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Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo (born January 8, 1987, Stockwell, United Kingdom), aged 39, is a British actress and singer-songwriter. Erivo is best known for Wicked: For Good, Harriet and Wicked. Erivo's honours include Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Member of the Order of the British Empire and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Cynthia Erivo’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Fire Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Cynthia Erivo’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Visionary

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#1014

US rank in 2025

~713,412

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

Cynthia ranked 84th among girls and 2,025th among boys in 1987, the year of this birth, with 3,392 American girls and 30 boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Cynthia’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

3

Soul Urge · being heard

11

Personality · perceptive

The name opens on C (3) and closes on A (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

Cynthia’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The record

What sets Cynthia apart

The shelf Cynthia Erivo is read from: Harriet, Wicked: For Good and Wicked.

La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School and University of East London shaped the training.

The working life starts in 2011, at 24.

Elvis Presley (1935) and Stephen Hawking (1942) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
Harriet, Wicked: For Good and Wicked
Educated at
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School, University of East London and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Instruments
voice
Awards
Theatre World Award (2016), Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (2026) and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2016)
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Original Song and Academy Award for Best Actress
Working from
2011
Wikipedia editions
49

What the chart says

Cynthia, according to the stars

Core essence

Cynthia is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Cynthia is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

How Cynthia wants to be loved

Cynthia wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Cynthia and watch them fall for you again.

How Cynthia creates

How Cynthia 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. Cynthia 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: Cynthia is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Cynthia is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Computed from Cynthia's birth date. Working below.

Where Cynthia sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Cynthia

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Cynthia

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

PrivateExpressive
Cynthia

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Cynthia

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

PracticalVisionary
Cynthia

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Cynthia

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Cynthia Erivo

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

Cynthia’s birth-night reference starMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 82.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirfak →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 78° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Stockwell that night

Computed for 51.47°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Mirfak stood nearest the zenith over Stockwell at 9 p.m. that evening, 82.3° above the horizon in Perseus.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 108 catalog stars were up in all.

At 51.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at first quarter, 69% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 43° down.

How unusual Cynthia's chart is

Chart pattern score

62 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Capricorn · A bowl chart · No Air 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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If you only read one paragraph

Capricorn Sun

Ambition wearing a plain coat.

Cynthia Erivo's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 8, 1987, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Fire Tiger

Big heart, short fuse.

Cynthia Erivo was born on January 8, 1987, which falls in a Fire Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Tiger means →

Life Path 7

Solitary, curious, deep.

Cynthia Erivo's birth date, January 8, 1987, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Cynthia’s chart

Cynthia’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 29° to 11° Aries or Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.4° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 1° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.1° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.5° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 2.6° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.7° orbMoon faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 4.1° orbSun in Capricorn · 17°40′☉17°Moon in Taurus · 5°32′☽5°Mercury in Capricorn · 15°06′☿15°Venus in Sagittarius · 1°01′♀1°Mars in Pisces · 29°59′♂29°Jupiter in Pisces · 18°45′♃18°Saturn in Sagittarius · 16°12′♄16°Uranus in Sagittarius · 24°02′♅24°Neptune in Capricorn · 5°58′♆5°Pluto in Scorpio · 9°38′♇9°

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

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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

  • stableMoontrineNeptune0.1° to 6.6° orb

    Cynthia’s feelings flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter0.7° to 1.5° orb

    Cynthia’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableVenustrineMars0.9° to 1.2° orb

    Cynthia’s affections flow straight into their drive.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury2.3° to 2.9° orb

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn2.5° to 2.6° orb

  • stableMercurysextileJupiter2.9° to 4.4° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus5.2° to 5.3° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus5.6° to 6.3° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune5.6° to 6.3° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionUranus7.8° to 7.9° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionPlutoorb from 0.0° to 10.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 16°59′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 8°06′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 15°31′ (moves 0.64° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 21°32′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 5°11′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros sextile Mercury 0.4°
  • Eros square Saturn 0.7°
  • Chiron opposition Saturn 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Neptune 0.8°
  • Chiron square Jupiter 1.8°
  • Eros sextile Sun 2.2°
  • Hygiea opposition Uranus 2.5°
  • Hygiea square Jupiter 2.8°

Cynthia’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter7 pts

    disposes Venus, Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Cynthia’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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.

  • Sun quintile Mars 0.3°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 0.6°
  • Jupiter quintile Neptune 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-square Venus 0.9°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.1°
  • Sun semi-sextile Saturn 1.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.6°

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Cynthia’s cards

Computed from January 8, 1987. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Visionary

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

Life Path

7 · Seeker

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

丙

yang Fire

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Cynthia’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q21592474 (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 Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Cynthia Erivo at Wikipedia, cynthiaerivo.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Cynthia Erivo.

Quick answers about Cynthia Erivo’s chart

How old is Cynthia Erivo?
Cynthia Erivo is 39 years old, born January 8, 1987 in Stockwell, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Cynthia Erivo?
Cynthia Erivo is a Capricorn: born January 8, 1987, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What is Cynthia Erivo's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 8, 1987 birth.
What is Cynthia Erivo's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What is Cynthia Erivo's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Cynthia Erivo's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Cynthia Erivo's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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