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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, Chinese zodiac is Metal Monkey, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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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 1884

1947

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1980, Freida came 4,040th, carried by 19 American girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Freida’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Sara Cohen, not the name they published under.

3

Expression · expression and voice

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on S (1) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Freida’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

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 record

What sets Freida apart

Charli D'Amelio (2004) and Jamie Dornan (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

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. Working below.

Where Freida sits

Six lines

Freida’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Freida

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Freida

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Freida

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Freida

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Freida

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Freida

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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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.

Freida’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 85.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 40.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at New York City was Tania Australis, in Ursa Major, 85.5° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 106 catalog stars were up in all.

From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −49.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from New York City on any night.

Sun 12° below the horizon, Moon down and 97% lit at full moon.

The name and the places

Born as
Sara Cohen
Known as
Freida McFadden
Born in
New York City, United States

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Freida McFadden: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Freida's chart is

Chart pattern score

54 / 100 · Unusual

1 unaspected planet · T-square onto Saturn · 2 planets at a critical degree

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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Taurus Sun

Stubborn 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.

What Taurus means →

Metal Monkey

Wit is the tool.

Freida McFadden was born on May 1, 1980, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Monkey means →

Life Path 6

Home is the project.

Freida McFadden's birth date, May 1, 1980, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Freida’s chart

Freida’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 20° to 2° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury flows with Mars · Trine, 0.9° orbMars fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.9° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.6° orbSaturn grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.7° orbMercury flows with Jupiter · Trine, 1.8° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.5° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 2.6° orbMoon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 2.6° orbSun in Taurus · 11°25′☉11°Moon in Scorpio · 26°42′☽26°Mercury in Aries · 28°29′☿28°Venus in Gemini · 23°53′♀23°Mars in Leo · 29°21′♂29°Jupiter in Virgo · 0°17′♃0°Saturn in Virgo · 20°34′ · retrograde♄℞20°Uranus in Scorpio · 24°05′ · retrograde♅℞24°Neptune in Sagittarius · 22°18′ · retrograde♆℞22°Pluto in Libra · 19°49′ · retrograde♇℞19°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • 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

  • stableSaturnsquareNeptune1.7° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.5° orb

  • stableVenussquareSaturn3.0° to 3.7° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus3.5° orb

  • stableVenustrinePluto3.7° to 4.4° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus5.1° to 5.4° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus6.2° orb

  • 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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 13°27′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 20°40′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosGemini 22°23′ (moves 0.91° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 2°34′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 3°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • 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°

Freida’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Freida’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Venus quincunx Uranus 0.2°
  • Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 0.8°
  • Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 1.8°

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Freida’s cards

Computed from May 1, 1980. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Guardian

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

Life Path

6 · Guardian

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Freida’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q121304449 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

The same Freida McFadden at Wikipedia, freidamcfadden.com, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not 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.
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 is Freida McFadden's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Freida McFadden's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons.
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.

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