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George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill (born December 20, 1921, Minneapolis, United States; died 2002), was an American film director. Hill is best remembered for Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Little Romance and Slap Shot. Hill's honours include BAFTA Award for Best Film, Academy Award for Best Director and BAFTA Award for Best Direction.

George Roy Hill’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Metal Rooster, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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George Roy Hill’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Seeker

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, 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

George ranked 6th among boys and 480th among girls in 1921, the year of this birth, with 27,476 American boys and 206 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

22

Soul Urge · legacy

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on G (7) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 7 and 9: analysis against empathy.

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

9 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Magnolia

Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white

The record

What sets George apart

Kylian Mbappé (1998) and Jonah Hill (1983) 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 is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of George is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

The vibe

Underneath, George 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 George needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.

How George wants to be loved

George wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with George and watch them fall for you again.

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 sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. George is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
George

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
George

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
George

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to George Roy Hill

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

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

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Minneapolis was Algol, in Perseus, 84.4° up.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.

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

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Minneapolis at all: they sit past the −45.0° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at last quarter, 58% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 46° down.

How unusual George's chart is

Chart pattern score

39 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · No Earth planets

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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George Roy Hill at a glance

Sagittarius Sun

Needs a horizon, any horizon.

George Roy Hill's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 20, 1921, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Metal Rooster

Candid to a fault.

George Roy Hill was born on December 20, 1921, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 9

Wide view, open hands.

George Roy Hill's birth date, December 20, 1921, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 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 7° to 21° Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.3° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.3° orbVenus flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.5° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.7° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 2° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.2° orbSaturn grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.3° orbUranus flows with Pluto · Trine, 3° orbSun in Sagittarius · 28°20′☉28°Moon in Virgo · 14°16′☽14°Mercury in Sagittarius · 24°26′☿24°Venus in Sagittarius · 16°15′♀16°Mars in Libra · 26°37′♂26°Jupiter in Libra · 15°59′♃15°Saturn in Libra · 6°56′♄6°Uranus in Pisces · 6°14′♅6°Neptune in Leo · 15°42′ · retrograde♆℞15°Pluto in Cancer · 9°13′ · retrograde♇℞9°

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

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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

  • stableVenussextileJupiter0.0° to 0.8° orb

    George’s affections open doors for their growth.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune0.0° to 1.2° orb

    George’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune0.2° to 0.4° orb

    George’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSunsextileMars1.5° to 1.9° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars1.7° to 2.7° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto2.3° orb

  • stableUranustrinePluto3.0° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury3.6° to 4.2° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto6.7° to 6.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.0° to 12.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 8.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 0.9° to 15.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 9°28′

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 23°12′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 23°55′ (moves 0.56° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaScorpio 16°18′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 28°16′ (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 sextile Sun 0.1°
  • Chiron square Pluto 0.2°
  • Eros square Mercury 0.5°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 0.6°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 1.6°
  • Chiron opposition Saturn 2.5°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects

Configurations in George’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.

Minor aspects

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

  • Mercury quintile Uranus 0.2°
  • Sun quintile Jupiter 0.4°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.7°
  • Mars quintile Neptune 1.1°

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George’s cards

Computed from December 20, 1921. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Moon

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Seeker

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

9 · Healer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q51570 (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 Steelehill12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same George Roy Hill at Wikipedia and IMDb.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by George Roy Hill.

Quick answers about George Roy Hill’s chart

What zodiac sign was George Roy Hill?
George Roy Hill was a Sagittarius: born December 20, 1921, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What was George Roy Hill's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 20, 1921 birth.
What was George Roy Hill's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What was George Roy Hill's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was George Roy Hill's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was George Roy Hill's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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