Jim Yardley
Jim Yardley (born June 18, 1964, New York City, United States), aged 62, is an American journalist. Yardley's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, George Polk Award and The Sidney Award.
Jim Yardley’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Wood Dragon, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac is 
Wood Dragon, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Jim
Jim Yardley’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Storyteller
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental 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
In 1964, 3,644 American boys and 10 girls were registered Jim — 101st among boys and 4,473rd among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jim’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
6
Soul Urge · being needed
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on J (1) and closes on M (4).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jim’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌿 Fern
Rose pink · Lilac · Forest
The record
What sets Jim apart
Paul McCartney (1942) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Jim, according to the stars
Core essence
Jim is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Jim needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Jim cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Jim needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Jim wants to be loved
Jim 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 Jim like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Jim creates
How Jim makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Jim creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Jim is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Jim is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Jim scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Jim's birth date. Working below.
Where Jim sits
Six lines
Jim’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Jim Yardley
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City 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 New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Alkaid of Ursa Major, within 8.9° of the exact zenith.
Of the 83 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
New York City sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 5° below the horizon, Moon up and 71% lit at waxing gibbous.
How unusual Jim's chart is
Chart pattern score
74 / 100 · Rare
4-planet stellium in Gemini · T-square onto Mars · 2 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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →Jim Yardley at a glance
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFour conversations, one person.
Jim Yardley's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 18, 1964, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Gemini means →Wood Dragon
Wood DragonSets the standard, then raises it.
Jim Yardley was born on June 18, 1964, which falls in a Wood Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Turns effort into standing.
Jim Yardley's birth date, June 18, 1964, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Jim’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jim Yardley's date-only chart is Jupiter opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Gemini, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Seven of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Jim Yardley combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Storyteller.
Jim’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Libra 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
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune0.0° to 0.2° orb
Jim’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMoontrineMercury0.1° to 5.4° orb
Jim’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
stableSunconjunctionVenus1.2° to 2.8° orb
Jim’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSaturnoppositionUranus1.4° to 1.5° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto3.6° to 3.8° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.6° to 3.7° orb
stableMarssquareSaturn3.8° to 4.5° orb
stableMercurysquarePluto4.3° to 6.3° orb
stableVenustrineSaturn5.3° to 5.9° orb
stableMarssquareUranus5.3° to 6.0° orb
stableUranusconjunctionPluto5.3° orb
stableSaturnoppositionPluto6.7° to 6.8° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable7 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
Jim’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironPisces 18°48′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 0°38′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 9°39′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 16°12′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 17°21′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 0.3°
- Hygiea conjunction Mercury 0.9°
- Ceres opposition Venus 1.2°
- Chiron square Mercury 1.7°
- Eros sextile Pluto 2.1°
Jim’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4 pts
4 major aspects
Configurations in Jim’s chart
Stellium in Gemini · Sun, Mercury, Venus, MarsThree 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 onto Mars · Saturn, Uranus, MarsAn 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.
- Venus quintile Pluto 0.3°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.0°
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.1°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.4°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.5°
- Mercury quincunx Neptune 1.6°
More people like Jim
Other journalists
- Carole Radziwill1963
- Emily Nussbaum1966
- David Barstow1963
- Don Lemon1966
- Ian Johnson1962
- Clifford J. Levy1967
Born in United States
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- Lenny KravitzAmerican guitarist and singer
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Born in Dragon years
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- Ricky PearsallAmerican football player (born 2000)
- Jalen GrahamAmerican football player (born 2001)
Also born on June 18
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
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- Abigail NussbaumIsraeli SF fandom blogger and critic
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Other Gemini Dragon charts
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- Douglas StuartScottish-American writer
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Other Steadfast Storytellers
- Rachel PlattenAmerican singer, songwriter and author (born 1981)
- Catherine O'HaraCanadian-American actress
- Kim PorterAmerican actress and model
- Maggie QAmerican actress
Famous people with Life Path 8
- Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand cricketer
- Steve SmithAustralian international cricketer
- Terence CrawfordAmerican boxer
From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
Jim’s cards
Computed from June 18, 1964. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast StorytellerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
8 · Achiever☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jim’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6199052 (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.
The same Jim Yardley at Wikipedia and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jim Yardley.
Quick answers about Jim Yardley’s chart
- How old is Jim Yardley?
- Jim Yardley is 62 years old, born June 18, 1964 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Jim Yardley?
- Jim Yardley is a Gemini: born June 18, 1964, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
- What is Jim Yardley's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 18, 1964 birth.
- What is Jim Yardley's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Jim Yardley's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Jim Yardley's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jim Yardley's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Pluto is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
