John Boorman
John Boorman (born January 18, 1933, Shepperton, United Kingdom), aged 93, is a British film director, producer and screenwriter. Boorman's honours include Cannes Best Director Award, BAFTA Fellowship and Knight Bachelor.
John Boorman’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Monkey, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Monkey, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.How compatible are you with John Boorman?
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John Boorman’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Strategist
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental 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
US Social Security Administration public records
John’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus
Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of John is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, John 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 John 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 John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show John you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. John builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: John is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. John 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means John channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from John's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunAmbition wearing a plain coat.
John Boorman's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 18, 1933, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.
Water Monkey
Water MonkeyWit is the tool.
John Boorman was born on January 18, 1933, which falls in a Water Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
John Boorman's birth date, January 18, 1933, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John Boorman's date-only chart is Jupiter sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- John Boorman combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Strategist.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John Boorman, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 11° to 25° Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableJupitersextilePluto0.9° orb
John’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableMarssextilePluto2.0° orb
John’s drive opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableUranussquarePluto2.6° orb
John’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter2.8° to 2.9° orb
John’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysquareUranus3.8° to 5.4° orb
John’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenustrineNeptune4.1° to 5.4° orb
John’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSuntrineJupiter4.4° to 5.4° orb
John’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
stableMercurytrineNeptune4.4° to 6.0° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableMercurytrineMars4.5° to 6.0° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunoppositionPluto5.2° to 6.3° orb
John’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMercuryoppositionPluto6.4° to 8.0° orb
John’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 0.0° to 8.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth6 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
John’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 23°40′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has John building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresAquarius 18°23′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. John is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosScorpio 26°57′ (moves 0.73° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. John is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaScorpio 17°40′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has John carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 29°05′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. John is read as immovable on those points.
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.
- Chiron trine Jupiter 0.6°
- Eros sextile Sun 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.1°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 1.2°
- Chiron sextile Pluto 1.4°
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 2.6°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 2.6°
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°).
John’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
5 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: John is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 John’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.
Stellium in Capricorn · 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.
T-square onto Uranus · Mercury, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Mars quincunx Uranus 0.6°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.8°
- Venus semi-sextile Saturn 1.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John Boorman, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: What if you don't know your birth time? · Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet
John’s cards
Every card is computed from January 18, 1933, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John Boorman, 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
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q55277, 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 Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same John Boorman at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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 John Boorman.
Quick answers about John Boorman’s chart
- How old is John Boorman?
- John Boorman is 93 years old, born January 18, 1933 in Shepperton, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is John Boorman?
- John Boorman is a Capricorn: born January 18, 1933, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Monkey.
- What is John Boorman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 18, 1933 birth.
- What time was John Boorman 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.
- What is John Boorman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the January 18, 1933 birth date.
- What is John Boorman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 18, 1933 birth date.
- Where is John Boorman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is John Boorman's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
