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Barry Lam

Barry Lam (born April 24, 1949, Shanghai, China), aged 77, is a Taiwanese businessman (born 1949).

Barry Lam’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Earth Ox, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Barry Lam’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Guardian

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#1520

US rank in 2025

~182,036

Americans share it since 1883

1962

its peak year

The SSA recorded 4,607 American boys and 16 girls named Barry in 1949: 73rd among boys and 2,525th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Barry’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

2

Soul Urge · closeness

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on B (2) and closes on Y (7). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 9: drive against empathy.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Barry’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

White · Blush · Gold

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1949, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Barry apart

The schooling ran through National Taiwan University.

Barbra Streisand (1942) and Shirley MacLaine (1934) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
National Taiwan University
Citizenship
Taiwan
Wikipedia editions
10

What the chart says

Barry, according to the stars

Core essence

Barry 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 Barry 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, Barry 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 Barry 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 Barry wants to be loved

Barry wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Barry is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Barry creates

How Barry 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. Barry 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: Barry is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Barry is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Barry gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Barry's birth date. Working below.

Where Barry sits

Six lines

Barry’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Barry

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Barry

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

PrivateExpressive
Barry

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Barry

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

PracticalVisionary
Barry

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Barry

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Barry Lam

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Shanghai 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 Shanghai that night

Computed for 31.23°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Shanghai was Zosma, in Leo, 79.5° up.

Of the 103 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Shanghai sits at 31.2°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −58.8° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Shanghai on any night.

The Moon, 13% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 29° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Lives in
Taipei

Wikidata records Taipei as Barry Lam's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Barry Lam: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Barry's chart is

Chart pattern score

43 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Taurus · No Water planets · 1 planet at a critical degree

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.

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Barry Lam in 15 seconds

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Barry Lam's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 24, 1949, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Earth Ox

Stubborn, and usually right.

Barry Lam was born on April 24, 1949, which falls in a Earth Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 6

Responsible before asked.

Barry Lam's birth date, April 24, 1949, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Barry’s chart

Barry’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 24° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.9° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.5° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.8° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.9° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2° orbMoon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 2.5° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.6° orbMars flows with Saturn · Trine, 3.8° orbSun in Taurus · 3°39′☉3°Moon in Pisces · 18°12′☽18°Mercury in Taurus · 15°41′☿15°Venus in Taurus · 5°31′♀5°Mars in Aries · 25°32′♂25°Jupiter in Aquarius · 1°05′♃1°Saturn in Leo · 29°21′ · retrograde♄℞29°Uranus in Gemini · 27°34′♅27°Neptune in Libra · 13°16′ · retrograde♆℞13°Pluto in Leo · 14°09′ · retrograde♇℞14°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.5° to 2.5° orb

    Barry’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.9° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus1.7° to 2.0° orb

    Barry’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMarssextileUranus1.7° to 2.4° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus1.8° orb

  • stableSunsquareJupiter2.1° to 3.0° orb

  • stableMarstrineSaturn3.4° to 4.2° orb

  • stableSuntrineSaturn3.8° to 4.8° orb

  • stableVenussquareJupiter3.9° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMarssquareJupiter5.2° to 5.9° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn5.5° to 6.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.4° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Barry’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 8°09′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 14°18′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 8°22′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 3°32′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 0°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea trine Sun 0.1°
  • Ceres conjunction Pluto 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 0.3°
  • Ceres sextile Neptune 1.0°
  • Ceres square Mercury 1.4°
  • Hygiea trine Venus 2.0°
  • Eros square Venus 2.8°

Barry’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars5 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Barry’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.1°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.6°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.7°
  • Mercury quincunx Neptune 2.4°

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Barry’s cards

Computed from April 24, 1949. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Guardian

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

6 · Guardian

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Barry’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q8998330 (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.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Barry Lam.

Quick answers about Barry Lam’s chart

How old is Barry Lam?
Barry Lam is 77 years old, born April 24, 1949 in Shanghai, China.
What zodiac sign is Barry Lam?
Barry Lam is a Taurus: born April 24, 1949, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Barry Lam's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 24, 1949 birth.
What is Barry Lam's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Barry Lam's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Barry Lam's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Barry Lam's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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