Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow (born September 27, 1972, Los Angeles, United States, 17:25), aged 54, is an American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer. Notable films include The Avengers, Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War. Paltrow's honours include Academy Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Water Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Rat, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Gwyneth
Gwyneth Paltrow’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Strategist
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Gwyneth in the U.S.?
#1771
US rank in 2025
~6,657
Americans share it since 1915
2013
its peak year
Gwyneth ranked 4,892nd in 1972, the year of this birth, with 11 American girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Gwyneth’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
3
Soul Urge · being heard
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on G (7) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Gwyneth’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🪷 Lotus
Lavender · Blush · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 6, trigram Qian 乾, West group. Best direction West, worst Southeast.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1972, 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 Gwyneth apart
Avril Lavigne (1984) and Lil Wayne (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Gwyneth, according to the stars
Core essence
Gwyneth makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Gwyneth is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Gwyneth processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Gwyneth needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Gwyneth wants to be loved
Gwyneth 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 Gwyneth openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Gwyneth creates
How Gwyneth makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Gwyneth 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: Gwyneth 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Gwyneth 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 Gwyneth leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Gwyneth 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 Gwyneth's birth date. Working below.
Where Gwyneth sits
Six lines
Gwyneth’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Read from the sky above Los Angeles at 17:25, Gwyneth Paltrow’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Los Angeles that night
Computed for 34.05°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Los Angeles was Kornephoros, in Hercules, 75.8° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.
From 34.1°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −55.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Los Angeles on any night.
Sun -15° below the horizon, Moon down and 70% lit at waning gibbous.
What Gwyneth's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Debater 巨門 in 子
Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Outer world
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
59 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Libra · No Water planets · 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.
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Libra Sun
Libra SunMakes the peace, keeps the peace.
Gwyneth Paltrow's Sun was in Libra at the documented birth time.
What Libra means →Water Rat
Water RatFinds the shortcut every time.
Gwyneth Paltrow was born on September 27, 1972, which falls in a Water Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Independent to the core.
Gwyneth Paltrow's birth date, September 27, 1972, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in Gwyneth’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Gwyneth Paltrow's timed chart: Moon in the 4th house, Mars in the 7th house, Saturn in the 4th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Gwyneth Paltrow's timed chart is Moon trine Mercury, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Uranus and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Gwyneth Paltrow combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Strategist.
Gwyneth’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.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MoontrineMercuryseparating · 0.1° orb
Gwyneth’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.0° orb
Gwyneth’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenussextileSaturnseparating · 1.1° orb
Gwyneth’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
JupitersquarePlutoapplying · 1.8° orb
SunsextileNeptuneseparating · 2.0° orb
MarssquareJupiterapplying · 2.1° orb
SaturntrineUranusapplying · 2.7° orb
SunconjunctionPlutoseparating · 3.0° orb
VenussextileUranusseparating · 3.9° orb
MarsconjunctionPlutoapplying · 3.9° orb
SunsquareJupiterseparating · 4.8° orb
MarssextileNeptuneapplying · 4.9° orb
MoontrineUranusapplying · 6.3° orb
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 6.4° orb
MercuryconjunctionUranusapplying · 6.4° orb
SuntrineMoonseparating · 6.6° orb
SunconjunctionMarsseparating · 6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air6 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
Gwyneth’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 15°32′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresLibra 12°26′ · House 8
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 21°55′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaScorpio 26°24′ · House 9
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 24°10′ · House 9
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros opposition Venus 0.2°
- Ceres trine Moon 0.9°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 1.0°
- Eros trine Saturn 1.3°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 1.7°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 2.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Venus 2.5°
Gwyneth’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Gemini; disposes Moon, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Pisces; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Gwyneth’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, Uranus, PlutoThree 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.
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 0.2°
- Jupiter quintile Uranus 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.7°
Gwyneth’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 10 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Aries | Mars in Virgo, house 7 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Taurus | Venus in Leo, house 6 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 8 | Moon, Saturn | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Cancer | Moon in Gemini, house 4 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Leo | Sun in Libra, house 8 | Venus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 8 | Mars | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Libra | Venus in Leo, house 6 | Sun, Mercury, Uranus, Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 8 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn, house 11 | Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Capricorn | Saturn in Gemini, house 4 | Jupiter | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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3 relatives of Gwyneth Paltrow also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.
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Gwyneth’s cards
Computed from September 27, 1972. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
Wheel of FortuneAsterNym identity card
The Gilded StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
1 · Pioneer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Gwyneth’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q34460 (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 Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Gwyneth Paltrow at Wikipedia, gwynethpaltrow.com, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
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Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Gwyneth Paltrow.
Quick answers about Gwyneth Paltrow’s chart
- How old is Gwyneth Paltrow?
- Gwyneth Paltrow is 54 years old, born September 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Gwyneth Paltrow?
- Gwyneth Paltrow is a Libra: born September 27, 1972, which puts the Sun in Libra at the documented birth time.
- What is Gwyneth Paltrow's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 27, 1972 birth.
- What time was Gwyneth Paltrow born?
- 17:25 local time in Los Angeles, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Gwyneth Paltrow's rising sign?
- Pisces rising, calculated from the documented 17:25 birth time in Los Angeles, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Gwyneth Paltrow?
- Gwyneth Paltrow is 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Gwyneth Paltrow's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What is Gwyneth Paltrow's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 15°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Gwyneth Paltrow's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 24°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Gwyneth Paltrow's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Gemini; disposes Moon, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
