Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson (born August 25, 1942, Manchester, United Kingdom), aged 84, is a British author and journalist. Jacobson's honours include Booker Prize, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Howard Jacobson’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Water Horse, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Horse, with 
Life Path 22 in numerology.Your match with Howard
Howard Jacobson’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Explorer
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Howard in the U.S.?
#1004
US rank in 2025
~348,342
Americans share it since 1880
1921
its peak year
The SSA recorded 5,571 American boys and 20 girls named Howard in 1942: 49th among boys and 1,938th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Howard’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
11
Soul Urge · insight
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on H (8) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Howard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
22 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily
Coral · Lilac · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Howard apart
Tim Burton (1958) and Claudia Schiffer (1970) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Howard, according to the stars
Core essence
Howard notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Howard is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Howard needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Howard needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Howard wants to be loved
Howard 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 Howard openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Howard creates
How Howard makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Howard creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Howard is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. Howard is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Howard 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 Howard's birth date. Working below.
Where Howard sits
Six lines
Howard’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Howard Jacobson
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Manchester 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 Manchester that night
Computed for 53.47°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Manchester was Eltanin, in Draco, 87.5° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 88 catalog stars were up in all.
From 53.5°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Manchester at all: they sit past the −36.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 6° below the horizon, Moon up and 100% lit at full moon.
How unusual Howard's chart is
Chart pattern score
57 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Virgo · A bowl chart · No retrogrades at all
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.
Score your own chart →Howard Jacobson at a glance
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunOrder first. Then rest, in theory.
Howard Jacobson's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 25, 1942, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Virgo means →Water Horse
Water HorseOpen road, open heart.
Howard Jacobson was born on August 25, 1942, which falls in a Water Horse year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Horse means →Life Path 22
Life Path 22The cathedral builder.
Howard Jacobson's birth date, August 25, 1942, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 22 means →What stands out in Howard’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Howard Jacobson's date-only chart is Mars sextile Jupiter, with an orb of about 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Neptune, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Howard Jacobson combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Explorer.
Howard’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° Aquarius depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenussextileSaturn0.9° to 2.1° orb
Howard’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarssextileJupiter1.1° to 1.5° orb
Howard’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableUranussextilePluto1.6° to 1.7° orb
Howard’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsquareUranus2.4° to 3.3° orb
stableMarssquareSaturn3.3° to 3.9° orb
stableVenusconjunctionPluto3.4° to 4.6° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.4° to 6.4° orb
stableUranustrineNeptune5.9° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus7.2° orb
possibleSunoppositionMoonorb from 2.6° to 16.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 3.4° to 17.7° depending on birth time
possibleMercurysextileJupiterorb from 3.9° to 5.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Howard’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironLeo 20°27′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 2°02′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 12°14′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 23°27′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 29°40′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros trine Saturn 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.1°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 1.9°
- Eros opposition Venus 2.1°
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 2.3°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 2.5°
Howard’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♅ Uranus4 pts
4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Venus, Pluto; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Howard’s chart
Stellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, Mars, NeptuneThree 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.
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 0.0°
- Mercury semi-square Pluto 0.0°
- Jupiter quintile Neptune 0.0°
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More charts like Howard’s
Fellow Virgo suns
- Narendra ModiPrime Minister of India since 2014
- Kwame NkrumahGhanaian politician
- Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer
Born in Horse years
- Burton J. HendrickAmerican author and editor
- Sidney KingsleyAmerican writer
- Brooks AtkinsonAmerican critic
Also born on August 25
- Tim Burton1958
- Claudia Schiffer1970
- Blake Lively1987
- Alexander Skarsgård1976
- Salif Keita1949
- Rachel Bilson1981
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Daniel R. FitzpatrickAmerican cartoonist
- Sara TeasdaleAmerican writer and poet
- Russell BakerAmerican writer and satirist
Other Virgo Horse charts
- Luka SučićCroatian association football player
- Bradley BarcolaFrench footballer (born 2002)
- Pape Matar SarrSenegalese association football player (born 2002)
- Will ShipleyAmerican football player
Other Gilded Explorers
- Emma Heming WillisBritish-American model, actress and businesswoman
- Jason LewisAmerican actor
- Amy SedarisAmerican comedian and actor
- Martina GedeckGerman actress and voice actress
Famous people with Life Path 22
- James MaynardBritish mathematician
- Shmuel Yosef AgnonUkrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
- Arthur HendersonBritish politician
From the journal: The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works · Your Sun, Moon and rising signs: the Big Three explained
Howard’s cards
Computed from August 25, 1942. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Gilded ExplorerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Horse 午Life Path
22 · Master Builder☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Howard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q357929 (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 British Library, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Howard Jacobson at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Howard Jacobson.
Quick answers about Howard Jacobson’s chart
- How old is Howard Jacobson?
- Howard Jacobson is 84 years old, born August 25, 1942 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is Howard Jacobson?
- Howard Jacobson is a Virgo: born August 25, 1942, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
- What is Howard Jacobson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 25, 1942 birth.
- What is Howard Jacobson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
- What is Howard Jacobson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Howard Jacobson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Howard Jacobson's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Uranus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
