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Portrait of John Banville

John Banville

John Banville (born December 8, 1945, Wexford, Ireland), aged 80, is an Irish writer (born 1945). Banville is best known for The Infinities, Shroud and Eclipse. Banville's honours include Booker Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Franz Kafka Prize.

John Banville’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Wood Rooster, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

Your match with John

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John Banville’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Healer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.

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

#23

US rank in 2025

~5,204,377

Americans share it since 1880

1947

its peak year

The SSA recorded 66,117 American boys and 197 girls named John in 1945: 3rd among boys and 520th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What John’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

3

Soul Urge · being heard

4

Personality · steady, dependable

The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

John’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

3 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌿 Fern

Frost white · Rose-gold · Forest

The record

What sets John apart

Jim Morrison (1943) and Nicki Minaj (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

John, according to the stars

Core essence

John is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of John is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

How John wants to be loved

John wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with John and watch them fall for you again.

How John creates

How John makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. John creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: John is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. John is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means John fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

Computed from John's birth date. Working below.

Where John sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
John

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
John

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

PrivateExpressive
John

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
John

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

PracticalVisionary
John

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
John

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to John Banville

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

John’s birth-night reference starSchedarwarm orange · CassiopeiaSchedar, in Cassiopeia. A warm orange star, 86° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Schedar →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 47.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Wexford that night

Computed for 52.34°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Schedar stood nearest the zenith over Wexford at 9 p.m. that evening, 86.0° above the horizon in Cassiopeia.

The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 100 catalog stars were up in all.

From 52.3°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Wexford at all: they sit past the −37.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 15% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 33° down.

How unusual John's chart is

Chart pattern score

70 / 100 · Rare

3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · T-square onto Jupiter · Five planets retrograde

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.

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If you only read one paragraph

Sagittarius Sun

Restless in a good way.

John Banville's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 8, 1945, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Wood Rooster

Punctual, precise, proud.

John Banville was born on December 8, 1945, which falls in a Wood Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rooster means →

Life Path 3

The storyteller at the table.

John Banville's birth date, December 8, 1945, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 means →

What stands out in John’s chart

John’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 21° to 3° Capricorn or Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus flows with Mars · Trine, 0.3° orbSun faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 0.6° orbMercury faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 1.9° orbMercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.9° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 2.5° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.3° orbMoon faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.6° orbSun in Sagittarius · 16°01′☉16°Moon in Capricorn · 27°36′☽27°Mercury in Sagittarius · 13°32′ · retrograde☿℞13°Venus in Sagittarius · 2°49′♀2°Mars in Leo · 3°09′ · retrograde♂℞3°Jupiter in Libra · 21°27′♃21°Saturn in Cancer · 23°59′ · retrograde♄℞23°Uranus in Gemini · 15°24′ · retrograde♅℞15°Neptune in Libra · 8°19′♆8°Pluto in Leo · 11°40′ · retrograde♇℞11°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableVenustrineMars0.0° to 1.0° orb

    John’s affections flow straight into their drive.

  • stableSunoppositionUranus0.1° to 1.1° orb

    John’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • stableMercuryoppositionUranus1.2° to 2.5° orb

    John’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto1.2° to 2.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury1.3° to 3.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn2.4° to 2.6° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.3° to 3.4° orb

  • stableUranussextilePluto3.7° to 3.8° orb

  • stableSuntrinePluto3.8° to 4.9° orb

  • stableJupitertrineUranus5.9° to 6.2° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.0° to 10.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironLibra 18°10′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresSagittarius 19°59′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 9°37′ (moves 0.59° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 18°40′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 13°28′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros square Neptune 1.3°
  • Ceres sextile Jupiter 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.8°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 2.2°
  • Hygiea sextile Sun 2.7°
  • Chiron trine Uranus 2.8°
  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.8°

John’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Mars, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

Configurations in John’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · 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.

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John’s cards

Computed from December 8, 1945. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Healer

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

乙

yin Wood

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q313077 (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 Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same John Banville at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by John Banville.

Quick answers about John Banville’s chart

How old is John Banville?
John Banville is 80 years old, born December 8, 1945 in Wexford, Ireland.
What zodiac sign is John Banville?
John Banville is a Sagittarius: born December 8, 1945, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is John Banville's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 8, 1945 birth.
What is John Banville's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What is John Banville's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is John Banville's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 13°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is John Banville's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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