Greg Egan
Greg Egan (born August 20, 1961, Perth, Australia), aged 65, is an Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmer. Egan's honours include Hayakawa Award, Hugo Award for Best Novella and Ditmar Award.
Greg Egan’s zodiac sign is Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Ox, with 
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Greg Egan’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Lightkeeper
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Greg in the U.S.?
#4761
US rank in 2025
~77,849
Americans share it since 1880
1961
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Greg’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
9 · 1
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🤍 White Magnolia
Coral · Gold · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Greg, according to the stars
Core essence
Greg is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Greg is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
How Greg wants to be loved
Greg 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. Greg gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Greg creates
How Greg makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Greg creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Greg is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Greg 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. Greg fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Greg's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Greg sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Leo Sun
Leo SunGenerous with the spotlight, mostly.
Greg Egan's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 20, 1961, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Metal Ox
Metal OxCarries the load without comment.
Greg Egan was born on August 20, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Greg Egan's birth date, August 20, 1961, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.
What stands out in Greg’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Greg Egan's date-only chart is Sun conjunction Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Greg Egan combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Lightkeeper.
Greg’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Greg Egan, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 29° to 12° Scorpio or Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableSunconjunctionUranus0.2° to 1.1° orb
Greg’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° orb
Greg’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarstrineJupiter2.5° to 3.2° orb
Greg’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercuryconjunctionPluto4.0° to 5.9° orb
Greg’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn4.7° to 4.8° orb
Greg’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableVenusoppositionSaturn4.8° to 6.0° orb
Greg’s affections pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunconjunctionMercury5.1° to 6.1° orb
Greg’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercuryconjunctionUranus5.4° to 7.2° orb
Greg’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 10.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 13.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 8.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Greg’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 ℞Pisces 4°37′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Greg absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresTaurus 23°33′ (moves 0.18° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Greg is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosScorpio 25°39′ (moves 0.45° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Greg is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaScorpio 25°05′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Greg carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 22°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Greg is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
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.
- Eros square Uranus 0.6°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.7°
- Ceres trine Saturn 0.8°
- Hygiea square Uranus 1.1°
- Eros square Sun 1.3°
- Eros sextile Saturn 1.3°
- Hygiea square Sun 1.8°
- Chiron opposition Mercury 2.1°
- Ceres square Uranus 2.7°
- Chiron opposition Pluto 2.9°
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°).
Greg’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. ☉ Sun8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn5 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Greg is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 Greg’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Sun quintile Neptune 0.1°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.5°
- Uranus quintile Neptune 0.6°
- Venus quintile Mars 1.0°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.5°
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.8°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.9°
- Sun quincunx Jupiter 2.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Greg Egan, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Greg
Fred Wilson was born on August 20, 1961 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: The Lo Shu square: the oldest magic square there is · What if you don't know your birth time?
Greg’s cards
Every card is computed from August 20, 1961, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Greg Egan, 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
Greg’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q316785, 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.
The same Greg Egan at Wikipedia, gregegan.net, IMDb, X 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 Greg Egan.
Quick answers about Greg Egan’s chart
- How old is Greg Egan?
- Greg Egan is 65 years old, born August 20, 1961 in Perth, Australia.
- What zodiac sign is Greg Egan?
- Greg Egan is a Leo: born August 20, 1961, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox.
- What is Greg Egan's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 20, 1961 birth.
- What time was Greg Egan 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 is Greg Egan's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the August 20, 1961 birth date.
- What is Greg Egan's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 4°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 20, 1961 birth date.
- Where is Greg Egan's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Greg Egan's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
