Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978, Covington, United States, 09:52), aged 47, is an American actor. Somerhalder is best known for V-Wars, The Anomaly and The Vampire Diaries. Somerhalder's honours include Genesis Award.
Ian Somerhalder’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Horse, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Horse, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Ian
Ian Somerhalder’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Seeker
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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Ian in the U.S.?
#83
US rank in 2025
~258,479
Americans share it since 1912
2005
its peak year
The SSA recorded 2,172 American boys and 17 girls named Ian in 1978: 117th among boys and 4,136th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Ian’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
9
Soul Urge · meaning
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on I (9) and closes on N (5).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Ian’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold
The record
What sets Ian apart
The record Ian Somerhalder is measured by: Lost, Lost City Raiders and The Anomaly.
The schooling ran through William Esper Studio and St. Paul's School.
Ian Somerhalder was 19 when the work began in 1997.
The family line: married Nikki Reed.
Jim Morrison (1943) and Nicki Minaj (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Known for
- Lost, Lost City Raiders and The Anomaly
- Educated at
- William Esper Studio, St. Paul's School and Mandeville High School
- Working from
- 1997
- Wikipedia editions
- 72
What the chart says
Ian, according to the stars
Core essence
Ian is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Ian is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Ian runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Ian needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How Ian wants to be loved
Ian wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Ian even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Ian creates
How Ian 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. Ian 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: Ian 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Ian 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: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Ian has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Ian's birth date. Working below.
Where Ian sits
Six lines
Ian’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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
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Read from the sky above Covington at 09:52, Ian Somerhalder’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Covington that night
Computed for 30.48°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Covington was Izar, in Boötes, 85.2° up.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 81 catalog stars above the horizon.
Covington sits at 30.5°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Covington at all: they sit past the −59.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at first quarter, 68% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun -29° down.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Covington, United States
- Lives in
- Santa Monica · Santa Barbara
Wikidata records Santa Monica and Santa Barbara as Ian Somerhalder's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Ian's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Peacemaker 天同, The Debater 巨門 in 未
Bureau 火六局 · Body Palace in Relationships
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 6/2
Emotional authority · Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · Grand trine · 1 unaspected planet
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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Ian Somerhalder's Sun was in Sagittarius at the documented birth time.
What Sagittarius means →Earth Horse
Earth HorseCan't stand still. Won't.
Ian Somerhalder was born on December 8, 1978, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Horse means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Wide view, open hands.
Ian Somerhalder's birth date, December 8, 1978, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Ian’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Ian Somerhalder's timed chart: Venus in the 10th house, Jupiter in the 7th house and Uranus in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Ian Somerhalder's timed chart is Venus square Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Ian Somerhalder combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Seeker.
Ian’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), 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
VenussquareJupiterseparating · 0.5° orb
Ian’s affections grind against their growth.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 0.7° orb
Ian’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercurytrineJupiterapplying · 1.0° orb
Ian’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
SunconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 1.8° orb
MoontrineJupiterapplying · 1.9° orb
SunsextilePlutoapplying · 2.4° orb
SunsquareSaturnseparating · 2.5° orb
MoontrineMercuryapplying · 2.9° orb
MercurysquareSaturnseparating · 4.0° orb
SaturnsquareNeptuneseparating · 4.3° orb
VenussextileSaturnapplying · 4.4° orb
SaturnsextileUranusseparating · 4.8° orb
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 6.5° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire6 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Ian’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 5°43′ · House 4
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 1°45′ · House 1
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 24°51′ · House 10
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 21°54′ · House 12
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 6°14′ · House 7
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith trine Moon 0.6°
- Ceres conjunction Ascendant 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 2.6°
Ian’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6.5 pts
traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; 5 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus6 pts
rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; angular in the tenth house; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Ian’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · 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.
Grand trine · Moon, Mercury, JupiterThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.2°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.5°
- Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 0.5°
- Moon quincunx Venus 2.4°
Ian’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 10 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 11 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 11 | Moon | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 10 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 11 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Aries, house 3 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Sagittarius, house 11 | Jupiter | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 11 | Saturn | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 10 | Pluto | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 9 | Venus, Uranus | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Leo, house 7 | Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Virgo, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Also born on December 8
- Jim Morrison1943
- Nicki Minaj1982
- Sinéad O'Connor1966
- Sammy Davis Jr.1925
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- Kim Basinger1953
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- George HarrisonEnglish musician and member of the Beatles
- Keanu ReevesCanadian actor and musician
- Jane GoodallEnglish primatologist and anthropologist
Other Sagittarius Horse charts
- Dont'e ThorntonAmerican football player (born 2002)
- De'Zhaun StriblingAmerican football player
- SunghoonSouth Korean singer and figure skater
- Josh MinottAmerican-Jamaican basketball player
Other Evergreen Seekers
- Jaylon TysonAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Ryan ConwellAmerican basketball player (born 2004)
- Kelly Oubre Jr.American basketball player (born 1995)
- Simone FontecchioItalian basketball player (born 1995)
Other Aquarius risings with documented times
- Regina KingAmerican actress and director (born 1971)
- Joanna NewsomAmerican musician (b. 1982)
- Jay LenoAmerican television host and comedian (born 1950)
- Jenny McCarthyAmerican actress, model, activist, television personality and author
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- Tyler CameronAmerican television personality and model
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From the journal: Is astrology a science? · Every sign's ruling planet and what it governs
Ian’s cards
Computed from December 8, 1978. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HermitAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen SeekerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Horse 午Life Path
9 · Healer♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Ian’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q130447 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Ian Somerhalder.
Quick answers about Ian Somerhalder’s chart
- How old is Ian Somerhalder?
- Ian Somerhalder is 47 years old, born December 8, 1978 in Covington, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Ian Somerhalder?
- Ian Somerhalder is a Sagittarius: born December 8, 1978, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius at the documented birth time.
- What is Ian Somerhalder's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 8, 1978 birth.
- What time was Ian Somerhalder born?
- 09:52 local time in Covington, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Ian Somerhalder's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 09:52 birth time in Covington, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- How tall is Ian Somerhalder?
- Ian Somerhalder is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Ian Somerhalder's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Ian Somerhalder's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 5°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Ian Somerhalder's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 6°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Ian Somerhalder's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
