John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller (born John Davison Rockefeller sr.; July 8, 1839, Richford, United States; died 1937), was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller is best remembered for Riverside Church and Kykuit. Rockefeller's honours include Dr. Nathan Davis Award for United States Senators.
John D. Rockefeller’s zodiac sign was Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Pig, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Pig, with 
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John D. Rockefeller’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive 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
9 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Citrine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌻 Zinnia
Sky blue · Pearl · Terracotta
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 feels the room before entering it. The core of John is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for John, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, John processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What John needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. John creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: John is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. John is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. John fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from John's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where John sits
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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 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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Cancer Sun
Cancer SunGuards the people, guards the past.
John D. Rockefeller's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 8, 1839, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Earth Pig
Earth PigWarm, sincere, easy company.
John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Endings come naturally.
John D. Rockefeller's birth date, July 8, 1839, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.
What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John D. Rockefeller's date-only chart is Sun trine Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- John D. Rockefeller combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for John D. Rockefeller, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 23° Gemini 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.
stableSuntrineUranus0.0° to 1.0° orb
John’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableMarssextileSaturn1.3° to 1.8° orb
John’s drive opens doors for their discipline.
stableJupitertrineNeptune1.5° to 1.6° orb
John’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunsquarePluto2.7° to 3.6° orb
John’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussquareSaturn3.6° to 4.7° orb
John’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter4.1° to 4.6° orb
John’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunsquareJupiter5.0° to 5.9° orb
John’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableMercurytrineSaturn5.0° to 7.0° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableMarstrineNeptune5.7° to 6.2° orb
John’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 11.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 12.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 7.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air 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.
⚷ ChironCancer 3°27′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Cancer is read as a wound around belonging and being looked after. John is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.
⚳ CeresLibra 15°41′ (moves 0.24° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. John is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.
♡ ErosLeo 0°34′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has John loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aquarius 6°51′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. John is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 3°19′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. John is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
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.
- Ceres square Sun 0.1°
- Hygiea trine Mars 0.9°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 2.1°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 2.4°
- Chiron square Mars 2.5°
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. ☽ Moon5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury
2. ♂ Mars4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: John is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Mercury quintile Jupiter 0.1°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.5°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for John D. Rockefeller, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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John’s cards
Every card is computed from July 8, 1839, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for John D. Rockefeller, 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 Q160278, 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 Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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.
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Quick answers about John D. Rockefeller’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John D. Rockefeller?
- John D. Rockefeller was a Cancer: born July 8, 1839, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Pig.
- What was John D. Rockefeller's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 8, 1839 birth.
- What time was John D. Rockefeller 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 was John D. Rockefeller's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the July 8, 1839 birth date.
- What was John D. Rockefeller's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 8, 1839 birth date.
- Where was John D. Rockefeller's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John D. Rockefeller's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury). Mars is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
