Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945, Tel Aviv, Israel), aged 81, is an Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945). Perlman is best known for Schindler's List. Perlman's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Award for Best Classical Album and Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra).
Itzhak Perlman’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Wood Rooster, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Wood Rooster, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Itzhak
Itzhak Perlman’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
What Itzhak’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
7
Soul Urge · understanding
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on I (9) and closes on K (2).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Itzhak’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🌿 Fern
Coral · Lilac · Forest
The record
What sets Itzhak apart
Richard Gere (1949) and Queen Rania of Jordan (1970) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Itzhak, according to the stars
Core essence
Itzhak 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 Itzhak is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Itzhak 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 Itzhak needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Itzhak wants to be loved
Itzhak 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 Itzhak openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Itzhak creates
How Itzhak makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Itzhak creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Itzhak is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Itzhak is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Itzhak scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Itzhak's birth date. Working below.
Where Itzhak sits
Six lines
Itzhak’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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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 may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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 Itzhak Perlman
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Tel Aviv 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 Tel Aviv that night
Computed for 32.08°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Tel Aviv at 9 p.m. that evening: Sulafat of Lyra, within 0.5° of the exact zenith.
Of the 81 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Tel Aviv sits at 32.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −57.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Tel Aviv on any night.
Sun 23° below the horizon, Moon down and 33% lit at last quarter.
How unusual Itzhak's chart is
Chart pattern score
75 / 100 · Rare
3 unaspected planets · A bundled chart · 1 planet at a critical degree
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 →If you only read one paragraph
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunOrder first. Then rest, in theory.
Itzhak Perlman's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 31, 1945, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Virgo means →Wood Rooster
Wood RoosterPunctual, precise, proud.
Itzhak Perlman was born on August 31, 1945, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4The one who reads the manual.
Itzhak Perlman's birth date, August 31, 1945, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Itzhak’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Itzhak Perlman's date-only chart is Venus sextile Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs.
- Itzhak Perlman combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Itzhak’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 16° to 29° Gemini 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
stableVenussextileJupiter0.0° to 0.8° orb
Itzhak’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableMercurysextileMars3.2° to 3.7° orb
Itzhak’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextileNeptune3.6° to 4.7° orb
Itzhak’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune3.8° to 4.0° orb
stableMercurysextileUranus4.8° to 4.9° orb
stableMarssquareJupiter5.6° to 6.0° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionUranusorb from 0.0° to 12.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 0.1° to 8.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 1.4° to 14.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 5.1° to 18.7° depending on birth time
possibleMarsconjunctionUranusorb from 7.9° to 8.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Itzhak’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironLibra 4°45′ (moves 0.14° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 11°33′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 9°49′ (moves 0.63° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aquarius 7°34′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 2°25′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron conjunction Neptune 0.4°
- Ceres square Pluto 0.9°
- Eros square Pluto 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith square Venus 1.4°
- Eros sextile Sun 2.2°
- Hygiea trine Neptune 2.4°
Itzhak’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Mercury, Venus, Pluto
Configurations in Itzhak’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun quintile Mars 0.1°
- Mars semi-square Pluto 0.2°
- Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 1.0°
- Venus semi-square Uranus 1.3°
- Sun semi-square Saturn 1.5°
- Mercury semi-square Neptune 1.9°
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Born in Rooster years
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Also born on August 31
- Richard Gere1949
- Queen Rania of Jordan1970
- Chris Tucker1971
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Fellow Yang Water day masters
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- Anthony QuinnMexican and American actor
- Joan CusackAmerican actress
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Other Tidal Explorers
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Itzhak’s cards
Computed from August 31, 1945. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
4 · Architect☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Itzhak’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q215905 (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 Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Itzhak Perlman at Wikipedia, itzhakperlman.com, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Itzhak Perlman.
Quick answers about Itzhak Perlman’s chart
- How old is Itzhak Perlman?
- Itzhak Perlman is 81 years old, born August 31, 1945 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- What zodiac sign is Itzhak Perlman?
- Itzhak Perlman is a Virgo: born August 31, 1945, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
- What is Itzhak Perlman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 31, 1945 birth.
- What is Itzhak Perlman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Itzhak Perlman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Libra at 4°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Itzhak Perlman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Itzhak Perlman's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
