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James V. Hart

James V. Hart (born January 22, 1947, Shreveport, United States), aged 79, is an American screenwriter (1947- ). Hart's honours include Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

James V. Hart’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Fire Pig, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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James V. Hart’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Scholar

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, 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

The SSA recorded 94,767 American boys and 257 girls named James in 1947: 1st among boys and 516th 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.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

7

Soul Urge · understanding

11

Personality · perceptive

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

8 · 2 · 5

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1946, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets James apart

The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation came in 1998, when James V. Hart was 51.

James V. Hart was 45 when the work began in 1992.

Wikipedia files James V. Hart under Screenwriters from Texas, Writers from Fort Worth, Texas and Hugo Award-winning writers.

Lev Landau (1908) and Netta Barzilai (1993) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Awards
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (1998)
Working from
1992
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
14

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 needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What James needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How James wants to be loved

James wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with James and watch them fall for you again.

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 warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. James is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
James

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
James

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
James

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

PracticalVisionary
James

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
James

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to James V. Hart

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

James’s birth-night reference starElnathblue-white · TaurusElnath, in Taurus. A blue-white star, 82.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Elnath →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 76° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Shreveport that night

Computed for 32.51°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Shreveport was Elnath, in Taurus, 82.2° up.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.

Shreveport sits at 32.5°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −57.5° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Shreveport on any night.

The Moon, 1% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 42° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Shreveport, United States
Lives in
New York City

Wikidata records New York City as James V. Hart's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for James V. Hart: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual James's chart is

Chart pattern score

10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

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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Aquarius Sun

Original, and fine with it.

James V. Hart's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 22, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aquarius means →

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

James V. Hart was born on January 22, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 8

Power, and the bill for it.

James V. Hart's birth date, January 22, 1947, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 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 0° to 12° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.4° orbMoon faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 0.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.7° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.7° orbVenus faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 3° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 3.6° orbSun faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.8° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 4° orbSun in Aquarius · 1°53′☉1°Moon in Aquarius · 6°15′☽6°Mercury in Aquarius · 1°28′☿1°Venus in Sagittarius · 15°10′♀15°Mars in Capricorn · 27°52′♂27°Jupiter in Scorpio · 23°49′♃23°Saturn in Leo · 5°44′ · retrograde♄℞5°Uranus in Gemini · 18°13′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Libra · 10°47′ · retrograde♆℞10°Pluto in Leo · 12°26′ · retrograde♇℞12°

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

  • stableMoonoppositionSaturn0.0° to 6.6° orb

    James’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.1° to 0.8° orb

    James’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.6° to 1.7° orb

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

  • stableVenustrinePluto2.2° to 3.2° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus2.5° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars3.1° to 4.0° orb

  • stableSunoppositionSaturn3.3° to 4.4° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn3.4° to 5.1° orb

  • stableMarssextileJupiter3.7° to 4.4° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMars3.9° to 4.1° orb

  • stableVenussextileNeptune3.9° to 4.9° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto6.7° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironScorpio 7°51′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius or Pisces during this date

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 16°35′ (moves 0.74° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 22°46′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 29°10′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron square Saturn 2.1°

James’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn6.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 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.

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.3°
  • Mercury semi-square Venus 1.3°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.7°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.8°
  • Jupiter semi-square Neptune 2.0°

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James’s cards

Computed from January 22, 1947. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Scholar

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

James’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2003471 (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 Vanessa Lua at https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessalua/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same James V. Hart 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 V. Hart.

Quick answers about James V. Hart’s chart

How old is James V. Hart?
James V. Hart is 79 years old, born January 22, 1947 in Shreveport, United States.
What zodiac sign is James V. Hart?
James V. Hart is an Aquarius: born January 22, 1947, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
What is James V. Hart's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 22, 1947 birth.
What is James V. Hart's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is James V. Hart's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is James V. Hart's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is James V. Hart's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mars; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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