James Woods
James Woods (born April 18, 1947, Vernal, United States), aged 79, is an American actor. Woods is best known for Salvador and Hercules. Woods's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Daytime Emmy Award and Theatre World Award.
James Woods’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Pig, with 
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James Woods’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Visionary
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy
White · Crimson · Flame orange
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets James apart
Conan O'Brien (1963) and Haile Gebrselassie (1973) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
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.
How James wants to be loved
James wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with James, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
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 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 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: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means James gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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James Woods at a glance
Aries Sun
Aries SunRuns at it head first.
James Woods's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 18, 1947, 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.
Fire Pig
Fire PigGives more than it gets.
James Woods was born on April 18, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Asks the better question.
James Woods's birth date, April 18, 1947, 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
- The tightest major aspect in James Woods' date-only chart is Mercury conjunction Mars, with an orb of about 2°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs, and none in Earth.
- James Woods combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Visionary.
James’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for James Woods, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 4° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMercurytrineSaturn0.9° to 2.3° orb
James’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.2° to 1.9° orb
James’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.0° to 2.1° orb
James’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenustrineJupiter2.6° to 3.9° orb
James’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableMarstrineSaturn2.8° to 3.5° orb
James’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
stableVenussquareUranus2.9° to 4.1° orb
James’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableMarsoppositionNeptune3.2° to 4.0° orb
James’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunsquareSaturn3.8° to 4.7° orb
James’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune4.5° to 6.0° orb
James’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
stableMarstrinePluto5.3° to 6.1° orb
James’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitertrineSaturn6.4° to 6.5° orb
James’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
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 ℞Scorpio 6°07′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has James carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresAries 3°18′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: James looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosSagittarius 26°13′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has James attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 16°24′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. James is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 8°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. James is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for 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.
- Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 0.2°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 0.4°
- Ceres trine Saturn 1.1°
- Eros trine Sun 1.7°
- Ceres conjunction Mars 2.0°
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. ♂ Mars11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4 pts
4 major aspects
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: James is read as acting first and reflecting after.
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.
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
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.
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 1.8°
- Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.8°
- Sun quincunx Jupiter 2.2°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for James Woods, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Fellow Yin Fire day masters
- Clifford ShullAmerican physicist
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James’s cards
Every card is computed from April 18, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for James Woods, 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 Q193105, 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 Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same James Woods at Wikipedia, IMDb, X 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 Woods.
Quick answers about James Woods’s chart
- How old is James Woods?
- James Woods is 79 years old, born April 18, 1947 in Vernal, United States.
- What zodiac sign is James Woods?
- James Woods is an Aries: born April 18, 1947, 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 Fire Pig.
- What is James Woods's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 18, 1947 birth.
- What time was James Woods 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 Woods's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the April 18, 1947 birth date.
- What is James Woods's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 18, 1947 birth date.
- Where is James Woods's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is James Woods's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; in its own sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
