Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro (born August 13, 1926, Birán, Cuba; died 2016), was a Cuban politician, author and revolutionary. Castro held office as Prime Minister of Cuba and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. Castro's honours include Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, Order of the October Revolution and Order of Merit, 1st class.
Fidel Castro’s zodiac sign was Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Tiger, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Tiger, with 
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Fidel Castro’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 Fidel in the U.S.?
#1875
US rank in 2025
~11,321
Americans share it since 1880
2001
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Fidel’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
3 · 1 · 4
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌺 Poppy
Coral · Gold · Flame orange
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The record
What sets Fidel apart
Sebastian Stan (1982) and Domenico Dolce (1958) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Fidel, according to the stars
Core essence
Fidel is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Fidel is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
The vibe
Underneath, Fidel cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Fidel needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Fidel wants to be loved
Fidel wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Fidel gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Fidel creates
How Fidel 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. Fidel 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: Fidel 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Fidel 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Fidel is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
Computed from Fidel's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
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 feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Fidel Castro in 15 seconds
Leo Sun
Leo SunWarm, loud, hard to ignore.
Fidel Castro's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 13, 1926, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Fire Tiger
Fire TigerLeads by moving.
Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926, which falls in a Fire 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 3
Life Path 3Charm with a deadline problem.
Fidel Castro's birth date, August 13, 1926, 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 Fidel’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Fidel Castro's date-only chart is Sun square Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Fidel Castro 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.
Fidel’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Fidel Castro, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 22° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableSunsquareSaturn0.0° to 0.9° orb
Fidel’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunoppositionJupiter1.8° to 2.9° orb
Fidel’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune1.8° to 1.9° orb
Fidel’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableJupitersquareSaturn2.7° to 2.8° orb
Fidel’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurysquareMars3.4° to 4.3° orb
Fidel’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunconjunctionNeptune3.7° to 4.6° orb
Fidel’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenustrineUranus3.7° to 4.9° orb
Fidel’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
stableVenustrineSaturn4.2° to 5.4° orb
Fidel’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnsquareNeptune4.6° orb
Fidel’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturntrinePluto4.6° orb
Fidel’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 9.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 7.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Fidel’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 2°09′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Fidel building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresVirgo 23°59′ (moves 0.43° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has Fidel caring in practical detail rather than in words.
♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 4°12′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Fidel is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaLeo 23°05′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Fidel at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 7°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Fidel exacting with themselves first.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Ceres sextile Venus 0.6°
- Hygiea opposition Jupiter 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 0.9°
- Hygiea conjunction Neptune 1.3°
- Eros trine Mars 2.2°
- Hygiea conjunction Sun 2.9°
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°).
Fidel’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ☉ Sun10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn5 pts
5 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Fidel is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 Fidel’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
Stellium in Leo · Sun, 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.
T-square onto Saturn · Sun, Jupiter, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Saturn · Jupiter, Neptune, SaturnAn 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 excluded without a birth time.
- Venus semi-sextile Neptune 0.2°
- Jupiter biquintile Pluto 1.3°
- Venus quincunx Jupiter 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Fidel Castro, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Fidel’s cards
Every card is computed from August 13, 1926, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Fidel Castro, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Fidel’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q11256, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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 Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Fidel Castro at Wikipedia, IMDb 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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fidel Castro.
Quick answers about Fidel Castro’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Fidel Castro?
- Fidel Castro was a Leo: born August 13, 1926, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Tiger.
- What was Fidel Castro's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 13, 1926 birth.
- What time was Fidel Castro born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- What was Fidel Castro's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the August 13, 1926 birth date.
- What was Fidel Castro's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 13, 1926 birth date.
- Where was Fidel Castro's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Fidel Castro's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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