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Jean Stafford

Jean Stafford (born July 1, 1915, Covina, United States; died 1979), was an American author. Stafford is best remembered for The Mountain Lion and The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford. Stafford's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, O. Henry Award and Guggenheim Fellowship.

Jean Stafford’s zodiac sign was Cancer, Chinese zodiac was Wood Rabbit, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Jean Stafford’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Diplomat

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

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

Of the names registered in 1915, Jean came 48th among girls and 424th among boys, carried by 4,603 American girls and 162 boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Jean’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

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

6 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Green Orchid

Sky blue · Pearl · Botanical green

The record

What sets Jean apart

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961) and Pamela Anderson (1967) 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 feels the room before entering it. The core of Jean is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Jean, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Jean is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Jean needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Jean wants to be loved

Jean wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Jean like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

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 gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Jean 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Jean is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

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 run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

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 need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Jean

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

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

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

Jean’s birth-night reference starAlpheccablue-white · Corona BorealisAlphecca, in Corona Borealis. A blue-white star, 82.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alphecca →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 29° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Covina that night

Computed for 34.09°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Covina was Alphecca, in Corona Borealis, 82.3° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 79 catalog stars were up in all.

From 34.1°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Covina at all: they sit past the −55.9° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 19° below the horizon, Moon down and 70% lit at waning gibbous.

How unusual Jean's chart is

Chart pattern score

71 / 100 · Rare

5-planet stellium in Cancer · A bowl chart · No Fire planets

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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Jean Stafford in 15 seconds

Cancer Sun

Remembers what you said in March.

Jean Stafford's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 1, 1915, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Wood Rabbit

Gentle, and never cornered.

Jean Stafford was born on July 1, 1915, which falls in a Wood Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 6

Feeds the room, forgets to eat.

Jean Stafford's birth date, July 1, 1915, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 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 3° to 16° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 0° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.2° orbJupiter flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.3° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 1.6° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.5° orbSun fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 2.6° orbMercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.9° orbJupiter grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.9° orbSun in Cancer · 8°53′☉8°Moon in Pisces · 10°27′☽10°Mercury in Cancer · 1°56′ · retrograde☿℞1°Venus in Gemini · 19°10′♀19°Mars in Taurus · 26°51′♂26°Jupiter in Pisces · 28°01′♃28°Saturn in Cancer · 6°19′♄6°Uranus in Aquarius · 15°01′ · retrograde♅℞15°Neptune in Cancer · 29°22′♆29°Pluto in Cancer · 1°54′♇1°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionPluto0.0° to 0.3° orb

    Jean’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter0.8° to 1.5° orb

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

  • stableJupitertrineNeptune1.3° to 1.4° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn2.1° to 3.0° orb

  • stableMarssextileNeptune2.2° to 2.8° orb

  • stableVenustrineUranus3.5° to 4.8° orb

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter3.7° to 4.2° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto3.9° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn4.1° to 4.7° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto4.4° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury6.2° to 7.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto6.5° to 7.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire0 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water7 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 22°41′

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

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 12°03′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 14°45′ (moves 0.82° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 13°08′ (moves 0.35° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 4°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea opposition Uranus 1.9°
  • Ceres square Uranus 3.0°

Jean’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Jean’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, PlutoThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun biquintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.9°
  • Uranus sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.9°

Jean’s family here

One relative of Jean Stafford also has a chart on AsterNym.

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Jean’s cards

Computed from July 1, 1915. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Devil

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Jean’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q290633 (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 Cmacauley (talk) 01:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jean Stafford at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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

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

Quick answers about Jean Stafford’s chart

What zodiac sign was Jean Stafford?
Jean Stafford was a Cancer: born July 1, 1915, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What was Jean Stafford's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 1, 1915 birth.
What was Jean Stafford's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What was Jean Stafford's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Jean Stafford's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Jean Stafford's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto). Mercury is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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