Bill Maher
Bill Maher (born William Maher; January 20, 1956, New York City, United States, 22:32), aged 70, is an American stand-up comedian and television host. Maher is best known for New Rules, Real Time with Bill Maher and Club Random. Maher's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Bill Maher’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Wood Goat, with 
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Bill Maher’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Guardian
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Bill in the U.S.?
#5235
US rank in 2025
~161,190
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Bill’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Green Orchid
Crimson · Ivory · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Bill, according to the stars
Core essence
Bill is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Bill is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Bill is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Bill needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Bill wants to be loved
Bill wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Bill, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Bill creates
How Bill 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. Bill 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: Bill is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Bill 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 fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Bill has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Bill's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Bill 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 may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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Bill Maher at a glance
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunWeird on purpose, never sorry.
Bill Maher's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Wood Goat
Wood GoatMakes everything a bit more beautiful.
Bill Maher was born on January 20, 1956, which falls in a Wood Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Everyone's person. Never off duty.
Bill Maher's birth date, January 20, 1956, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Bill’s chart
- The Ascendant is Libra, from the documented birth time, with no planet in the four angular houses.
- The tightest major aspect in Bill Maher's timed chart is Uranus square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Bill Maher combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Guardian.
Bill’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
UranussquareNeptuneseparating · 0.1° orb
Bill’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
SunoppositionUranusapplying · 0.2° orb
Bill’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
SunsquareNeptuneapplying · 0.3° orb
Bill’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussquareMarsapplying · 0.3° orb
Bill’s affections grind against their drive.
SaturntrineUranusseparating · 0.4° orb
Bill’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
SunsextileSaturnapplying · 0.6° orb
Bill’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
JupitersextileNeptuneseparating · 0.7° orb
Bill’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
JupitersquareSaturnseparating · 1.0° orb
Bill’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
JupiterconjunctionPlutoapplying · 1.7° orb
Bill’s growth and depths act as one.
MoonsextileVenusapplying · 1.9° orb
Bill’s feelings open doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonsquareUranusseparating · 2.1° orb
Bill’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.
MoonoppositionNeptuneseparating · 2.1° orb
Bill’s feelings pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
SunsquareMoonseparating · 2.4° orb
Bill’s core identity grinds against their feelings.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 2.4° orb
Bill’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoontrineJupiterseparating · 2.7° orb
Bill’s feelings flow straight into their growth.
SaturnsquarePlutoseparating · 2.7° orb
Bill’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussquareSaturnseparating · 3.6° orb
Bill’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MarsconjunctionSaturnseparating · 3.9° orb
Bill’s drive and discipline act as one.
VenustrineNeptuneseparating · 4.0° orb
Bill’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MarstrineUranusseparating · 4.3° orb
Bill’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MoontrinePlutoseparating · 4.4° orb
Bill’s feelings flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SunsextileMarsapplying · 4.5° orb
Bill’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
VenusoppositionJupiterseparating · 4.6° orb
Bill’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.
MarssquareJupiterseparating · 4.9° orb
Bill’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
VenusoppositionPlutoseparating · 6.3° orb
Bill’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MarssquarePlutoseparating · 6.6° orb
Bill’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal0 of 10
- Fixed7 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Bill’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.
⚷ ChironAquarius 5°28′ · House 5
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Bill making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresAquarius 18°33′ · House 5
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Bill is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosSagittarius 12°28′ · House 3
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Bill attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 27°33′ · House 3
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Bill is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 5°10′ · House 4
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Bill is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Eros sextile Mercury 0.4°
- Hygiea trine Pluto 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 0.8°
- Chiron sextile Mars 0.9°
- Chiron trine Ascendant 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Ascendant 1.6°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Moon 2.7°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 2.8°
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°).
Bill’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♀ Venus13 pts
rules the Moon sign, Taurus; rules the Ascendant, Libra; disposes Moon; 6 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 5 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun8 pts
disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 5 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Bill 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 Bill’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Grand cross · Sun, Uranus, Moon, NeptuneTwo oppositions crossed by four squares. Read as pressure from every direction and the stamina that grows from it.
T-square onto Mars · Venus, Jupiter, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Saturn · Venus, Jupiter, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
- T-square onto Mars · Venus, Pluto, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
- T-square onto Saturn · Venus, Pluto, SaturnAn 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.
- Mercury quintile Saturn 0.1°
- Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 0.3°
- Sun quincunx Jupiter 0.4°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.6°
- Moon quincunx Saturn 1.7°
- Sun quincunx Pluto 2.1°
- Moon quincunx Mars 2.2°
Bill’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 | Libra | Venus in Pisces, house 6 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 11 | Neptune | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Leo, house 11 | Mars, Saturn | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Capricorn | Saturn in Sagittarius, house 3 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 11 | Sun, Mercury | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 2 | Venus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 3 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Taurus | Venus in Pisces, house 6 | Moon | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 5 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Cancer | Moon in Taurus, house 8 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 5 | Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 5 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Bill’s cards
Every card is computed from January 20, 1956, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
乙
yin Wood
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Bill’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q489, 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 Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Quick answers about Bill Maher’s chart
- How old is Bill Maher?
- Bill Maher is 70 years old, born January 20, 1956 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Bill Maher?
- Bill Maher is an Aquarius: born January 20, 1956, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat.
- What is Bill Maher's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 20, 1956 birth.
- What time was Bill Maher born?
- 22:32 local time in New York City, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Bill Maher's rising sign?
- Libra rising, calculated from the documented 22:32 birth time in New York City, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Bill Maher's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the January 20, 1956 birth date.
- What is Bill Maher's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 5°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 20, 1956 birth time.
- Where is Bill Maher's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 5°, in the fourth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Bill Maher's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (13 points: rules the Moon sign, Taurus; rules the Ascendant, Libra; disposes Moon; 6 major aspects). Uranus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
