James Dean
James Dean (born February 8, 1931, Marion, United States, 09:00; died 1955), was an American actor. Notable films include Rebel Without a Cause, Giant and East of Eden. Dean's honours include Theatre World Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and Henrietta Award.
James Dean’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Horse, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Horse, with 
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James Dean’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Guardian
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional 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
6 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white
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 two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of James is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, James feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What James needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How James wants to be loved
James wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show James you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. James is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means James fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from James's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where James sits
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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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunAhead of the room by a decade.
James Dean's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Metal Horse
Metal HorseBright, restless, warm.
James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, which falls in a Metal 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 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
James Dean's birth date, February 8, 1931, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in James’s chart
- Six of the ten planets sit in angular houses in James Dean's timed chart: Mercury in the 10th house, Venus in the 10th house, Jupiter in the 4th house, Saturn in the 10th house, Uranus in the 1st house and Pluto in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in James Dean's timed chart is Jupiter square Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Saturn, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- James Dean combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Guardian.
James’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
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
JupitersquareUranusseparating · 0.8° orb
James’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonsextileNeptuneseparating · 0.9° orb
James’s feelings open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SaturnoppositionPlutoapplying · 1.1° orb
James’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
VenustrineNeptuneapplying · 2.6° orb
James’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MoonsquareMarsseparating · 3.3° orb
James’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonsextileVenusseparating · 3.5° orb
James’s feelings open doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SaturnsquareUranusseparating · 5.7° orb
James’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
MoontrineJupiterapplying · 5.9° orb
James’s feelings flow straight into their growth.
MercuryoppositionMarsapplying · 6.4° orb
James’s mind pulls against their drive from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
JupiteroppositionSaturnseparating · 6.6° orb
James’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MercuryoppositionPlutoseparating · 6.8° orb
James’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
UranussquarePlutoapplying · 6.8° orb
James’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
JupiterconjunctionPlutoseparating · 7.6° orb
James’s growth and depths act as one.
MercuryconjunctionSaturnseparating · 7.9° orb
James’s mind and discipline act as one.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 14°08′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has James building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresLibra 15°25′ · House 7
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.
♡ Eros ℞Virgo 8°60′ · House 6
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. James is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ HygieaGemini 4°42′ · House 3
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has James needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 10°00′ · House 12
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. James is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Hygiea square Neptune 0.1°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 1.6°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 2.3°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 2.5°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 2.6°
- Ceres square Saturn 2.7°
- Ceres opposition Uranus 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, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♄ Saturn11.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: James is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
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.
T-square onto Uranus · Saturn, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Uranus · Jupiter, Saturn, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Venus quincunx Mars 0.2°
- Sun quincunx Pluto 0.3°
- Moon quintile Saturn 0.4°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.6°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.7°
- Sun biquintile Jupiter 1.3°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.7°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.7°
James’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 5 | Uranus | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 10 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 10 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Cancer | Moon in Scorpio, house 8 | Jupiter, Pluto | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 11 | Mars | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 10 | Neptune | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 10 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 4 | Moon | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Cancer, house 4 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 10 | Mercury, Venus, Saturn | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aquarius | Uranus in Aries, house 1 | Sun | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Pisces | Neptune in Virgo, house 6 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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James’s cards
Every card is computed from February 8, 1931, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q83359, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 In-house publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Dean at Wikipedia, IMDb 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.
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Quick answers about James Dean’s chart
- What zodiac sign was James Dean?
- James Dean was an Aquarius: born February 8, 1931, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Horse.
- What was James Dean's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 8, 1931 birth.
- What time was James Dean born?
- 09:00 local time in Marion, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was James Dean's rising sign?
- Aries rising, calculated from the documented 09:00 birth time in Marion, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall was James Dean?
- James Dean was 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was James Dean's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the February 8, 1931 birth date.
- What was James Dean's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 14°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 8, 1931 birth time.
- Where was James Dean's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 10°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was James Dean's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (11.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
