Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman (born January 30, 1930, San Bernardino, United States, 07:45; died 2025), was an American actor and novelist.
Gene Hackman’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Horse, with 
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Gene Hackman’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Scholar
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Gene in the U.S.?
#2238
US rank in 2025
~133,874
Americans share it since 1880
1937
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Gene’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌻 Zinnia
Crimson · Ivory · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets Gene apart
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882) and Felipe VI of Spain (1968) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Gene, according to the stars
Core essence
Gene is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Gene 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, Gene needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Gene needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Gene wants to be loved
Gene 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 Gene be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Gene creates
How Gene makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Gene creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Gene is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Gene is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Gene does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Gene's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunAhead of the room by a decade.
Gene Hackman's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseBright, restless, warm.
Gene Hackman was born on January 30, 1930, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Gene Hackman's birth date, January 30, 1930, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Gene’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Gene Hackman's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Moon in the 1st house and Venus in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Gene Hackman's timed chart is Venus sextile Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Moon and Venus, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Gene Hackman combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Scholar.
Gene’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), 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
VenussextileUranusseparating · 0.1° orb
Gene’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
SaturnsquareUranusapplying · 1.2° orb
Gene’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
MercuryconjunctionMarsseparating · 1.6° orb
Gene’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunconjunctionVenusapplying · 1.7° orb
Gene’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunsextileUranusseparating · 1.8° orb
Gene’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
JupitersextileUranusseparating · 1.9° orb
Gene’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
VenustrineJupiterseparating · 2.0° orb
Gene’s affections flow straight into their growth.
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 3.5° orb
Gene’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SuntrineJupiterseparating · 3.7° orb
Gene’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
SaturntrineNeptuneseparating · 4.3° orb
Gene’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MercuryoppositionPlutoapplying · 4.8° orb
Gene’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MarsoppositionPlutoseparating · 6.4° orb
Gene’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Gene’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 9°40′ · House 4
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 Gene building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresGemini 5°09′ · House 5
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Gene feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosCapricorn 27°49′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Gene is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaAries 12°16′ · House 3
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Gene feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 28°21′ · House 12
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Gene is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Chiron square Sun 0.4°
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 1.2°
- Chiron square Venus 1.3°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 2.2°
- Ceres square Neptune 2.3°
- Chiron trine Saturn 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°).
Gene’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♅ Uranus16 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Moon, Venus; 4 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn10.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; traditionally rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
angular in the first house; 3 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Gene is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.
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 Gene’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Aquarius · Sun, Moon, VenusThree 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 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.
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.3°
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 0.5°
- Jupiter quincunx Saturn 0.7°
- Moon quincunx Pluto 1.3°
- Venus semi-sextile Saturn 1.3°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.6°
Gene’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 | Aquarius | Uranus in Aries, house 3 | Sun, Moon, Venus | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Virgo, house 8 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Capricorn, house 12 | Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 12 | Jupiter | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Aquarius, house 1 | Pluto | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 12 | Neptune | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 6 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Gemini, house 5 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 12 | Mercury, Mars, Saturn | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Born in Horse years
- Ernst Otto FischerGerman chemist
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Also born on January 30
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt1882
- Felipe VI of Spain1968
- Christian Bale1974
- Tyla2002
- Kid Cudi1984
- Dick Cheney1941
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Jenny ShipleyNew Zealand politician
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- Genevieve NnajiNigerian actress, producer, and director
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- John HohenbergAmerican journalist and academic
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Other Gilded Scholars
- George Bernard ShawIrish playwright, critic, and polemicist
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- Daniel J. BoorstinAmerican historian
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Gene’s cards
Every card is computed from January 30, 1930, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Gene’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q150943, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Chicago Daily News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Gene Hackman at Wikipedia, 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.
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Quick answers about Gene Hackman’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Gene Hackman?
- Gene Hackman was an Aquarius: born January 30, 1930, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Horse.
- What was Gene Hackman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 30, 1930 birth.
- What time was Gene Hackman born?
- 07:45 local time in San Bernardino, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Gene Hackman's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 07:45 birth time in San Bernardino, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall was Gene Hackman?
- Gene Hackman was 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Gene Hackman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the January 30, 1930 birth date.
- What was Gene Hackman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 9°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 30, 1930 birth time.
- Where was Gene Hackman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 28°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Gene Hackman's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (16 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Moon, Venus; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
