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Ayad Akhtar

Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970, Staten Island, United States), aged 55, is an American actor and playwright. Akhtar is best known for Homeland Elegies. Akhtar's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Nestroy Theatre Prize.

Ayad Akhtar’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Ayad Akhtar’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Scholar

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#8337

US rank in 2025

~159

Americans share it since 1880

2016

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Ayad’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

1 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia

Amber · Crimson · Moonlight white

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

What the chart says

Ayad, according to the stars

Core essence

Ayad does not do surface. The core of Ayad is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Ayad is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Ayad cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Ayad needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How Ayad wants to be loved

Ayad 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 Ayad even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Ayad creates

How Ayad makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Ayad creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Ayad 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 1 is the pioneer. Ayad is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Ayad leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Ayad fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

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

Where Ayad sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Ayad

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ayad

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Ayad

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ayad

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

PracticalVisionary
Ayad

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ayad

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

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Dedicate a star to Ayad Akhtar

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

Ayad’s birth-night reference starAlpheratzblue-white · AndromedaAlpheratz, in Andromeda. A blue-white star, 76.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alpheratz →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 30.5° 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.

Ayad Akhtar at a glance

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

Ayad Akhtar's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 28, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Metal Dog

Fair, direct, dependable.

Ayad Akhtar was born on October 28, 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 1

Independent to the core.

Ayad Akhtar's birth date, October 28, 1970, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in Ayad’s chart

Ayad’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Ayad Akhtar, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.8° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbVenus faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.7° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.7° orbMars fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 5.5° orbVenus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 5.8° orbMoon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 6.1° orbJupiter faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 6.3° orbSun in Scorpio · 4°52′☉4°Moon in Libra · 16°55′☽16°Mercury in Scorpio · 5°42′☿5°Venus in Scorpio · 23°55′ · retrograde♀℞23°Mars in Libra · 5°14′♂5°Jupiter in Scorpio · 13°56′♃13°Saturn in Taurus · 20°16′ · retrograde♄℞20°Uranus in Libra · 10°47′♅10°Neptune in Scorpio · 29°41′♆29°Pluto in Virgo · 28°35′♇28°

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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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.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.5° to 1.2° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb

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

  • stableVenusoppositionSaturn3.5° to 3.8° orb

    Ayad’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenussextilePluto4.5° to 4.8° orb

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

  • stableMarsconjunctionUranus5.3° to 5.8° orb

    Ayad’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune5.6° to 5.9° orb

    Ayad’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableJupiteroppositionSaturn6.2° to 6.5° orb

    Ayad’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMarsconjunctionPluto6.4° to 7.0° orb

    Ayad’s drive and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.0° to 12.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 5.9° to 17.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercuryconjunctionJupiterorb from 7.5° to 8.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire0 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

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

Ayad’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 ℞Aries 6°55′ (moves 0.04° 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: Ayad may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 29°44′ (moves 0.23° over the day)

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

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 20°24′ (moves 0.45° 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. Ayad is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 12°52′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Ayad at their best with something to be proud of.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 6°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Ayad exacting with themselves first.

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 trine Saturn 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.4°
  • Hygiea square Jupiter 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 1.3°
  • Chiron opposition Mars 1.7°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 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°).

Ayad’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. ♇ Pluto11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars3.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 2 major aspects

A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Ayad is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.

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 Ayad’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 Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, 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 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.

  • Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.0°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.4°
  • Jupiter semi-square Pluto 0.4°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.5°
  • Venus semi-square Uranus 1.9°

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

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Ayad’s cards

Every card is computed from October 28, 1970, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Wheel of Fortune

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Scholar

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Ayad Akhtar, 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

Ayad’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4830797, 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 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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.

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Quick answers about Ayad Akhtar’s chart

How old is Ayad Akhtar?
Ayad Akhtar is 55 years old, born October 28, 1970 in Staten Island, United States.
What zodiac sign is Ayad Akhtar?
Ayad Akhtar is a Scorpio: born October 28, 1970, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog.
What is Ayad Akhtar's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 28, 1970 birth.
What time was Ayad Akhtar 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 Ayad Akhtar's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the October 28, 1970 birth date.
What is Ayad Akhtar's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 28, 1970 birth date.
Where is Ayad Akhtar's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Ayad Akhtar's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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