Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941, Duluth, United States, 21:05), aged 85, is an American singer-songwriter. Dylan is best known for Blood on the Tracks, Bringing It All Back Home and Blonde on Blonde. Dylan's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Academy Award for Best Original Song and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bob Dylan’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Snake, with 
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Bob Dylan’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Storyteller
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Bob in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~93,308
Americans share it since 1880
1959
its peak year
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Bob’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Emerald, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia
Ivory · Lilac · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Bob, according to the stars
Core essence
Bob is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Bob needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Bob 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 Bob needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Bob wants to be loved
Bob wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Bob like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Bob creates
How Bob makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Bob creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Bob is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Bob is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Bob 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 Bob's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Gemini Sun
Gemini SunTwo minds, both talking.
Bob Dylan's Sun was in Gemini at the documented birth time. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.
Metal Snake
Metal SnakeWise, cool, hard to read.
Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Power, and the bill for it.
Bob Dylan's birth date, May 24, 1941, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Bob’s chart
- Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Bob Dylan's timed chart: Sun in the 7th house, Mercury in the 7th house, Venus in the 7th house, Mars in the 4th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Bob Dylan's timed chart is Moon conjunction Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Bob Dylan combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Storyteller.
Bob’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
MoonconjunctionSaturnseparating · 0.9° orb
Bob’s feelings and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunsextilePlutoseparating · 1.1° orb
Bob’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
UranustrineNeptuneseparating · 1.7° orb
Bob’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysquareNeptuneapplying · 2.0° orb
Bob’s mind grinds against their imagination.
SunsquareMarsapplying · 2.5° orb
Bob’s core identity grinds against their drive.
JupitersextilePlutoapplying · 2.7° orb
Bob’s growth opens doors for their depths.
JupiterconjunctionUranusseparating · 3.0° orb
Bob’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunconjunctionJupiterseparating · 3.8° orb
Bob’s core identity and growth act as one.
MoontrineNeptuneapplying · 3.9° orb
Bob’s feelings flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
JupitertrineNeptuneseparating · 4.7° orb
Bob’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
SaturntrineNeptuneapplying · 4.9° orb
Bob’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MoonconjunctionUranusapplying · 5.6° orb
Bob’s feelings and need for freedom act as one.
MarssquareJupiterseparating · 6.3° orb
Bob’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
SaturnconjunctionUranusapplying · 6.6° orb
Bob’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.
SunconjunctionUranusseparating · 6.8° orb
Bob’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.
VenussquareMarsseparating · 7.0° orb
Bob’s affections grind against their drive.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal0 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Bob’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.
⚷ ChironCancer 27°51′ · House 8
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Cancer is read as a wound around belonging and being looked after. Bob is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 7°08′ · House 2
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Bob caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosGemini 0°19′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Bob is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 11°42′ · House 6
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Bob is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 8°43′ · House 6
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Bob is read as immovable on those points.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Eros conjunction Jupiter 0.7°
- Chiron sextile Uranus 1.2°
- Ceres sextile Mars 1.2°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.8°
- Eros sextile Pluto 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 2.8°
- Chiron sextile Neptune 2.9°
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°).
Bob’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Taurus; disposes Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect
3. ♃ Jupiter8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Sagittarius; 5 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Bob 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 Bob’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Taurus · Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, 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.- Stellium in Gemini · 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 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 quintile Pluto 0.3°
- Moon quintile Pluto 0.6°
- Moon semi-sextile Mercury 2.0°
Bob’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 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Taurus, house 6 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Capricorn | Saturn in Taurus, house 6 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aquarius | Uranus in Taurus, house 6 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Pisces | Neptune in Virgo, house 10 | Mars | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aries | Mars in Pisces, house 4 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Taurus | Venus in Gemini, house 7 | Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Gemini | Mercury in Gemini, house 7 | Sun, Mercury, Venus | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Cancer | Moon in Taurus, house 6 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Leo | Sun in Gemini, house 7 | Pluto | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Virgo | Mercury in Gemini, house 7 | Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Libra | Venus in Gemini, house 7 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 9 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Bob’s cards
Every card is computed from May 24, 1941, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Bob’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q392, 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 Raph_PH, 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 Bob Dylan’s chart
- How old is Bob Dylan?
- Bob Dylan is 85 years old, born May 24, 1941 in Duluth, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Bob Dylan?
- Bob Dylan is a Gemini: born May 24, 1941, which puts the Sun in Gemini at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Snake.
- What is Bob Dylan's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 24, 1941 birth.
- What time was Bob Dylan born?
- 21:05 local time in Duluth, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Bob Dylan's rising sign?
- Sagittarius rising, calculated from the documented 21:05 birth time in Duluth, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Bob Dylan's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the May 24, 1941 birth date.
- What is Bob Dylan's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 27°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 24, 1941 birth time.
- Where is Bob Dylan's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 8°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Bob Dylan's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
