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Christian Braun

Christian Braun (born April 17, 2001, Burlington, United States), aged 25, is an American basketball player (born 2001). Braun has played for Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball and Denver Nuggets.

Christian Braun’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Metal Snake, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Christian Braun’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Diplomat

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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#96

US rank in 2025

~473,843

Americans share it since 1880

2000

its peak year

The SSA recorded 15,457 American boys and 400 girls named Christian in 2001: 24th among boys and 625th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Christian’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

4

Expression · building what holds

5

Soul Urge · freedom

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on C (3) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

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

Christian’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia

White · Crimson · Moonlight white

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 6, trigram Qian 乾, West group. Best direction West, worst Southeast.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 2001, 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 Christian apart

Study took Christian Braun to Blue Valley Northwest High School and University of Kansas.

Wikipedia files Christian Braun under People from Burlington, Kansas, Basketball players from Kansas and Denver Nuggets draft picks.

Zak Zinter and DJ Uiagalelei shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for all of them. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
Blue Valley Northwest High School and University of Kansas
Sport
basketball
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Christian, according to the stars

Core essence

Christian leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Christian is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Christian needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Christian needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Christian wants to be loved

Christian 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 Christian creates

How Christian makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Christian 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: Christian 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Christian 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 fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Christian has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Christian's birth date. Working below.

Where Christian sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Christian

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Christian

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

PrivateExpressive
Christian

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Christian

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Christian

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Christian

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

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

Christian’s birth-night reference starAlkaphrahblue-white · Ursa MajorAlkaphrah, in Ursa Major. A blue-white star, 80.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alkaphrah →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 24.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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

The sky over Burlington that night

Computed for 38.19°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Burlington at 9 p.m. that evening: Alkaphrah of Ursa Major, within 9.6° of the exact zenith.

Of the 102 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Burlington sits at 38.2°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −51.8° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Burlington on any night.

The Moon, 28% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 11° below the horizon.

How unusual Christian's chart is

Chart pattern score

62 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Aries · A bowl chart · No Water planets

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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Christian Braun in 15 seconds

Aries Sun

Fires first. Thinks later.

Christian Braun's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 17, 2001, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Metal Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

Christian Braun was born on April 17, 2001, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 6

Everyone's person. Never off duty.

Christian Braun's birth date, April 17, 2001, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Christian’s chart

Christian’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 26° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 1.4° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.7° orbSun flows with Mars · Trine, 1.9° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2° orbJupiter flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.1° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.7° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 3.6° orbMoon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 4° orbSun in Aries · 27°44′☉27°Moon in Aquarius · 20°06′☽20°Mercury in Aries · 21°28′☿21°Venus in Aries · 1°35′ · retrograde♀℞1°Mars in Sagittarius · 25°52′♂25°Jupiter in Gemini · 10°45′♃10°Saturn in Taurus · 29°38′♄29°Uranus in Aquarius · 24°08′♅24°Neptune in Aquarius · 8°38′♆8°Pluto in Sagittarius · 15°02′ · retrograde♇℞15°

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

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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

  • stableSuntrineMars1.5° to 2.2° orb

    Christian’s core identity flows straight into their drive.

  • stableMarssextileUranus1.6° to 1.8° orb

    Christian’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus1.7° to 3.7° orb

    Christian’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenussextileSaturn1.9° to 2.1° orb

  • stableJupitertrineNeptune2.0° to 2.2° orb

  • stableSunsextileUranus3.1° to 4.1° orb

  • stableMercurytrineMars3.5° to 5.3° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionPluto4.2° to 4.4° orb

  • stableVenussquareMars5.5° to 5.9° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus5.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury5.7° to 6.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water0 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 28°51′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 20°22′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 18°44′ (moves 0.84° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 0°14′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 15°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea square Saturn 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 0.9°
  • Chiron trine Sun 1.1°
  • Ceres square Mercury 1.1°
  • Hygiea sextile Sun 2.5°
  • Chiron square Venus 2.7°
  • Chiron conjunction Mars 3.0°

Christian’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♂ Mars10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus7 pts

    in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Christian’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.

  • Mercury quintile Neptune 0.8°
  • Sun semi-sextile Saturn 1.9°
  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 2.0°

Born the same day as Christian

3 other people here were born on April 17, 2001, 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. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. At 38.2°N, the sky above Burlington stops at −51.8° declination. Same sky, different lives.

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Christian’s cards

Computed from April 17, 2001. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Diplomat

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

6 · Guardian

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Christian’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q100759022 (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 Pbritti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Christian Braun.

Quick answers about Christian Braun’s chart

How old is Christian Braun?
Christian Braun is 25 years old, born April 17, 2001 in Burlington, United States.
What zodiac sign is Christian Braun?
Christian Braun is an Aries: born April 17, 2001, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What is Christian Braun's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 17, 2001 birth.
How tall is Christian Braun?
Christian Braun is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Christian Braun's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Christian Braun's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Christian Braun's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Christian Braun's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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