James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini (born September 18, 1961, Westwood, United States, 10:21; died 2013), was an American actor. Notable films include The Sopranos, Zero Dark Thirty and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Gandolfini's honours include Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and New Jersey Hall of Fame.
James Gandolfini’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Ox, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Ox, with 
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James Gandolfini’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Storyteller
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, 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
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James’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Lilac · Silver
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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 steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What James needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How James wants to be loved
James wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore James openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
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 steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. James is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. James fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from James's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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James Gandolfini at a glance
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
James Gandolfini's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Metal Ox
Metal OxCarries the load without comment.
James Gandolfini was born on September 18, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Turns effort into standing.
James Gandolfini's birth date, September 18, 1961, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in James’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in James Gandolfini's timed chart: Venus in the 10th house, Uranus in the 10th house and Neptune in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in James Gandolfini's timed chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Moon, Jupiter and Saturn, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- James Gandolfini combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Storyteller.
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.
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.0° orb
James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercuryconjunctionMarsapplying · 1.5° orb
James’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SuntrineJupiterapplying · 1.9° orb
James’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
SuntrineSaturnseparating · 2.1° orb
James’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarssquareSaturnapplying · 2.2° orb
James’s drive grinds against their discipline.
VenussextileMarsseparating · 2.7° orb
James’s affections open doors for their drive.
MoontrinePlutoapplying · 3.5° orb
James’s feelings flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysquareSaturnapplying · 3.7° orb
James’s mind grinds against their discipline.
VenusconjunctionUranusapplying · 4.1° orb
James’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
JupiterconjunctionSaturnapplying · 4.1° orb
James’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MercurysextileVenusapplying · 4.2° orb
James’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonsextileNeptuneapplying · 4.5° orb
James’s feelings open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarssquareJupiterapplying · 6.2° orb
James’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoontrineUranusseparating · 7.0° orb
James’s feelings flow straight into their need for freedom.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 3°13′ · House 5
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has James absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresTaurus 26°49′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. James is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosSagittarius 9°42′ · House 2
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.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 3°17′ · House 2
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. James is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 25°30′ · House 10
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. James is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Ceres trine Jupiter 0.5°
- Ceres square Uranus 1.2°
- Eros square Pluto 1.2°
- Ceres trine Sun 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 1.6°
- Chiron sextile Moon 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 2.5°
- Ceres square Venus 2.9°
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 pts
rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon, Jupiter; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus7 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars; angular in the tenth house; 3 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.
Stellium in Capricorn · Moon, Jupiter, SaturnThree 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.
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.2°
- Uranus quintile Neptune 0.5°
- Venus quincunx Saturn 0.6°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 0.6°
- Sun semi-square Neptune 1.0°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.3°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.5°
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 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 11 | Neptune | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn, house 3 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 3 | Moon, Jupiter, Saturn | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 10 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 1 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aries | Mars in Libra, house 12 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Taurus | Venus in Leo, house 10 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 12 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Cancer | Moon in Capricorn, house 3 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Leo | Sun in Virgo, house 11 | Venus, Uranus | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 12 | Sun, Pluto | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Libra | Venus in Leo, house 10 | Mercury, Mars | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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James’s cards
Every card is computed from September 18, 1961, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
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 Q308722, 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 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Gandolfini 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 Gandolfini’s chart
- What zodiac sign was James Gandolfini?
- James Gandolfini was a Virgo: born September 18, 1961, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Ox.
- What was James Gandolfini's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 18, 1961 birth.
- What time was James Gandolfini born?
- 10:21 local time in Westwood, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was James Gandolfini's rising sign?
- Scorpio rising, calculated from the documented 10:21 birth time in Westwood, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall was James Gandolfini?
- James Gandolfini was 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was James Gandolfini's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the September 18, 1961 birth date.
- What was James Gandolfini's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 3°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 18, 1961 birth time.
- Where was James Gandolfini's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 25°, in the tenth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was James Gandolfini's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon, Jupiter; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
