Geoffrey A. Landis
Geoffrey A. Landis (born May 28, 1955, Detroit, United States), aged 71, is an American aerospace engineer and science fiction author. Landis's honours include Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Theodore Sturgeon Award and Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
Geoffrey A. Landis’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Wood Goat, with 
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Geoffrey A. Landis’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Storyteller
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Geoffrey in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~54,534
Americans share it since 1880
1975
its peak year
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Geoffrey’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Emerald, Emerald, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Green Orchid
Ivory · Lilac · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Geoffrey, according to the stars
Core essence
Geoffrey is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Geoffrey needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Geoffrey is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Geoffrey needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Geoffrey wants to be loved
Geoffrey wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Geoffrey is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Geoffrey creates
How Geoffrey makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Geoffrey creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Geoffrey is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Geoffrey 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Geoffrey does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Geoffrey's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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.
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Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFascinating, then gone.
Geoffrey A. Landis's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 28, 1955, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.
Wood Goat
Wood GoatMakes everything a bit more beautiful.
Geoffrey A. Landis was born on May 28, 1955, which falls in a Wood Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Geoffrey A. Landis's birth date, May 28, 1955, 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 Geoffrey’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Geoffrey A. Landis' date-only chart is Uranus square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Geoffrey A. Landis combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Storyteller.
Geoffrey’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Geoffrey A. Landis, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 1° to 14° Virgo 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
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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.
stableUranussquareNeptune0.9° orb
Geoffrey’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurytrineNeptune1.2° to 1.7° orb
Geoffrey’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableJupitersquareNeptune1.2° to 1.4° orb
Geoffrey’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.4° to 1.5° orb
Geoffrey’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus2.1° to 2.3° orb
Geoffrey’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurysextilePluto2.7° to 3.2° orb
Geoffrey’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars4.3° to 4.5° orb
Geoffrey’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenusoppositionSaturn4.8° to 6.1° orb
Geoffrey’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarstrineNeptune5.5° to 6.2° orb
Geoffrey’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.0° to 7.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.0° to 8.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.1° to 12.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Geoffrey’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 5°21′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Geoffrey making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 25°08′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Geoffrey caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosTaurus 20°19′ (moves 0.80° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Geoffrey wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaLibra 7°48′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Geoffrey is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 8°43′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Geoffrey leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
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 opposition Uranus 0.2°
- Ceres square Neptune 0.7°
- Chiron trine Sun 1.2°
- Hygiea trine Sun 1.2°
- Ceres opposition Jupiter 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 2.1°
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°).
Geoffrey’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. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Neptune; 1 major aspect
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Geoffrey is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Geoffrey’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.2°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.3°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Geoffrey A. Landis, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Geoffrey’s cards
Every card is computed from May 28, 1955, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
乙
yin Wood
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Geoffrey A. Landis, 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
Geoffrey’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q918443, 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.
Portrait by Markku Lappalainen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Geoffrey A. Landis’s chart
- How old is Geoffrey A. Landis?
- Geoffrey A. Landis is 71 years old, born May 28, 1955 in Detroit, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Geoffrey A. Landis?
- Geoffrey A. Landis is a Gemini: born May 28, 1955, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat.
- What is Geoffrey A. Landis's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 28, 1955 birth.
- What time was Geoffrey A. Landis 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 Geoffrey A. Landis's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the May 28, 1955 birth date.
- What is Geoffrey A. Landis's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 28, 1955 birth date.
- Where is Geoffrey A. Landis's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Geoffrey A. Landis's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
