George Gershwin
George Gershwin (born September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, United States; died 1937), was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin is best remembered for The Man I Love, An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess. Gershwin's honours include Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, Grammy Trustees Award and Congressional Gold Medal.
George Gershwin’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Earth Dog, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Dog, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with George
George Gershwin’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
The SSA recorded 4,853 American boys and 51 girls named George in 1898: 4th among boys and 433rd among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What George’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on G (7) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as 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
7 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Blush · Terracotta
The record
What sets George apart
Serena Williams (1981) and Ivan Pavlov (1849) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
George, according to the stars
Core essence
George makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of George is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, George 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 George 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 George wants to be loved
George wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with George even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How George creates
How George makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. George creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: George is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. George is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means George 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 George's birth date. Working below.
Where George sits
Six lines
George’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 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 may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 George Gershwin
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn that night
Computed for 40.65°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Brooklyn at 9 p.m. that evening: Deneb of Cygnus, within 10.1° of the exact zenith.
Of the 92 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
Brooklyn sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 90% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 35° below the horizon.
How unusual George's chart is
Chart pattern score
27 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
A bowl 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.
Score your own chart →Libra Sun
Libra SunBeauty matters. So does balance.
George Gershwin's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 26, 1898, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Earth Dog
Earth DogGuards the gate all night.
George Gershwin was born on September 26, 1898, which falls in a Earth Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
George Gershwin's birth date, September 26, 1898, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in George’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in George Gershwin's date-only chart is Jupiter trine Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs.
- George Gershwin combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
George’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 14° to 28° Aquarius 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
stableMercurysquarePluto0.7° to 2.2° orb
George’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrinePluto1.1° to 1.3° orb
George’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableSunsextileUranus2.6° to 3.5° orb
George’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableMercurysextileVenus2.6° to 3.1° orb
stableMercurysextileMars2.9° to 3.8° orb
stableMarssquareJupiter3.0° to 3.3° orb
stableSunsextileSaturn3.4° to 4.3° orb
stableVenustrineMars6.0° to 6.4° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus6.9° orb
possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.0° to 7.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
George’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironScorpio 26°24′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 18°34′ (moves 0.46° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 9°41′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 27°58′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 12°60′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 0.8°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 1.4°
- Ceres sextile Venus 1.4°
- Eros sextile Saturn 2.2°
- Hygiea square Uranus 2.6°
- Ceres square Pluto 2.9°
George’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury7 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Saturn, Uranus; 2 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.
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.2°
- Mars biquintile Saturn 0.3°
- Venus biquintile Neptune 1.2°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.4°
- Mercury quintile Uranus 1.4°
- Jupiter semi-square Uranus 1.4°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.8°
- Mars semi-sextile Pluto 1.9°
George’s family here
One relative of George Gershwin also has a chart on AsterNym.
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Famous people with Life Path 7
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From the journal: The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works · Your Sun, Moon and rising signs: the Big Three explained
George’s cards
Computed from September 26, 1898. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The TowerAsterNym identity card
The Tidal VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
7 · Seeker♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q123829 (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 Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same George Gershwin at Wikipedia, 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 Gershwin.
Quick answers about George Gershwin’s chart
- What zodiac sign was George Gershwin?
- George Gershwin was a Libra: born September 26, 1898, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was George Gershwin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 26, 1898 birth.
- What was George Gershwin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What was George Gershwin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was George Gershwin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was George Gershwin's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Neptune, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
