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Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton (born February 2, 1986, Gravesend, United Kingdom), aged 40, is a British actress. Notable films include Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Gemma Arterton’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Wood Ox, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Gemma Arterton’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Scholar

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

How common is the name Gemma in the U.S.?

#170

US rank in 2025

~26,042

Americans share it since 1904

2025

its peak year

In 1986, 47 American girls were registered Gemma — 2,203rd on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Gemma’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

9

Soul Urge · meaning

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on G (7) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Gemma’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern

Violet · Ivory · Forest

The record

What sets Gemma apart

Gemma Arterton was taught at Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Gemma Arterton was 21 when the work began in 2007.

The family line: married Stefano Catelli.

Shakira (1977) and Ayn Rand (1905) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Working from
2007
Wikipedia editions
51

What the chart says

Gemma, according to the stars

Core essence

Gemma is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Gemma is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Gemma 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 Gemma 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 Gemma wants to be loved

Gemma wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Gemma be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Gemma creates

How Gemma makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Gemma creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Gemma 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Gemma is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Gemma leads without needing to do it alone.

Computed from Gemma's birth date. Working below.

Where Gemma sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Gemma

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Gemma

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

PrivateExpressive
Gemma

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Gemma

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

PracticalVisionary
Gemma

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Gemma

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Gemma Arterton

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Gravesend 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 Gravesend that night

Computed for 51.44°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Menkalinan stood nearest the zenith over Gravesend at 9 p.m. that evening, 83.4° above the horizon in Auriga.

Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

At 51.4°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 42% lit at last quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 38° below the horizon.

How unusual Gemma's chart is

Chart pattern score

70 / 100 · Rare

4-planet stellium in Aquarius · A bundled chart · 1 planet 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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Gemma Arterton at a glance

Aquarius Sun

Ahead of the room by a decade.

Gemma Arterton's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 2, 1986, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aquarius means →

Wood Ox

Reliable to the bone.

Gemma Arterton was born on February 2, 1986, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 1

Starts things. Lots of things.

Gemma Arterton's birth date, February 2, 1986, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Gemma’s chart

Gemma’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 24° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Venus · Square, 0.7° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 2.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.6° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 2.9° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.3° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 4° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 4.5° orbSun in Aquarius · 13°21′☉13°Moon in Scorpio · 17°20′☽17°Mercury in Aquarius · 14°24′☿14°Venus in Aquarius · 16°40′♀16°Mars in Sagittarius · 0°08′♂0°Jupiter in Aquarius · 25°39′♃25°Saturn in Sagittarius · 8°03′♄8°Uranus in Sagittarius · 21°10′♅21°Neptune in Capricorn · 4°44′♆4°Pluto in Scorpio · 7°21′♇7°

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

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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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.7° to 1.4° orb

    Gemma’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.0° to 2.5° orb

    Gemma’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.6° orb

    Gemma’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.2° to 3.4° orb

  • stableMarssquareJupiter4.3° to 4.7° orb

  • stableJupitersextileUranus4.4° to 4.6° orb

  • stableSunsquarePluto5.5° to 6.5° orb

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 10.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 1.4° to 15.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 3.0° to 17.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

Gemma’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 9°20′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Virgo 13°55′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 28°34′ (moves 0.63° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 24°57′ (moves 0.22° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 27°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Jupiter 0.7°
  • Chiron opposition Saturn 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 1.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Mars 2.8°
  • Eros sextile Jupiter 2.9°

Gemma’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♅ Uranus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    in its own sign, Scorpio; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Gemma’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aquarius · Sun, Mercury, Venus, JupiterThree 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.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 0.7°
  • Sun quintile Mars 1.2°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.2°

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Gemma’s cards

Computed from February 2, 1986. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Scholar

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Gemma’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q255323 (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.

Portrait by Donna Sydee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Gemma Arterton at Wikipedia, gemma-arterton.net, IMDb, X and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Gemma Arterton.

Quick answers about Gemma Arterton’s chart

How old is Gemma Arterton?
Gemma Arterton is 40 years old, born February 2, 1986 in Gravesend, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Gemma Arterton?
Gemma Arterton is an Aquarius: born February 2, 1986, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
What is Gemma Arterton's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 2, 1986 birth.
What is Gemma Arterton's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is Gemma Arterton's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Gemma Arterton's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Gemma Arterton's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter; 1 major aspect). Jupiter is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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