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Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan (born May 28, 1985, City of Westminster, United Kingdom), aged 41, is an English actress. Notable films include The Great Gatsby, Pride & Prejudice and Public Enemies. Mulligan's honours include BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Film Independent Spirit Awards and Hollywood Actress Award.

Carey Mulligan’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Ox, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Carey Mulligan’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Seeker

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#6519

US rank in 2025

~29,621

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Carey’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Emerald, Emerald, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Green Orchid

Ivory · Lilac · Botanical green

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What the chart says

Carey, according to the stars

Core essence

Carey 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. Carey needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Carey 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 Carey needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.

How Carey wants to be loved

Carey wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How Carey creates

How Carey makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Carey creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Carey 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Carey is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Carey scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Carey's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Carey sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Carey

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Carey

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Carey

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Carey

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

PracticalVisionary
Carey

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Carey

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Carey Mulligan

Three stars chosen from the real sky above City of Westminster on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Carey’s birth-night reference starPhecdablue-white · Ursa MajorPhecda, in Ursa Major. A blue-white star, 84.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Phecda →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 25.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Gemini Sun

Quick, curious, already elsewhere.

Carey Mulligan's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 28, 1985, so no birth time is needed to settle it. 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.

Wood Ox

Reliable to the bone.

Carey Mulligan was born on May 28, 1985, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 11

Receives more than it reasons.

Carey Mulligan's birth date, May 28, 1985, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Carey’s chart

Carey’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Carey Mulligan, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 11° to 26° Virgo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 0.4° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.5° orbMercury faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 1.3° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.6° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 3° orbMoon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 4.9° orbMars flows with Jupiter · Trine, 5.1° orbSun in Gemini · 7°03′☉7°Moon in Virgo · 18°58′☽18°Mercury in Taurus · 25°11′☿25°Venus in Aries · 22°19′♀22°Mars in Gemini · 21°58′♂21°Jupiter in Aquarius · 16°52′♃16°Saturn in Scorpio · 23°54′ · retrograde♄℞23°Uranus in Sagittarius · 16°22′ · retrograde♅℞16°Neptune in Capricorn · 2°55′ · retrograde♆℞2°Pluto in Scorpio · 2°27′ · retrograde♇℞2°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn0.3° to 2.3° orb

    Carey’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • stableVenussextileMars0.3° to 0.4° orb

    Carey’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableJupitersextileUranus0.5° orb

    Carey’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.5° orb

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

  • stableMarstrineJupiter4.8° to 5.4° orb

    Carey’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus5.2° to 5.9° orb

    Carey’s drive pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenustrineUranus5.5° to 6.4° orb

    Carey’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.0° to 9.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 11.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.2° to 12.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 5.4° to 18.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Carey’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironGemini 8°41′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Carey turning that into a careful, exact way with words.

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 24°42′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

    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 Carey feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ♡ ErosGemini 0°25′ (moves 0.83° over the day)

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

    Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Carey is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 16°47′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Carey feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 29°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Carey carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Hygiea sextile Jupiter 0.1°
  • Hygiea trine Uranus 0.4°
  • Chiron conjunction Sun 1.6°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 2.4°
  • Ceres conjunction Mars 2.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 3.0°

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°).

Carey’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Venus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus4 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Carey 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 Carey’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Saturn · Venus, Mars, SaturnTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

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. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°
  • Jupiter semi-square Neptune 1.0°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.1°
  • Sun biquintile Pluto 1.4°
  • Venus quincunx Saturn 1.6°
  • Mars quincunx Saturn 1.9°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Carey Mulligan, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Carey’s cards

Every card is computed from May 28, 1985, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Justice

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Seeker

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Western zodiac

Gemini

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Carey Mulligan, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Carey’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q219655, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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 Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Carey Mulligan at Wikipedia, IMDb, X and MusicBrainz.

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 Carey Mulligan.

Quick answers about Carey Mulligan’s chart

How old is Carey Mulligan?
Carey Mulligan is 41 years old, born May 28, 1985 in City of Westminster, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Carey Mulligan?
Carey Mulligan is a Gemini: born May 28, 1985, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Ox.
What is Carey Mulligan's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 28, 1985 birth.
What time was Carey Mulligan born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Carey Mulligan's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the May 28, 1985 birth date.
What is Carey Mulligan's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 28, 1985 birth date.
Where is Carey Mulligan's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Carey Mulligan's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars; 1 major aspect). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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