Jeff MacNelly
Jeff MacNelly (born September 17, 1947, New York City, United States; died 2000), was an American editorial cartoonist. MacNelly is best remembered for Shoe. MacNelly's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, George Polk Award and Silver Reuben Editorial Cartoons Award.
Jeff MacNelly’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Pig, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Pig, with 
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Jeff MacNelly’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Healer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Jeff in the U.S.?
#3342
US rank in 2025
~120,502
Americans share it since 1880
1961
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Jeff’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Carnelian
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus
Lavender · Lilac · Scarlet
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Jeff, according to the stars
Core essence
Jeff notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Jeff is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
How Jeff wants to be loved
Jeff 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 Jeff and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Jeff creates
How Jeff makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Jeff creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Jeff 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 2 is the peacemaker. Jeff is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Jeff does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Jeff's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Jeff sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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The quick version
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunOrder first. Then rest, in theory.
Jeff MacNelly's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 17, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Fire Pig
Fire PigGives more than it gets.
Jeff MacNelly was born on September 17, 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 2
Life Path 2Listens first, then decides.
Jeff MacNelly's birth date, September 17, 1947, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 2 readings associate the number with cooperation, diplomacy and mediation: working alongside others and holding a group together. Numerologists describe it as the path of the partner, and read its influence as quiet rather than visible. The corresponding tension is self-effacement, with the caution that influence exercised through others can go uncounted, including by the person exercising it.
What stands out in Jeff’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jeff MacNelly's date-only chart is Mercury conjunction Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Jeff MacNelly combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Healer.
Jeff’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Jeff MacNelly, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 24° to 7° Libra or Scorpio 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.
stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune0.0° to 1.2° orb
Jeff’s mind and imagination act as one.
stableSunsextileJupiter0.3° to 1.1° orb
Jeff’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableVenussquareUranus1.0° to 2.3° orb
Jeff’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableMarstrineJupiter1.0° to 1.4° orb
Jeff’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSunsextileMars1.7° to 2.1° orb
Jeff’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
stableSunsquareUranus1.7° to 2.6° orb
Jeff’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
stableSaturnconjunctionPluto3.5° to 3.6° orb
Jeff’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSunconjunctionVenus3.7° to 3.9° orb
Jeff’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto4.2° orb
Jeff’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupitersquareSaturn5.5° orb
Jeff’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 2.5° to 15.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jeff’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.
⚷ ChironScorpio 7°17′ (moves 0.12° 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 Jeff carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 8°44′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Jeff is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosSagittarius 19°56′ (moves 0.41° 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 Jeff attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaCancer 0°38′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Jeff is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 25°40′ (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. Jeff 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 trine Sun 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.0°
- Eros trine Saturn 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.4°
- Hygiea square Venus 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°).
Jeff’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Uranus; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun6 pts
disposes Saturn, Pluto; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Jeff is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Jeff’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.
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 1.3°
- Venus semi-square Pluto 1.4°
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Jeff MacNelly, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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More charts like Jeff’s
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Born in Pig years
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- Donna StricklandCanadian physicist, Nobel laurate
Also born on September 17
- Narendra Modi1950
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- Chuck Grassley1933
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- Nicolás TagliaficoArgentine association football player
- Kō ItakuraJapanese footballer (born 1997)
- Philipp LienhartAustrian association football player (born 1996)
Other Virgo Pig charts
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From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
Jeff’s cards
Every card is computed from September 17, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Jeff MacNelly, 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
Jeff’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1686334, 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.
The same Jeff MacNelly at Wikipedia.
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 Jeff MacNelly.
Quick answers about Jeff MacNelly’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Jeff MacNelly?
- Jeff MacNelly was a Virgo: born September 17, 1947, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Pig.
- What was Jeff MacNelly's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 17, 1947 birth.
- What time was Jeff MacNelly 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 Jeff MacNelly's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the September 17, 1947 birth date.
- What was Jeff MacNelly's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 17, 1947 birth date.
- Where was Jeff MacNelly's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Jeff MacNelly's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Venus, Uranus; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
