James Dyson
James Dyson (born May 2, 1947, Cromer, United Kingdom), aged 79, is a British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company (born 1947).
James Dyson’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Pig, with 
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James Dyson’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Scholar
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Metal 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 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Hibiscus
Ivory · Blush · Scarlet
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 the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of James is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, James cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What James needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How James wants to be loved
James wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How James creates
How James makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. James creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: James is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
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 told to wait. Mars in Aries means James gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from James's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where James sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
James Dyson's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 2, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Fire Pig
Fire PigGives more than it gets.
James Dyson was born on May 2, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
James Dyson's birth date, May 2, 1947, 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
- The tightest major aspect in James Dyson's date-only chart is Venus opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- James Dyson combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Scholar.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for James Dyson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 1° to 14° Libra 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.
stableSunsquarePluto0.0° to 0.6° orb
James’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMoonconjunctionNeptune0.0° to 7.2° orb
James’s feelings and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableVenusoppositionNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb
James’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMoonoppositionVenus0.1° to 6.7° orb
James’s feelings pull against their affections from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableVenustrinePluto1.7° to 2.9° orb
James’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.4° orb
James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssextileUranus3.4° to 4.1° orb
James’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarstrinePluto4.4° to 5.2° orb
James’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenustrineSaturn5.5° to 6.6° orb
James’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusconjunctionMars6.8° to 7.3° orb
James’s affections and drive act as one.
stableMarsoppositionNeptune6.8° to 7.6° orb
James’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 11.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire 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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 5°04′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has James carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresAries 8°26′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: James looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 25°18′ (moves 0.17° 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.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 20°52′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. James is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 10°16′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. James is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for 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.
- Ceres opposition Neptune 0.2°
- Ceres conjunction Venus 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 0.9°
- Eros trine Mercury 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith square Venus 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.7°
- Chiron square Saturn 2.4°
- Ceres trine Pluto 2.6°
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. ♀ Venus10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 5 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars8 pts
in its own sign, Aries; disposes Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: James is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.5°
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.6°
- Venus quintile Uranus 1.2°
- Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.9°
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 2.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for James Dyson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Every sign's ruling planet and what it governs · Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection
James’s cards
Every card is computed from May 2, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for James Dyson, 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 Q1346101, 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.
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 Dyson.
Quick answers about James Dyson’s chart
- How old is James Dyson?
- James Dyson is 79 years old, born May 2, 1947 in Cromer, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is James Dyson?
- James Dyson is a Taurus: born May 2, 1947, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
- What is James Dyson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 2, 1947 birth.
- What time was James Dyson 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 is James Dyson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the May 2, 1947 birth date.
- What is James Dyson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 2, 1947 birth date.
- Where is James Dyson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 10°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is James Dyson's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 5 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
