James Van Der Beek
American actor (1977–2026)
Born March 8, 1977 · Cheshire, United States
James Van Der Beek’s zodiac sign is Pisces — and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Pisces
Fire Snake
Life Path 8How compatible are you with James Van Der Beek?
Pisces Fire Snake Life Path 8
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James Van Der Beek’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Achiever
Wood gives James growth. Life Path 8 gives drive. The Evergreen Achiever is where the two meet — the achiever’s direction carried with wood’s texture.
The name James in the world
#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 luck
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Hibiscus
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print — one tradition, read for everyone
Who is James Van Der Beek?
Born in Cheshire, United States, James Van Der Beek (born 1977) is an American actor (1977–2026).
Every fact above comes from James Van Der Beek’s public Wikidata record — tap through and check any of it.
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James Van Der Beek in 15 seconds
Pisces Sun
Pisces SunFeels everything. Owns none of it.
Empathy · imagination · porous boundaries
James Van Der Beek was born under a Pisces sun in Cheshire, United States in 1977. Pisces energy is read as imaginative and porous — you may absorb the feelings around you and turn them into empathy or art. The growth edge is boundaries: not every mood you feel is yours to carry.
Fire Snake
Fire SnakeWatches quietly. Strikes precisely.
Wise · composed · deeply perceptive
In the Chinese cycle, James Van Der Beek's 1977 birth falls in a year of the Fire Snake. Snake years are linked to wisdom and privacy — you may watch quietly, then act precisely. The tradition's caution is keeping so much inside that even close people guess wrong about you.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Ambition · mastery · earned standing
James Van Der Beek's birth date reduces to Life Path 8. An 8 path suggests a life theme of mastery — ambition, resources and influence may keep testing you. The practice is measuring wealth in more than one currency. Beek's birth facts trace to public records — see how your own number compares.
James’s full placements
No documented birth time exists for James Van Der Beek, so these are the planets in their signs at local noon — the Moon can be off by up to 7°, and houses and the Ascendant need a time.
Tightest aspects: Mercury trine Uranus (0.3°) · Saturn square Uranus (0.6°) · Sun square Neptune (1.9°).
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James’s cards
Every one is calculated from the birth date, not chosen: the tarot card by reducing the digits of March 8, 1977, the identity card by combining the BaZi day-master element with the Life Path number, and the two zodiac cards from the sun’s position and the Chinese year branch, and the metal from the planet that traditionally rules that sign.
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for James Van Der Beek, 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 Q313392, released under CC0. No documented birth time is available. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart.
These are traditional interpretations — not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by James Van Der Beek.
Quick answers about James Van Der Beek’s chart
- What zodiac sign is James Van Der Beek?
- James Van Der Beek is a Pisces — born March 8, 1977, which puts the Sun in Pisces. That is the Western star sign; in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Snake.
- What is James Van Der Beek's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, carrying the Fire element — from the Chinese lunar year of the March 8, 1977 birth.
- What time was James Van Der Beek born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public. This chart uses date-only positions, so houses and the Ascendant are left uncomputed rather than guessed from an unverified time.
- What is James Van Der Beek's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the March 8, 1977 birth date.
