Eric Dane
Eric Dane (born November 9, 1972, San Francisco, United States, 13:42; died 2026), was an American actor. Notable films include Grey's Anatomy, Charmed and X-Men: The Last Stand.
Eric Dane’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Rat, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Rat, with 
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Eric Dane’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Guardian
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Eric in the U.S.?
#273
US rank in 2025
~893,184
Americans share it since 1880
1970
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Eric’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
3 · 2
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Crimson · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Eric, according to the stars
Core essence
Eric does not do surface. The core of Eric 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 Eric is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Eric is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Eric needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
How Eric wants to be loved
Eric 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. Eric gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Eric creates
How Eric makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Eric builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Eric 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Eric is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Eric fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Eric's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunIntense, private, loyal.
Eric Dane's Sun was in Scorpio at the documented birth time. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Water Rat
Water RatFinds the shortcut every time.
Eric Dane was born on November 9, 1972, which falls in a Water Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.
Life Path 3
Life Path 3Charm with a deadline problem.
Eric Dane's birth date, November 9, 1972, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.
What stands out in Eric’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Eric Dane's timed chart: Moon in the 10th house, Mercury in the 10th house, Saturn in the 4th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Eric Dane's timed chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Venus, Mars, Uranus and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Eric Dane combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Guardian.
Eric’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.
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.8° orb
Eric’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SaturntrineUranusseparating · 1.2° orb
Eric’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
MercurysextileVenusseparating · 1.9° orb
Eric’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
JupitersquarePlutoseparating · 3.0° orb
Eric’s growth grinds against their depths.
MoonsextileMarsseparating · 3.2° orb
Eric’s feelings open doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MoonsquarePlutoapplying · 4.3° orb
Eric’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
VenussquareJupiterseparating · 5.5° orb
Eric’s affections grind against their growth.
MarsconjunctionUranusseparating · 5.5° orb
Eric’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MercuryconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 5.8° orb
Eric’s mind and imagination act as one.
MarstrineSaturnseparating · 6.7° orb
Eric’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
MoonconjunctionJupiterapplying · 7.3° orb
Eric’s feelings and growth act as one.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Eric’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 ℞Aries 13°42′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Eric may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresScorpio 1°39′ · House 9
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. Eric is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosAquarius 26°03′ · House 12
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. Eric is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 13°25′ · House 10
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Eric is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 28°57′ · House 9
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. Eric 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.
- Ceres trine Ascendant 0.0°
- Eros trine Mars 0.0°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 1.3°
- Chiron opposition Venus 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Moon 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Ascendant 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°).
Eric’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♃ Jupiter10.5 pts
rules the Moon sign, Sagittarius; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Pisces; disposes Moon, Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus7 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune7 pts
rules the Ascendant, Pisces; angular in the tenth house; 2 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Eric is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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 Eric’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Libra · Venus, Mars, Uranus, PlutoThree 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.- Stellium in Sagittarius · Moon, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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.
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.
- Sun semi-square Pluto 0.9°
- Mercury semi-square Mars 0.9°
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.1°
- Mars quintile Jupiter 1.5°
- Sun quincunx Saturn 1.7°
Eric’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 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 10 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Aries | Mars in Libra, house 8 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Taurus | Venus in Libra, house 8 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Gemini | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 10 | Saturn | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Cancer | Moon in Sagittarius, house 10 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Leo | Sun in Scorpio, house 9 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Virgo | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 10 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Libra | Venus in Libra, house 8 | Venus, Mars, Uranus, Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 8 | Sun | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn, house 11 | Moon, Mercury, Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Capricorn | Saturn in Gemini, house 4 | Jupiter | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Eric’s cards
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Eric’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q299421, 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 DoD News Features, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Quick answers about Eric Dane’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Eric Dane?
- Eric Dane was a Scorpio: born November 9, 1972, which puts the Sun in Scorpio at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Rat.
- What was Eric Dane's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 9, 1972 birth.
- What time was Eric Dane born?
- 13:42 local time in San Francisco, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Eric Dane's rising sign?
- Pisces rising, calculated from the documented 13:42 birth time in San Francisco, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What was Eric Dane's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the November 9, 1972 birth date.
- What was Eric Dane's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 13°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 9, 1972 birth time.
- Where was Eric Dane's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 28°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Eric Dane's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (10.5 points: rules the Moon sign, Sagittarius; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Pisces; disposes Moon, Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
