Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker (born July 15, 1961, Longview, United States, 10:30), aged 65, is an American actor. Whitaker has served as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Whitaker's honours include Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Forest Whitaker’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
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Forest Whitaker’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Diplomat
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Forest in the U.S.?
#750
US rank in 2025
~18,377
Americans share it since 1880
2022
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Forest’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
3 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia
Sky blue · Pearl · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets Forest apart
Mario Kempes (1954) and Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Forest, according to the stars
Core essence
Forest feels the room before entering it. The core of Forest is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Forest, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Forest needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Forest needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Forest wants to be loved
Forest wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Forest like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Forest creates
How Forest makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Forest creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Forest is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Forest 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Forest 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 Forest's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Forest sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Forest Whitaker at a glance
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunRemembers what you said in March.
Forest Whitaker's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Metal Ox
Metal OxCarries the load without comment.
Forest Whitaker was born on July 15, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 3
Life Path 3Makes feelings into something.
Forest Whitaker's birth date, July 15, 1961, 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 Forest’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Forest Whitaker's timed chart: Venus in the 10th house, Mars in the 1st house and Pluto in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Forest Whitaker's timed chart is Moon conjunction Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Forest Whitaker combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Diplomat.
Forest’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
MoonconjunctionUranusseparating · 0.1° orb
Forest’s feelings and need for freedom act as one.
VenussquareMarsapplying · 0.9° orb
Forest’s affections grind against their drive.
MarssextileNeptuneseparating · 1.4° orb
Forest’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 2.2° orb
Forest’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenussquarePlutoseparating · 2.6° orb
Forest’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercurysextilePlutoapplying · 3.0° orb
Forest’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarsconjunctionPlutoseparating · 3.6° orb
Forest’s drive and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunoppositionSaturnapplying · 3.9° orb
Forest’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 5.1° orb
Forest’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MercurytrineNeptuneapplying · 5.2° orb
Forest’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
VenustrineJupiterseparating · 5.5° orb
Forest’s affections flow straight into their growth.
JupiterconjunctionSaturnapplying · 6.7° orb
Forest’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Forest’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 ℞Pisces 6°06′ · House 7
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Forest absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresTaurus 14°54′ · House 9
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Forest is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosScorpio 11°05′ · House 3
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Forest is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaScorpio 19°30′ · House 3
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Forest carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 18°16′ · House 12
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Forest is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Chiron opposition Pluto 0.3°
- Ceres trine Ascendant 1.1°
- Eros sextile Mars 1.1°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.4°
- Eros conjunction Neptune 2.5°
- Chiron trine Mercury 2.7°
- Eros sextile Ascendant 2.7°
- Chiron square Venus 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°).
Forest’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Venus, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
disposes Neptune; angular in the first house; 4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun6 pts
rules the Moon sign, Leo; disposes Moon, Uranus; 1 major aspect
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Forest 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 Forest’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 0.1°
- Venus quincunx Neptune 0.4°
- Mars biquintile Jupiter 0.4°
- Sun semi-sextile Moon 1.0°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Uranus 1.2°
- Sun semi-square Pluto 1.5°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.9°
Forest’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 Cancer, house 11 | Mars, Pluto | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Gemini, house 10 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 1 | Neptune | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Aquarius, house 6 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 5 | Saturn | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 12 | Jupiter | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 3 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Virgo, house 1 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Gemini, house 10 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Cancer, house 11 | Venus | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Leo, house 12 | Sun, Mercury | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Cancer, house 11 | Moon, Uranus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Forest’s cards
Every card is computed from July 15, 1961, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Forest’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q182763, 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 Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Forest Whitaker 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 Forest Whitaker’s chart
- How old is Forest Whitaker?
- Forest Whitaker is 65 years old, born July 15, 1961 in Longview, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Forest Whitaker?
- Forest Whitaker is a Cancer: born July 15, 1961, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox.
- What is Forest Whitaker's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 15, 1961 birth.
- What time was Forest Whitaker born?
- 10:30 local time in Longview, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Forest Whitaker's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 10:30 birth time in Longview, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Forest Whitaker's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the July 15, 1961 birth date.
- What is Forest Whitaker's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 6°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 15, 1961 birth time.
- Where is Forest Whitaker's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 18°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Forest Whitaker's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Venus, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Pluto is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
