Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle (born David Khari Webber Chappelle; August 24, 1973, Washington, D.C., United States, 08:46), aged 53, is an American comedian and actor. Notable films include A Star Is Born, You've Got Mail and Con Air. Chappelle's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Dave Chappelle’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Water Ox, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Ox, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Dave
Dave Chappelle’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Seeker
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
The SSA recorded 240 American boys named Dave in 1973: 504th for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Dave’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name David Khari Webber Chappelle, not the name they published under.
4
Expression · building what holds
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Soul Urge · freedom
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Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on D (4) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Dave’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily
Coral · Lilac · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Dave apart
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series came in 2017, when Dave Chappelle was 44.
Study took Dave Chappelle to Eastern High School and Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
Dave Chappelle was 14 when the work began in 1987.
On the family side, Dave Chappelle was born to Yvonne Seon and William David Chappelle III and raised one child.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899) and Paulo Coelho (1947) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Eastern High School and Duke Ellington School of the Arts
- Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2017), Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (2020) and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2019)
- Working from
- 1987
- Wikipedia editions
- 49
What the chart says
Dave, according to the stars
Core essence
Dave notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Dave is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Dave is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Dave needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Dave wants to be loved
Dave wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Dave gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Dave creates
How Dave makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Dave creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Dave 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Dave 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.
Triggers
Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Dave is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
Computed from Dave's birth date. Working below.
Where Dave sits
Six lines
Dave’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Read from the sky above Washington at 08:46, Dave Chappelle’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Washington that night
Computed for 38.90°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Washington at the birth hour: Menkalinan of Auriga, within 6.3° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 104 catalog stars were up in all.
Washington sits at 38.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −51.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Washington on any night.
Sun -25° below the horizon, Moon up and 17% lit at waning crescent.
The name and the places
- Born as
- David Khari Webber Chappelle
- Known as
- Dave Chappelle
- Born in
- Washington, D.C., United States
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Dave's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
No major star sits in the Life Palace, which the tradition calls 空宮, an empty palace. The branch is 辰.
Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Wealth
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 2/4
Emotional authority · Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
57 / 100 · Unusual
Yod onto Mars · Yod onto Mars
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.
Score your own chart →Dave Chappelle in 15 seconds
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunHelps by correcting.
Dave Chappelle's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time.
What Virgo means →Water Ox
Water OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Dave Chappelle was born on August 24, 1973, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Dave Chappelle's birth date, August 24, 1973, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Dave’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Dave Chappelle's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house and Neptune in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Dave Chappelle's timed chart is Mars square Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Uranus and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Dave Chappelle combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Seeker.
Dave’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MarssquareJupiterseparating · 0.4° orb
Dave’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
JupitersextileNeptuneseparating · 0.5° orb
Dave’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SaturnsquarePlutoapplying · 0.8° orb
Dave’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SunsextileSaturnapplying · 1.1° orb
JupitertrinePlutoapplying · 1.2° orb
MercurysextileUranusseparating · 1.5° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.6° orb
VenussextileNeptuneseparating · 1.9° orb
VenustrineJupiterseparating · 2.3° orb
MarssextileSaturnseparating · 2.3° orb
SuntrineMarsapplying · 3.4° orb
SunsquareNeptuneapplying · 3.5° orb
VenusconjunctionPlutoseparating · 3.5° orb
VenussquareSaturnseparating · 4.3° orb
MoonsquareVenusseparating · 5.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Dave’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 20°30′ · House 8
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 7°09′ · House 4
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLibra 10°42′ · House 2
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aquarius 17°11′ · House 6
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 0°59′ · House 5
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron opposition Uranus 0.1°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 0.2°
- Ceres sextile Venus 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 1.3°
- Chiron trine Mercury 1.4°
- Eros square Moon 1.7°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 2.1°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.5°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 2.9°
Dave’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus10 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 5 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect
3. ☽ Moon7 pts
rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Saturn; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Dave’s chart
Yod onto Mars · Neptune, Pluto, MarsTwo 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.- Yod onto Mars · Venus, Neptune, MarsTwo 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.
- Yod onto Neptune · Mars, Saturn, NeptuneTwo 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.
- Yod onto Saturn · Jupiter, Neptune, SaturnTwo 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars quincunx Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 0.3°
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 0.7°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.6°
- Sun semi-sextile Pluto 1.8°
- Venus quincunx Mars 1.9°
- Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.9°
- Saturn quincunx Neptune 2.4°
Dave’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgo | Mercury in Leo, house 12 | Sun | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Libra, house 2 | Venus, Uranus, Pluto | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 2 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Aquarius, house 6 | Neptune | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Cancer, house 11 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 2 | Jupiter | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 4 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Taurus, house 9 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Libra, house 2 | Mars | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Leo, house 12 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Cancer, house 11 | Moon, Saturn | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Virgo, house 1 | Mercury | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Born in Ox years
- Benjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
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- Werner HeisenbergGerman theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner
Also born on August 24
- Jorge Luis Borges1899
- Paulo Coelho1947
- Rupert Grint1988
- Karoline Leavitt1997
- Funke Akindele-Bello1977
- Linda Hogan1959
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- Julie BowenAmerican actress (born 1970)
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Dave’s cards
Computed from August 24, 1973. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Tidal SeekerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
7 · Seeker☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Dave’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q40321 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by John Bauld from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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 Dave Chappelle.
Quick answers about Dave Chappelle’s chart
- How old is Dave Chappelle?
- Dave Chappelle is 53 years old, born August 24, 1973 in Washington, D.C., United States.
- What zodiac sign is Dave Chappelle?
- Dave Chappelle is a Virgo: born August 24, 1973, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time.
- What is Dave Chappelle's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 24, 1973 birth.
- What time was Dave Chappelle born?
- 08:46 local time in Washington, D.C., United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Dave Chappelle's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 08:46 birth time in Washington, D.C., United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Dave Chappelle's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is Dave Chappelle's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 20°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Dave Chappelle's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 0°, in the fifth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Dave Chappelle's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 5 major aspects). Mercury is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
