Jodi Kantor
Jodi Kantor (born April 21, 1975, New York City, United States), aged 51, is an American journalist. Kantor's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Time 100 and Romy.
Jodi Kantor’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Wood Rabbit, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac is 
Wood Rabbit, with 
Life Path 11 in numerology.Your match with Jodi
Jodi Kantor’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Jodi in the U.S.?
#4029
US rank in 2025
~80,657
Americans share it since 1940
1970
its peak year
In 1975, 3,107 American girls and 33 boys were registered Jodi — 94th among girls and 1,575th among boys on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jodi’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on J (1) and closes on I (9).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jodi’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
11 · 3 · 4 · 6
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
White · Blush · Forest
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1975, 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 Jodi apart
The The Sidney Award came in 2017, when Jodi Kantor was 42.
Jodi Kantor was taught at Columbia College and Holmdel High School.
Jodi Kantor was 28 when the work began in 2003.
The family line: married Ron Lieber.
On Wikipedia the categories read Jews from New Jersey, American newspaper editors and People from Holmdel Township, New Jersey.
Charlie O'Connell shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Educated at
- Columbia College, Holmdel High School and Harvard Law School
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2018), Romy (2023) and Time 100 (2018)
- Working from
- 2003
- Citizenship
- United States
- Wikipedia editions
- 15
What the chart says
Jodi, according to the stars
Core essence
Jodi 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 Jodi 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.
How Jodi wants to be loved
Jodi 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 Jodi like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Jodi creates
How Jodi makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Jodi creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Jodi is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Jodi 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: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Jodi slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from Jodi's birth date. Working below.
Where Jodi sits
Six lines
Jodi’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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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 Jodi Kantor
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.
Tania Australis stood nearest the zenith over New York City at 9 p.m. that evening, 86.3° above the horizon in Ursa Major.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.
New York City sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −49.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from New York City on any night.
The Moon, 81% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 14° below the horizon.
How unusual Jodi's chart is
Chart pattern score
35 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
T-square onto Saturn · 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 →The quick version
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunComfort first, then everything else.
Jodi Kantor's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 21, 1975, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Wood Rabbit
Wood RabbitSoft voice, sharp read.
Jodi Kantor was born on April 21, 1975, which falls in a Wood Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rabbit means →Life Path 11
Life Path 11Intuition before evidence.
Jodi Kantor's birth date, April 21, 1975, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 11 means →What stands out in Jodi’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jodi Kantor's date-only chart is Sun opposition Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Jodi Kantor combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
Jodi’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 26° to 11° Leo or Virgo 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
stableSunoppositionUranus0.0° to 1.0° orb
Jodi’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableMoontrineMercury0.1° to 6.5° orb
Jodi’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
stableVenussextileJupiter0.5° to 1.4° orb
Jodi’s affections open doors for their growth.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto0.7° to 1.0° orb
stableVenustrinePluto1.2° to 2.4° orb
stableVenussquareMars1.4° to 1.8° orb
stableVenusoppositionNeptune1.7° to 2.9° orb
stableSunconjunctionMercury2.6° to 3.8° orb
stableMercuryoppositionUranus2.6° to 4.8° orb
stableMercurysextileMars2.7° to 4.1° orb
stableJupitertrineNeptune3.2° to 3.4° orb
stableMarssquareNeptune3.5° to 4.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jodi’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAries 24°24′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAries 24°46′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 0°26′ (moves 0.62° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 21°41′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 8°24′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Uranus 0.0°
- Eros trine Sun 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith square Venus 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 0.9°
Jodi’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars5 pts
disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Jodi’s chart
T-square onto Saturn · Jupiter, Pluto, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Mars · Venus, Neptune, 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.
- Mars quincunx Pluto 0.2°
- Sun quintile Saturn 0.3°
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 0.6°
- Mercury biquintile Neptune 1.3°
- Saturn quincunx Neptune 1.9°
Born the same day as Jodi
Charlie O'Connell was born on April 21, 1975 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. New York City sits at 40.7°N, far enough north that Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never clear the horizon. Same sky, different lives.
More people like Jodi
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Born in United States
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More charts like Jodi’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Douglas Southall FreemanAmerican journalist
- Ellen Taaffe ZwilichAmerican composer
- Tania LeónCuban composer and conductor
Born in Rabbit years
- Count Nikolai of MonpezatDanish model, influencer, and former prince; elder son of Prince Joachim and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
- Kim You-jungSouth Korean actress
- Zhou GuanyuChinese racing driver
Also born on April 21
- Elizabeth II1926
- James McAvoy1979
- Glen Hansard1970
- Tony Romo1980
- Hyein2008
- Andie MacDowell1958
Fellow Yin Fire day masters
- Lily PhillipsBritish pornographic actress (born 2001)
- Debbie Roweformer wife of Michael Jackson
- Patrick StewartBritish actor (born 1940)
Other Taurus Rabbit charts
- Rohit SharmaIndian cricketer (Captain)
- Nathan ChenAmerican figure skater (born 1999)
- Rebeca AndradeBrazilian artistic gymnast
- Cody GakpoDutch association football player (born 1999)
Other Radiant Lightkeepers
- Caroline ShawAmerican composer, violinist, and singer
- Lillie D. ChaffinAmerican poet laureate from Kentucky
- Bob WeinsteinAmerican film executive (born 1954)
- Neal StephensonAmerican science fiction writer (born 1959)
Famous people with Life Path 11
- Sam AsghariIranian-American model and fitness trainer (born 1994)
- Benjamin BrattAmerican actor (born 1963)
- Steve BuscemiAmerican actor
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Jodi’s cards
Computed from April 21, 1975. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The High PriestessAsterNym identity card
The Radiant LightkeeperWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Rabbit 卯Life Path
11 · Visionary♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jodi’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q13605899 (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 Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jodi Kantor at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jodi Kantor.
Quick answers about Jodi Kantor’s chart
- How old is Jodi Kantor?
- Jodi Kantor is 51 years old, born April 21, 1975 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Jodi Kantor?
- Jodi Kantor is a Taurus: born April 21, 1975, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What is Jodi Kantor's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rabbit, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 21, 1975 birth.
- What is Jodi Kantor's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
- What is Jodi Kantor's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Jodi Kantor's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jodi Kantor's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
