James Maynard
James Maynard (born June 9, 1987, Chelmsford, United Kingdom), aged 39, is a British mathematician. Maynard's honours include Fields medal, SASTRA Ramanujan Prize and Cole Prize.
James Maynard’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Fire Rabbit, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac is 
Fire Rabbit, with 
Life Path 22 in numerology.Your match with James
James Maynard’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Explorer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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
The SSA recorded 32,659 American boys and 246 girls named James in 1987: 8th among boys and 735th among girls for the year.
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
8
Soul Urge · achievement
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on J (1) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
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 · 3 · 4 · 6
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌺 Poppy
Rose pink · Lilac · Flame orange
The record
What sets James apart
Johnny Depp (1963) and Natalie Portman (1981) 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 two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. James needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
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 slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once James is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How James creates
How James makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. James creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: James is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means James does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
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 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.
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 Maynard
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford that night
Computed for 51.74°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Chelmsford was Mizar, in Ursa Major, 86.4° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 92 catalog stars were up in all.
From 51.7°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Chelmsford at all: they sit past the −38.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun -1° below the horizon, Moon up and 94% lit at waxing gibbous.
How unusual James's chart is
Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
1 unaspected planet
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 →James Maynard at a glance
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunQuick, curious, already elsewhere.
James Maynard's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 9, 1987, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Gemini means →Fire Rabbit
Fire RabbitKeeps the peace, keeps the plan.
James Maynard was born on June 9, 1987, which falls in a Fire Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rabbit means →Life Path 22
Life Path 22Structure for the many.
James Maynard's birth date, June 9, 1987, 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 Maynard's date-only chart is Sun opposition Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
- James Maynard combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Explorer.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 22° Scorpio 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
stableSunoppositionSaturn0.0° to 0.8° orb
James’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.4° orb
James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars0.7° to 0.9° orb
James’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableJupitertrineUranus2.5° to 2.7° orb
stableMercurytrinePluto3.8° to 4.6° orb
stableSunsextileJupiter3.9° to 4.7° orb
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune4.2° to 5.0° orb
stableJupitertrineSaturn4.4° to 4.7° orb
stableMarstrinePluto4.6° to 5.3° orb
stableMarsoppositionNeptune5.1° to 5.7° orb
stableSunoppositionUranus6.4° to 7.4° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionUranus7.1° to 7.2° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
James’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironGemini 21°48′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 1°00′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 19°46′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 13°52′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 22°07′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 0.3°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.6°
- Hygiea conjunction Mars 1.3°
- Hygiea conjunction Mercury 2.1°
- Eros square Jupiter 2.6°
James’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
in its own sign, Scorpio; 3 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.
- Venus semi-square Mars 0.3°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.1°
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Also born on June 9
- Johnny Depp1963
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Fellow Yin Earth day masters
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Other Steadfast Explorers
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James’s cards
Computed from June 9, 1987. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The EmperorAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast ExplorerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Rabbit 卯Life Path
22 · Master Builder☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
丁
yin Fire
卯
Rabbit
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q19655060 (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 Petra Lein, Copyright is MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Maynard at Wikipedia 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 Maynard.
Quick answers about James Maynard’s chart
- How old is James Maynard?
- James Maynard is 39 years old, born June 9, 1987 in Chelmsford, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is James Maynard?
- James Maynard is a Gemini: born June 9, 1987, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
- What is James Maynard's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rabbit, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 9, 1987 birth.
- What is James Maynard's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology.
- What is James Maynard's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 21°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is James Maynard's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is James Maynard's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
