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George Elliott Clarke

George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960, Windsor, Canada), aged 66, is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic (born 1960). Clarke has served as Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Clarke's honours include Officer of the Order of Canada, Governor General's Award for English-language poetry and Dartmouth Book Award.

George Elliott Clarke’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rat, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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George Elliott Clarke’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Guardian

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.

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

#126

US rank in 2025

~1,497,260

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

George ranked 33rd among boys and 1,193rd among girls in 1960, the year of this birth, with 14,063 American boys and 83 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What George’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

6

Soul Urge · being needed

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on G (7) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 5: voice against movement.

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

George’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

3 · 2

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia

Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1960, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets George apart

George Elliott Clarke took the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2001, at 41.

Queen Elizabeth High School and Queen's University shaped the training.

Wikipedia's editors put George Elliott Clarke under Canadian parliamentary poets laureate, Governor General's Award-winning poets and Black Canadian novelists.

The same date carries Jörn Rausing. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Educated at
Queen Elizabeth High School, Queen's University and University of Waterloo
Awards
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry (2001), Officer of the Order of Canada (2008) and Dartmouth Book Award (2006)
Nominated for
Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing and Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
Citizenship
Canada
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
7

What the chart says

George, according to the stars

Core essence

George is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of George 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, George needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What George needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How George wants to be loved

George wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show George you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How George creates

How George makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. George 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: George is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. George is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means George 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 George's birth date. Working below.

Where George sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
George

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
George

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

PrivateExpressive
George

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

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

PracticalVisionary
George

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
George

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to George Elliott Clarke

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Windsor on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

George’s birth-night reference starMenkalinanwhite · AurigaMenkalinan, in Auriga. A white star, 87.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkalinan →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 79.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Windsor that night

Computed for 44.98°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Menkalinan stood nearest the zenith over Windsor at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.3° above the horizon in Auriga.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 104 catalog stars were up in all.

From 45.0°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Nothing below −45.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Windsor on any night.

The Moon, 100% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 35° below the horizon.

How unusual George's chart is

Chart pattern score

10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

A leaning bowl

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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If you only read one paragraph

Aquarius Sun

Cares about everyone, needs space.

George Elliott Clarke's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 12, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aquarius means →

Metal Rat

Quick, clever, never stuck.

George Elliott Clarke was born on February 12, 1960, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 3

Makes feelings into something.

George Elliott Clarke's birth date, February 12, 1960, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 means →

What stands out in George’s chart

George’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 28° Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.6° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 0.7° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.9° orbMoon fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 3.4° orbMercury flows with Neptune · Trine, 3.4° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.9° orbSun faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 4.1° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.3° orbSun in Aquarius · 22°57′☉22°Moon in Leo · 22°17′☽22°Mercury in Pisces · 5°45′☿5°Venus in Capricorn · 20°08′♀20°Mars in Capricorn · 22°02′♂22°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 27°14′♃27°Saturn in Capricorn · 14°15′♄14°Uranus in Leo · 18°52′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Scorpio · 9°08′ · retrograde♆℞9°Pluto in Virgo · 5°12′ · retrograde♇℞5°

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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

  • stableSunoppositionMoon0.0° to 6.5° orb

    George’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.

  • stableMercuryoppositionPluto0.0° to 1.4° orb

    George’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars1.7° to 2.1° orb

    George’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableMercurytrineNeptune2.5° to 4.3° orb

  • stableSunoppositionUranus3.6° to 4.6° orb

  • stableSunsextileJupiter3.9° to 4.7° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionSaturn5.3° to 6.5° orb

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.0° to 11.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.0° to 9.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 6.6° to 19.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 6.8° to 19.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 27°09′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 26°15′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 11°10′ (moves 0.59° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 23°48′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 20°27′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.1°
  • Hygiea opposition Sun 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.6°
  • Eros square Neptune 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 2.5°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn6.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Venus, Mars; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

Configurations in George’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.

  • Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.1°
  • Mercury semi-square Venus 0.6°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Mars quintile Neptune 0.9°
  • Venus quintile Neptune 1.0°
  • Mercury semi-square Mars 1.3°
  • Venus quincunx Uranus 1.3°
  • Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.4°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.8°

Born the same day as George

Jörn Rausing was born on February 12, 1960 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Windsor, at 45.0°N, Capella and Deneb never set at all. Same sky, different lives.

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George’s cards

Computed from February 12, 1960. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Guardian

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1507305 (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 Flickr contributor Harvey K, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same George Elliott Clarke at Wikipedia, georgeelliottclarke.net, 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 George Elliott Clarke.

Quick answers about George Elliott Clarke’s chart

How old is George Elliott Clarke?
George Elliott Clarke is 66 years old, born February 12, 1960 in Windsor, Canada.
What zodiac sign is George Elliott Clarke?
George Elliott Clarke is an Aquarius: born February 12, 1960, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
What is George Elliott Clarke's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 12, 1960 birth.
What is George Elliott Clarke's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What is George Elliott Clarke's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is George Elliott Clarke's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is George Elliott Clarke's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Venus, Mars; 1 major aspect). Uranus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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