Charlie Ergen
Charlie Ergen (born March 1, 1953, Oak Ridge, United States), aged 73, is an American businessman.
Charlie Ergen’s zodiac sign is Pisces, Chinese zodiac is Water Snake, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Pisces, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Snake, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Charlie
Charlie Ergen’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Explorer
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Charlie in the U.S.?
#133
US rank in 2025
~224,639
Americans share it since 1880
1919
its peak year
Charlie ranked 174th among boys and 1,078th among girls in 1953, the year of this birth, with 1,534 American boys and 80 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Charlie’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
6
Expression · taking responsibility
7
Soul Urge · understanding
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on C (3) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Charlie’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🪷 Lotus
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1953, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Charlie apart
Oak Ridge High School and Wake Forest University School of Business shaped the training.
The family line: married Cantey Ergen.
The same date carries Dan T. Cathy. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.
- Educated at
- Oak Ridge High School, Wake Forest University School of Business and University of Tennessee
- Citizenship
- United States
- Wikipedia editions
- 9
What the chart says
Charlie, according to the stars
Core essence
Charlie feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Charlie is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.
The vibe
Underneath, Charlie 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 Charlie needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Charlie wants to be loved
Charlie 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 Charlie creates
How Charlie makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Charlie 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: Charlie 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Charlie is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Charlie 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 Charlie's birth date. Working below.
Where Charlie sits
Six lines
Charlie’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Charlie Ergen
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge that night
Computed for 36.01°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Castor stood nearest the zenith over Oak Ridge at 9 p.m. that evening, 82.5° above the horizon in Gemini.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 100 catalog stars were up in all.
From 36.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Oak Ridge at all: they sit past the −54.0° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at full moon, 98% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 30° down.
How unusual Charlie's chart is
Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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 →Charlie Ergen in 15 seconds
Pisces Sun
Pisces SunFeels it all, owns none of it.
Charlie Ergen's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 1, 1953, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Pisces means →Water Snake
Water SnakeWatches. Waits. Then precisely.
Charlie Ergen was born on March 1, 1953, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Charlie Ergen's birth date, March 1, 1953, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Charlie’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Charlie Ergen's date-only chart is Venus opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Fire/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Charlie Ergen combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Explorer.
Charlie’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 26° Virgo 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
stableVenusoppositionNeptune0.0° to 0.3° orb
Charlie’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableJupitersextileUranus1.1° to 1.2° orb
Charlie’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarssquareUranus1.3° to 2.0° orb
Charlie’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenustrinePluto1.6° to 2.3° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.9° orb
stableVenusoppositionSaturn2.9° to 3.6° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune3.2° orb
stableSuntrineUranus3.3° to 4.3° orb
stableMarstrinePluto4.9° to 5.7° orb
stableJupitersquarePluto5.7° to 5.9° orb
stableMarsoppositionNeptune6.9° to 7.6° orb
stableVenusconjunctionMars7.2° to 7.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Charlie’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironCapricorn 18°55′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresGemini 8°25′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 25°25′ (moves 0.60° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 20°58′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 7°36′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea square Pluto 0.6°
- Eros trine Saturn 1.4°
- Eros sextile Venus 1.9°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.9°
- Ceres square Sun 2.4°
- Chiron square Mars 2.6°
Charlie’s dominant planets
1. ♆ Neptune9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus7 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 4 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars7 pts
in its own sign, Aries; disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Charlie’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 0.5°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.0°
- Mercury biquintile Pluto 1.3°
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 1.9°
- Mercury quincunx Saturn 2.1°
Born the same day as Charlie
Dan T. Cathy was born on March 1, 1953 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. Oak Ridge sits at 36.0°N, far enough north that Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never clear the horizon. Same sky, different lives.
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Fellow Yin Metal day masters
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From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
Charlie’s cards
Computed from March 1, 1953. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Gilded ExplorerWestern zodiac
PiscesChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Charlie’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5084818 (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.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Charlie Ergen.
Quick answers about Charlie Ergen’s chart
- How old is Charlie Ergen?
- Charlie Ergen is 73 years old, born March 1, 1953 in Oak Ridge, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Charlie Ergen?
- Charlie Ergen is a Pisces: born March 1, 1953, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
- What is Charlie Ergen's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 1, 1953 birth.
- What is Charlie Ergen's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Charlie Ergen's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Charlie Ergen's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Charlie Ergen's dominant planet?
- Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
