David Bowie
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones; January 8, 1947, Brixton, United Kingdom, 09:00; died 2016), was an English musician and actor. Bowie is best remembered for All the Young Dudes, Life on Mars? and Berlin Trilogy. Bowie's honours include Grammy Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
David Bowie’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dog, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Dog, with 
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David Bowie’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Diplomat
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name David in the U.S.?
#35
US rank in 2025
~3,689,613
Americans share it since 1880
1955
its peak year
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David’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus
Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet
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What the chart says
David, according to the stars
Core essence
David is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of David 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, David needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What David needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How David wants to be loved
David wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with David and watch them fall for you again.
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 loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. David is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means David 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 David's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
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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David Bowie at a glance
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunClimbs. Then climbs again.
David Bowie's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time. 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.
Fire Dog
Fire DogGuards the gate all night.
David Bowie was born on January 8, 1947, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 3
Life Path 3The storyteller at the table.
David Bowie's birth date, January 8, 1947, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.
What stands out in David’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in David Bowie's timed chart: Moon in the 7th house, Jupiter in the 10th house, Saturn in the 7th house and Pluto in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in David Bowie's timed chart is Sun conjunction Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- David Bowie combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Diplomat.
David’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunconjunctionMarsseparating · 0.5° orb
David’s core identity and drive act as one.
MoontrineVenusseparating · 1.7° orb
David’s feelings flow straight into their affections. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.9° orb
David’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercurysquareNeptuneapplying · 2.6° orb
David’s mind grinds against their imagination.
MoonconjunctionSaturnapplying · 3.0° orb
David’s feelings and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SaturnsextileNeptuneseparating · 3.9° orb
David’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SunsextileJupiterapplying · 4.4° orb
David’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
VenustrineSaturnapplying · 4.7° orb
David’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarssextileJupiterapplying · 4.9° orb
David’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarssquareNeptuneseparating · 5.9° orb
David’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SaturnconjunctionPlutoseparating · 5.9° orb
David’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunsquareNeptuneseparating · 6.4° orb
David’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
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.
⚷ ChironScorpio 6°51′ · House 10
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 David carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresAquarius 24°32′ · House 1
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. David is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosScorpio 5°30′ · House 10
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. David is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaAries 20°28′ · House 3
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has David feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 27°34′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has David leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Chiron square Saturn 0.0°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 1.3°
- Eros square Saturn 1.4°
- Eros square Moon 1.7°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.8°
- Eros square Ascendant 2.1°
- Eros sextile Mercury 2.7°
- Ceres square Jupiter 2.9°
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, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♄ Saturn12.5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; angular in the seventh house; 4 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Leo; disposes Moon, Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Venus; angular in the tenth house; 2 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: David 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 David’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, 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.- Stellium in Leo · Moon, Saturn, PlutoThree 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.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.1°
- Moon semi-square Uranus 0.2°
- Venus semi-square Mars 0.4°
- Mercury quincunx Saturn 1.3°
- Sun quincunx Uranus 1.4°
- Mercury biquintile Pluto 1.4°
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 1.6°
- Mars quincunx Uranus 1.9°
David’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Gemini, house 5 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 9 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Capricorn, house 12 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Sagittarius, house 11 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 12 | Uranus | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Leo, house 7 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 12 | Moon, Saturn, Pluto | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 12 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Sagittarius, house 11 | Neptune | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 7 | Jupiter | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Scorpio, house 10 | Venus | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Leo, house 7 | Sun, Mercury, Mars | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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David’s cards
Every card is computed from January 8, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Hour
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5383, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Adam Bielawski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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.
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Quick answers about David Bowie’s chart
- What zodiac sign was David Bowie?
- David Bowie was a Capricorn: born January 8, 1947, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Dog.
- What was David Bowie's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 8, 1947 birth.
- What time was David Bowie born?
- 09:00 local time in Brixton, United Kingdom, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What was David Bowie's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 09:00 birth time in Brixton, United Kingdom (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What was David Bowie's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the January 8, 1947 birth date.
- What was David Bowie's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 6°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 8, 1947 birth time.
- Where was David Bowie's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 27°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was David Bowie's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (12.5 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; angular in the seventh house; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
