Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm (born April 29, 1917, New York City, United States; died 2012), was an American actress. Holm's honours include Order of St. Olav, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
Celeste Holm’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Fire Snake, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac was 
Fire Snake, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with Celeste
Celeste Holm’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Guardian
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Celeste in the U.S.?
#188
US rank in 2025
~65,678
Americans share it since 1881
2025
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1917, Celeste came 535th, carried by 156 American girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Celeste’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
3
Soul Urge · being heard
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on C (3) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 5: voice against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Celeste’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy
White · Blush · Flame orange
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1917, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Celeste apart
Celeste Holm took the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture in 1947, at 30.
Francis W. Parker School and University of Chicago shaped the training.
The working life starts in 1937, at 20.
Cause of death is recorded as myocardial infarction.
On the family side, Celeste Holm was married Ralph Nelson and Wesley Addy and raised one child.
The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Celeste Holm: Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal, Actresses from Morris County, New Jersey and People from Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
Anggun (1974) and Uma Thurman (1970) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Francis W. Parker School and University of Chicago
- Instruments
- voice
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1948) and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture (1947)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Working from
- 1937
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- French, English and Dutch
- Wikipedia editions
- 50
What the chart says
Celeste, according to the stars
Core essence
Celeste 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 Celeste 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, Celeste needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Celeste needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Celeste wants to be loved
Celeste wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Celeste is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Celeste creates
How Celeste makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Celeste creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Celeste 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Celeste 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 told to wait. Mars in Aries means Celeste gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from Celeste's birth date. Working below.
Where Celeste sits
Six lines
Celeste’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where 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 night
Dedicate a star to Celeste Holm
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Phecda stood nearest the zenith over New York City at 9 p.m. that evening, 76.3° above the horizon in Ursa Major.
Of the 94 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 21° below the horizon, Moon up and 58% lit at first quarter.
The name and the places
- Born in
- New York City, United States
The death is recorded at New York City, New York in 2012.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Celeste Holm: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Celeste's chart is
Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Taurus · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunSlow to move, slower to leave.
Celeste Holm's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 29, 1917, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Fire Snake
Fire SnakeSays less than it knows.
Celeste Holm was born on April 29, 1917, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Feeds the room, forgets to eat.
Celeste Holm's birth date, April 29, 1917, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in Celeste’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Celeste Holm's date-only chart is Sun conjunction Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Celeste Holm combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Guardian.
Celeste’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 19° Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunconjunctionVenus0.7° to 1.0° orb
Celeste’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarssquareSaturn1.0° to 1.7° orb
Celeste’s drive grinds against their discipline.
stableMarssextileUranus2.3° to 3.1° orb
Celeste’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysextileSaturn2.9° to 3.4° orb
stableMercurysextileNeptune4.0° to 4.5° orb
stableMercurysquareUranus4.3° to 4.8° orb
stableMarssquareNeptune5.7° to 6.5° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter5.8° to 6.8° orb
stableSunconjunctionJupiter6.8° to 7.5° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune7.4° to 7.5° orb
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.0° to 9.7° depending on birth time
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed7 of 10
- Mutable0 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Celeste’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironPisces 28°15′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 8°22′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Scorpio 23°03′ (moves 0.44° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius 6°13′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 19°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron sextile Mercury 0.3°
- Eros square Uranus 0.3°
- Ceres trine Sun 0.4°
- Ceres trine Venus 1.3°
- Eros trine Saturn 1.7°
- Hygiea square Sun 2.6°
Celeste’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars5 pts
in its own sign, Aries; 3 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus4 pts
in its own sign, Aquarius; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Celeste’s chart
Stellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, Venus, JupiterThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.5°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.4°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.8°
- Jupiter semi-square Pluto 1.8°
More people like Celeste
Other actors
- Teresa Wright1918
- Keenan Wynn1916
- Raymond Burr1917
- Gary Merrill1915
- Ben Johnson1918
- Jane Wyman1917
Born in United States
- Sebastian de GraziaAmerican writer
- Herbert A. HauptmanAmerican mathematician
- John F. KennedyPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963
- Jack ArnoldAmerican director
- Lena HorneAmerican singer, actress, dancer and activist
- Robert BlochAmerican fiction writer
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Born in Snake years
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- Sarah Michelle GellarAmerican actress
- Salvador SobralPortuguese singer
Also born on April 29
- Anggun1974
- Uma Thurman1970
- Michelle Pfeiffer1958
- Daniel Day-Lewis1957
- Candace Owens1989
- Mirra Andreeva2007
Fellow Yin Metal day masters
- Stephen BaldwinAmerican actor and political activist
- Bobby BrownAmerican R&B singer (born 1969)
- Billy BushAmerican radio and television host (born 1971)
Other Taurus Snake charts
- Mike Adenuga
- Chris BrownAmerican singer and rapper
- Tom CottonAmerican politician and army officer (born 1977)
- Eric ChurchAmerican country singer
Other Gilded Guardians
- Bernard BailynAmerican historian
- Zhou LongChinese-American composer
- James MerrillAmerican poet
- Oliver La FargeAmerican novelist, anthropologist
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- JennieSouth Korean singer-songwriter and rapper
- Christopher WalkenAmerican actor
- Kate BushEnglish singer, pianist and songwriter
From the journal: Your Kua number, and why it splits households · Do twins have the same birth chart?
Celeste’s cards
Computed from April 29, 1917. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The DevilAsterNym identity card
The Gilded GuardianWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
6 · Guardian♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Celeste’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q212957 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by MGM studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Celeste Holm at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Celeste Holm.
Quick answers about Celeste Holm’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Celeste Holm?
- Celeste Holm was a Taurus: born April 29, 1917, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What was Celeste Holm's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 29, 1917 birth.
- What was Celeste Holm's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What was Celeste Holm's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Celeste Holm's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Celeste Holm's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
