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James Patrick Kelly

James Patrick Kelly (born April 11, 1951, Mineola, United States), aged 75, is an American science fiction writer (born 1951). Kelly is best known for Burn, 10¹⁶ to 1 and The Best Christmas Ever. Kelly's honours include Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Nebula Award for Best Novella and Locus Award for Best Short Story.

James Patrick Kelly’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rabbit, with Life Path 22 in numerology.

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James Patrick Kelly’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Pioneer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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

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

22 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia

White · Crimson · Moonlight white

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 leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of James is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, James processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What James needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.

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 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 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

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 rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means James is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from James's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where James sits

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Intimate circleWide network
James

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
James

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

PrivateExpressive
James

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
James

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
James

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
James

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to James Patrick Kelly

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

James’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 88.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 36.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

If you only read one paragraph

Aries Sun

Fires first. Thinks later.

James Patrick Kelly's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 11, 1951, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.

Metal Rabbit

Three steps ahead, no fuss.

James Patrick Kelly was born on April 11, 1951, which falls in a Metal Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rabbit readings emphasise tact, grace and the ability to settle a room without seeming to try. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rabbit as the diplomat of the cycle, alert to subtleties and fond of comfort. The corresponding caution in the tradition is avoidance: the tendency to slip away from a conflict that needed to happen.

Life Path 22

Builds what others only dream about.

James Patrick Kelly's birth date, April 11, 1951, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.

What stands out in James’s chart

James’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for James Patrick Kelly, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 14° to 26° Gemini depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 0.4° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.6° orbSun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 0.9° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.7° orbMoon flows with Neptune · Trine, 2° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.1° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.3° orbMoon opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.6° orbSun in Aries · 21°00′☉20°Moon in Gemini · 20°05′☽20°Mercury in Taurus · 8°04′☿8°Venus in Taurus · 25°39′♀25°Mars in Taurus · 0°58′♂0°Jupiter in Pisces · 27°44′♃27°Saturn in Virgo · 27°19′ · retrograde♄℞27°Uranus in Cancer · 5°45′♅5°Neptune in Libra · 18°05′ · retrograde♆℞18°Pluto in Leo · 17°30′ · retrograde♇℞17°

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.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
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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.

  • stableJupiteroppositionSaturn0.3° to 0.6° orb

    James’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb

    James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn1.0° to 2.3° orb

    James’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussextileJupiter1.6° to 2.6° orb

    James’s affections open doors for their growth.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus2.1° to 2.4° orb

    James’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune2.4° to 3.4° orb

    James’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableSuntrinePluto3.0° to 4.0° orb

    James’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars6.9° to 7.3° orb

    James’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 6.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 7.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.1° to 8.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 1.3° to 13.2° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 2°48′

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

    Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. James is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 28°31′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. James is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 27°01′ (moves 0.53° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. James is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 2°25′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has James needing solitude to reset.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 20°44′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of James that says the unsayable and does not take it back.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 0.3°
  • Eros square Venus 1.4°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 1.4°
  • Chiron trine Mars 1.8°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 2.6°
  • Ceres square Venus 2.9°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 3.0°

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. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 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.

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for James Patrick Kelly, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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James’s cards

Every card is computed from April 11, 1951, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Aries

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Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

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 Patrick Kelly, 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 Q373836, 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.

Portrait by James Patrick Kelly, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same James Patrick Kelly 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by James Patrick Kelly.

Quick answers about James Patrick Kelly’s chart

How old is James Patrick Kelly?
James Patrick Kelly is 75 years old, born April 11, 1951 in Mineola, United States.
What zodiac sign is James Patrick Kelly?
James Patrick Kelly is an Aries: born April 11, 1951, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rabbit.
What is James Patrick Kelly's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 11, 1951 birth.
What time was James Patrick Kelly 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 Patrick Kelly's Life Path number?
Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the April 11, 1951 birth date.
What is James Patrick Kelly's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 11, 1951 birth date.
Where is James Patrick Kelly's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is James Patrick Kelly's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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