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Dan Gilbert

Dan Gilbert (born January 17, 1962, Detroit, United States), aged 64, is an American businessman.

Dan Gilbert’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Dan Gilbert’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Visionary

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

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

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

#1962

US rank in 2025

~107,130

Americans share it since 1880

1960

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Dan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 1

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia

Crimson · Ivory · Silver

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

What the chart says

Dan, according to the stars

Core essence

Dan is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Dan 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.

The vibe

Underneath, Dan processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Dan needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.

How Dan wants to be loved

Dan 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 Dan you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Dan creates

How Dan makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Dan creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.

Instinct

Instinct: Dan is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Dan 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 Dan 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 Dan's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Dan sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Dan

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dan

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

PrivateExpressive
Dan

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dan

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Dan

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dan

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 Dan Gilbert

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

Dan’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 82.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 79° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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.

If you only read one paragraph

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Dan Gilbert's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 17, 1962, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Metal Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Dan Gilbert was born on January 17, 1962, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

Dan Gilbert's birth date, January 17, 1962, 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 Dan’s chart

Dan’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Dan Gilbert, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 28° Gemini depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 1° orbJupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 1° orbMercury grinds against Neptune · Square, 2° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.5° orbSun fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 4.5° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.9° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 6.6° orbSun in Capricorn · 27°07′☉27°Moon in Gemini · 22°15′☽22°Mercury in Aquarius · 15°15′☿15°Venus in Capricorn · 24°47′♀24°Mars in Capricorn · 18°13′♂18°Jupiter in Aquarius · 14°17′♃14°Saturn in Aquarius · 1°38′♄1°Uranus in Leo · 29°46′ · retrograde♅℞29°Neptune in Scorpio · 13°17′♆13°Pluto in Virgo · 9°48′ · retrograde♇℞9°

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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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

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.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter0.4° to 1.5° orb

    Dan’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune0.9° to 1.1° orb

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

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune1.3° to 2.6° orb

    Dan’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus2.2° to 2.4° orb

    Dan’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.5° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn4.1° to 5.0° orb

    Dan’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars6.3° to 6.8° orb

    Dan’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableVenusconjunctionSaturn6.3° to 7.4° orb

    Dan’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 1.1° to 13.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 1.3° to 12.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 1.7° to 14.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMarssextileNeptuneorb from 4.6° to 5.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Dan’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.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 3°56′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Dan absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 13°37′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Dan is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 16°30′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Dan is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 20°22′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Dan is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 8°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Dan exacting with themselves first.

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.

  • Ceres opposition Neptune 0.3°
  • Ceres square Jupiter 0.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 0.8°
  • Eros conjunction Mercury 1.3°
  • Ceres square Mercury 1.6°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mars 2.1°
  • Eros conjunction Jupiter 2.2°

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°).

Dan’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. ♄ Saturn8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Dan is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Dan’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.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Venus, MarsThree 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 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.

  • Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.0°
  • Venus quintile Neptune 0.5°
  • Venus biquintile Uranus 1.0°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.9°

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

Born the same day as Dan

Jim Carrey was born on January 17, 1962 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.

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Dan’s cards

Every card is computed from January 17, 1962, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

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AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Visionary

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Dan Gilbert, 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

Dan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3290675, 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.

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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dan Gilbert.

Quick answers about Dan Gilbert’s chart

How old is Dan Gilbert?
Dan Gilbert is 64 years old, born January 17, 1962 in Detroit, United States.
What zodiac sign is Dan Gilbert?
Dan Gilbert is a Capricorn: born January 17, 1962, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox.
What is Dan Gilbert's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 17, 1962 birth.
What time was Dan Gilbert 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 Dan Gilbert's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the January 17, 1962 birth date.
What is Dan Gilbert's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 17, 1962 birth date.
Where is Dan Gilbert's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Dan Gilbert's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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