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James Cook

James Cook (born October 27, 1728, Marton, United Kingdom; died 1779), was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer. Cook's honours include Copley Medal, Person of National Historic Significance and Fellow of the Royal Society.

James Cook’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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James Cook’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Scholar

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

1 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Amber · Crimson · Gold

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

The record

What sets James apart

Theodore Roosevelt (1858) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

James, according to the stars

Core essence

James does not do surface. The core of James 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 James is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, James needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What James needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How James wants to be loved

James wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with James even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How James creates

How James makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. James 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: James is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. James 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 James leads without needing to do it alone.

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.

Where James sits

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Intimate circleWide network
James

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
James

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
James

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
James

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
James

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
James

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to James Cook

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Marton on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

James’s birth-night reference starCaphyellow-white · CassiopeiaCaph, in Cassiopeia. A yellow-white star, 84.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Caph →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 38.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

James Cook in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

James Cook's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 27, 1728, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Earth Monkey

Turns problems into games.

James Cook was born on October 27, 1728, which falls in a Earth Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 1

Independent to the core.

James Cook's birth date, October 27, 1728, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in James’s chart

James’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for James Cook, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 28° Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.2° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 0.2° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.3° orbVenus fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 0.5° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 0.6° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 0.8° orbVenus grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.8° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 1° orbSun in Scorpio · 4°19′☉4°Moon in Leo · 21°50′☽21°Mercury in Scorpio · 21°16′☿21°Venus in Scorpio · 21°02′♀21°Mars in Sagittarius · 14°00′♂13°Jupiter in Cancer · 6°09′ · retrograde♃℞6°Saturn in Aquarius · 20°17′♄20°Uranus in Scorpio · 21°30′♅21°Neptune in Gemini · 10°14′ · retrograde♆℞10°Pluto in Libra · 8°51′♇8°

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.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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.

  • stableMoonsquareMercury0.0° to 6.7° orb

    James’s feelings grind against their mind.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus0.0° to 0.9° orb

    James’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenusconjunctionUranus0.0° to 1.1° orb

    James’s affections and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.1° to 0.3° orb

    James’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenussquareSaturn0.1° to 1.4° orb

    James’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.2° to 1.7° orb

    James’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus1.2° orb

    James’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableSuntrineJupiter1.3° to 2.3° orb

    James’s core identity flows straight into their growth.

  • stableNeptunetrinePluto1.4° orb

    James’s imagination flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableJupitersquarePluto2.7° orb

    James’s growth grinds against their depths.

  • stableMarsoppositionNeptune3.4° to 4.1° orb

    James’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.0° to 7.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, 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 ℞Aries 18°16′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: James may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 23°56′ (moves 0.44° 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.

  • ♡ ErosLibra 26°53′ (moves 0.79° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. James is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 28°09′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. James is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 29°12′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has James carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.

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.

  • Chiron sextile Saturn 2.0°

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. 1. ♇ Pluto9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects

A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: James is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.

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, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, Venus, UranusThree 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 biquintile Neptune 0.1°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.1°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.1°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.3°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.9°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for James Cook, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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James’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Sun

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Scholar

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for James Cook, 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 Q7324, 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 Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same James Cook at Wikipedia.

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 Cook.

Quick answers about James Cook’s chart

What zodiac sign was James Cook?
James Cook was a Scorpio: born October 27, 1728, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Monkey.
What was James Cook's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 27, 1728 birth.
What time was James Cook 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.
What was James Cook's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the October 27, 1728 birth date.
What was James Cook's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 27, 1728 birth date.
Where was James Cook's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was James Cook's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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