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Grace Bumbry

Grace Bumbry (born January 4, 1937, St. Louis, United States; died 2023), was an American opera singer. Bumbry served as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Bumbry's honours include Kennedy Center Honors and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

Grace Bumbry’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rat, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Grace Bumbry’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Visionary

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

How common is the name Grace in the U.S.?

#38

US rank in 2025

~536,340

Americans share it since 1880

2003

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Grace’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

7 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Grace, according to the stars

Core essence

Grace is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Grace is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Grace 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 Grace 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 Grace wants to be loved

Grace wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Grace be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Grace creates

How Grace makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Grace 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: Grace is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Grace is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

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. Grace fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Grace's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Grace sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Grace

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Grace

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

PrivateExpressive
Grace

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Grace

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

PracticalVisionary
Grace

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Grace

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Grace Bumbry

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

Grace’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 87° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 74.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

The quick version

Capricorn Sun

Ambition wearing a plain coat.

Grace Bumbry's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 4, 1937, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Fire Rat

Resourceful is an understatement.

Grace Bumbry was born on January 4, 1937, which falls in a Fire Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 7

Solitary, curious, deep.

Grace Bumbry's birth date, January 4, 1937, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Grace’s chart

Grace’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Grace Bumbry, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 9° to 21° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus flows with Mars · Trine, 1° orbSaturn faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.3° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.5° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 1.7° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 2° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 2° orbMercury faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 3.5° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 3.6° orbSun in Capricorn · 14°00′☉13°Moon in Libra · 15°39′☽15°Mercury in Aquarius · 1°25′☿1°Venus in Aquarius · 28°24′♀28°Mars in Libra · 29°24′♂29°Jupiter in Capricorn · 7°37′♃7°Saturn in Pisces · 17°38′♄17°Uranus in Taurus · 5°39′ · retrograde♅℞5°Neptune in Virgo · 18°55′ · retrograde♆℞18°Pluto in Cancer · 27°56′ · retrograde♇℞27°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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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

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableVenustrineMars0.7° to 1.3° orb

    Grace’s affections flow straight into their drive.

  • stableMarssquarePluto1.2° to 1.7° orb

    Grace’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune1.2° to 1.3° orb

    Grace’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMercurysquareMars1.8° to 2.2° orb

    Grace’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus1.8° to 2.1° orb

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

  • stableSunsextileSaturn3.2° to 4.1° orb

    Grace’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMercuryoppositionPluto3.3° to 3.6° orb

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

  • stableMercurysquareUranus4.2° to 4.4° orb

    Grace’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSuntrineNeptune4.4° to 5.4° orb

    Grace’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter6.0° to 6.8° orb

    Grace’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus6.0° to 6.5° orb

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

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 7.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire0 of 10
  • Earth4 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, with no planets in Fire signs.

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

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Gemini 19°12′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Grace turning that into a careful, exact way with words.

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 11°50′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Grace caring by building something that lasts for others.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 8°53′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Grace is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 6°59′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Grace is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 10°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Grace is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Chiron square Neptune 0.3°
  • Hygiea opposition Jupiter 0.6°
  • Eros conjunction Jupiter 1.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.3°
  • Chiron square Saturn 1.6°
  • Ceres conjunction Sun 2.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.7°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Grace’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Grace is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Grace’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Mercury, Pluto, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Mars, Uranus, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Venus quincunx Pluto 0.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.6°
  • Mercury semi-square Saturn 1.2°
  • Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.7°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Grace Bumbry, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Grace’s cards

Every card is computed from January 4, 1937, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Tower

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Visionary

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Grace Bumbry, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Grace’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q451180, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by U.S. federal government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Grace Bumbry at Wikipedia, gracebumbry.com, IMDb, Instagram and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Grace Bumbry.

Quick answers about Grace Bumbry’s chart

What zodiac sign was Grace Bumbry?
Grace Bumbry was a Capricorn: born January 4, 1937, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rat.
What was Grace Bumbry's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 4, 1937 birth.
What time was Grace Bumbry born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What was Grace Bumbry's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 4, 1937 birth date.
What was Grace Bumbry's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 4, 1937 birth date.
Where was Grace Bumbry's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Grace Bumbry's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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