James Cameron
James Cameron (born August 16, 1954, Kapuskasing, Canada), aged 72, is a Canadian filmmaker and explorer. Notable films include Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator. Cameron's honours include California Hall of Fame, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and Academy Award for Best Director.
James Cameron’s zodiac sign is Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Horse, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Wood Horse, with 
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James Cameron’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Lightkeeper
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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name James in the U.S.?
#6
US rank in 2025
~5,274,520
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
James’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌿 Fern
Coral · Gold · Forest
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
James, according to the stars
Core essence
James is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of James is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
The vibe
Underneath, James 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 James 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 James wants to be loved
James 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. James gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How James creates
How James 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. James 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: James 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. James 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. James 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 James'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 likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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James Cameron in 15 seconds
Leo Sun
Leo SunThe room rearranges itself.
James Cameron's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 16, 1954, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.
Wood Horse
Wood HorseRuns free, catches feelings anyway.
James Cameron was born on August 16, 1954, which falls in a Wood 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 7
Life Path 7Thinks more than it says.
James Cameron's birth date, August 16, 1954, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in James’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in James Cameron's date-only chart is Sun sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Fire/Water emphasis, with four planets in each, and none in Earth.
- James Cameron combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Lightkeeper.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for James Cameron, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 29° Pisces depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableSunsextileNeptune0.0° to 1.0° orb
James’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunconjunctionPluto0.9° to 1.9° orb
James’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.9° orb
James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableUranussquareNeptune1.4° to 1.5° orb
James’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarstrinePluto3.1° to 3.3° orb
James’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssextileNeptune3.9° to 4.2° orb
James’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSuntrineMars4.2° to 4.9° orb
James’s core identity flows straight into their drive.
stableSunconjunctionMercury4.9° to 6.0° orb
James’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableJupitersquareNeptune5.0° to 5.2° orb
James’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionPluto5.9° to 7.9° orb
James’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableJupiterconjunctionUranus6.5° to 6.6° orb
James’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 12.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.
James’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 24°15′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. James is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.
⚳ CeresLibra 21°31′ (moves 0.36° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. James is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.
♡ ErosSagittarius 1°12′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has James attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaLeo 28°10′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has James at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 6°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. James is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Hygiea trine Mars 0.4°
- Chiron square Neptune 0.5°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.0°
- Ceres sextile Sun 1.7°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.2°
- Ceres square Jupiter 2.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Saturn 3.0°
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°).
James’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ☉ Sun11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects
A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: James is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.
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 James’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
Stellium in Leo · Sun, Mercury, PlutoThree 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 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. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.0°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.9°
- Venus quintile Uranus 1.1°
- Sun quintile Saturn 1.3°
- Venus semi-square Pluto 1.4°
- Sun semi-sextile Uranus 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for James Cameron, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
James’s family here
One relative of James Cameron also has a chart on AsterNym.
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James’s cards
Every card is computed from August 16, 1954, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for James Cameron, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q42574, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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 Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Cameron at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by James Cameron.
Quick answers about James Cameron’s chart
- How old is James Cameron?
- James Cameron is 72 years old, born August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Canada.
- What zodiac sign is James Cameron?
- James Cameron is a Leo: born August 16, 1954, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Horse.
- What is James Cameron's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 16, 1954 birth.
- What time was James Cameron born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- How tall is James Cameron?
- James Cameron is 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is James Cameron's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the August 16, 1954 birth date.
- What is James Cameron's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 16, 1954 birth date.
- Where is James Cameron's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is James Cameron's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Neptune is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
