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Dave Barry

Dave Barry (born July 3, 1947, Armonk, United States), aged 79, is an American writer. Barry's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Commentary and Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Dave Barry’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Dave Barry’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Pioneer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#2456

US rank in 2025

~64,492

Americans share it since 1880

1959

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Dave’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Carnelian

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Hibiscus

Sky blue · Pearl · Scarlet

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

What the chart says

Dave, according to the stars

Core essence

Dave feels the room before entering it. The core of Dave 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 Dave, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Dave is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Dave needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Dave wants to be loved

Dave wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Dave like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Dave creates

How Dave makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Dave creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Dave is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Dave is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Dave scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

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

Where Dave sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Dave

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dave

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

PrivateExpressive
Dave

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dave

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

PracticalVisionary
Dave

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dave

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 Dave Barry

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

Dave’s birth-night reference starIzarwarm orange · BoötesIzar, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 76.1° 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, 19° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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.

The quick version

Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

Dave Barry's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 3, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

Dave Barry was born on July 3, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.

Life Path 4

The one who reads the manual.

Dave Barry's birth date, July 3, 1947, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.

What stands out in Dave’s chart

Dave’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Dave Barry, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 19° Capricorn depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.2° orbVenus fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 0.9° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 2.4° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.8° orbSaturn fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 3.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.9° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.6° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 4.9° orbSun in Cancer · 10°52′☉10°Moon in Capricorn · 13°18′☽13°Mercury in Cancer · 26°56′ · retrograde☿℞26°Venus in Gemini · 24°02′♀24°Mars in Gemini · 1°47′♂1°Jupiter in Scorpio · 17°55′ · retrograde♃℞17°Saturn in Leo · 8°17′♄8°Uranus in Gemini · 23°05′♅23°Neptune in Libra · 8°05′♆8°Pluto in Leo · 12°01′♇12°

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.

  • stableSunoppositionMoon0.1° to 7.9° orb

    Dave’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune0.2° to 0.3° orb

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

  • stableVenusconjunctionUranus0.4° to 1.5° orb

    Dave’s affections and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableSunsquareNeptune2.3° to 3.3° orb

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

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto3.7° to 3.8° orb

    Dave’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

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

  • stableMarstrineNeptune5.9° to 6.6° orb

    Dave’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableJupitersquarePluto5.9° orb

    Dave’s growth grinds against their depths.

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 11.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 10.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercurysextileMarsorb from 4.4° to 5.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleSuntrineJupiterorb from 6.6° to 7.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

Dave’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.

  • ⚷ ChironScorpio 2°18′

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

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Dave carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 29°05′ (moves 0.27° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Dave looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 4°16′ (moves 0.13° 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 Dave attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaGemini 11°06′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Dave needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 17°12′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Dave is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 0.7°
  • Hygiea sextile Pluto 0.9°
  • Ceres square Mercury 2.1°
  • Eros opposition Mars 2.5°
  • Hygiea sextile Saturn 2.8°

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°).

Dave’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. ☽ Moon6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune4 pts

    4 major aspects

A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Dave is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.

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 Dave’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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 biquintile Jupiter 0.1°
  • Saturn semi-square Uranus 0.2°
  • Venus semi-square Saturn 0.7°
  • Mercury quintile Neptune 0.8°
  • Jupiter biquintile Uranus 0.8°
  • Sun semi-sextile Pluto 1.1°

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

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From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works

Dave’s cards

Every card is computed from July 3, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Cancer

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Dave Barry, 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

Dave’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q673567, 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 Purocafe (talk), crop by Ruhrfisch ><>°°, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Dave Barry at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.

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 Dave Barry.

Quick answers about Dave Barry’s chart

How old is Dave Barry?
Dave Barry is 79 years old, born July 3, 1947 in Armonk, United States.
What zodiac sign is Dave Barry?
Dave Barry is a Cancer: born July 3, 1947, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
What is Dave Barry's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 3, 1947 birth.
What time was Dave Barry 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 Dave Barry's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the July 3, 1947 birth date.
What is Dave Barry's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 3, 1947 birth date.
Where is Dave Barry's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Dave Barry's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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