David Attenborough
David Attenborough (born May 8, 1926, Isleworth, United Kingdom), aged 100, is a British broadcaster and naturalist. Attenborough's honours include Order of the Companions of Honour, Champions of the Earth and Michael Faraday Prize.
David Attenborough’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Tiger, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Tiger, with 
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David Attenborough’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Architect
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.
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David’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
22 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Hibiscus
Ivory · Blush · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
David, according to the stars
Core essence
David is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of David is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How David wants to be loved
David 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 David creates
How David 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. David 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: David is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. David is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; David slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from David's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunComfort first, then everything else.
David Attenborough's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 8, 1926, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Fire Tiger
Fire TigerLeads by moving.
David Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926, which falls in a Fire Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 22
Life Path 22Dreams at full scale.
David Attenborough's birth date, May 8, 1926, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.
What stands out in David’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in David Attenborough's date-only chart is Mercury trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Fire/Water emphasis, with four planets in each.
- David Attenborough combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Architect.
David’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for David Attenborough, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 24° to 8° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMercurytrineNeptune0.0° to 1.2° orb
David’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableMoonconjunctionVenus0.1° to 7.3° orb
David’s feelings and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsquareNeptune1.2° to 1.3° orb
David’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupitersquareSaturn1.5° to 1.7° orb
David’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurysextileJupiter1.7° to 3.0° orb
David’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune2.8° to 2.9° orb
David’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableVenusconjunctionUranus3.3° to 4.3° orb
David’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
stableSunsextilePluto3.7° to 4.6° orb
David’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsquareNeptune4.4° to 5.4° orb
David’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturntrineUranus4.9° to 5.0° orb
David’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableSunoppositionSaturn5.6° to 6.7° orb
David’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.1° to 10.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
David’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.
⚷ ChironAries 29°04′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: David may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresLeo 18°29′ (moves 0.24° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. David is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosCapricorn 26°14′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. David is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaCancer 20°25′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. David is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 26°29′ (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. David 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.
- Ceres square Sun 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Jupiter 1.6°
- Eros sextile Uranus 1.9°
- Hygiea square Mercury 2.1°
- Hygiea trine 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°).
David’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. ♀ Venus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune6 pts
disposes Mars, Uranus; 4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: David is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 David’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.
T-square onto Saturn · Jupiter, Neptune, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Neptune · Sun, Saturn, NeptuneAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.1°
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 0.2°
- Mercury quincunx Saturn 0.7°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.5°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for David Attenborough, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
David’s family here
One relative of David Attenborough also has a chart on AsterNym.
Born the same day as David
Don Rickles was born on May 8, 1926 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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David’s cards
Every card is computed from May 8, 1926, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for David Attenborough, 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
David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q183337, 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.
The same David Attenborough at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube 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 David Attenborough.
Quick answers about David Attenborough’s chart
- How old is David Attenborough?
- David Attenborough is 100 years old, born May 8, 1926 in Isleworth, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is David Attenborough?
- David Attenborough is a Taurus: born May 8, 1926, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Tiger.
- What is David Attenborough's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 8, 1926 birth.
- What time was David Attenborough 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 David Attenborough's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the May 8, 1926 birth date.
- What is David Attenborough's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 8, 1926 birth date.
- Where is David Attenborough's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is David Attenborough's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
