Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie (born April 18, 1973, Assela, Ethiopia), aged 53, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman. Gebrselassie's honours include Silver Olympic Order, Bislett medal and Track & Field News Athlete of the Year.
Haile Gebrselassie’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Ox, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Ox, with 
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Haile Gebrselassie’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Diplomat
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Haile in the U.S.?
#12688
US rank in 2025
~1,073
Americans share it since 1880
2002
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Haile’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 💠 Water Lily
White · Crimson · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Haile, according to the stars
Core essence
Haile leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Haile is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, Haile feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Haile needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How Haile creates
How Haile 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. Haile 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: Haile 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Haile 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: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Haile goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Haile's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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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Aries Sun
Aries SunFirst through every door.
Haile Gebrselassie's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 18, 1973, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.
Water Ox
Water OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Haile Gebrselassie was born on April 18, 1973, which falls in a Water 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 6
Life Path 6Care is the whole job.
Haile Gebrselassie's birth date, April 18, 1973, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Haile’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Haile Gebrselassie's date-only chart is Mercury opposition Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs.
- Haile Gebrselassie combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Diplomat.
Haile’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Haile Gebrselassie, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 1° to 13° Scorpio 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.
stableMercuryoppositionPluto0.0° to 1.2° orb
Haile’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMarstrineSaturn0.9° to 1.5° orb
Haile’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableSunconjunctionVenus2.1° to 2.3° orb
Haile’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupitersextileNeptune2.3° to 2.4° orb
Haile’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturntrineUranus3.5° to 3.7° orb
Haile’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableMarstrineUranus4.4° to 5.1° orb
Haile’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMercurytrineNeptune4.5° to 5.8° orb
Haile’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableNeptunesextilePluto4.6° orb
Haile’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter6.3° to 6.9° orb
Haile’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunoppositionUranus7.0° to 8.0° orb
Haile’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 8.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 1.3° to 12.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Haile’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.
⚷ ChironAries 17°29′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Haile may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 17°41′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Haile is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosGemini 17°32′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Haile is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaAquarius 15°48′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Haile is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 16°43′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Haile leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
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.
- Hygiea conjunction Mars 0.2°
- Chiron sextile Saturn 0.3°
- Eros conjunction Saturn 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 0.4°
- Ceres opposition Saturn 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 0.7°
- Hygiea trine Saturn 1.3°
- Chiron sextile Mars 1.5°
- Eros trine Mars 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Mars 1.7°
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°).
Haile’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. ♂ Mars8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Uranus, Pluto; 1 major aspect
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Haile is read as acting first and reflecting after.
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 Haile’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.
Grand trine · Mars, Saturn, UranusThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
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 Mars 0.2°
- Venus biquintile Neptune 0.6°
- Mercury semi-square Mars 0.9°
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.3°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.4°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.5°
- Venus semi-square Saturn 1.7°
- Venus quincunx Pluto 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Haile Gebrselassie, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Haile’s cards
Every card is computed from April 18, 1973, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Haile Gebrselassie, 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
Haile’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q171500, 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 Haile Gebrselassie at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.
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 Haile Gebrselassie.
Quick answers about Haile Gebrselassie’s chart
- How old is Haile Gebrselassie?
- Haile Gebrselassie is 53 years old, born April 18, 1973 in Assela, Ethiopia.
- What zodiac sign is Haile Gebrselassie?
- Haile Gebrselassie is an Aries: born April 18, 1973, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Ox.
- What is Haile Gebrselassie's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 18, 1973 birth.
- What time was Haile Gebrselassie 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.
- How tall is Haile Gebrselassie?
- Haile Gebrselassie is 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Haile Gebrselassie's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the April 18, 1973 birth date.
- What is Haile Gebrselassie's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 18, 1973 birth date.
- Where is Haile Gebrselassie's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Haile Gebrselassie's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
