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George W. Bush

George W. Bush (born George Walker Bush; July 6, 1946, New Haven, United States, 07:26), aged 80, is President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Bush has held office as Governor of Texas. Bush's honours include Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania and Order of Kuwait.

George W. Bush’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Fire Dog, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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George W. Bush’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Diplomat

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional 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 16th among boys and 752nd among girls in 1946, the year of this birth, with 21,575 American boys and 119 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What George’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name George Walker Bush, not the name they published under.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

7

Soul Urge · understanding

8

Personality · capable, in charge

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

6 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Carnelian

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Hibiscus

Sky blue · Pearl · Scarlet

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 1946, 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 W. Bush took the Financial Times Person of the Year in 2002, at 56.

The classrooms behind this chart: Yale College and Phillips Academy.

The working life starts in 1968, at 22.

On the family side, George W. Bush was born to Barbara Bush and George H. W. Bush, married Laura Bush and raised 2 children.

The same date carries Sylvester Stallone and Peter Singer. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Educated at
Yale College, Phillips Academy and St. Anthony Catholic School
Awards
Doublespeak Award (2008) and Financial Times Person of the Year (2002)
Working from
1968
Sport
rugby
Citizenship
United States
Languages
Spanish and English
Wikipedia editions
280

What the chart says

George, according to the stars

Core essence

George feels the room before entering it. The core of George is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for George, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, George cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What George needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How George wants to be loved

George wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore George openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How George creates

How George makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. George creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. George is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means George channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

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 may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
George

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

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 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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George’s birth-sky starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 84.2° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 50.2° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

Read from the sky above New Haven at 07:26, George W. Bush’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over New Haven that night

Computed for 41.31°N, at the documented birth time.

At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at New Haven was Almach, in Andromeda, 84.2° up.

Of the 102 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 41.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −48.7° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from New Haven on any night.

Sun -20° below the horizon, Moon down and 53% lit at first quarter.

The name and the places

Born as
George Walker Bush
Known as
George W. Bush
Born in
New Haven, United States

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What George's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Purple Star 紫微, The Charmer 貪狼 in 卯

Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Wealth

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Manifestor, profile 5/1

Emotional authority · Single definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

57 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Libra · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet

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.

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George W. Bush in 15 seconds

Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

George W. Bush's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time.

What Cancer means →

Fire Dog

Guards the gate all night.

George W. Bush was born on July 6, 1946, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 6

Responsible before asked.

George W. Bush's birth date, July 6, 1946, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in George’s chart

George’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 0.8° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 1° orbMoon fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 1.4° orbVenus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.3° orbMoon flows with Uranus · Trine, 2.4° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 2.9° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.4° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3.9° orbSun in Cancer · 13°47′ · house 12☉13°Moon in Libra · 16°42′ · house 3☽16°Mercury in Leo · 9°50′ · house 1☿9°Venus in Leo · 21°30′ · house 1♀21°Mars in Virgo · 9°18′ · house 2♂9°Jupiter in Libra · 18°09′ · house 3♃18°Saturn in Cancer · 26°30′ · house 12♄26°Uranus in Gemini · 19°09′ · house 11♅19°Neptune in Libra · 5°56′ · house 3♆5°Pluto in Leo · 10°35′ · house 1♇10°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCLeo 7°07′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCAqr 7°07′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCAri 24°13′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICLib 24°13′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantLeo
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • MercuryconjunctionPlutoapplying · 0.8° orb

    George’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • JupitertrineUranusapplying · 1.0° orb

    George’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • MoonconjunctionJupiterapplying · 1.4° orb

    George’s feelings and growth act as one.

  • VenussextileUranusseparating · 2.3° orb

  • MoontrineUranusapplying · 2.4° orb

  • SunsquareMoonseparating · 2.9° orb

  • VenussextileJupiterseparating · 3.4° orb

  • MercurysextileNeptuneseparating · 3.9° orb

  • SunsquareJupiterapplying · 4.4° orb

  • SunsextileMarsseparating · 4.5° orb

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 4.6° orb

  • MoonsextileVenusapplying · 4.8° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 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.

  • ⚷ ChironLibra 15°25′ · House 3

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Aquarius 10°48′ · House 7

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 22°21′ · House 10

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 26°19′ · House 9

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 6°51′ · House 5

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres opposition Pluto 0.2°
  • Hygiea square Saturn 0.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Ascendant 0.3°
  • Eros square Venus 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 0.9°
  • Ceres opposition Mercury 1.0°
  • Chiron conjunction Moon 1.3°
  • Chiron square Sun 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 2.4°
  • Chiron conjunction Jupiter 2.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 3.0°

George’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus11 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Moon, Jupiter, Neptune; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun9 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Mercury, Venus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☽ Moon9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Saturn; 4 major aspects

Configurations in George’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Libra · Moon, Jupiter, 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.

Minor aspects

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

  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.5°
  • Venus semi-square Neptune 0.6°
  • Mars semi-sextile Pluto 1.3°

George’s houses

George’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1LeoSun in Cancer, house 12Mercury, Venus, Plutoself, body, how you arrive
2VirgoMercury in Leo, house 1Marsmoney, possessions, self-worth
3LibraVenus in Leo, house 1Moon, Jupiter, Neptunemind, siblings, the local world
4ScorpioPluto in Leo, house 1emptyhome, family, roots
5SagittariusJupiter in Libra, house 3emptycreativity, romance, play
6CapricornSaturn in Cancer, house 12emptywork, habits, health
7AquariusUranus in Gemini, house 11emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8PiscesNeptune in Libra, house 3emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9AriesMars in Virgo, house 2emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10TaurusVenus in Leo, house 1emptycareer, reputation, public life
11GeminiMercury in Leo, house 1Uranusfriends, community, the future
12CancerMoon in Libra, house 3Sun, Saturnthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

George’s family here

4 relatives of George W. Bush also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.

Born the same day as George

2 other people here were born on July 6, 1946, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. At 41.3°N, the sky above New Haven stops at −48.7° declination. Same sky, different lives.

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George’s cards

Computed from July 6, 1946. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Hour

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q207 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Eric Draper, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by George W. Bush.

Quick answers about George W. Bush’s chart

How old is George W. Bush?
George W. Bush is 80 years old, born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, United States.
What zodiac sign is George W. Bush?
George W. Bush is a Cancer: born July 6, 1946, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time.
What is George W. Bush's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 6, 1946 birth.
What time was George W. Bush born?
07:26 local time in New Haven, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is George W. Bush's rising sign?
Leo rising, calculated from the documented 07:26 birth time in New Haven, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
How tall is George W. Bush?
George W. Bush is 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is George W. Bush's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is George W. Bush's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 15°, in the third house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is George W. Bush's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 6°, in the fifth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is George W. Bush's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Moon, Jupiter, Neptune; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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