Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay (born November 9, 1961, Edinburgh, United Kingdom), aged 64, is a Scottish poet and novelist. Kay is best known for Darling: New & Selected Poems and Trumpet. Kay's honours include Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Somerset Maugham Award and Lambda Literary Award.
Jackie Kay’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Metal Ox, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Ox, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Jackie
Jackie Kay’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Jackie in the U.S.?
#2163
US rank in 2025
~170,153
Americans share it since 1899
1961
its peak year
In 1961, 4,256 American girls and 1,317 boys were registered Jackie — 112th among girls and 213th among boys on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jackie’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
7
Soul Urge · understanding
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on J (1) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jackie’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
1 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Crimson · Silver
The record
What sets Jackie apart
Carl Sagan (1934) and Hedy Lamarr (1914) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Jackie, according to the stars
Core essence
Jackie does not do surface. The core of Jackie is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Jackie is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How Jackie wants to be loved
Jackie wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Jackie gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Jackie creates
How Jackie makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Jackie creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Jackie is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Jackie is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Jackie leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Jackie runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Jackie's birth date. Working below.
Where Jackie sits
Six lines
Jackie’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 Jackie Kay
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh that night
Computed for 55.95°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Edinburgh at 9 p.m. that evening: Caph of Cassiopeia, within 3.1° of the exact zenith.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.
At 56.0°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
Nothing below −34.0° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Edinburgh on any night.
The Moon, 3% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 38° below the horizon.
How unusual Jackie's chart is
Chart pattern score
61 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Scorpio · A bowl chart · No Fire planets
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
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunTrusts slowly. Forgets nothing.
Jackie Kay's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 9, 1961, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Metal Ox
Metal OxCarries the load without comment.
Jackie Kay was born on November 9, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Leads because nobody else moved.
Jackie Kay's birth date, November 9, 1961, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in Jackie’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jackie Kay's date-only chart is Mercury conjunction Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mars and Neptune, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Jackie Kay combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
Jackie’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 23° to 6° Scorpio or Sagittarius 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
stableMoonsquareUranus0.1° to 6.8° orb
Jackie’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.3° to 0.4° orb
Jackie’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.4° orb
Jackie’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurysextileUranus1.5° to 2.6° orb
stableVenussextileUranus1.8° to 3.0° orb
stableMarssextileSaturn1.8° to 2.5° orb
stableMercurysquareJupiter2.0° to 3.0° orb
stableVenussquareJupiter2.3° to 3.4° orb
stableVenussquareSaturn2.5° to 3.7° orb
stableMercurysquareSaturn2.9° to 4.0° orb
stableMarssquareUranus3.0° to 3.7° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter3.6° to 4.1° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jackie’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 1°53′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 20°29′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 6°53′ (moves 0.55° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 22°03′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 1°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 1.1°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.7°
- Eros trine Pluto 3.0°
Jackie’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus7 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mercury; 4 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Neptune; 1 major aspect
3. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Uranus, Pluto; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Jackie’s chart
Stellium in Scorpio · Sun, 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.
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.1°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 0.5°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.5°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.0°
- Uranus quintile Neptune 1.0°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.3°
- Saturn quintile Neptune 1.4°
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More charts like Jackie’s
Fellow Scorpio suns
- Andre Jones Jr.American football player (born 1998)
- Patrick PaulAmerican football player
- Quinn MeinerzAmerican football player (born 1998)
Born in Ox years
- Usha VanceSecond Lady of the United States since 2025
- Dick Van DykeAmerican actor and comedian (born 1925)
- Ava SamboraAmerican actress
Also born on November 9
- Carl Sagan1934
- Hedy Lamarr1914
- Luiz Felipe Scolari1948
- Eric Dane1972
- Nikki Blonsky1988
- Sherrod Brown1952
Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- George WaldAmerican biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate
- Robert RobinsonEnglish chemist
- Hermann StaudingerGerman chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Other Scorpio Ox charts
- Simi FehokoAmerican football cornerback
- D.J. WonnumAmerican football player (born 1997)
- Justice HillAmerican football player (born 1997)
- Nnamdi MadubuikeAmerican football player
Other Radiant Scholars
- Claudia SulewskiAmerican YouTuber, host and actress
- Corinna KopfAmerican Internet personality
- J. J. AbramsAmerican filmmaker (born 1966)
- Nikkie de JagerDutch video blogger and make-up artist
Famous people with Life Path 1
- Alexa Ray JoelAmerican singer
- Tom PelphreyAmerican actor
- Audrina PatridgeAmerican reality television star
From the journal: Moon sign vs rising sign vs Sun sign · Is astrology a science?
Jackie’s cards
Computed from November 9, 1961. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ScholarWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
1 · Pioneer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jackie’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6116451 (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 University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jackie Kay at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jackie Kay.
Quick answers about Jackie Kay’s chart
- How old is Jackie Kay?
- Jackie Kay is 64 years old, born November 9, 1961 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is Jackie Kay?
- Jackie Kay is a Scorpio: born November 9, 1961, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What is Jackie Kay's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 9, 1961 birth.
- What is Jackie Kay's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What is Jackie Kay's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Jackie Kay's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jackie Kay's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mercury; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
