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Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons (born James Joseph Parsons; March 24, 1973, Houston, Texas, United States), aged 53, is an American actor. Parsons is best known for Hidden Figures, The Normal Heart and The Boys in the Band. Parsons's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Theatre World Award.

Jim Parsons’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Ox, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Jim Parsons’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Visionary

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

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

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

#3159

US rank in 2025

~153,938

Americans share it since 1880

1959

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Jim’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Aquamarine, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus

Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Soft pink

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What the chart says

Jim, according to the stars

Core essence

Jim leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Jim is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Jim is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Jim needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Jim creates

How Jim 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. Jim 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: Jim 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Jim 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Jim does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Jim's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Jim sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Jim

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jim

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Jim

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jim

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Jim

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jim

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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Aries Sun

First through every door.

Jim Parsons's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 24, 1973, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.

Water Ox

Says little. Finishes everything.

Jim Parsons was born on March 24, 1973, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 11

Intuition before evidence.

Jim Parsons's birth date, March 24, 1973, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Jim’s chart

Jim’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Jim Parsons, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 15° Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.3° orbSun faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.9° orbVenus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.4° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.6° orbSun opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.8° orbMoon fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 2.3° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.7° orbVenus faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 3.2° orbSun in Aries · 3°57′☉3°Moon in Sagittarius · 9°41′☽9°Mercury in Pisces · 15°20′ · retrograde☿℞15°Venus in Pisces · 29°52′♀29°Mars in Capricorn · 28°30′♂28°Jupiter in Aquarius · 5°43′♃5°Saturn in Gemini · 15°02′♄15°Uranus in Libra · 21°46′ · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Sagittarius · 7°22′ · retrograde♆℞7°Pluto in Libra · 3°03′ · retrograde♇℞3°

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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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
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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.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.2° to 0.5° orb

    Jim’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableSunoppositionPluto0.4° to 1.4° orb

    Jim’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenussextileMars1.1° to 1.6° orb

    Jim’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter1.4° to 2.2° orb

    Jim’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune1.6° to 1.7° orb

    Jim’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenusoppositionPluto2.6° to 3.8° orb

    Jim’s affections pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitertrinePluto2.6° to 2.8° orb

    Jim’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableSuntrineNeptune2.9° to 3.9° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus4.0° to 4.2° orb

    Jim’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMarstrinePluto4.2° to 4.9° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto4.3° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrineUranus6.7° to 6.8° orb

    Jim’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.

Jim’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 16°02′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Jim may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 16°43′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Jim is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 25°22′ (moves 0.88° 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 Jim wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 8°05′ (moves 0.34° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Jim is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 13°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Jim leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 0.7°
  • Chiron sextile Saturn 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 1.1°
  • Ceres square Mercury 1.4°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 1.4°
  • Ceres opposition Saturn 1.7°
  • Hygiea conjunction Jupiter 2.4°

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°).

Jim’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. ♂ Mars7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune6 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Jim is read as acting first and reflecting after.

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 Jim’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 biquintile Uranus 0.4°
  • Uranus semi-square Neptune 0.6°
  • Sun quintile Saturn 0.9°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.5°
  • Mercury semi-square Mars 1.8°

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

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Jim’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The High Priestess

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Visionary

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Western zodiac

Aries

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Jim Parsons, 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

Jim’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q190972, 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 PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jim Parsons at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram and MusicBrainz.

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 Jim Parsons.

Quick answers about Jim Parsons’s chart

How old is Jim Parsons?
Jim Parsons is 53 years old, born March 24, 1973 in Houston, Texas, United States.
What zodiac sign is Jim Parsons?
Jim Parsons is an Aries: born March 24, 1973, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Ox.
What is Jim Parsons's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 24, 1973 birth.
What time was Jim Parsons 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.
How tall is Jim Parsons?
Jim Parsons is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Jim Parsons's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the March 24, 1973 birth date.
What is Jim Parsons's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons for the March 24, 1973 birth date.
Where is Jim Parsons's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Jim Parsons's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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