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Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange (born April 20, 1949, Cloquet, United States, 11:00), aged 77, is an American actress. Notable films include American Horror Story, Tootsie and Cape Fear. Lange's honours include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and Academy Award for Best Actress.

Jessica Lange’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Earth Ox, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Jessica Lange’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Lightkeeper

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#665

US rank in 2025

~1,054,307

Americans share it since 1880

1987

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1949, Jessica came 395th, carried by 406 American girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Jessica’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

3

Soul Urge · being heard

3

Personality · bright, quick

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

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

Jessica’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

White · Blush · Gold

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1949, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Jessica apart

Jessica Lange took the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1983, at 34.

The classrooms behind this chart: HB Studio and Cloquet High School.

The working life starts in 1976, at 27.

Jessica Lange was married Paco Grande and raised one child.

The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Jessica Lange: Actresses from Duluth, Minnesota, American expatriates in Mexico and Best Miniseries or Television Movie Actress Golden Globe winners.

The same date carries Veronica Cartwright. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Educated at
HB Studio, Cloquet High School and University of Minnesota
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1983), Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (2016) and Academy Award for Best Actress (1995)
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Actress and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Working from
1976
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
90

What the chart says

Jessica, according to the stars

Core essence

Jessica is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Jessica is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

The vibe

Underneath, Jessica needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Jessica needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Jessica wants to be loved

Jessica wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Jessica is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Jessica creates

How Jessica makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Jessica creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Jessica is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Jessica is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Jessica gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Jessica's birth date. Working below.

Where Jessica sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Jessica

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jessica

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Jessica

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jessica

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Jessica

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jessica

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth sky

Dedicate a star to Jessica Lange

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

Read from the sky above Cloquet at 11:00, Jessica Lange’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Cloquet that night

Computed for 46.72°N, at the documented birth time.

At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Cloquet was Schedar, in Cassiopeia, 80.4° up.

Of the 98 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 46.7°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Nothing below −43.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Cloquet on any night.

Sun -52° below the horizon, Moon up and 45% lit at last quarter.

The name and the places

Born in
Cloquet, United States
Lives in
Paris · New York City

Wikidata records Paris and New York City as Jessica Lange's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

Against Cloquet, Shared Places reads Paris as weak for this chart: 44 of 100, 94th of 167 cities scored. The chart's own strongest is Athens, Greece, at 100.

Scored by Shared Places, which overlays astrocartography maps for a whole household. The tradition has no verified predictive validity, and a real move turns on work, visas and family rather than a chart line.

What Jessica's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Breaker 破軍 in 戌

Bureau 火六局 · Body Palace in Self

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Generator, profile 5/1

Sacral authority · Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

63 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Taurus · T-square onto Mercury · 3 planets at a critical degree

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.

Score your own chart →

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Jessica Lange's Sun was in Taurus at the documented birth time.

What Taurus means →

Earth Ox

Stubborn, and usually right.

Jessica Lange was born on April 20, 1949, which falls in a Earth Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 11

Bright signal, thin skin.

Jessica Lange's birth date, April 20, 1949, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 11 means →

What stands out in Jessica’s chart

Jessica’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.5° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.8° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.9° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.8° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 1.9° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2° orbSun in Taurus · 0°16′ · house 10☉0°Moon in Aquarius · 6°44′ · house 7☽6°Mercury in Taurus · 8°37′ · house 10☿8°Venus in Taurus · 1°15′ · house 10♀1°Mars in Aries · 22°54′ · house 9♂22°Jupiter in Aquarius · 0°47′ · house 7♃0°Saturn in Leo · 29°25′ · house 1 · retrograde♄℞29°Uranus in Gemini · 27°26′ · house 11♅27°Neptune in Libra · 13°21′ · house 3 · retrograde♆℞13°Pluto in Leo · 14°09′ · house 1 · retrograde♇℞14°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCLeo 1°19′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCAqr 1°19′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCAri 11°57′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICLib 11°57′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantLeo
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • SunsquareJupiterapplying · 0.5° orb

    Jessica’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • VenussquareJupiterseparating · 0.5° orb

    Jessica’s affections grind against their growth.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.8° orb

    Jessica’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • SuntrineSaturnseparating · 0.9° orb

  • SunconjunctionVenusseparating · 1.0° orb

  • VenustrineSaturnseparating · 1.8° orb

  • MoonsquareMercuryapplying · 1.9° orb

  • SaturnsextileUranusapplying · 2.0° orb

  • SunsextileUranusseparating · 2.8° orb

  • VenussextileUranusseparating · 3.8° orb

  • MarssextileUranusapplying · 4.5° orb

  • MoonsquareVenusseparating · 5.5° orb

  • MercurysquarePlutoapplying · 5.5° orb

  • MoonconjunctionJupiterseparating · 5.9° orb

  • SunsquareMoonseparating · 6.5° orb

  • MarstrineSaturnapplying · 6.5° orb

  • MoontrineNeptuneapplying · 6.6° orb

  • SunconjunctionMarsseparating · 7.4° orb

  • MoonoppositionPlutoapplying · 7.4° orb

  • MercuryconjunctionVenusseparating · 7.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water0 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed7 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 8°20′ · House 5

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

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 13°42′ · House 1

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 6°59′ · House 7

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Virgo 3°30′ · House 2

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 0°24′ · House 9

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros conjunction Moon 0.2°
  • Ceres sextile Neptune 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 0.4°
  • Ceres conjunction Pluto 0.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Ascendant 0.9°
  • Chiron sextile Moon 1.6°
  • Eros square Mercury 1.6°
  • Hygiea trine Venus 2.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 3.0°

Jessica’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus16 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the tenth house; 6 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun13 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Saturn, Pluto; angular in the tenth house; 6 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus9 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon, Jupiter; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Jessica’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Moon, Pluto, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.1°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.4°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.7°

Jessica’s houses

Jessica’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1LeoSun in Taurus, house 10Saturn, Plutoself, body, how you arrive
2VirgoMercury in Taurus, house 10emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3LibraVenus in Taurus, house 10Neptunemind, siblings, the local world
4ScorpioPluto in Leo, house 1emptyhome, family, roots
5SagittariusJupiter in Aquarius, house 7emptycreativity, romance, play
6CapricornSaturn in Leo, house 1emptywork, habits, health
7AquariusUranus in Gemini, house 11Moon, Jupiterpartnership, marriage, open rivals
8PiscesNeptune in Libra, house 3emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9AriesMars in Aries, house 9Marsbelief, travel, higher learning
10TaurusVenus in Taurus, house 10Sun, Mercury, Venuscareer, reputation, public life
11GeminiMercury in Taurus, house 10Uranusfriends, community, the future
12CancerMoon in Aquarius, house 7emptythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

Born the same day as Jessica

Veronica Cartwright was born on April 20, 1949 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Cloquet, at 46.7°N, Capella and Deneb never set at all. Same sky, different lives.

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Jessica’s cards

Computed from April 20, 1949. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Judgement

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Hour

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Jessica’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q173585 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jessica Lange at Wikipedia, IMDb, X and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jessica Lange.

Quick answers about Jessica Lange’s chart

How old is Jessica Lange?
Jessica Lange is 77 years old, born April 20, 1949 in Cloquet, United States.
What zodiac sign is Jessica Lange?
Jessica Lange is a Taurus: born April 20, 1949, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time.
What is Jessica Lange's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 20, 1949 birth.
What time was Jessica Lange born?
11:00 local time in Cloquet, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Jessica Lange's rising sign?
Leo rising, calculated from the documented 11:00 birth time in Cloquet, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Jessica Lange's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is Jessica Lange's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 8°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Jessica Lange's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 0°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Jessica Lange's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (16 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the tenth house; 6 major aspects). Sun is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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