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David Ellison

David Ellison (born January 9, 1983, Santa Clara, United States), aged 43, is an American film producer. Ellison is best known for Skydance Media.

David Ellison’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Water Dog, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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David Ellison’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Pioneer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical 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

The SSA recorded 39,201 American boys and 321 girls named David in 1983: 4th among boys and 567th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What David’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

3

Soul Urge · being heard

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on D (4) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 4, which numerology reads as craft.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

David’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 3 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus

Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink

The record

What sets David apart

Catherine, Princess of Wales (1982) and Jimmy Page (1944) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

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.

How David wants to be loved

David wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let David be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. David 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 told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. David goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.

Computed from David's birth date. Working below.

Where David sits

Six lines

David’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
David

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
David

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
David

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
David

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
David

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
David

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to David Ellison

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

David’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 87.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 74.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Santa Clara that night

Computed for 37.35°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Menkib stood nearest the zenith over Santa Clara at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.3° above the horizon in Perseus.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 106 catalog stars were up in all.

Santa Clara sits at 37.4°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −52.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waning crescent, 14% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 45° down.

How unusual David's chart is

Chart pattern score

47 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

1 unaspected planet · A bowl chart · 1 planet 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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David Ellison at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Ambition wearing a plain coat.

David Ellison's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 9, 1983, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Water Dog

Worries so you don't have to.

David Ellison was born on January 9, 1983, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 4

Slow, solid, lasting.

David Ellison's birth date, January 9, 1983, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in David’s chart

David’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 25° to 7° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 0.5° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1° orbMoon fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 1.5° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.6° orbVenus grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.8° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.3° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.3° orbSun in Capricorn · 19°00′☉18°Moon in Sagittarius · 1°24′☽1°Mercury in Aquarius · 1°52′ · retrograde☿℞1°Venus in Aquarius · 5°07′♀5°Mars in Aquarius · 23°56′♂23°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 2°51′♃2°Saturn in Scorpio · 3°28′♄3°Uranus in Sagittarius · 7°24′♅7°Neptune in Sagittarius · 27°34′♆27°Pluto in Libra · 29°23′♇29°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableMoonconjunctionJupiter0.0° to 7.4° orb

    David’s feelings and growth act as one.

  • stableMercurysextileJupiter0.7° to 1.4° orb

    David’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenussquareSaturn1.1° to 2.3° orb

    David’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn1.3° to 1.9° orb

  • stableVenussextileJupiter1.7° to 2.8° orb

  • stableVenussextileUranus1.7° to 2.9° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.8° orb

  • stableMercurysquarePluto2.2° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.4° to 4.2° orb

  • stableMarssextileNeptune3.3° to 4.0° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto4.1° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionUranus4.5° to 4.6° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 22°55′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 12°19′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 0°57′ (moves 0.59° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 25°48′ (moves 0.25° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 22°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros conjunction Mercury 0.9°
  • Chiron square Mars 1.0°
  • Eros square Pluto 1.6°
  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.8°
  • Eros sextile Jupiter 1.9°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 1.9°
  • Eros square Saturn 2.5°

David’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Pluto; 5 major aspects

Configurations in David’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.6°
  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.1°

David’s family here

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David’s cards

Computed from January 9, 1983. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Pioneer

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

4 · Architect

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5233363 (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.

The same David Ellison at Wikipedia, IMDb and Instagram.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by David Ellison.

Quick answers about David Ellison’s chart

How old is David Ellison?
David Ellison is 43 years old, born January 9, 1983 in Santa Clara, United States.
What zodiac sign is David Ellison?
David Ellison is a Capricorn: born January 9, 1983, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What is David Ellison's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 9, 1983 birth.
What is David Ellison's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is David Ellison's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is David Ellison's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is David Ellison's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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