Betty White
Betty White (born January 17, 1922, Oak Park, United States, 18:38; died 2021), was an American actress and comedian. White is best remembered for The Betty White Show, Mama's Family and The Golden Palace. White's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and Teen Choice Awards.
Betty White’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Rooster, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
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Betty White’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Pioneer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Betty in the U.S.?
#1113
US rank in 2025
~1,004,857
Americans share it since 1880
1930
its peak year
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Betty’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia
Crimson · Ivory · Silver
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What the chart says
Betty, according to the stars
Core essence
Betty is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Betty 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, Betty is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Betty needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Betty wants to be loved
Betty wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Betty you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Betty creates
How Betty makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Betty creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Betty 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Betty 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Betty runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Betty's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunDry wit, dead serious.
Betty White's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.
Metal Rooster
Metal RoosterCandid to a fault.
Betty White was born on January 17, 1922, which falls in a Metal 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 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Betty White's birth date, January 17, 1922, 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 Betty’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Betty White's timed chart: Mercury in the 7th house, Mars in the 4th house and Neptune in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Betty White's timed chart is Saturn square Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Betty White combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Pioneer.
Betty’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.
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SaturnsquarePlutoapplying · 1.0° orb
Betty’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SuntrineMoonseparating · 1.2° orb
Betty’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.
UranustrinePlutoapplying · 1.3° orb
Betty’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarssquareNeptuneapplying · 2.1° orb
Betty’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MercurysquareMarsapplying · 2.4° orb
Betty’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MercurytrineSaturnseparating · 2.9° orb
Betty’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
VenussquareJupiterseparating · 3.3° orb
Betty’s affections grind against their growth.
JupitersextileNeptuneseparating · 3.4° orb
Betty’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MarstrinePlutoseparating · 4.3° orb
Betty’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercuryoppositionNeptuneapplying · 4.5° orb
Betty’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
SunconjunctionVenusapplying · 5.4° orb
Betty’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MarstrineUranusseparating · 5.6° orb
Betty’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MoontrineVenusseparating · 6.6° orb
Betty’s feelings flow straight into their affections. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Betty’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.
⚷ ChironAries 9°49′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Betty may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresScorpio 2°15′ · House 4
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. Betty is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosAries 11°58′ · House 9
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Betty is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaScorpio 26°51′ · House 4
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Betty carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 1°25′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Betty is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Hygiea sextile Sun 0.3°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 0.7°
- Chiron square Pluto 1.2°
- Eros sextile Mercury 1.4°
- Hygiea sextile Moon 1.5°
- Chiron opposition Saturn 2.2°
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°).
Betty’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun6 pts
rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Betty is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Betty’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Grand trine · Mars, Uranus, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
T-square onto Mars · Mercury, Neptune, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.3°
- Moon semi-square Mars 0.4°
- Venus semi-square Uranus 0.5°
- Moon semi-square Neptune 1.7°
- Mercury quincunx Pluto 1.9°
Betty’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 6 | Neptune | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 7 | Moon | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 6 | Jupiter, Saturn | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 12 | Mars | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 3 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Capricorn | Saturn in Libra, house 3 | Sun, Venus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aquarius | Uranus in Pisces, house 8 | Mercury | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Pisces | Neptune in Leo, house 1 | Uranus | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aries | Mars in Scorpio, house 4 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 6 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 7 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 2 | Pluto | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Betty’s cards
Every card is computed from January 17, 1922, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Betty’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q373895, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, 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 Betty White’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Betty White?
- Betty White was a Capricorn: born January 17, 1922, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Rooster.
- What was Betty White's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 17, 1922 birth.
- What time was Betty White born?
- 18:38 local time in Oak Park, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Betty White's rising sign?
- Leo rising, calculated from the documented 18:38 birth time in Oak Park, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall was Betty White?
- Betty White was 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Betty White's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the January 17, 1922 birth date.
- What was Betty White's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 9°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 17, 1922 birth time.
- Where was Betty White's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 1°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Betty White's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
