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George Jones

George Jones (born September 12, 1931, Saratoga, United States; died 2013), was an American country musician. Jones is best remembered for He Stopped Loving Her Today. Jones's honours include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Kennedy Center Honors and National Medal of Arts.

George Jones’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Metal Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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George Jones’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Storyteller

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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental 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 8th among boys and 492nd among girls in 1931, the year of this birth, with 20,685 American boys and 171 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.

3

Expression · expression and voice

9

Soul Urge · meaning

3

Personality · bright, quick

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

8 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia

Lavender · Lilac · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1931, 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

The shelf George Jones is read from: He Stopped Loving Her Today.

Cause of death is recorded as respiratory failure; the grave is at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

George Jones was married Tammy Wynette and raised one child.

The same date carries Ian Holm. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Known for
He Stopped Loving Her Today
Instruments
acoustic guitar and voice
Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
Cause of death
respiratory failure
Buried at
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
46

What the chart says

George, according to the stars

Core essence

George notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of George is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How George wants to be loved

George wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with George and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

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 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. George 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: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. George fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
George

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

PrivateExpressive
George

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

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

PracticalVisionary
George

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
George

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to George Jones

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

Computed for 30.28°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Saratoga at 9 p.m. that evening: Sulafat of Lyra, within 3.1° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.

From 30.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −59.7° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at new moon, 1% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 20° down.

How unusual George's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Virgo · T-square onto Uranus

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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Virgo Sun

Standards nobody else can meet.

George Jones's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 12, 1931, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Metal Goat

Kind, and quietly tough.

George Jones was born on September 12, 1931, which falls in a Metal Goat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Goat means →

Life Path 8

Built for the big table.

George Jones's birth date, September 12, 1931, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 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 18° to 3° Virgo or Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0.1° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.2° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.6° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.8° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.2° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.9° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.3° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 3.5° orbSun in Virgo · 18°58′☉18°Moon in Virgo · 26°23′☽26°Mercury in Virgo · 6°06′ · retrograde☿℞6°Venus in Virgo · 20°11′♀20°Mars in Libra · 26°53′♂26°Jupiter in Leo · 12°21′♃12°Saturn in Capricorn · 16°43′ · retrograde♄℞16°Uranus in Aries · 18°30′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Virgo · 6°02′♆6°Pluto in Cancer · 21°49′♇21°

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

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune0.0° to 0.2° orb

    George’s mind and imagination act as one.

  • stableVenussextilePluto1.0° to 2.2° orb

    George’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus1.1° to 1.4° orb

    George’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSuntrineSaturn1.8° to 2.7° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus1.8° orb

  • stableSunsextilePluto2.4° to 3.3° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn2.8° to 4.1° orb

  • stableUranussquarePluto3.3° to 3.4° orb

  • stableMarssquarePluto4.7° to 5.4° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto5.1° orb

  • stableJupitertrineUranus6.0° to 6.2° orb

  • possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.1° to 13.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth6 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 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.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 23°33′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresScorpio 2°49′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 27°47′ (moves 0.55° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 6°08′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 4°05′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron sextile Pluto 1.7°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Neptune; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    5 major aspects

Configurations in George’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, Venus, NeptuneThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Uranus · Saturn, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

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

  • Sun quincunx Uranus 0.5°
  • Mercury semi-square Pluto 0.7°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.8°
  • Venus quincunx Uranus 1.7°

Born the same day as George

Ian Holm was born on September 12, 1931 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. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. Saratoga sits at 30.3°N, far enough north that Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux and Toliman never clear the horizon. Same sky, different lives.

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George’s cards

Computed from September 12, 1931. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Storyteller

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

Life Path

8 · Achiever

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

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 Q508202 (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 Secisek at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same George Jones 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 Jones.

Quick answers about George Jones’s chart

What zodiac sign was George Jones?
George Jones was a Virgo: born September 12, 1931, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What was George Jones's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 12, 1931 birth.
What was George Jones's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What was George Jones's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was George Jones's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was George Jones's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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