How old is David Letterman?

David Letterman is 79 years old, born April 12, 1947 in Indianapolis, United States.

What zodiac sign is David Letterman?

David Letterman is an Aries: born April 12, 1947, which puts the Sun in Aries at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.

What is David Letterman's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 12, 1947 birth.

What time was David Letterman born?

06:00 local time in Indianapolis, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).

What is David Letterman's rising sign?

Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 06:00 birth time in Indianapolis, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).

What is David Letterman's Life Path number?

Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the April 12, 1947 birth date.

What is David Letterman's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Scorpio at 6°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 12, 1947 birth time.

Where is David Letterman's Black Moon Lilith?

Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 8°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.

What is David Letterman's dominant planet?

Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

David Letterman

David Letterman (born April 12, 1947, Indianapolis, United States, 06:00), aged 79, is an American comedian and television host. Letterman's honours include Daytime Emmy Award, Kennedy Center Honors and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.

David Letterman’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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David Letterman’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Strategist

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

1 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy

White · Crimson · Flame orange

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

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What sets David apart

Woody Johnson shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.

What the chart says

David, according to the stars

Core essence

David 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 David 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, David is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What David needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How David wants to be loved

David wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with David, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How David creates

How David makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. David creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: David is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. David is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of David leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means David 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 David's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where David sits

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Intimate circleWide network

David

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

DeliberateSpontaneous

David

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive

David

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately

David

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

PracticalVisionary

David

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

David

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

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David’s birth-sky starFawarisblue-white · CygnusFawaris, in Cygnus. A blue-white star, 84.5° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Fawaris →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 10.7° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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David Letterman in 15 seconds

Aries Sun

Runs at it head first.

David Letterman's Sun was in Aries at the documented birth time. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

David Letterman was born on April 12, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

David Letterman's birth date, April 12, 1947, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in David’s chart

Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in David Letterman's timed chart: Jupiter in the 7th house, Saturn in the 4th house and Pluto in the 4th house.
The tightest major aspect in David Letterman's timed chart is Moon square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
David Letterman combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Strategist.

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.

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Lines drawn

Conjunction 0°

Sextile 60°

Square 90°

Trine 120°

Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantTaurus

The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

MoonsquareNeptuneseparating · 0.7° orb
David’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercurytrineJupiterapplying · 1.2° orb
David’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarstrineSaturnapplying · 1.6° orb
David’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.9° orb
David’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SunsextileUranusseparating · 3.1° orb
David’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
VenussquareUranusapplying · 3.8° orb
David’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
MarstrineJupiterseparating · 4.1° orb
David’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercuryconjunctionMarsapplying · 5.3° orb
David’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
JupitertrineSaturnseparating · 5.7° orb
David’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysquareUranusseparating · 6.4° orb
David’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercurytrineSaturnapplying · 6.9° orb
David’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire4 of 10
Earth1 of 10
Air2 of 10
Water3 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal4 of 10
Fixed3 of 10
Mutable3 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.

⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 6°35′ · House 7
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.
⚳ CeresAries 0°54′ · House 12
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: David looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosSagittarius 25°42′ · House 8
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has David attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 14°23′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. David is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 8°03′ · House 9
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. David is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

Black Moon Lilith trine Ascendant 0.2°
Ceres conjunction Mars 0.5°
Hygiea sextile Venus 0.5°
Eros square Mercury 0.6°
Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.0°
Ceres trine Saturn 1.1°
Chiron opposition Ascendant 1.7°
Black Moon Lilith conjunction Moon 1.7°

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. ♂ Mars9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: David is read as acting first and reflecting after.

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.

Grand trine · Mercury, Jupiter, SaturnThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
Grand trine · Mars, Jupiter, SaturnThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.

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.

Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.9°
Moon quincunx Pluto 1.2°
Sun biquintile Jupiter 1.5°
Moon semi-square Jupiter 1.5°
Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.7°

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	Taurus	Venus in Pisces, house 11	empty	self, body, how you arrive
2	Gemini	Mercury in Pisces, house 11	Uranus	money, possessions, self-worth
3	Cancer	Moon in Capricorn, house 9	empty	mind, siblings, the local world
4	Leo	Sun in Aries, house 12	Saturn, Pluto	home, family, roots
5	Virgo	Mercury in Pisces, house 11	empty	creativity, romance, play
6	Libra	Venus in Pisces, house 11	Neptune	work, habits, health
7	Scorpio	Pluto in Leo, house 4	Jupiter	partnership, marriage, open rivals
8	Sagittarius	Jupiter in Scorpio, house 7	empty	shared resources, intimacy, transformation
9	Capricorn	Saturn in Leo, house 4	Moon	belief, travel, higher learning
10	Aquarius	Uranus in Gemini, house 2	empty	career, reputation, public life
11	Pisces	Neptune in Libra, house 6	Mercury, Venus	friends, community, the future
12	Aries	Mars in Aries, house 12	Sun, Mars	the inner world, rest, what is hidden

Born the same day as David

Woody Johnson was born on April 12, 1947 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.

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David’s cards

Every card is computed from April 12, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

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The Sun

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The Gilded Strategist

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Western zodiac

Aries

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q217298, 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.

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Quick answers about David Letterman’s chart

How old is David Letterman?: David Letterman is 79 years old, born April 12, 1947 in Indianapolis, United States.
What zodiac sign is David Letterman?: David Letterman is an Aries: born April 12, 1947, which puts the Sun in Aries at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
What is David Letterman's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 12, 1947 birth.
What time was David Letterman born?: 06:00 local time in Indianapolis, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What is David Letterman's rising sign?: Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 06:00 birth time in Indianapolis, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
What is David Letterman's Life Path number?: Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the April 12, 1947 birth date.
What is David Letterman's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Scorpio at 6°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 12, 1947 birth time.
Where is David Letterman's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 8°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is David Letterman's dominant planet?: Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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Triggers

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Aries Sun

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Life Path 1

What stands out in David’s chart

David’s birth chart

Aspects, tightest first

Chart signature

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

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

David’s dominant planets

Configurations in David’s chart

Minor aspects

David’s houses

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