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Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa (born November 17, 1952, Soweto, South Africa), aged 73, is President of South Africa since 2018. Ramaphosa has held office as Chairperson of the African Union and member of the National Assembly of South Africa. Ramaphosa's honours include Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud, Order of the Bath and National Order of the Lion of Senegal.

Cyril Ramaphosa’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Dragon, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Cyril Ramaphosa’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Lightkeeper

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#3143

US rank in 2025

~12,131

Americans share it since 1880

1916

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Cyril’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

9 · 1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus

Gold · Crimson · Soft pink

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Cyril, according to the stars

Core essence

Cyril does not do surface. The core of Cyril is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Cyril is earned slowly and never given lightly.

How Cyril wants to be loved

Cyril wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Cyril you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Cyril creates

How Cyril 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. Cyril 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: Cyril is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Cyril is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Cyril does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Cyril's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Cyril sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Cyril

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Cyril

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Cyril

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Cyril

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

PracticalVisionary
Cyril

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Cyril

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 Cyril Ramaphosa

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

Cyril’s birth-night reference starDiphdawarm orange · CetusDiphda, in Cetus. A warm orange star, 82° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Diphda →The warmest lightAldebaranwarm orange · TaurusAldebaran, in Taurus. A warm orange star, 18.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Aldebaran →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Cyril Ramaphosa in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

Cyril Ramaphosa's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 17, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Water Dragon

Big energy, bigger plans.

Cyril Ramaphosa was born on November 17, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.

Life Path 9

Carries the whole room's weight.

Cyril Ramaphosa's birth date, November 17, 1952, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Cyril’s chart

Cyril’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Cyril Ramaphosa, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 16° to 0° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.2° orbSaturn fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.6° orbSaturn opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.9° orbSun fuses with Moon · Conjunction, 1.5° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.7° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.8° orbMoon opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.2° orbSun in Scorpio · 25°01′☉25°Moon in Scorpio · 23°29′☽23°Mercury in Sagittarius · 15°55′☿15°Venus in Capricorn · 1°55′♀1°Mars in Capricorn · 26°40′♂26°Jupiter in Taurus · 14°42′ · retrograde♃℞14°Saturn in Libra · 22°20′♄22°Uranus in Cancer · 18°17′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Libra · 22°39′♆22°Pluto in Leo · 23°15′♇23°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSunconjunctionMoon0.0° to 7.7° orb

    Cyril’s core identity and feelings act as one.

  • stableMoonsquarePluto0.1° to 7.0° orb

    Cyril’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune0.3° orb

    Cyril’s discipline and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb

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

  • stableSaturnsextilePluto0.9° to 1.0° orb

    Cyril’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSunsquarePluto1.2° to 2.3° orb

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

  • stableSunsextileMars1.5° to 1.8° orb

    Cyril’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • stableJupitersextileUranus3.5° to 3.6° orb

    Cyril’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssquareNeptune3.7° to 4.4° orb

    Cyril’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn4.0° to 4.7° orb

    Cyril’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus4.0° to 4.1° orb

    Cyril’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableUranussquareNeptune4.3° to 4.4° orb

    Cyril’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 9°32′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. Cyril is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 13°56′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Cyril feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 23°17′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

    Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Cyril attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 20°05′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Cyril is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 25°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Cyril is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Eros trine Pluto 0.0°
  • Eros sextile Neptune 0.6°
  • Eros sextile Saturn 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Sun 1.0°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.8°
  • Ceres opposition Mercury 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 2.7°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Cyril’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 3 major aspects

A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Cyril is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Cyril’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Mercury · Jupiter, Uranus, MercuryTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Mercury quincunx Jupiter 1.2°
  • Mercury quincunx Uranus 2.4°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Cyril Ramaphosa, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Cyril’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Moon

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Cyril Ramaphosa, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Cyril’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1148669, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Ricardo Stuckert, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Cyril Ramaphosa at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

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Quick answers about Cyril Ramaphosa’s chart

How old is Cyril Ramaphosa?
Cyril Ramaphosa is 73 years old, born November 17, 1952 in Soweto, South Africa.
What zodiac sign is Cyril Ramaphosa?
Cyril Ramaphosa is a Scorpio: born November 17, 1952, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Dragon.
What is Cyril Ramaphosa's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 17, 1952 birth.
What time was Cyril Ramaphosa born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Cyril Ramaphosa's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the November 17, 1952 birth date.
What is Cyril Ramaphosa's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 17, 1952 birth date.
Where is Cyril Ramaphosa's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Cyril Ramaphosa's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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