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, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Horse, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Horse, with 
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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 1880
2005
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Ian’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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.
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The quick version
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Ian Somerhalder's Sun was in Sagittarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.
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. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
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. 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 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
Ian’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MoontrineJupiterapplying · 1.9° orb
Ian’s feelings flow straight into their growth.
SunsextilePlutoapplying · 2.4° orb
Ian’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SunsquareSaturnseparating · 2.5° orb
Ian’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoontrineMercuryapplying · 2.9° orb
Ian’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
MercurysquareSaturnseparating · 4.0° orb
Ian’s mind grinds against their discipline.
SaturnsquareNeptuneseparating · 4.3° orb
Ian’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussextileSaturnapplying · 4.4° orb
Ian’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SaturnsextileUranusseparating · 4.8° orb
Ian’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 6.5° orb
Ian’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
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
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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 5°43′ · House 4
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Ian building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresAquarius 1°45′ · House 1
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Ian is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosScorpio 24°51′ · House 10
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. Ian is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 21°54′ · House 12
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Ian is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 6°14′ · House 7
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. Ian is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Moon 0.6°
- Ceres conjunction Ascendant 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 2.6°
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°).
Ian’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
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
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Ian is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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 Ian’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
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 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.
- 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
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| 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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Ian’s cards
Every card is computed from December 8, 1978, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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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 data comes from
Ian’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q130447, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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.
Portrait by Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Horse.
- 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 from the December 8, 1978 birth date.
- What is Ian Somerhalder's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 5°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 8, 1978 birth time.
- 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.
