James Horner
James Horner (born August 14, 1953, Los Angeles, United States; died 2015), was an American film composer and conductor. Horner is best remembered for Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture and Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture. Horner's honours include Academy Award for Best Original Song, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
James Horner’s zodiac sign was Leo, Chinese zodiac was Water Snake, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Leo, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Snake, with 
Life Path 22 in numerology.Your match with James
James Horner’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Architect
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 22, 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
In 1953, 86,066 American boys and 236 girls were registered James — 2nd among boys and 574th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What James’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
8
Soul Urge · achievement
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on J (1) and closes on S (1). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.
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
22 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 💠 Water Lily
Coral · Gold · Moonlight white
The record
What sets James apart
Mila Kunis (1983) and Halle Berry (1966) 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 is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of James is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
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 like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. James gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How James creates
How James makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. James creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: James is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 22 is the master builder. James is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
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. Working below.
Where James sits
Six lines
James’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 Horner
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles that night
Computed for 34.05°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Los Angeles was Vega, in Lyra, 77.9° up.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 83 catalog stars above the horizon.
Los Angeles sits at 34.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −55.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Los Angeles on any night.
The Moon, 25% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 15° below the horizon.
How unusual James's chart is
Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Leo · A bowl chart · No Earth planets
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 →The quick version
Leo Sun
Leo SunThe room rearranges itself.
James Horner's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 14, 1953, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Leo means →Water Snake
Water SnakeWatches. Waits. Then precisely.
James Horner was born on August 14, 1953, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 22
Life Path 22Builds what others only dream about.
James Horner's birth date, August 14, 1953, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 22 means →What stands out in James’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in James Horner's date-only chart is Sun sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- James Horner combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Architect.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Libra 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
stableSunsextileNeptune0.0° to 0.5° orb
James’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturnsextilePluto0.2° orb
James’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunsextileJupiter0.4° to 1.2° orb
James’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableSunsextileSaturn0.6° to 1.5° orb
stableJupitertrineNeptune0.6° to 0.7° orb
stableSunconjunctionPluto0.7° to 1.7° orb
stableUranussquareNeptune0.8° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune1.1° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° orb
stableJupitertrineSaturn1.7° to 1.8° orb
stableJupitersextilePluto1.9° to 2.0° orb
stableSaturnsquareUranus1.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.
James’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 16°12′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresLeo 13°19′ (moves 0.45° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosGemini 15°29′ (moves 0.80° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 11°42′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 26°06′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea conjunction Venus 0.5°
James’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn5 pts
5 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
Configurations in James’s chart
Stellium in Leo · Sun, Mercury, Mars, PlutoThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.1°
- Mars quintile Saturn 0.4°
- Mars quintile Neptune 0.7°
- Sun semi-sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.9°
More people like James
Other composers
- Christopher Rouse1949
- Andrea Bocelli1958
- Lionel Richie1949
- Paul Moravec1957
- Bruce Springsteen1949
- Melinda Wagner1957
Born in United States
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- Mary SchmichAmerican columnist
- Bob SipchenAmerican journalist
- Jonathan WeinerAmerican nonfiction writer, Professor of Journalism
- Tim AllenAmerican actor and comedian
- David E. HoffmanAmerican journalist
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Fellow Leo suns
- John StamosAmerican actor
- Michael UrieAmerican actor (born 1980)
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Born in Snake years
- Jamie LewelingGerman association football player (born 2001)
- Angelo StillerGerman footballer
- Charles De KetelaereBelgian footballer (born 2001)
Also born on August 14
- Mila Kunis1983
- Halle Berry1966
- Jay-Jay Okocha1973
- Doechii1998
- Yoo Jae-suk1972
- Huening Kai2002
Fellow Yin Fire day masters
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- Colman DomingoAmerican actor
- King VonAmerican rapper
Other Leo Snake charts
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- Sam MendesBritish stage and film director (born 1965)
- Cecil B. DeMilleAmerican film director, producer and actor
Other Radiant Architects
- Ed WestwickEnglish actor and musician
- Thierry HenryFrench association football player and manager (born 1977)
- Bruno FernandesPortuguese association football player (born 1994)
- Andrea EckertAustrian actress
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From the journal: How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan · The 12 animals and how the race story goes
James’s cards
Computed from August 14, 1953. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ArchitectWestern zodiac
LeoChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
22 · Master Builder☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q106221 (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 FERT98, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Horner at Wikipedia, 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 Horner.
Quick answers about James Horner’s chart
- What zodiac sign was James Horner?
- James Horner was a Leo: born August 14, 1953, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day.
- What was James Horner's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 14, 1953 birth.
- What was James Horner's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
- What was James Horner's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was James Horner's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was James Horner's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
