George Raft
George Raft (born September 26, 1901, New York City, United States; died 1980), was an American actor. Raft's honours include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
George Raft’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Metal Ox, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Ox, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with George
George Raft’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Strategist
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, 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
In 1901, 3,609 American boys and 27 girls were registered George — 4th among boys and 607th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
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
8
Soul Urge · achievement
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on G (7) and closes on E (5).
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
1 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1901, 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 Raft was taught at Stuyvesant High School.
George Raft was 28 when the work began in 1929.
The record gives leukemia as the cause, and Forest Lawn Memorial Park as the resting place.
On Wikipedia the categories read People from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, RKO Pictures contract players and Stuyvesant High School alumni.
Serena Williams (1981) and Ivan Pavlov (1849) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Stuyvesant High School
- Working from
- 1929
- Cause of death
- leukemia
- Buried at
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 41
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 is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What George needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
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 hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. George creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: George is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. George is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of George leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means George runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
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 may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
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 Raft
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City 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 New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Deneb stood nearest the zenith over New York City at 9 p.m. that evening, 80.5° above the horizon in Cygnus.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 91 catalog stars above the horizon.
New York City 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 was at full moon, 98% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 35° down.
The name and the places
- Born in
- New York City, United States
The death is recorded at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County in 1980.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for George Raft: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual George's chart is
Chart pattern score
28 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
T-square onto Sun · 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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Libra Sun
Libra SunCharming. Still deciding.
George Raft's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 26, 1901, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Metal Ox
Metal OxSlow, steady, never quits.
George Raft was born on September 26, 1901, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Goes first. Works it out.
George Raft's birth date, September 26, 1901, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in George’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in George Raft's date-only chart is Venus sextile Saturn, with an orb of about 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- George Raft combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Strategist.
George’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 19° Pisces 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
stableVenussextileSaturn0.5° to 1.7° orb
George’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsquareNeptune0.9° to 1.9° orb
George’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunsquareJupiter1.0° to 1.9° orb
George’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune2.8° to 2.9° orb
stableMercurytrinePluto4.5° to 5.9° orb
stableUranusoppositionPluto5.3° orb
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn5.5° to 5.6° orb
stableVenusconjunctionMars6.2° to 6.7° orb
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.0° to 7.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.0° to 12.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 13.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
George’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 29°53′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 10°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 28°08′ (moves 0.60° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Pisces 24°53′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 14°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres opposition Venus 0.2°
- Ceres trine Saturn 0.9°
- Chiron opposition Neptune 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 2.5°
George’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn5 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
Configurations in George’s chart
T-square onto Sun · Jupiter, Neptune, SunAn 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 semi-square Mars 0.4°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.0°
- Mars quincunx Pluto 1.2°
- Sun quintile Uranus 1.5°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.9°
More people like George
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- Helen Hayes1900
- Kathryn McGuire1903
- Agnes Moorehead1900
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Born in United States
- Virginius DabneyAmerican journalist
- Darryl F. ZanuckAmerican film producer
- Linus PaulingAmerican scientist
- Richard RodgersAmerican composer of songs and Broadway musicals
- Gary CooperAmerican actor
- Barbara McClintockAmerican scientist and cytogeneticist
More charts like George’s
Fellow Libra suns
- Chris PennAmerican actor
- Anthony DawsonBritish actor
- Corinna HarfouchGerman actress
Born in Ox years
- Max VerstappenDutch and Belgian racing driver
- AkonSenegalese-American singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Abdus SalamTheoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient
Also born on September 26
- Serena Williams1981
- Ivan Pavlov1849
- Olivia Newton-John1948
- Christina Milian1981
- Meghan King1984
- Nev Schulman1984
Fellow Yin Fire day masters
- Geena DavisAmerican actress (born 1956)
- Jill DuggarAmerican reality television participant
- Josh DuggarAmerican convicted sex offender and former reality television personality
Other Libra Ox charts
- Cédric VillaniFrench mathematician and politician
- Carl von OssietzkyGerman journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
- Robert EdwardsEnglish physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation
- Claude SimonFrench writer
Other Radiant Strategists
- John James Rickard MacleodNobel prize-winning Scottish physician and physiologist; co-discoverer of insulin
- Theodore William RichardsUnited States chemist
- Melvin SchwartzAmerican experimental physicist
- Martin RyleEnglish radio astronomer
Famous people with Life Path 1
- John BardeenAmerican physicist and engineer
- Emily BluntBritish actress
- Paul KagamePresident of Rwanda since 2000
From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
George’s cards
Computed from September 26, 1901. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Radiant StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
1 · Pioneer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q436187 (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 Whitey Schafer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same George Raft 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 Raft.
Quick answers about George Raft’s chart
- What zodiac sign was George Raft?
- George Raft was a Libra: born September 26, 1901, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What was George Raft's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 26, 1901 birth.
- How tall was George Raft?
- George Raft was 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was George Raft's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What was George Raft's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was George Raft's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was George Raft's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Saturn is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
