Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman (born June 9, 1943, Oklahoma City, United States), aged 83, is an American science fiction writer. Haldeman is best known for The Forever War. Haldeman's honours include Hugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel and Hugo Award for Best Novella.
Joe Haldeman’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Water Goat, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Goat, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Joe
Joe Haldeman’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Explorer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Joe in the U.S.?
#994
US rank in 2025
~464,574
Americans share it since 1880
1936
its peak year
The SSA recorded 7,308 American boys and 230 girls named Joe in 1943: 35th among boys and 488th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Joe’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
9
Soul Urge · meaning
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on J (1) and closes on E (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Joe’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily
Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Joe apart
Johnny Depp (1963) and Natalie Portman (1981) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Joe, according to the stars
Core essence
Joe 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. Joe needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
How Joe wants to be loved
Joe wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Joe openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Joe creates
How Joe 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. Joe 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: Joe is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Joe is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Joe 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 Joe's birth date. Working below.
Where Joe sits
Six lines
Joe’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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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 Joe Haldeman
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma City that night
Computed for 35.48°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Oklahoma City at 9 p.m. that evening: Cor Caroli of Canes Venatici, within 4.1° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 87 catalog stars were up in all.
Oklahoma City sits at 35.5°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Oklahoma City at all: they sit past the −54.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at first quarter, 40% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 3° down.
How unusual Joe's chart is
Chart pattern score
47 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Gemini · A bowl chart · 1 planet 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
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunTwo minds, both talking.
Joe Haldeman's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 9, 1943, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Gemini means →Water Goat
Water GoatNeeds beauty like air.
Joe Haldeman was born on June 9, 1943, which falls in a Water Goat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Goat means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Five doors open at once.
Joe Haldeman's birth date, June 9, 1943, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Joe’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Joe Haldeman's date-only chart is Uranus sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Saturn and Uranus, sit together in Gemini, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Joe Haldeman combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Explorer.
Joe’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 26° to 8° 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
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableUranussextilePluto0.0° to 0.1° orb
Joe’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunconjunctionSaturn1.3° to 2.1° orb
Joe’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurytrineNeptune1.3° to 1.6° orb
Joe’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableMercurysextileJupiter2.1° to 2.3° orb
stableVenussextileNeptune2.5° to 3.6° orb
stableVenussextileUranus2.6° to 3.6° orb
stableVenusconjunctionPluto2.6° to 3.7° orb
stableJupitersextileNeptune3.5° to 3.7° orb
stableMarssextileUranus4.0° to 4.7° orb
stableMarstrinePluto4.0° to 4.7° orb
stableMercurysextileVenus4.2° to 4.9° orb
stableUranustrineNeptune6.2° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Joe’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironLeo 24°57′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresTaurus 26°14′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 23°23′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 15°04′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 1°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 0.6°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 1.2°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 1.6°
- Eros conjunction Jupiter 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 2.5°
- Chiron square Mercury 2.9°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 2.9°
Joe’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Mercury; 5 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
5 major aspects
Configurations in Joe’s chart
Stellium in Gemini · Sun, Saturn, UranusThree 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.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.6°
- Venus semi-square Saturn 1.1°
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Fellow Gemini suns
- Marvin HamlischAmerican composer and conductor
- Peter BalakianArmenian-American writer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry
- Charles WuorinenAmerican composer
Born in Goat years
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Also born on June 9
- Johnny Depp1963
- Natalie Portman1981
- Michael J. Fox1961
- Zack Bia1996
- Matt Bellamy1978
- Laurie Hernandez2000
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- André HoffmannSwiss billionaire businessman born in 1958
- Frederik Paulsen JrSwedish businessman
- Charles SimonyiHungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
Other Gemini Goat charts
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- Marjorie LiuAmerican writer
- Geoffrey A. LandisAmerican aerospace engineer and science fiction author
- William Wisher Jr.American screenwriter
Other Steadfast Explorers
- Tony GoldwynAmerican actor and director (born 1960)
- Yolanda HadidAmerican television personality and former model
- Mark HamillAmerican actor (born 1951)
- Julia FoxItalian-American actress
Famous people with Life Path 5
- John CleeseEnglish comedian and actor (born 1939)
- Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer
- André BerleyFrench actor
From the journal: Why there are 12 signs and not 13 · Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained
Joe’s cards
Computed from June 9, 1943. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast ExplorerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Goat 未Life Path
5 · Explorer☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
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
Joe’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q347461 (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 Markku Lappalainen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Joe Haldeman 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 Joe Haldeman.
Quick answers about Joe Haldeman’s chart
- How old is Joe Haldeman?
- Joe Haldeman is 83 years old, born June 9, 1943 in Oklahoma City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Joe Haldeman?
- Joe Haldeman is a Gemini: born June 9, 1943, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
- What is Joe Haldeman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 9, 1943 birth.
- What is Joe Haldeman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Joe Haldeman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Joe Haldeman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Joe Haldeman's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
