Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner (born December 24, 1922, Grabtown, United States, 19:10; died 1990), was an American actress. Gardner is best remembered for The Barefoot Contessa, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Killers. Gardner's honours include Silver Shell for Best Actress and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ava Gardner’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was Water Dog, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Dog, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Ava
Ava Gardner’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Pioneer
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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Ava in the U.S.?
#11
US rank in 2025
~344,441
Americans share it since 1880
2007
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1922, Ava came 567th, carried by 160 American girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Ava’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
8
Soul Urge · achievement
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on A (1) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Ava’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1922, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Ava apart
What keeps Ava Gardner in print: The Killers, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Barefoot Contessa.
The classrooms behind this chart: Newport News High School and Barton College.
The working life starts in 1941, at 19.
Cause of death is recorded as pneumonia.
Ava Gardner was born to Mary Elizabeth Baker and Jonas Bailey Gardner and married Frank Sinatra and Artie Shaw.
The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Ava Gardner: North Carolina Democrats, People from Johnston County, North Carolina and Deaths from pneumonia in England.
Ricky Martin (1971) and Louis Tomlinson (1991) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Known for
- The Killers, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Barefoot Contessa
- Educated at
- Newport News High School and Barton College
- Awards
- Silver Shell for Best Actress (1964)
- Nominated for
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Motion Picture Drama and Academy Award for Best Actress
- Working from
- 1941
- Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 88
What the chart says
Ava, according to the stars
Core essence
Ava is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Ava is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Ava is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Ava needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
How Ava wants to be loved
Ava wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Ava even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Ava creates
How Ava 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. Ava 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: Ava 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Ava 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; Ava 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 Ava's birth date. Working below.
Where Ava sits
Six lines
Ava’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Ava Gardner
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Grabtown on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Grabtown at 19:10, Ava Gardner’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Grabtown that night
Computed for 35.41°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Grabtown was Mirach, in Andromeda, 89.4° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 100 catalog stars were up in all.
From 35.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −54.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 24° below the horizon, Moon up and 39% lit at first quarter.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Grabtown, United States
- Lived in
- Kingston House estate
Wikidata records Kingston House estate as Ava Gardner's home, against Grabtown as the birthplace.
The death is recorded at Westminster, City of Westminster in 1990.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Ava's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Purple Star 紫微, The Treasurer 天府 in 寅
Bureau 金四局 · Body Palace in Wealth
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
79 / 100 · Rare
2 unaspected planets · Yod onto Moon · 3-planet stellium in Pisces
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.
Score your own chart →Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunDry wit, dead serious.
Ava Gardner's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
What Capricorn means →Water Dog
Water DogFair, direct, dependable.
Ava Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Ava Gardner's birth date, December 24, 1922, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Ava’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Ava Gardner's timed chart: Sun in the 7th house, Mercury in the 7th house, Saturn in the 4th house and Pluto in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Ava Gardner's timed chart is Uranus trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Moon, Mars and Uranus, sit together in Pisces, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Ava Gardner combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Pioneer.
Ava’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.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
UranustrinePlutoapplying · 0.1° orb
Ava’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarsconjunctionUranusapplying · 0.3° orb
Ava’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MarstrinePlutoapplying · 0.4° orb
Ava’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysextileJupiterseparating · 0.7° orb
SaturnsextileNeptuneseparating · 1.1° orb
JupitertrinePlutoseparating · 1.7° orb
JupitertrineUranusseparating · 1.8° orb
MarstrineJupiterapplying · 2.2° orb
MercuryoppositionPlutoseparating · 2.4° orb
MercurysextileUranusseparating · 2.5° orb
MercurysextileMarsseparating · 2.8° orb
JupitersquareNeptuneapplying · 5.8° orb
MercurysquareSaturnapplying · 6.3° orb
SunoppositionPlutoapplying · 7.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water6 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Ava’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironAries 12°58′ · House 10
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 27°18′ · House 6
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 9°21′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 17°48′ · House 7
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 9°24′ · House 10
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron square Mercury 0.3°
- Eros sextile Mars 0.5°
- Eros sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 0.9°
- Eros opposition Pluto 1.0°
- Hygiea sextile Moon 1.2°
- Hygiea square Saturn 1.2°
- Chiron square Pluto 2.7°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 2.7°
Ava’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto9 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; angular in the fourth house; 2 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Pisces; disposes Moon, Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Ava’s chart
Stellium in Pisces · Moon, Mars, UranusThree 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.
Kite · Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, MercuryA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.- Kite · Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto, MercuryA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
Yod onto Moon · Saturn, Neptune, MoonTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Moon quincunx Saturn 0.0°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.4°
- Mercury biquintile Neptune 0.8°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.8°
- Moon quincunx Neptune 1.2°
- Sun quintile Saturn 1.4°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.6°
Ava’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | Moon in Pisces, house 9 | Pluto | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 7 | Neptune | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 7 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 5 | Saturn | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 1 | Venus, Jupiter | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Scorpio, house 5 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Capricorn | Saturn in Libra, house 4 | Sun, Mercury | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aquarius | Uranus in Pisces, house 9 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Pisces | Neptune in Leo, house 2 | Moon, Mars, Uranus | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Aries | Mars in Pisces, house 9 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 5 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 7 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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2 relatives of Ava Gardner also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.
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- Ricky Martin1971
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Other Radiant Pioneers
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- Marsha MasonAmerican actress (born 1942)
- Ryan MurphyAmerican screenwriter (born 1965)
- Nikita Khrushchevleader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
Other Cancer risings with documented times
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- John TravoltaAmerican actor
Famous people with Life Path 5
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From the journal: Astrology vs astronomy: when and why they separated · Is Western astrology outdated?
Ava’s cards
Computed from December 24, 1922. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Radiant PioneerWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
5 · Explorer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Ava’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q164487 (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 MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ava Gardner at Wikipedia, 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 Ava Gardner.
Quick answers about Ava Gardner’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Ava Gardner?
- Ava Gardner was a Capricorn: born December 24, 1922, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
- What was Ava Gardner's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 24, 1922 birth.
- What time was Ava Gardner born?
- 19:10 local time in Grabtown, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Ava Gardner's rising sign?
- Cancer rising, calculated from the documented 19:10 birth time in Grabtown, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What was Ava Gardner's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What was Ava Gardner's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 12°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Ava Gardner's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 9°, in the tenth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Ava Gardner's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: disposes Venus, Jupiter; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects). Saturn is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
