James Coburn
James Coburn (born August 31, 1928, Laurel, United States; died 2002), was an American actor. Coburn's honours include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
James Coburn’s zodiac sign was Virgo, Chinese zodiac was Earth Dragon, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Dragon, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with James
James Coburn’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 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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
Of the names registered in 1928, James came 3rd among boys and 319th among girls, carried by 52,752 American boys and 427 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What James’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
6
Soul Urge · being needed
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on J (1) 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
James’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 1 · 6 · 7
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 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1928, 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 James apart
James Coburn took the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994, at 66.
Stella Adler Studio of Acting and Compton College shaped the training.
The working life starts in 1958, at 30.
Cause of death is recorded as myocardial infarction; the grave is at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
On the family side, James Coburn was married Paula Murad Coburn.
The encyclopaedia's own shelving for James Coburn: Male actors from Compton, California, People from Cedar County, Nebraska and United States Army personnel of the Korean War.
Richard Gere (1949) and Queen Rania of Jordan (1970) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Compton College and Compton High School
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1999) and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1994)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Working from
- 1958
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Buried at
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 68
What the chart says
James, according to the stars
Core essence
James 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 James is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
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 attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with James and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How James creates
How James makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. James creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: James is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. James is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. James scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from James's birth date. Working below.
Where James sits
Six lines
James’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
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 James Coburn
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Laurel 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 Laurel that night
Computed for 42.43°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Vega stood nearest the zenith over Laurel at 9 p.m. that evening, 84.3° above the horizon in Lyra.
Of the 83 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 42.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Laurel at all: they sit past the −47.6° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 10° below the horizon, Moon up and 99% lit at full moon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Laurel, United States
The death is recorded at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County in 2002.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for James Coburn: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual James's chart is
Chart pattern score
71 / 100 · Rare
Grand cross · 3-planet stellium in Virgo · 1 unaspected planet
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 →James Coburn at a glance
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunHelps by correcting.
James Coburn's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 31, 1928, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Virgo means →Earth Dragon
Earth DragonConfident before the proof.
James Coburn was born on August 31, 1928, which falls in a Earth Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
James Coburn's birth date, August 31, 1928, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in James’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in James Coburn's date-only chart is Mars opposition Saturn, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- James Coburn 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.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 22° Pisces 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
stableMarsoppositionSaturn0.8° to 1.3° orb
James’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
stableSuntrineJupiter1.9° to 2.9° orb
James’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.7° to 3.1° orb
James’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysextilePluto3.1° to 4.8° orb
stableSunsquareSaturn4.2° to 5.1° orb
stableSunsquareMars5.5° to 5.9° orb
stableSaturntrineUranus6.2° orb
possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 0.0° to 12.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 8.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 12.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.1° to 9.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
James’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 10°02′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Pisces 11°26′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Pisces 7°20′ (moves 0.45° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Capricorn 15°56′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 0°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron conjunction Jupiter 0.4°
- Eros opposition Sun 0.7°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 1.0°
- Ceres square Saturn 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.5°
- Chiron trine Sun 2.0°
- Hygiea opposition Pluto 2.0°
- Ceres square Mars 2.3°
James’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars3 pts
disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects
Configurations in James’s chart
Stellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
T-square onto Sun · Mars, Saturn, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.7°
- Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.8°
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 1.2°
- Sun quincunx Uranus 1.5°
- Jupiter quincunx Saturn 2.3°
More people like James
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Born in Dragon years
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Also born on August 31
- Richard Gere1949
- Queen Rania of Jordan1970
- Chris Tucker1971
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Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Isidor Isaac RabiAmerican physicist
- Roger D. KornbergAmerican biochemist
- Raymond Davis Jr.American scientist
Other Virgo Dragon charts
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- Christian BenfordAmerican football cornerback
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Other Tidal Explorers
- Will PutnamAmerican football player (born 2000)
- George KittleAmerican football player (born 1993)
- David BaileyAmerican football player
- Sergio de LarreaSpanish basketball player (born 2005)
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Rashida JonesAmerican actress, writer, and producer
- Wynton RuferNew Zealand association football player
- Jemaine ClementNew Zealand actor and musician
From the journal: Why there are 12 signs and not 13 · Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained
James’s cards
Computed from August 31, 1928. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
5 · Explorer☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4227 (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 NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Coburn at Wikipedia, jamescoburn.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 James Coburn.
Quick answers about James Coburn’s chart
- What zodiac sign was James Coburn?
- James Coburn was a Virgo: born August 31, 1928, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
- What was James Coburn's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 31, 1928 birth.
- How tall was James Coburn?
- James Coburn was 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was James Coburn's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What was James Coburn's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was James Coburn's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was James Coburn's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
