1970 birth.
What time was Audra McDonald 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 Audra McDonald's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the July 3, 1970 birth date.
What is Audra McDonald's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 3, 1970 birth date.
Where is Audra McDonald's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Audra McDonald's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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