Jack Black
Jack Black (born Thomas Jacob Black; August 28, 1969, Santa Monica, United States, 03:04), aged 57, is an American actor, comedian, singer, musician and producer. Notable films include Sesame Street, The X-Files and King Kong. Black's honours include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and MTV Comedic Genius Award.
Jack Black’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rooster, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rooster, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Jack
Jack Black’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 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Jack in the U.S.?
#15
US rank in 2025
~759,677
Americans share it since 1880
1927
its peak year
In 1969, 2,606 American boys and 17 girls were registered Jack — 122nd among boys and 3,371st among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jack’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Thomas Jacob Black, not the name they published under.
1
Expression · starting things
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Soul Urge · being needed
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Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on T (2) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jack’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Coral · Lilac · Gold
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1969, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Jack apart
The MTV Comedic Genius Award came in 2022, when Jack Black was 53.
Study took Jack Black to UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Poseidon School.
Jack Black was 13 when the work began in 1982.
On the family side, Jack Black was born to Judith Love Cohen, married Tanya Haden and raised 2 children.
Sheryl Sandberg and Jason Priestley shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for all of them. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Educated at
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Poseidon School and Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences
- Instruments
- guitar, Sax-a-boom, voice and keyboard instrument
- Awards
- MTV Comedic Genius Award (2022)
- Working from
- 1982
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 82
What the chart says
Jack, according to the stars
Core essence
Jack 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 Jack is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Jack is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Jack needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.
How Jack wants to be loved
Jack wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Jack gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Jack creates
How Jack makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Jack creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Jack 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Jack is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Jack 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 Jack's birth date. Working below.
Where Jack sits
Six lines
Jack’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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 sky
Dedicate a star to Jack Black
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Santa Monica on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Santa Monica at 03:04, Jack Black’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Santa Monica that night
Computed for 34.02°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Santa Monica at the birth hour: Mirach of Andromeda, within 6.8° of the exact zenith.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 99 catalog stars above the horizon.
Santa Monica sits at 34.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −56.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Santa Monica on any night.
The Moon was at full moon, 99% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 36° down.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Thomas Jacob Black
- Known as
- Jack Black
- Born in
- Santa Monica, United States
- Lives in
- Hermosa Beach
Wikidata records Hermosa Beach as Jack Black'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 Jack's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Solar Star 太陽 in 午
Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Career
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
12 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
Jack Black's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time.
What Virgo means →Earth Rooster
Earth RoosterPrepared for everything, twice.
Jack Black was born on August 28, 1969, which falls in a Earth Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
Jack Black's birth date, August 28, 1969, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Jack’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Jack Black's timed chart: Mercury in the 4th house, Venus in the 1st house, Jupiter in the 4th house and Uranus in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Jack Black's timed chart is Mercury conjunction Uranus, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Jack Black 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.
Jack’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MercuryconjunctionUranusapplying · 1.2° orb
Jack’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MoonsquareMarsseparating · 1.7° orb
Jack’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.9° orb
Jack’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercurysextileVenusapplying · 2.2° orb
VenustrineNeptuneseparating · 3.1° orb
VenussextileUranusapplying · 3.4° orb
SuntrineSaturnapplying · 4.0° orb
JupiterconjunctionUranusseparating · 4.9° orb
VenussextilePlutoseparating · 5.0° orb
MoonoppositionPlutoapplying · 6.0° orb
MercuryconjunctionJupiterapplying · 6.1° orb
MercuryconjunctionPlutoseparating · 7.2° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jack’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 5°53′ · House 10
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 28°46′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 25°38′ · House 1
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 10°20′ · House 12
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 18°39′ · House 1
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres opposition Venus 0.4°
- Eros trine Neptune 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Moon 0.4°
- Eros sextile Pluto 1.4°
- Chiron opposition Jupiter 1.6°
- Ceres trine Mercury 2.6°
- Ceres sextile Neptune 2.7°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.9°
Jack’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus10 pts
disposes Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; angular in the first house; 4 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon6 pts
rules the Ascendant, Cancer; disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Jack’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.
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.3°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.4°
- Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.4°
Jack’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | Moon in Pisces, house 9 | Venus | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Leo | Sun in Virgo, house 3 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 4 | Sun, Pluto | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Libra | Venus in Cancer, house 1 | Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 3 | Neptune | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 4 | Mars | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Capricorn | Saturn in Taurus, house 11 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 4 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 5 | Moon | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 6 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Taurus | Venus in Cancer, house 1 | Saturn | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 4 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Jack
2 other people here were born on August 28, 1969, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Santa Monica, at 34.0°N, nothing below −56.0° declination ever rises, which keeps Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of sight. Same sky, different lives.
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- Josh HollowayAmerican actor
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- Kelly LinkAmerican writer
- Johnathon SchaechAmerican actor (born 1969)
More charts like Jack’s
Fellow Virgo suns
- Drake PowellAmerican basketball player (born 2005)
- Kobe BufkinAmerican basketball player (born 2003)
- Jarace WalkerAmerican basketball player (born 2003)
Born in Rooster years
- Tarek El MoussaTV personality and real estate investor
- Grant EllisAmerican television personality
- Susie Evansformer pageant titleholder (born 1993)
Also born on August 28
- Shania Twain1965
- Sheryl Sandberg1969
- Jennifer Coolidge1961
- Armie Hammer1986
- Florence Welch1986
- Ons Jabeur1994
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Eric Frank RussellEnglish science fiction writer
- Michael WhelanAmerican illustrator
- Joe MayhewAmerican fan artist, science fiction writer, and librarian
Other Virgo Rooster charts
- Assane DiaoSenegalese footballer (born 2005)
- Mamadou SarrSenegalese-French footballer (born 2005)
- Arvell ReeseAmerican football player (born 2005)
- Mack HollinsAmerican football player (born 1993)
Other Evergreen Seekers
- FredBrazilian association football player
- Tupou VI of TongaKing of Tonga
- James SpaderAmerican actor
- Lea MicheleAmerican actress and singer
Other Cancer risings with documented times
- Hunter BidenAmerican businessman and lobbyist
- Miranda JulyAmerican performance artist, musician and writer
- Keyshia ColeAmerican R&B singer
- Jill ScottAmerican singer
Famous people with Life Path 7
- George DangerfieldAwardee of the Pulitzer Prize, 1953
- Ernest BeckerAmerican cultural anthropologist
- Thomas Sigismund StriblingAmerican author and lawyer
From the journal: How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan · The 12 animals and how the race story goes
Jack’s cards
Computed from August 28, 1969. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen SeekerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
7 · Seeker☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Hour
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jack’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q483907 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 NickRewind, CC BY 3.0, 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 Jack Black.
Quick answers about Jack Black’s chart
- How old is Jack Black?
- Jack Black is 57 years old, born August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Jack Black?
- Jack Black is a Virgo: born August 28, 1969, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time.
- What is Jack Black's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 28, 1969 birth.
- What time was Jack Black born?
- 03:04 local time in Santa Monica, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Jack Black's rising sign?
- Cancer rising, calculated from the documented 03:04 birth time in Santa Monica, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Jack Black's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is Jack Black's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 5°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Jack Black's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 18°, in the first house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jack Black's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
