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Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur (born October 17, 1900, Plattsburgh, United States; died 1991), was an American actress. Arthur's honours include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jean Arthur’s zodiac sign was Libra, Chinese zodiac was Metal Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Jean Arthur’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Strategist

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

How common is the name Jean in the U.S.?

#1172

US rank in 2025

~483,475

Americans share it since 1880

1927

its peak year

In 1900, 473 American girls and 22 boys were registered Jean — 132nd among girls and 499th among boys on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Jean’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

1

Soul Urge · independence

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Jean’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 2 · 3

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 record

What sets Jean apart

Eminem (1972) and Arthur Miller (1915) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Jean, according to the stars

Core essence

Jean makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Jean 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, Jean needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Jean needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Jean wants to be loved

Jean 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 Jean and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Jean creates

How Jean makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Jean creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Jean 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 1 is the pioneer. Jean is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Jean leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Jean fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

Computed from Jean's birth date. Working below.

Where Jean sits

Six lines

Jean’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Jean

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jean

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Jean

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jean

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Jean

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jean

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 Jean Arthur

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

Jean’s birth-night reference starScheatdeep red · PegasusScheat, in Pegasus. A deep red star, 72.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Scheat →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 27.7° 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 Plattsburgh that night

Computed for 44.70°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Plattsburgh at 9 p.m. that evening: Scheat of Pegasus, within 17.2° of the exact zenith.

Of the 91 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 44.7°N, Capella never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Nothing below −45.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Plattsburgh on any night.

The Moon, 25% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 40° below the horizon.

How unusual Jean's chart is

Chart pattern score

18 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

2 planets at a critical degree · A leaning bowl

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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If you only read one paragraph

Libra Sun

Charming. Still deciding.

Jean Arthur's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 17, 1900, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Metal Rat

Saw the opening before you did.

Jean Arthur was born on October 17, 1900, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 1

Goes first. Works it out.

Jean Arthur's birth date, October 17, 1900, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Jean’s chart

Jean’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 13° to 26° Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.2° orbJupiter fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 0.4° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.6° orbSaturn faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 0.8° orbMars flows with Uranus · Trine, 2° orbMars flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.4° orbMoon opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.5° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 2.9° orbSun in Libra · 23°52′☉23°Moon in Leo · 20°02′☽20°Mercury in Scorpio · 14°50′☿14°Venus in Virgo · 10°10′♀10°Mars in Leo · 11°57′♂11°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 9°36′♃9°Saturn in Capricorn · 0°02′♄0°Uranus in Sagittarius · 9°58′♅9°Neptune in Gemini · 29°12′ · retrograde♆℞29°Pluto in Gemini · 17°32′ · retrograde♇℞17°

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

  • stableVenussquareUranus0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Jean’s affections grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableVenussquareJupiter0.1° to 1.0° orb

    Jean’s affections grind against their growth.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionUranus0.3° to 0.4° orb

    Jean’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune0.8° to 0.9° orb

  • stableMarstrineUranus1.7° to 2.2° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter2.2° to 2.5° orb

  • stableMercurysquareMars2.5° to 3.3° orb

  • stableMercurysextileVenus4.6° to 4.8° orb

  • stableSuntrineNeptune4.8° to 5.8° orb

  • stableSuntrinePluto5.8° to 6.8° orb

  • stableUranusoppositionPluto7.5° to 7.6° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.0° to 10.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironSagittarius 21°11′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 3°14′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Taurus 24°02′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 6°49′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 6°40′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron sextile Sun 2.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.9°

Jean’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter6 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus, Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Jean’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 quintile Mars 0.1°
  • Mercury semi-square Saturn 0.2°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.6°
  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 0.7°
  • Venus quintile Neptune 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Uranus 1.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.3°
  • Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.8°

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Jean’s cards

Computed from October 17, 1900. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Strategist

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Jean’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q229338 (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 Unknown studio photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jean Arthur at Wikipedia and IMDb.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jean Arthur.

Quick answers about Jean Arthur’s chart

What zodiac sign was Jean Arthur?
Jean Arthur was a Libra: born October 17, 1900, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What was Jean Arthur's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 17, 1900 birth.
What was Jean Arthur's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was Jean Arthur's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 21°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Jean Arthur's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Jean Arthur's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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