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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, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 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

US Social Security Administration public records

Jean’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

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, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Jean sits

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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 →

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

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. 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 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. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

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. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in Jean’s chart

Jean’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Jean Arthur, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 13° to 26° Leo 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 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. 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.

  • 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

    Jean’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMarstrineUranus1.7° to 2.2° orb

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

  • stableMarstrineJupiter2.2° to 2.5° orb

    Jean’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMercurysquareMars2.5° to 3.3° orb

    Jean’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysextileVenus4.6° to 4.8° orb

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

  • stableSuntrineNeptune4.8° to 5.8° orb

    Jean’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSuntrinePluto5.8° to 6.8° orb

    Jean’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableUranusoppositionPluto7.5° to 7.6° orb

    Jean’s need for freedom pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • 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

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.

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

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

    Chiron in Sagittarius is read as a sore spot around belief and being taught. The reading has Jean building a philosophy from lived evidence rather than received one.

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

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Jean is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

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

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

    Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Jean wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

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

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

    Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Jean is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.

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

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Jean that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.

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.

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

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°).

Jean’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. ♀ 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

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Jean 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 Jean’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 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°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Jean Arthur, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Jean’s cards

Every card is computed from October 17, 1900, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Strategist

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Western zodiac

Libra

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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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

No birth time is on public record for Jean Arthur, 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

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

The same Jean Arthur at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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 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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Rat.
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 time was Jean Arthur 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 Jean Arthur's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the October 17, 1900 birth date.
What was Jean Arthur's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 21°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 17, 1900 birth date.
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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