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Dawson Knox

Dawson Knox (born November 14, 1996, Brentwood, United States), aged 29, is an American football player (born 1996). Knox has played for Buffalo Bills and Ole Miss Rebels football.

Dawson Knox’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Fire Rat, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Dawson Knox’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Architect

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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

How common is the name Dawson in the U.S.?

#143

US rank in 2025

~54,199

Americans share it since 1885

1999

its peak year

The SSA recorded 195 American boys named Dawson in 1996: 759th for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Dawson’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

1

Personality · self-directed

The name opens on D (4) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 6: movement against care.

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

Dawson’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

5 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Gold · Crimson · Scarlet

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1996, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Dawson apart

The schooling ran through Brentwood Academy.

Wikipedia files Dawson Knox under Players of American football from Brentwood, Tennessee, Ole Miss Rebels football players and Buffalo Bills players.

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889) and Charles III (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Brentwood Academy
Sport
American football
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Dawson, according to the stars

Core essence

Dawson does not do surface. The core of Dawson is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Dawson is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Dawson 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 Dawson needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Dawson wants to be loved

Dawson wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Dawson gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Dawson creates

How Dawson makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Dawson creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.

Instinct

Instinct: Dawson is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Dawson 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Dawson channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

Computed from Dawson's birth date. Working below.

Where Dawson sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Dawson

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dawson

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

PrivateExpressive
Dawson

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dawson

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Dawson

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dawson

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Dawson Knox

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

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

The sky over Brentwood that night

Computed for 36.00°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Brentwood was Mirach, in Andromeda, 86.2° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 99 catalog stars were up in all.

Brentwood sits at 36.0°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 −54.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 19% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 52° down.

How unusual Dawson's chart is

Chart pattern score

23 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

2 planets at a critical degree · A leaning bowl

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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Scorpio Sun

Deep water, no shallow end.

Dawson Knox's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 14, 1996, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Fire Rat

Charming, and counting the exits.

Dawson Knox was born on November 14, 1996, which falls in a Fire Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 5

Five doors open at once.

Dawson Knox's birth date, November 14, 1996, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Dawson’s chart

Dawson’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 16° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.3° orbMoon flows with Mars · Trine, 0.7° orbMercury flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.8° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.1° orbUranus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.4° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.7° orbMercury fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.5° orbSun opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.7° orbSun in Scorpio · 22°39′☉22°Moon in Capricorn · 9°03′☽9°Mercury in Sagittarius · 0°05′☿0°Venus in Libra · 19°46′♀19°Mars in Virgo · 8°20′♂8°Jupiter in Capricorn · 15°10′♃15°Saturn in Aries · 0°55′ · retrograde♄℞0°Uranus in Aquarius · 1°11′♅1°Neptune in Capricorn · 25°24′♆25°Pluto in Sagittarius · 2°35′♇2°

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

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn0.0° to 1.6° orb

    Dawson’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus0.2° to 0.3° orb

    Dawson’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus0.3° to 1.8° orb

    Dawson’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableUranussextilePluto1.4° orb

  • stableSaturntrinePluto1.6° to 1.7° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionPluto1.7° to 3.3° orb

  • stableSunsextileNeptune2.3° to 3.2° orb

  • stableVenussquareJupiter4.1° to 5.1° orb

  • stableVenussquareNeptune5.0° to 6.2° orb

  • stableMarssquarePluto5.5° to 6.0° orb

  • stableUranusconjunctionNeptune5.8° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter6.7° to 7.0° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironLibra 24°55′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 0°29′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 20°09′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 12°17′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 16°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Saturn 0.4°
  • Eros sextile Venus 0.4°
  • Chiron square Neptune 0.5°
  • Hygiea square Jupiter 2.9°

Dawson’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus6 pts

    in its own sign, Aquarius; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Dawson’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.

  • Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.1°
  • Mars biquintile Uranus 1.2°

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From the journal: Every sign's ruling planet and what it governs · Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection

Dawson’s cards

Computed from November 14, 1996. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Architect

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

5 · Explorer

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Dawson’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q63229960 (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 Spc. Michael Schwenk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Dawson Knox at Wikipedia and X.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Dawson Knox.

Quick answers about Dawson Knox’s chart

How old is Dawson Knox?
Dawson Knox is 29 years old, born November 14, 1996 in Brentwood, United States.
What zodiac sign is Dawson Knox?
Dawson Knox is a Scorpio: born November 14, 1996, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What is Dawson Knox's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 14, 1996 birth.
What is Dawson Knox's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What is Dawson Knox's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Dawson Knox's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Dawson Knox's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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