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James Whitmore

James Whitmore (born October 1, 1921, White Plains, United States; died 2009), was an American actor. Whitmore's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Tony Award for Best Newcomer and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

James Whitmore’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Rooster, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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James Whitmore’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Diplomat

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional 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

6 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia

Amber · Blush · 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 makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of James is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, James cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What James needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How James wants to be loved

James wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with James and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How James creates

How James makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. James creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: James is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. James is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means James channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

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 may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

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 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 Whitmore

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

James’s birth-night reference starDenebwhite · CygnusDeneb, in Cygnus. A white star, 77.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Deneb →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 16.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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.

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Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

James Whitmore's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 1, 1921, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.

Metal Rooster

Candid to a fault.

James Whitmore was born on October 1, 1921, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.

Life Path 6

Care is the whole job.

James Whitmore's birth date, October 1, 1921, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in James’s chart

James’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for James Whitmore, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 17° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 0.2° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.5° orbVenus fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1° orbMars faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 1.2° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 2° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.1° orbMars opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.4° orbSun fuses with Moon · Conjunction, 2.6° orbSun in Libra · 7°58′☉7°Moon in Libra · 10°33′☽10°Mercury in Scorpio · 2°30′☿2°Venus in Virgo · 6°42′♀6°Mars in Virgo · 7°41′♂7°Jupiter in Libra · 1°14′♃1°Saturn in Virgo · 29°16′♄29°Uranus in Pisces · 6°30′ · retrograde♅℞6°Neptune in Leo · 15°21′♆15°Pluto in Cancer · 10°03′♇10°

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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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

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.

  • stableVenusoppositionUranus0.0° to 0.8° orb

    James’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars0.7° to 1.3° orb

    James’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus0.9° to 1.5° orb

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

  • stableSunsquarePluto1.6° to 2.6° orb

    James’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn1.9° to 2.0° orb

    James’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarssextilePluto2.1° to 2.7° orb

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

  • stableVenussextilePluto2.7° to 3.9° orb

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

  • stableMercurytrineUranus3.4° to 4.6° orb

    James’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableUranustrinePluto3.5° to 3.6° orb

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

  • stableMercurysextileVenus4.2° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter6.3° to 7.1° orb

    James’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 0.0° to 9.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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 ℞Aries 11°51′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: James may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 19°30′ (moves 0.46° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has James caring in practical detail rather than in words.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Pisces 10°51′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

    Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. James is read as easily moved and hard to pin.

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 13°11′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. James is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 19°21′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has James at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.

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.

  • Eros trine Pluto 0.8°
  • Chiron square Pluto 1.8°
  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 2.2°

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. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Mercury; 4 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.

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. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 0.3°
  • Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.9°
  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.1°
  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.3°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.3°
  • Sun quincunx Uranus 1.5°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for James Whitmore, 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 October 1, 1921, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Devil

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Diplomat

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Western zodiac

Libra

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Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for James Whitmore, 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 Q313040, 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.

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The same James Whitmore 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.

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Quick answers about James Whitmore’s chart

What zodiac sign was James Whitmore?
James Whitmore was a Libra: born October 1, 1921, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Rooster.
What was James Whitmore's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 1, 1921 birth.
What time was James Whitmore 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 was James Whitmore's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the October 1, 1921 birth date.
What was James Whitmore's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 11°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 1, 1921 birth date.
Where was James Whitmore's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was James Whitmore's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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