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Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper (born July 9, 1951, Kansas City, United States), aged 75, is an American actor (1951-). Cooper's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Chris Cooper’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rabbit, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Chris Cooper’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Pioneer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

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

#646

US rank in 2025

~170,417

Americans share it since 1880

1961

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1951, Chris came 173rd among boys and 491st among girls, carried by 1,473 American boys and 278 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Chris’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

8

Soul Urge · achievement

4

Personality · steady, dependable

The name opens on C (3) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Chris’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

5 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia

Sky blue · Pearl · Silver

The record

What sets Chris apart

Tom Hanks (1956) and Courtney Love (1964) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Chris, according to the stars

Core essence

Chris feels the room before entering it. The core of Chris is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Chris, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

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

How Chris wants to be loved

Chris wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Chris and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Chris creates

How Chris makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Chris creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Chris is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Chris is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Chris does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

Computed from Chris's birth date. Working below.

Where Chris sits

Six lines

Chris’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Chris

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Chris

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Chris

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Chris

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Chris

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Chris

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 Chris Cooper

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

Chris’s birth-night reference starIzarwarm orange · BoötesIzar, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 78.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Izar →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 20.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Kansas City that night

Computed for 39.05°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Kansas City was Izar, in Boötes, 78.1° up.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 82 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 39.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −51.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Kansas City on any night.

The Moon, 29% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 2° below the horizon.

How unusual Chris's chart is

Chart pattern score

60 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Cancer · T-square onto Sun · 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.

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The quick version

Cancer Sun

Hard shell, soft centre.

Chris Cooper's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 9, 1951, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Metal Rabbit

Three steps ahead, no fuss.

Chris Cooper was born on July 9, 1951, which falls in a Metal Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 5

Can't sit still. Won't try.

Chris Cooper's birth date, July 9, 1951, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Chris’s chart

Chris’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 0.1° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.7° orbVenus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.6° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 3° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.5° orbJupiter faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.7° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 5.3° orbSun in Cancer · 16°40′☉16°Moon in Virgo · 16°44′☽16°Mercury in Leo · 2°08′☿2°Venus in Virgo · 1°15′♀1°Mars in Cancer · 3°51′♂3°Jupiter in Aries · 13°08′♃13°Saturn in Virgo · 26°58′♄26°Uranus in Cancer · 10°08′♅10°Neptune in Libra · 16°47′♆16°Pluto in Leo · 18°28′♇18°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableSunsquareNeptune0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Chris’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° orb

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

  • stableVenussextileMars2.5° to 2.7° orb

    Chris’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableJupitersquareUranus3.0° orb

  • stableSunsquareJupiter3.1° to 4.0° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune3.6° to 3.7° orb

  • stableJupitertrinePluto5.3° to 5.4° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionUranus6.0° to 6.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionUranus6.1° to 7.0° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune6.6° to 6.7° orb

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.1° to 5.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.4° to 12.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Chris’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 28°37′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 16°49′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosAries 8°57′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 21°04′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 0°38′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres trine Sun 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 0.6°
  • Eros square Uranus 1.2°
  • Chiron square Saturn 1.7°
  • Chiron trine Venus 2.6°

Chris’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mars, Uranus

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Chris’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Mars, 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Sun · Jupiter, Neptune, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Uranus · Jupiter, Neptune, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.4°
  • Mars semi-square Pluto 0.4°
  • Venus semi-square Neptune 0.5°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.9°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.7°
  • Sun semi-sextile Pluto 1.8°

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From the journal: Sect: day charts vs night charts · Why your Chinese sign might be wrong

Chris’s cards

Computed from July 9, 1951. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Pioneer

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

5 · Explorer

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Chris’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q273208 (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 David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Chris Cooper 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 Chris Cooper.

Quick answers about Chris Cooper’s chart

How old is Chris Cooper?
Chris Cooper is 75 years old, born July 9, 1951 in Kansas City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Chris Cooper?
Chris Cooper is a Cancer: born July 9, 1951, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What is Chris Cooper's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 9, 1951 birth.
What is Chris Cooper's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What is Chris Cooper's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Chris Cooper's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Chris Cooper's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mars, Uranus). Sun is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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