Dax Shepard
Dax Shepard (born January 2, 1975, Ypsilanti, United States, 01:10), aged 51, is an American podcaster and actor.
Dax Shepard’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Wood Tiger, with 
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Dax Shepard’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Visionary
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Dax in the U.S.?
#692
US rank in 2025
~11,934
Americans share it since 1880
2019
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Dax’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Green Orchid
Crimson · Ivory · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets Dax apart
Isaac Asimov (1920) and Christy Turlington (1969) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Dax, according to the stars
Core essence
Dax is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Dax 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, Dax is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Dax needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Dax wants to be loved
Dax wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Dax you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Dax creates
How Dax makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Dax creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Dax 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Dax is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Dax has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Dax's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Dax sits
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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 likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunDry wit, dead serious.
Dax Shepard'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.
Wood Tiger
Wood TigerLeads by moving.
Dax Shepard was born on January 2, 1975, which falls in a Wood 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 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Dax Shepard's birth date, January 2, 1975, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Dax’s chart
- Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Dax Shepard's timed chart: Sun in the 4th house, Mercury in the 4th house, Venus in the 4th house, Saturn in the 10th house and Pluto in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Dax Shepard's timed chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Dax Shepard combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Visionary.
Dax’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
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.2° orb
Dax’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SunsquarePlutoseparating · 2.0° orb
Dax’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
JupitertrineSaturnapplying · 2.2° orb
Dax’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SunsextileJupiterapplying · 2.3° orb
Dax’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
MarssquareJupiterseparating · 2.3° orb
Dax’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoonsquareNeptuneapplying · 2.8° orb
Dax’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 3.1° orb
Dax’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MercuryoppositionSaturnseparating · 3.3° orb
Dax’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
SuntrineMoonapplying · 3.5° orb
Dax’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.
SunoppositionSaturnapplying · 4.6° orb
Dax’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
MarsconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 5.4° orb
Dax’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MoonoppositionJupiterapplying · 5.8° orb
Dax’s feelings pull against their growth from across the wheel.
MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 5.9° orb
Dax’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SaturnsquarePlutoapplying · 6.5° orb
Dax’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussquareUranusapplying · 7.0° orb
Dax’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 7.9° orb
Dax’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Dax’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.
⚷ ChironAries 19°57′ · House 7
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Dax may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresPisces 13°56′ · House 6
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Dax is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosCancer 22°48′ · House 10
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Dax is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaAries 26°04′ · House 7
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 Dax feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 26°13′ · House 5
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Dax at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 0.4°
- Chiron square Mercury 0.9°
- Hygiea square Venus 1.1°
- Ceres trine Saturn 1.8°
- Ceres square Mars 1.9°
- Eros opposition Venus 2.2°
- Ceres sextile Sun 2.7°
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°).
Dax’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♄ Saturn12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Ascendant, Libra; disposes Pluto; angular in the fourth house; 2 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Dax 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 Dax’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
T-square onto Pluto · Sun, Saturn, PlutoAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Neptune · Moon, Jupiter, 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.
- Mars quincunx Saturn 0.1°
- Venus semi-square Neptune 0.5°
- Sun semi-sextile Neptune 0.7°
- Saturn biquintile Neptune 0.7°
- Mars semi-square Uranus 1.1°
- Moon semi-sextile Pluto 1.5°
Dax’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 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 4 | Pluto | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 1 | Uranus | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Pisces, house 6 | Mars, Neptune | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Capricorn | Saturn in Cancer, house 10 | Sun, Mercury, Venus | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 2 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 3 | Jupiter | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 3 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 4 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 4 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 12 | Saturn | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 4 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 4 | Moon | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Dax’s cards
Every card is computed from January 2, 1975, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Dax’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q462354, 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 Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Dax Shepard at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X 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.
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Quick answers about Dax Shepard’s chart
- How old is Dax Shepard?
- Dax Shepard is 51 years old, born January 2, 1975 in Ypsilanti, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Dax Shepard?
- Dax Shepard is a Capricorn: born January 2, 1975, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Tiger.
- What is Dax Shepard's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 2, 1975 birth.
- What time was Dax Shepard born?
- 01:10 local time in Ypsilanti, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Dax Shepard's rising sign?
- Libra rising, calculated from the documented 01:10 birth time in Ypsilanti, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Dax Shepard's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 2, 1975 birth date.
- What is Dax Shepard's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 19°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 2, 1975 birth time.
- Where is Dax Shepard's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 26°, in the fifth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Dax Shepard's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
