Gareth Cook
Gareth Cook (born September 15, 1969, Ann Arbor, United States), aged 57, is an American journalist and editor. Cook's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
Gareth Cook’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rooster, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rooster, with 
Life Path 22 in numerology.Your match with Gareth
Gareth Cook’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Gareth in the U.S.?
#2776
US rank in 2025
~4,394
Americans share it since 1916
2016
its peak year
Gareth ranked 1,476th in 1969, the year of this birth, with 30 American boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Gareth’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
9
Soul Urge · meaning
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on G (7) and closes on H (8). Two values tie for most repeated, 2 and 6: tact against care.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Gareth’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
22 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta
The record
What sets Gareth apart
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Gareth, according to the stars
Core essence
Gareth notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Gareth is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Gareth feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Gareth needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How Gareth wants to be loved
Gareth wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Gareth openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Gareth creates
How Gareth makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Gareth creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Gareth is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Gareth is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Gareth has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Gareth's birth date. Working below.
Where Gareth sits
Six lines
Gareth’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where 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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 Gareth Cook
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Ann Arbor on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Ann Arbor that night
Computed for 42.28°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Ann Arbor at 9 p.m. that evening: Sadr of Cygnus, within 3.8° of the exact zenith.
Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 42.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Ann Arbor at all: they sit past the −47.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 24° below the horizon, Moon down and 19% lit at waxing crescent.
How unusual Gareth's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
Gareth Cook's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 15, 1969, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Virgo means →Earth Rooster
Earth RoosterPrepared for everything, twice.
Gareth Cook was born on September 15, 1969, which falls in a Earth Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 22
Life Path 22Big blueprint, real hands.
Gareth Cook's birth date, September 15, 1969, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 22 means →What stands out in Gareth’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Gareth Cook's date-only chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of about 2°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Earth/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Gareth Cook combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Gareth’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Scorpio depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
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
stableMoonoppositionSaturn0.0° to 7.6° orb
Gareth’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarssquarePluto1.5° to 2.1° orb
Gareth’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.5° orb
Gareth’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunconjunctionPluto1.7° to 2.6° orb
stableSunsextileNeptune3.2° to 4.2° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter3.5° to 3.7° orb
stableSunsquareMars3.8° to 4.2° orb
stableVenussquareNeptune4.7° to 5.9° orb
stableVenustrineMars5.3° to 5.9° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus7.5° to 7.6° orb
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 5.7° to 17.9° depending on birth time
possibleMarssquareUranusorb from 6.7° to 7.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Gareth’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 5°08′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 27°35′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 12°30′ (moves 0.93° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 12°40′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 20°42′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Neptune 1.2°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 1.3°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 1.4°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 2.0°
- Hygiea trine Mercury 2.2°
- Eros sextile Mercury 2.3°
- Ceres trine Pluto 2.7°
Gareth’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Venus; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Gareth’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury quintile Mars 0.2°
- Mars semi-sextile Neptune 0.3°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.7°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.3°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.5°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.7°
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Also born on September 15
Fellow Yin Water day masters
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Famous people with Life Path 22
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Gareth’s cards
Computed from September 15, 1969. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
22 · Master Builder☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Gareth’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5522803 (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 Gareth Cook at Wikipedia and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Gareth Cook.
Quick answers about Gareth Cook’s chart
- How old is Gareth Cook?
- Gareth Cook is 57 years old, born September 15, 1969 in Ann Arbor, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Gareth Cook?
- Gareth Cook is a Virgo: born September 15, 1969, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
- What is Gareth Cook's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 15, 1969 birth.
- What is Gareth Cook's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
- What is Gareth Cook's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Gareth Cook's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Gareth Cook's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
