Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon (born December 31, 1962, Brooklyn, United States), aged 63, is an American composer. Higdon is best known for Concerto for Orchestra, Piano Concerto and Viola Concerto. Higdon's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.
Jennifer Higdon’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Water Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Tiger, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Jennifer
Jennifer Higdon’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Jennifer in the U.S.?
#586
US rank in 2025
~1,476,540
Americans share it since 1919
1972
its peak year
The SSA recorded 10,977 American girls and 24 boys named Jennifer in 1962: 41st among girls and 1,645th among boys for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jennifer’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
3
Expression · expression and voice
7
Soul Urge · understanding
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on J (1) and closes on R (9). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jennifer’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Jennifer apart
Anthony Hopkins (1937) and Baron Waqa (1959) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Jennifer, according to the stars
Core essence
Jennifer is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Jennifer is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Jennifer 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 Jennifer 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 Jennifer wants to be loved
Jennifer wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Jennifer even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Jennifer creates
How Jennifer makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Jennifer 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: Jennifer is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Jennifer 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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Jennifer 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 Jennifer's birth date. Working below.
Where Jennifer sits
Six lines
Jennifer’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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 may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Jennifer Higdon
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Brooklyn on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Brooklyn that night
Computed for 40.65°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Brooklyn at 9 p.m. that evening: Menkib of Perseus, within 5.5° of the exact zenith.
Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Brooklyn sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 29% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 48° below the horizon.
How unusual Jennifer's chart is
Chart pattern score
19 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
Mars retrograde · 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.
Score your own chart →Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunPlays the long game. Wins it.
Jennifer Higdon's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 31, 1962, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Capricorn means →Water Tiger
Water TigerBrave, bright, burns fast.
Jennifer Higdon was born on December 31, 1962, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
Jennifer Higdon's birth date, December 31, 1962, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Jennifer’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jennifer Higdon's date-only chart is Venus square Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with four planets in each.
- Jennifer Higdon combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
Jennifer’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 16° Pisces depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenussquareMars0.0° to 0.9° orb
Jennifer’s affections grind against their drive.
stableMoonconjunctionJupiter0.1° to 7.0° orb
Jennifer’s feelings and growth act as one.
stableSunsextileJupiter0.2° to 1.0° orb
Jennifer’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableSuntrinePluto2.0° to 3.1° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus3.0° to 3.5° orb
stableJupiteroppositionPluto3.0° to 3.2° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.0° orb
stableJupiteroppositionUranus3.7° to 3.9° orb
stableSuntrineUranus3.9° to 5.0° orb
stableSaturnsquareNeptune5.1° to 5.2° orb
stableJupitertrineNeptune6.0° to 6.2° orb
stableUranusconjunctionPluto7.0° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jennifer’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironPisces 7°06′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 16°49′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 22°35′ (moves 0.75° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaPisces 7°54′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 17°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea conjunction Jupiter 1.1°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 1.7°
- Ceres sextile Neptune 1.8°
- Chiron conjunction Jupiter 1.9°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 2.0°
- Eros square Mars 2.0°
- Chiron sextile Sun 2.4°
- Eros conjunction Venus 2.4°
- Hygiea opposition Uranus 2.8°
Jennifer’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Venus, Neptune; 4 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
5 major aspects
Configurations in Jennifer’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 sesquiquadrate Mars 0.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.4°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
- Mercury biquintile Uranus 0.8°
- Venus quintile Pluto 0.9°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.9°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.2°
- Mercury quintile Neptune 1.3°
- Saturn quincunx Pluto 2.2°
More people like Jennifer
Other composers
- Aaron Jay Kernis1960
- Chris Robinson1966
- Wynton Marsalis1961
- Chris Cornell1964
- Richie Sambora1959
- Billy Corgan1967
Born in United States
- Anthony KiedisAmerican musician
- Charles BarkleyAmerican basketball player (born 1963)
- Andrew McCarthyAmerican actor
- James DentonAmerican actor
- Joan CusackAmerican actress
- Bret MichaelsAmerican rock musician
More charts like Jennifer’s
Fellow Capricorn suns
- Habib DiarraSenegalese footballer (born 2004)
- Zakaria El OuahdiMoroccan soccer player
- Matthieu EpoloCongolese association football player (born 2005)
Born in Tiger years
- Barbara McClintockAmerican scientist and cytogeneticist
- Robbie WilliamsBritish singer
- David AttenboroughBritish broadcaster and naturalist
Also born on December 31
- Anthony Hopkins1937
- Baron Waqa1959
- Hunter Schafer1998
- Diane von Fürstenberg1946
- Richie McCaw1980
- Gabby Douglas1995
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Stephen M. RossAmerican businessman
- Vladimir YevtushenkovRussian billionaire
- Aras AgalarovAzerbaijani-Russian businessman
Other Capricorn Tiger charts
- Jake HummelAmerican football player
- Kendrick GreenAmerican football player
- Ventrell MillerAmerican football player (born 1999)
- Tavius RobinsonAmerican football player (born 1999)
Other Tidal Visionarys
- Stefano PessinaItalian businessman and CEO of Walgreens
- Teddy SagiIsraeli businessperson
- George H. W. BushPresident of the United States from 1989 to 1993
- Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen
Famous people with Life Path 7
- Manny JacintoFilipino actor
- Scottie SchefflerAmerican professional golfer
- Betsey JohnsonAmerican fashion designer
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Jennifer’s cards
Computed from December 31, 1962. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Tidal VisionaryWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
7 · Seeker♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jennifer’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q289468 (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 CTV Santa Cruz County, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jennifer Higdon 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 Jennifer Higdon.
Quick answers about Jennifer Higdon’s chart
- How old is Jennifer Higdon?
- Jennifer Higdon is 63 years old, born December 31, 1962 in Brooklyn, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Jennifer Higdon?
- Jennifer Higdon is a Capricorn: born December 31, 1962, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
- What is Jennifer Higdon's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 31, 1962 birth.
- What is Jennifer Higdon's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is Jennifer Higdon's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Jennifer Higdon's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jennifer Higdon's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
