August Wilson
August Wilson (born April 27, 1945, Pittsburgh, United States; died 2005), was an American playwright. Wilson's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame and Tony Award for Best Play.
August Wilson’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Wood Rooster, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Rooster, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with August
August Wilson’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Architect
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name August in the U.S.?
#81
US rank in 2025
~74,452
Americans share it since 1880
2025
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1945, August came 420th, carried by 201 American boys.
US Social Security Administration public records
What August’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on A (1) and closes on T (2). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
August’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
White · Blush · Forest
The record
What sets August apart
Lizzo (1988) and Frank Bainimarama (1954) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
August, according to the stars
Core essence
August is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of August is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, August feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What August needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How August wants to be loved
August wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How August creates
How August makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. August creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: August is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. August is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; August slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from August's birth date. Working below.
Where August sits
Six lines
August’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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
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 August Wilson
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh that night
Computed for 40.44°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Tania Australis stood nearest the zenith over Pittsburgh at 9 p.m. that evening, 86.6° above the horizon in Ursa Major.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 103 catalog stars were up in all.
From 40.4°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 Pittsburgh at all: they sit past the −49.6° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at full moon, 100% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 9° down.
How unusual August's chart is
Chart pattern score
49 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
T-square onto Pluto · 1 unaspected planet · Venus retrograde
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
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
August Wilson's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 27, 1945, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Wood Rooster
Wood RoosterPunctual, precise, proud.
August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Five doors open at once.
August Wilson's birth date, April 27, 1945, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in August’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in August Wilson's date-only chart is Sun sextile Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Fire/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- August Wilson combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Architect.
August’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Scorpio depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunoppositionMoon0.0° to 8.0° orb
August’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.
stableSunsextileSaturn0.3° to 1.2° orb
August’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsquarePluto0.4° to 1.4° orb
August’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.8° to 2.2° orb
stableSaturnsquareNeptune2.0° to 2.1° orb
stableUranussextilePluto3.2° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.7° orb
stableJupitersquareUranus6.8° to 6.9° orb
stableUranustrineNeptune6.8° to 6.9° orb
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 9.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 7.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 2.5° to 14.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
August’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Virgo 27°39′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio or Libra during this date
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 5°49′ (moves 0.90° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius 12°47′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 18°25′ (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 opposition Venus 0.5°
- Eros square Sun 1.2°
- Chiron opposition Mars 1.6°
- Eros sextile Neptune 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 1.6°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 1.7°
- Eros conjunction Pluto 2.1°
August’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
Configurations in August’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.
- Jupiter quintile Saturn 0.3°
- Venus quincunx Jupiter 0.9°
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 1.1°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
More people like August
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- Glenn Close1947
- David Gerrold1944
- James V. Hart1947
- Alice Walker1944
- Jeffrey Boam1946
- Richard Ford1944
Born in United States
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- Jessye NormanAmerican opera singer
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More charts like August’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Katori HallAmerican playwright
- Paul StarrAmerican political writer
- Danish SiddiquiIndian photojournalist
Born in Rooster years
- Amy LeeAmerican singer-songwriter and musician
- Victoria JusticeAmerican actress and singer
- Fan BingbingChinese actress
Also born on April 27
- Lizzo1988
- Frank Bainimarama1954
- Balendra Shah1990
- Cory Booker1969
- Rande Gerber1962
- Cassie Randolph1995
Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- Barbara StanwyckAmerican actress
- Holly HunterAmerican actress (born 1958)
- Enzo StaiolaItalian actor
Other Taurus Rooster charts
- Susie WilesChief of Staff to President of the United States
- Morgan WallenAmerican country singer
- Pat CumminsAustralian cricketer
- WillyrexSpanish YouTuber
Other Radiant Architects
- Eva GutowskiAmerican YouTuber and actress
- Robby HoffmanCanadian-American comedian and writer
- Alain WertheimerFrench businessman
- Thomas F. Frist, Jr.American businessman
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Robert SpillaneAmerican football linebacker
- Jamel DeanAmerican football cornerback
- Michael Pittman Jr.American football wide receiver
From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
August’s cards
Computed from April 27, 1945. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ArchitectWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
5 · Explorer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
August’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q764812 (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.
The same August Wilson at Wikipedia, augustwilson.net, 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 August Wilson.
Quick answers about August Wilson’s chart
- What zodiac sign was August Wilson?
- August Wilson was a Taurus: born April 27, 1945, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What was August Wilson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 27, 1945 birth.
- What was August Wilson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What was August Wilson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Virgo at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was August Wilson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was August Wilson's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
