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George Saunders

George Saunders (born December 2, 1958, Amarillo, United States), aged 67, is an American writer (born 1958). Saunders's honours include Booker Prize, PEN/Malamud Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

George Saunders’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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George Saunders’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Storyteller

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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 1958, 15,637 American boys and 84 girls were registered George — 31st among boys and 1,158th 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.

5

Expression · versatility

7

Soul Urge · understanding

7

Personality · composed, private

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

1 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold

The record

What sets George apart

Britney Spears (1981) and Lucy Liu (1968) 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.

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 seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. George creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

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 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means George is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

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

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 Saunders

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

George’s birth-night reference starMirachdeep red · AndromedaMirach, in Andromeda. A deep red star, 88.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mirach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 41.7° 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 Amarillo that night

Computed for 35.20°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Amarillo at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirach of Andromeda, within 1.9° of the exact zenith.

Of the 100 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

Amarillo sits at 35.2°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 −54.8° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 60% lit at last quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 41° below the horizon.

How unusual George's chart is

Chart pattern score

65 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · T-square onto Uranus · No Air 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 Saunders in 15 seconds

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

George Saunders's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 2, 1958, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Earth Dog

The first call when it's bad.

George Saunders was born on December 2, 1958, which falls in a Earth Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 1

Goes first. Works it out.

George Saunders's birth date, December 2, 1958, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 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 17° to 0° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 0.5° orbMercury fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0.9° orbVenus flows with Uranus · Trine, 1° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 1.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.5° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.8° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.3° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.4° orbSun in Sagittarius · 10°04′☉10°Moon in Leo · 23°41′☽23°Mercury in Sagittarius · 25°11′ · retrograde☿℞25°Venus in Sagittarius · 15°17′♀15°Mars in Taurus · 18°40′ · retrograde♂℞18°Jupiter in Scorpio · 18°08′♃18°Saturn in Sagittarius · 26°02′♄26°Uranus in Leo · 16°19′ · retrograde♅℞16°Neptune in Scorpio · 5°46′♆5°Pluto in Virgo · 4°14′♇4°

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

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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

  • stableMarsoppositionJupiter0.3° to 0.8° orb

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

  • stableVenustrineUranus0.4° to 1.7° orb

    George’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn0.6° to 1.2° orb

    George’s mind and discipline act as one.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.5° to 1.6° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus1.7° to 1.9° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus2.2° to 2.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus5.1° to 5.3° orb

  • stableSunsquarePluto5.3° to 6.3° orb

  • stableSuntrineUranus5.7° to 6.8° orb

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 8.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 12.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire6 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal0 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 18°20′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 28°31′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 20°05′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 17°42′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 1°46′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron square Jupiter 0.2°
  • Chiron square Mars 0.3°
  • Eros sextile Mars 1.4°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.4°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 1.9°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.0°
  • Hygiea opposition Venus 2.4°
  • Ceres sextile Saturn 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 2.5°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in George’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, Venus, SaturnThree 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 · Mars, Jupiter, 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.

  • Mercury biquintile Mars 0.5°
  • Mars biquintile Saturn 1.4°

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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else

George’s cards

Computed from December 2, 1958. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Storyteller

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1251926 (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 Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same George Saunders 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 Saunders.

Quick answers about George Saunders’s chart

How old is George Saunders?
George Saunders is 67 years old, born December 2, 1958 in Amarillo, United States.
What zodiac sign is George Saunders?
George Saunders is a Sagittarius: born December 2, 1958, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is George Saunders's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 2, 1958 birth.
What is George Saunders's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is George Saunders's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is George Saunders's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is George Saunders's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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