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Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949, London, United Kingdom), aged 77, is an English comics artist and writer. Gibbons is best known for Watchmen. Gibbons's honours include Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Inkpot Award and Hugo Award for Best Other Form.

Dave Gibbons’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Earth Ox, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Dave Gibbons’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Pioneer

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, 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

In 1949, 1,163 American boys were registered Dave — 182nd on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Dave’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

3

Soul Urge · being heard

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on D (4) and closes on E (5).

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

5 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

White · Crimson · Gold

The record

What sets Dave apart

Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977) and Adrien Brody (1973) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Dave, according to the stars

Core essence

Dave leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Dave is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Dave feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Dave needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Dave wants to be loved

Dave wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How Dave creates

How Dave makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Dave builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Dave is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Dave gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
Dave

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dave

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Dave

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dave

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

PracticalVisionary
Dave

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dave

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Dave Gibbons

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

Dave’s birth-night reference starAlkaphrahblue-white · Ursa MajorAlkaphrah, in Ursa Major. A blue-white star, 83.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alkaphrah →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 27° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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

The sky over London that night

Computed for 51.51°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at London was Alkaphrah, in Ursa Major, 83.6° up.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 105 catalog stars above the horizon.

London sits at 51.5°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

Nothing below −38.5° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from London on any night.

The Moon, 96% lit at waning gibbous, had already set; the Sun sat 10° below the horizon.

How unusual Dave's chart is

Chart pattern score

54 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Aries · Only two elements · 2 planets at a critical degree

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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The quick version

Aries Sun

Runs at it head first.

Dave Gibbons's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 14, 1949, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Earth Ox

Stubborn, and usually right.

Dave Gibbons was born on April 14, 1949, which falls in a Earth Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 5

Five doors open at once.

Dave Gibbons's birth date, April 14, 1949, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Dave’s chart

Dave’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 19° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.6° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.7° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1.3° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.8° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.9° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 2° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.4° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 3° orbSun in Aries · 24°10′☉24°Moon in Scorpio · 12°09′☽12°Mercury in Aries · 25°26′☿25°Venus in Aries · 23°31′♀23°Mars in Aries · 18°09′♂18°Jupiter in Aquarius · 0°11′♃0°Saturn in Leo · 29°34′ · retrograde♄℞29°Uranus in Gemini · 27°13′♅27°Neptune in Libra · 13°31′ · retrograde♆℞13°Pluto in Leo · 14°11′ · retrograde♇℞14°

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

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus0.5° to 0.8° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° to 0.7° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.7° to 1.8° orb

    Dave’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus0.7° to 2.8° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.5° to 2.3° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus2.3° to 2.4° orb

  • stableSunsextileUranus2.6° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn3.1° to 5.2° orb

  • stableVenussextileUranus3.1° to 4.3° orb

  • stableMarstrinePluto3.6° to 4.4° orb

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter3.7° to 5.7° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionNeptune4.2° to 5.0° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire6 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

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

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 8°36′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 12°45′ (moves 0.13° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 4°21′ (moves 0.43° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Virgo 3°38′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 29°42′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 0.5°
  • Ceres sextile Neptune 0.8°
  • Ceres conjunction Pluto 1.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 2.5°

Dave’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♂ Mars13 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun8 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 6 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    disposes Uranus; 6 major aspects

Configurations in Dave’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 0.6°
  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.0°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 2.0°

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Dave’s cards

Computed from April 14, 1949. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Pioneer

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

5 · Explorer

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Dave’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q445765 (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 Julian Tysoe from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Dave Gibbons at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Dave Gibbons.

Quick answers about Dave Gibbons’s chart

How old is Dave Gibbons?
Dave Gibbons is 77 years old, born April 14, 1949 in London, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Dave Gibbons?
Dave Gibbons is an Aries: born April 14, 1949, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What is Dave Gibbons's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 14, 1949 birth.
What is Dave Gibbons's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What is Dave Gibbons's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Dave Gibbons's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Dave Gibbons's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (13 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 5 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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