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James Levine

James Levine (born June 23, 1943, Cincinnati, United States; died 2021), was an American conductor and pianist. Levine's honours include Kennedy Center Honors, National Medal of Arts and Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award.

James Levine’s zodiac sign was Cancer, Chinese zodiac was Water Goat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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James Levine’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Strategist

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) × cardinal 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

Of the names registered in 1943, James came 1st among boys and 453rd among girls, carried by 80,278 American boys and 272 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What James’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

7

Soul Urge · understanding

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on J (1) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as 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

1 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Pearl, Pearl, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 💠 Water Lily

Rose pink · Pearl · Moonlight white

The record

What sets James apart

Alan Turing (1912) and Zinedine Zidane (1972) 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 feels the room before entering it. The core of James is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for James, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, James is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What James needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

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 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 creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

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. Working below.

Where James sits

Six lines

James’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
James

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
James

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
James

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
James

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

PracticalVisionary
James

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
James

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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

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The sky over Cincinnati that night

Computed for 39.10°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Cor Caroli stood nearest the zenith over Cincinnati at 9 p.m. that evening, 83.4° above the horizon in Canes Venatici.

Of the 87 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

From 39.1°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Cincinnati at all: they sit past the −50.9° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun -1° below the horizon, Moon down and 59% lit at last quarter.

How unusual James's chart is

Chart pattern score

32 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · No retrogrades at all · 1 planet at a critical degree

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.

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James Levine in 15 seconds

Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

James Levine's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of June 23, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Water Goat

Needs beauty like air.

James Levine was born on June 23, 1943, which falls in a Water Goat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Goat means →

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

James Levine's birth date, June 23, 1943, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in James’s chart

James’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 23° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Uranus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.4° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.8° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.4° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.8° orbMars opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.8° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 2° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 3.1° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 3.3° orbSun in Cancer · 1°18′☉1°Moon in Pisces · 16°13′☽16°Mercury in Gemini · 9°22′☿9°Venus in Leo · 16°38′♀16°Mars in Aries · 19°55′♂19°Jupiter in Cancer · 28°28′♃28°Saturn in Gemini · 18°04′♄18°Uranus in Gemini · 6°15′♅6°Neptune in Virgo · 29°19′♆29°Pluto in Leo · 5°49′♇5°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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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

  • stableUranussextilePluto0.4° orb

    James’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune0.7° to 1.0° orb

    James’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenussextileSaturn1.0° to 1.9° orb

    James’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSunsquareNeptune1.5° to 2.5° orb

  • stableMarssextileSaturn1.6° to 2.1° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus2.5° to 3.7° orb

  • stableMercurysextilePluto2.9° to 4.2° orb

  • stableVenustrineMars3.1° to 3.4° orb

  • stableUranustrineNeptune6.9° to 7.0° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionPluto7.3° to 7.4° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.4° to 13.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

James’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironLeo 26°12′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 1°46′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosLeo 6°13′ (moves 0.91° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 19°25′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 3°20′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros sextile Uranus 0.0°
  • Eros conjunction Pluto 0.4°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 0.5°
  • Hygiea sextile Saturn 1.3°
  • Ceres trine Neptune 2.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 2.5°
  • Hygiea conjunction Venus 2.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 2.9°

James’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☽ Moon5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Jupiter

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; 2 major aspects

Configurations in James’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°
  • Sun quintile Mars 0.6°
  • Mars semi-square Uranus 1.3°

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James’s cards

Computed from June 23, 1943. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Strategist

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

癸

yin Water

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q336388 (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 Ralph Daily, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same James Levine 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 Levine.

Quick answers about James Levine’s chart

What zodiac sign was James Levine?
James Levine was a Cancer: born June 23, 1943, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What was James Levine's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 23, 1943 birth.
What was James Levine's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was James Levine's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Leo at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was James Levine's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was James Levine's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Moon is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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