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Grace Jones

Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948, Spanish Town 11., Jamaica), aged 78, is a Jamaican singer, model and actress. Best-known releases include Living My Life, Nightclubbing and Muse. Jones's honours include Order of Jamaica.

Grace Jones’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Grace Jones’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Scholar

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

Of the names registered in 1948, Grace came 167th among girls and 3,451st among boys, carried by 1,678 American girls and 6 boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Grace’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

8

Soul Urge · achievement

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on G (7) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Grace’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia

Ivory · Blush · Terracotta

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1948, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Grace apart

Malcolm X (1925) and Sam Smith (1992) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Citizenship
United States and France
Languages
English

What the chart says

Grace, according to the stars

Core essence

Grace is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Grace is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

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 like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Grace gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Grace creates

How Grace makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Grace builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Grace 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 Grace leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Grace 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 Grace's birth date. Working below.

Where Grace sits

Six lines

Grace’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

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 may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Grace

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Grace Jones

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Spanish Town 11. 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 Spanish Town 11. that night

Computed for 18.00°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Spanish Town 11. at 9 p.m. that evening: Vindemiatrix of Virgo, within 7.9° of the exact zenith.

Of the 91 catalog stars above the horizon, Rigil Kentaurus was the brightest.

From 18.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Sun 31° below the horizon, Moon up and 90% lit at waxing gibbous.

The name and the places

Born in
Spanish Town 11., Jamaica
Lives in
Spanish Town

Wikidata records Spanish Town as Grace Jones's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Grace Jones: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Grace's chart is

Chart pattern score

19 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

1 planet at a critical degree · 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.

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Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Grace Jones's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 19, 1948, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Earth Rat

Charming, and counting the exits.

Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

Grace Jones's birth date, May 19, 1948, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Grace’s chart

Grace’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 23° Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.1° orbSun grinds against Mars · Square, 1.7° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 2.1° orbMercury opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.2° orbJupiter faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 2.5° orbVenus grinds against Neptune · Square, 3° orbMars flows with Jupiter · Trine, 3.2° orbSun in Taurus · 28°36′☉28°Moon in Libra · 16°49′☽16°Mercury in Gemini · 18°54′☿18°Venus in Cancer · 7°32′♀7°Mars in Virgo · 0°21′♂0°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 27°11′ · retrograde♃℞27°Saturn in Leo · 16°41′♄16°Uranus in Gemini · 24°38′♅24°Neptune in Libra · 10°29′ · retrograde♆℞10°Pluto in Leo · 12°42′♇12°

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
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

  • stableSunsquareMars1.5° to 2.0° orb

    Grace’s core identity grinds against their drive.

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn1.5° to 2.9° orb

    Grace’s mind opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.2° orb

    Grace’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupiteroppositionUranus2.5° to 2.6° orb

  • stableVenussquareNeptune2.7° to 3.2° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter2.9° to 3.4° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto4.0° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus5.0° to 6.5° orb

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.0° to 8.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 7.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 13.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 21°02′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 10°49′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 19°50′ (moves 0.81° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 9°24′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 22°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres trine Neptune 0.3°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 1.7°
  • Ceres sextile Pluto 1.9°
  • Hygiea conjunction Venus 1.9°

Grace’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Grace’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

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

  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.5°
  • Mercury quintile Mars 0.6°
  • Sun quincunx Jupiter 1.4°

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Grace’s cards

Computed from May 19, 1948. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Scholar

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Grace’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q450429 (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 Bruce, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Grace Jones at Wikipedia, gracejones.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Grace Jones.

Quick answers about Grace Jones’s chart

How old is Grace Jones?
Grace Jones is 78 years old, born May 19, 1948 in Spanish Town 11., Jamaica.
What zodiac sign is Grace Jones?
Grace Jones is a Taurus: born May 19, 1948, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Grace Jones's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 19, 1948 birth.
What is Grace Jones's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is Grace Jones's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 21°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Grace Jones's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Grace Jones's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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