Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela (born May 11, 1916, Iria Flavia, Spain, 21:20; died 2002), was a Spanish writer. Cela is best remembered for Journey to the Alcarria, Del Miño al Bidasoa and The Family of Pascual Duarte. Cela's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela and honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos.
Camilo José Cela’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dragon, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Dragon, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.How compatible are you with Camilo José Cela?
Your birthday, just below, gives your match percentage with Camilo. Under a minute.
Your AsterNym Match
?%Your score is waiting.
Two details and you have your number with Camilo. Under a minute, and it is real astrology, not a quiz.
Your result includes:
- · Your compatibility percentage
- · What attracts you to each other
- · What you would bring to the match
- · Where you might clash
- · Whether you share lucky numbers, colours, stones or seasons
Camilo José Cela’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Guardian
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Camilo in the U.S.?
#585
US rank in 2025
~9,058
Americans share it since 1880
2022
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Camilo’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 1 · 7
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Hibiscus
Ivory · Blush · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Camilo, according to the stars
Core essence
Camilo 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 Camilo 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, Camilo 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 Camilo needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Camilo wants to be loved
Camilo wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Camilo gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Camilo creates
How Camilo makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Camilo creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Camilo is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Camilo 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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Camilo fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Camilo's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Camilo sits
Six lines. Tap where you sit on each.
Camilo’s dot is placed from the chart. Yours is wherever you put it.
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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Camilo José Cela
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Iria Flavia on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Iria Flavia at 21:20, the birth time on Camilo José Cela’s AA-rated record. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
The quick version
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunSlow to move, slower to leave.
Camilo José Cela's Sun was in Taurus at the documented birth time. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Fire Dragon
Fire DragonSets the standard, then raises it.
Camilo José Cela was born on May 11, 1916, which falls in a Fire Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Feeds the room, forgets to eat.
Camilo José Cela's birth date, May 11, 1916, 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 Camilo’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Camilo José Cela's timed chart: Moon in the 10th house and Mercury in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Camilo José Cela's timed chart is Sun square Uranus, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Camilo José Cela combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Guardian.
Camilo’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
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunsquareUranusseparating · 1.2° orb
Camilo’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
JupitersextileUranusseparating · 1.4° orb
Camilo’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MarstrineJupiterseparating · 1.5° orb
Camilo’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SunsquareMarsapplying · 1.7° orb
Camilo’s core identity grinds against their drive.
MarsoppositionUranusseparating · 2.9° orb
Camilo’s drive pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MoonsextileVenusseparating · 3.0° orb
Camilo’s feelings open doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenusconjunctionPlutoseparating · 3.2° orb
Camilo’s affections and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MoonsquareMercuryapplying · 4.3° orb
Camilo’s feelings grind against their mind.
MoonsextileSaturnapplying · 4.7° orb
Camilo’s feelings open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
VenusconjunctionSaturnapplying · 7.7° orb
Camilo’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Camilo’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.
⚷ ChironPisces 25°21′ · House 4
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Camilo absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresGemini 20°29′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Camilo feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosAries 5°60′ · House 5
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Camilo is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Libra 16°14′ · House 11
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Camilo is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 10°01′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Camilo guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 0.6°
- Ceres trine Uranus 0.8°
- Eros square Venus 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Moon 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Mars 2.1°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Saturn 2.7°
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°).
Camilo’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☽ Moon8 pts
disposes Venus, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect
3. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Camilo is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
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 Camilo’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
T-square onto Sun · Mars, Uranus, SunAn 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.
- Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 0.2°
- Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 0.4°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.8°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.9°
- Jupiter quintile Pluto 1.2°
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
Camilo’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 Aries, house 5 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Capricorn | Saturn in Cancer, house 8 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aquarius | Uranus in Aquarius, house 3 | Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Pisces | Neptune in Leo, house 9 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 9 | Jupiter | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Taurus | Venus in Cancer, house 8 | Sun | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Gemini | Mercury in Gemini, house 7 | Mercury | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 10 | Venus, Saturn, Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Leo | Sun in Taurus, house 6 | Mars, Neptune | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Virgo | Mercury in Gemini, house 7 | Moon | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Libra | Venus in Cancer, house 8 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12More people like Camilo
Other politicians
- Adolf Butenandt1903
- Clint Eastwood1930
- Menachem Begin1913
- Zhores Alferov1930
- William Westmoreland1914
- Gisèle Rabesahala1929
Born in Spain
- Jacinto BenaventeSpanish writer
- Javier BardemSpanish actor
- Pablo PicassoSpanish painter and sculptor
- Sandra Ortega MeraSpanish billionaire, daughter of the founders of the clothing giant Inditex
- Cristóbal BalenciagaSpanish fashion designer
- Sergi LópezSpanish actor
More charts like Camilo’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Louise GlückU.S. poet and Nobel laureate
- Kirsten DunstAmerican actress
- Michelle PfeifferAmerican actress
Born in Dragon years
- Steve MasonAmerican poet and military officer
- Michel PleauCanadian writer
- Cecil Day-LewisIrish-born British poet
Also born on May 11
- Salvador Dalí1904
- Richard Feynman1918
- Edsger W. Dijkstra1930
- Valentino1932
- Lana Condor1997
- Lauren Jackson1981
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Bryce HopkinsAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Terance MannAmerican basketball player
- Spencer JonesAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
Other Taurus Dragon charts
- Quentin GrimesAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
- Toumani CamaraBelgian basketball player (born 2000)
- Dietmar HoppGerman businessman
- Mikhail FridmanRussian–Israeli businessman, billionaire, and oligarch
Other Steadfast Guardians
- Jayson TatumAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
- Mahalia BurkmarBritish singer
- Beverly D'AngeloAmerican actress (born 1951)
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioAmerican actress
Other Sagittarius risings with documented times
- Oliver TreeAmerican singer, record producer, and comedian
- Brendon UrieAmerican singer and musician
- Christy TurlingtonAmerican model
- Jeffree StarEuropean-American make-up artist, Internet personality and former singer-songwriter
Famous people with Life Path 6
- Andrea BarberAmerican actress (born 1976)
- Josh BowmanBritish actor
- Hank BaskettAmerican football player
From the journal: Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal · Astrology vs astronomy: when and why they separated
Camilo’s cards
Every card is computed from May 11, 1916, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
Tap to flip
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Camilo’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q132589, 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 Unknown photographer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Camilo José Cela at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Camilo José Cela.
Quick answers about Camilo José Cela’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Camilo José Cela?
- Camilo José Cela was a Taurus: born May 11, 1916, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dragon.
- What was Camilo José Cela's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 11, 1916 birth.
- What time was Camilo José Cela born?
- 21:20 local time in Iria Flavia, Spain, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Camilo José Cela's rising sign?
- Sagittarius rising, calculated from the documented 21:20 birth time in Iria Flavia, Spain (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What was Camilo José Cela's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the May 11, 1916 birth date.
- What was Camilo José Cela's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 25°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 11, 1916 birth time.
- Where was Camilo José Cela's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 10°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Camilo José Cela's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: disposes Venus, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
