John Cleese
John Cleese (born October 27, 1939, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom), aged 87, is an English comedian and actor (born 1939). Cleese's honours include BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and Rose d'Or.
John Cleese’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rabbit, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rabbit, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with John
John Cleese’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Architect
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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 51,025 American boys and 228 girls named John in 1939: 3rd among boys and 445th 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.
6
Expression · taking responsibility
3
Soul Urge · being heard
3
Personality · bright, quick
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
5 · 3 · 4 · 6
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Opal, Red Coral, Citrine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Amber · Crimson · Gold
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 6, trigram Qian 乾, West group. Best direction West, worst Southeast.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1939, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets John apart
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series came in 1987, when John Cleese was 48.
Study took John Cleese to Clifton College and Downing College.
John Cleese was 22 when the work began in 1961.
On the family side, John Cleese was married Connie Booth and Barbara Trentham and raised one child.
Wikipedia files John Cleese under British expatriates in Saint Kitts and Nevis, Comedians from Somerset and Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Clifton College, Downing College and University of Cambridge
- Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1989), Rose d'Or (2016) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (1987)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Working from
- 1961
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 77
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John does not do surface. The core of John is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from John is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, John runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What John needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with John even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How John creates
How John 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. John 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: John 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. John 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 "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. John goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
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.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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 John Cleese
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Weston-super-Mare 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 Weston-super-Mare that night
Computed for 51.35°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Weston-super-Mare at 9 p.m. that evening: Alderamin of Cepheus, within 13.0° of the exact zenith.
Of the 92 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
At 51.3°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Weston-super-Mare at all: they sit past the −38.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon, 100% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 29° below the horizon.
How unusual John's chart is
Chart pattern score
47 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
3-planet stellium in Scorpio · T-square onto Mars · 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 →If you only read one paragraph
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunReads the room. Says nothing.
John Cleese's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 27, 1939, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Scorpio means →Earth Rabbit
Earth RabbitKeeps the peace, keeps the plan.
John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, which falls in a Earth Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rabbit means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Restless, curious, gone.
John Cleese's birth date, October 27, 1939, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John Cleese's date-only chart is Sun square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- John Cleese combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Architect.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Aries 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
stableSunsquarePluto0.0° to 0.7° orb
John’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurysextileNeptune0.1° to 1.5° orb
John’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
stableVenussquareMars0.3° to 1.0° orb
John’s affections grind against their drive.
stableMercuryoppositionUranus2.4° to 3.7° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto2.6° to 2.7° orb
stableVenusoppositionUranus3.3° to 4.6° orb
stableUranustrineNeptune3.8° to 3.9° orb
stableMarssquareUranus4.3° to 4.9° orb
stableSunoppositionSaturn5.2° to 6.3° orb
stableSaturnsquarePluto5.5° to 5.6° orb
stableJupiteroppositionNeptune5.7° to 5.8° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus7.0° to 7.1° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable1 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.
⚷ ChironCancer 20°03′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 0°50′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 8°44′ (moves 0.93° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 12°49′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 4°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron sextile Uranus 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.5°
- Ceres sextile Sun 2.3°
John’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
Configurations in John’s chart
Stellium in Scorpio · 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 Mars · Venus, Uranus, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Pluto · Sun, Saturn, PlutoAn 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.
- Uranus quintile Pluto 0.3°
- Mars quintile Saturn 0.6°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 0.8°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.4°
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Born in United Kingdom
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- Brie BellaAmerican professional wrestler (born 1983)
Born in Rabbit years
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Also born on October 27
- Theodore Roosevelt1858
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva1945
- Sylvia Plath1932
- Vanessa-Mae1978
- S. Robson Walton1944
- James Cook1728
Fellow Yin Fire day masters
- Gregory White SmithPulitzer Prize-winning American biographer
- Jack RosenthalJournalist, government official, executive
- Red SmithAmerican sportswriter
Other Scorpio Rabbit charts
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- Kevin JonasAmerican singer, actor and musician
- Jason KelceAmerican football player (born 1987)
- Steve KazeeAmerican actor (born 1975)
Other Radiant Architects
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- Liza KoshyAmerican Internet personality
- Susie WilesChief of Staff to President of the United States
- Yoo Jae-sukSouth Korean comedian, presenter
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Kyle McCordAmerican football player (born 2002)
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From the journal: 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign · Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal
John’s cards
Computed from October 27, 1939. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ArchitectWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Rabbit 卯Life Path
5 · Explorer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
卯
Rabbit
Wood
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q25014 (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 Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same John Cleese at Wikipedia, johncleese.com, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by John Cleese.
Quick answers about John Cleese’s chart
- How old is John Cleese?
- John Cleese is 87 years old, born October 27, 1939 in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is John Cleese?
- John Cleese is a Scorpio: born October 27, 1939, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
- What is John Cleese's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rabbit, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 27, 1939 birth.
- What is John Cleese's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is John Cleese's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is John Cleese's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 4°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is John Cleese's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
