Freida McFadden
Freida McFadden (born Sara Cohen; May 1, 1980, New York City, United States), aged 46, is an American thriller author and practicing physician. McFadden is best known for The Housemaid. McFadden's honours include International Thriller Writers Awards and Goodreads Choice Awards.
Freida McFadden’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Monkey, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.How compatible are you with Freida McFadden?
Your birthday, just below, gives your match percentage with Freida. Under a minute.
Your AsterNym Match
?%Your score is waiting.
Two details and you have your number with Freida. Under a minute, and it is real astrology, not a quiz.
Your result includes:
- · Your compatibility percentage
- · What attracts you to each other
- · What you would bring to the match
- · Where you might clash
- · Whether you share lucky numbers, colours, stones or seasons
Freida McFadden’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 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Freida in the U.S.?
#6400
US rank in 2025
~10,794
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Freida’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Ivory · Blush · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Freida, according to the stars
Core essence
Freida is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Freida is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How Freida wants to be loved
Freida 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 Freida like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Freida creates
How Freida 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. Freida 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: Freida is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Freida is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Freida fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Freida's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Freida sits
Six lines. Tap where you sit on each.
Freida’s dot is placed from the chart. Yours is wherever you put it.
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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Freida McFadden
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunStubborn is the polite word.
Freida McFadden's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 1, 1980, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyWit is the tool.
Freida McFadden was born on May 1, 1980, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
Freida McFadden's birth date, May 1, 1980, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Freida’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Freida McFadden's date-only chart is Mercury trine Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Fire/Earth emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
- Freida McFadden 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.
Freida’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Freida McFadden, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 2° Scorpio or Sagittarius 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
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
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.
stableMercurytrineMars0.0° to 1.7° orb
Freida’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter0.8° to 1.0° orb
Freida’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurytrineJupiter0.9° to 2.8° orb
Freida’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusoppositionNeptune1.2° to 1.9° orb
Freida’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableSaturnsquareNeptune1.7° orb
Freida’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.5° orb
Freida’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussquareSaturn3.0° to 3.7° orb
Freida’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturnsextileUranus3.5° orb
Freida’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableVenustrinePluto3.7° to 4.4° orb
Freida’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssquareUranus5.1° to 5.4° orb
Freida’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersquareUranus6.2° orb
Freida’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.0° to 9.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Freida’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 13°27′ (moves 0.07° 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 Freida building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresTaurus 20°40′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
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. Freida is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosGemini 22°23′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Freida is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 2°34′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Freida is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 3°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Freida that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.
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 trine Saturn 0.1°
- Eros opposition Neptune 0.1°
- Eros conjunction Venus 1.5°
- Eros square Saturn 1.8°
- Chiron conjunction Sun 2.0°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.3°
- Eros trine Pluto 2.6°
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°).
Freida’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. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars4 pts
disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Freida is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Freida’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.
T-square onto Saturn · Venus, 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 quincunx Uranus 0.2°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 0.8°
- Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Freida McFadden, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
More people like Freida
Other writers
- Greta Gerwig1983
- Amal Clooney1978
- Kaká1982
- Tansy Rayner Roberts1978
- Kat Von D1982
- Natalie Diaz1978
Born in United States
- Jessica SimpsonAmerican singer and actress
- Christina RicciAmerican actress
- Michelle KwanAmerican figure skater and diplomat
- Jason RitterAmerican actor
- Pauly DAmerican DJ and television personality
- Chelsea ClintonAmerican author and global health advocate
More charts like Freida’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Rami MalekAmerican actor
- Marcelo VieiraBrazilian association football player
- Tina FeyAmerican actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
Born in Monkey years
- Avan JogiaCanadian actor, singer and director
- Dylan SprouseAmerican actor
- Tarique Rahman11th Prime Minister of Bangladesh since 2026
Also born on May 1
- Charli D'Amelio2004
- Jamie Dornan1982
- Rema2000
- Chet Holmgren2002
- Victoria Monét1989
- Nicholas Braun1988
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- Millard MitchellAmerican actor
- Fred ClarkAmerican film and television character actor
- Donald O'ConnorAmerican dancer, singer, and actor
Other Taurus Monkey charts
- George LucasAmerican filmmaker and philanthropist
- Scott MorrisonPrime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
- Channing TatumAmerican actor, dancer and model
- Sam SmithBritish singer-songwriter
Other Evergreen Guardians
- Anthony Albanese31st prime minister of Australia
- Lisa GerrardAustralian musician, singer and composer
- Goldie HawnAmerican actress
- Achraf HakimiMoroccan-Spanish footballer
Famous people with Life Path 6
- RyujinSouth Korean singer, rapper and dancer
- YuqiChinese singer (born 1999)
- GiselleJapanese singer and rapper (born 2000)
From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
Freida’s cards
Every card is computed from May 1, 1980, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
Tap to flip
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Freida McFadden, 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
Freida’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q121304449, 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.
The same Freida McFadden at Wikipedia, freidamcfadden.com, 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 Freida McFadden.
Quick answers about Freida McFadden’s chart
- How old is Freida McFadden?
- Freida McFadden is 46 years old, born May 1, 1980 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Freida McFadden?
- Freida McFadden is a Taurus: born May 1, 1980, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey.
- What is Freida McFadden's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 1, 1980 birth.
- What time was Freida McFadden 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 is Freida McFadden's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the May 1, 1980 birth date.
- What is Freida McFadden's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 1, 1980 birth date.
- Where is Freida McFadden's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Freida McFadden's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
More charts to explore
Chinua AchebeNigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
Tomas TranströmerSwedish poet, psychologist and translator
Charles BukowskiGerman-American writer
Stanisław LemPolish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor
Frédéric MistralProvençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige
Yasunari KawabataJapanese novelist