Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946, Pittman Center, United States, 20:25; died 2026), was an American singer, songwriter and actress. Parton is best remembered for All I Can Do, Jolene and I Will Always Love You. Parton's honours include Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.
Dolly Parton’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rooster, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
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Dolly Parton’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Pioneer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Dolly in the U.S.?
#1781
US rank in 2025
~20,636
Americans share it since 1880
1926
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Dolly’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 5 · 7 · 8
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
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What the chart says
Dolly, according to the stars
Core essence
Dolly is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Dolly 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, Dolly 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 Dolly needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Dolly wants to be loved
Dolly 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 Dolly you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Dolly creates
How Dolly makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Dolly creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Dolly is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Dolly 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Dolly does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Dolly's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Dolly sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
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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The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunClimbs. Then climbs again.
Dolly Parton'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 Rooster
Wood RoosterPunctual, precise, proud.
Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4The one who reads the manual.
Dolly Parton's birth date, January 19, 1946, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Dolly’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Dolly Parton's timed chart: Moon in the 1st house and Uranus in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Dolly Parton's timed chart is Mars conjunction Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Dolly Parton combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Pioneer.
Dolly’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), 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
MarsconjunctionSaturnapplying · 0.1° orb
Dolly’s drive and discipline act as one.
VenussquareJupiterapplying · 0.2° orb
Dolly’s affections grind against their growth.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 2.3° orb
Dolly’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SunsquareJupiterseparating · 2.8° orb
Dolly’s core identity grinds against their growth.
UranussextilePlutoapplying · 2.9° orb
Dolly’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SunconjunctionVenusapplying · 3.0° orb
Dolly’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MoonsextileJupiterseparating · 3.8° orb
Dolly’s feelings open doors for their growth.
UranustrineNeptuneapplying · 5.2° orb
Dolly’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercuryoppositionSaturnapplying · 5.4° orb
Dolly’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
MercuryoppositionMarsapplying · 5.5° orb
Dolly’s mind pulls against their drive from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
VenusoppositionMarsseparating · 5.5° orb
Dolly’s affections pull against their drive from across the wheel.
VenusoppositionSaturnseparating · 5.6° orb
Dolly’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
MarssquareJupiterseparating · 5.7° orb
Dolly’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
JupitersquareSaturnseparating · 5.8° orb
Dolly’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercurysquareNeptuneseparating · 6.8° orb
Dolly’s mind grinds against their imagination.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal7 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Dolly’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.
⚷ ChironLibra 21°06′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Libra is read as a wound around fairness and partnership. Dolly is read as someone who learnt what a fair deal looks like by living through unfair ones.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 7°17′ · House 5
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Dolly caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosAquarius 4°47′ · House 6
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Dolly is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaPisces 2°22′ · House 7
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Dolly needing solitude to reset.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 18°12′ · House 3
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Dolly is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Hygiea opposition Ascendant 0.1°
- Chiron square Mars 0.2°
- Chiron square Saturn 0.3°
- Ceres square Neptune 1.3°
- Hygiea opposition Moon 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Saturn 2.6°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 2.7°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.8°
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°).
Dolly’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Moon, Uranus; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Dolly is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Dolly’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 Jupiter · Venus, Mars, JupiterAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Jupiter · Venus, Saturn, JupiterAn 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.
- Moon sesquiquadrate Mercury 0.0°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.6°
- Sun quincunx Moon 1.0°
- Mercury quincunx Uranus 1.6°
Dolly’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 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 5 | Moon | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 5 | Jupiter, Neptune | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 12 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 2 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Cancer, house 11 | Sun, Mercury, Venus | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Gemini, house 10 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 2 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Cancer, house 11 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 5 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 5 | Uranus | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 1 | Mars, Saturn | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 5 | Pluto | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Dolly
Julian Barnes was born on January 19, 1946 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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Dolly’s cards
Every card is computed from January 19, 1946, 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 Water.
Year
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Hour
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Dolly’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q180453, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Quick answers about Dolly Parton’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Dolly Parton?
- Dolly Parton was a Capricorn: born January 19, 1946, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Rooster.
- What was Dolly Parton's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 19, 1946 birth.
- What time was Dolly Parton born?
- 20:25 local time in Pittman Center, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Dolly Parton's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 20:25 birth time in Pittman Center, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What was Dolly Parton's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the January 19, 1946 birth date.
- What was Dolly Parton's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Libra at 21°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 19, 1946 birth time.
- Where was Dolly Parton's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 18°, in the third house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Dolly Parton's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Moon sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Moon, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
