James Spader
James Spader (born February 7, 1960, Boston, United States, 20:02), aged 66, is an American actor. Spader is best known for Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Blacklist and The Office. Spader's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
James Spader’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rat, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
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James Spader’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Lightkeeper
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
7 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Violet · Ivory · 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 is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of James is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
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 seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show James you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How James creates
How James makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. James creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: James is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. James is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means James does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from James's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where James sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunCares about everyone, needs space.
James Spader's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Metal Rat
Metal RatQuick, clever, never stuck.
James Spader was born on February 7, 1960, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
James Spader's birth date, February 7, 1960, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in James’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in James Spader's timed chart: Moon in the 10th house, Jupiter in the 4th house and Pluto in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in James Spader's timed chart is Moon opposition Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Mars and Saturn, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- James Spader combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Lightkeeper.
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.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MoonoppositionJupiterapplying · 0.7° orb
James’s feelings pull against their growth from across the wheel.
VenusconjunctionSaturnseparating · 0.7° orb
James’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunoppositionUranusapplying · 0.8° orb
James’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
MercurysextileJupiterseparating · 1.1° orb
James’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MoontrineMercuryapplying · 1.8° orb
James’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 3.8° orb
James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenusconjunctionMarsapplying · 4.1° orb
James’s affections and drive act as one.
SaturnsextileNeptuneseparating · 4.6° orb
James’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MarsconjunctionSaturnseparating · 4.8° orb
James’s drive and discipline act as one.
MercuryoppositionPlutoapplying · 7.8° orb
James’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 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.
⚷ ChironAquarius 26°50′ · House 6
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has James making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 24°28′ · House 5
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has James caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosAquarius 8°27′ · House 6
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.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 24°45′ · House 12
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has James at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 19°56′ · House 10
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.
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.4°
- Chiron conjunction Mercury 0.7°
- Eros square Neptune 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 0.9°
- Ceres trine Ascendant 1.0°
- Hygiea sextile Moon 1.0°
- Chiron trine Moon 1.1°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.6°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 1.7°
- Hygiea opposition Mercury 2.8°
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. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Moon sign, Gemini; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Moon, Pluto; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn8.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Venus, Mars; 3 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: James is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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.
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.
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.
- Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.3°
- Mars quincunx Uranus 0.5°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.7°
- Mercury semi-square Saturn 1.3°
- Venus biquintile Uranus 1.4°
- Moon sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.6°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.8°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 2.0°
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 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 6 | Pluto | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 5 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 1 | Neptune | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Sagittarius, house 4 | Jupiter | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 5 | Venus, Mars, Saturn | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 12 | Sun, Mercury | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 3 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Capricorn, house 5 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 5 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 6 | Moon | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Gemini, house 10 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 6 | Uranus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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James’s cards
Every card is computed from February 7, 1960, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q296928, 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 Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Spader’s chart
- How old is James Spader?
- James Spader is 66 years old, born February 7, 1960 in Boston, United States.
- What zodiac sign is James Spader?
- James Spader is an Aquarius: born February 7, 1960, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rat.
- What is James Spader's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 7, 1960 birth.
- What time was James Spader born?
- 20:02 local time in Boston, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is James Spader's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 20:02 birth time in Boston, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is James Spader's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the February 7, 1960 birth date.
- What is James Spader's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 26°, in the sixth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 7, 1960 birth time.
- Where is James Spader's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 19°, in the tenth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is James Spader's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Moon sign, Gemini; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Moon, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
