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, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rooster, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Rooster, with 
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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
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August’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where August sits
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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.
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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. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
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. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
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. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
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
No documented birth time exists for August Wilson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Scorpio depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
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
August’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsquareNeptune2.0° to 2.1° orb
August’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableUranussextilePluto3.2° orb
August’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.7° orb
August’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupitersquareUranus6.8° to 6.9° orb
August’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableUranustrineNeptune6.8° to 6.9° orb
August’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
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
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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Virgo 27°39′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Virgo is read as a wound around never being good enough. The reading has August turning that pressure into craft and an eye for what others miss.
⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio or Libra during this date
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. August is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosLeo 5°49′ (moves 0.90° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has August loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.
⚕ HygieaAquarius 12°47′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. August is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 18°25′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of August that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.
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.
- 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°
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°).
August’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. ♀ 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
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: August is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 August’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Jupiter quintile Saturn 0.3°
- Venus quincunx Jupiter 0.9°
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 1.1°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for August Wilson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
August’s cards
Every card is computed from April 27, 1945, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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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
No birth time is on public record for August Wilson, 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
August’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q764812, 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.
The same August Wilson at Wikipedia, augustwilson.net, IMDb 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 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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rooster.
- 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 time was August Wilson 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 was August Wilson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the April 27, 1945 birth date.
- What was August Wilson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Virgo at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 27, 1945 birth date.
- 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.
