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John Doerr

John Doerr (born June 29, 1951, St. Louis, United States), aged 75, is an American businessman.

John Doerr’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rabbit, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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John Doerr’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Diplomat

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, 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

Of the names registered in 1951, John came 3rd among boys and 604th among girls, carried by 81,569 American boys and 202 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What John’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

8

Soul Urge · achievement

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5).

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

6 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Pearl, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Magnolia

Rose pink · Pearl · Moonlight white

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1951, 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

John Doerr took the California Hall of Fame in 2010, at 59.

Training came by way of Chaminade College Preparatory School and Rice University.

On the family side, John Doerr was married Ann Doerr.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900) and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Chaminade College Preparatory School, Rice University and Harvard Business School
Awards
California Hall of Fame (2010)
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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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 is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What John needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How John wants to be loved

John 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 John openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How John creates

How John makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. John creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. John is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. John scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

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 run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
John

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
John

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
John

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
John

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
John

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to John Doerr

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

John’s birth-night reference starIzarwarm orange · BoötesIzar, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 78.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Izar →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 19.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

The sky over St. Louis that night

Computed for 38.63°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at St. Louis at 9 p.m. that evening: Izar of Boötes, within 11.7° of the exact zenith.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 82 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 38.6°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −51.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from St. Louis on any night.

The Moon, 16% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 5° below the horizon.

How unusual John's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Cancer · T-square onto Mercury · A leaning bowl

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

Cancer Sun

Hard shell, soft centre.

John Doerr's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of June 29, 1951, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Metal Rabbit

Three steps ahead, no fuss.

John Doerr was born on June 29, 1951, which falls in a Metal Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 6

Everyone's person. Never off duty.

John Doerr's birth date, June 29, 1951, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 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 10° to 22° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.1° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.5° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.6° orbSun fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 2.4° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 2.6° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.7° orbVenus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 4.3° orbSun in Cancer · 7°08′☉7°Moon in Taurus · 16°35′☽16°Mercury in Cancer · 12°07′☿12°Venus in Leo · 22°29′♀22°Mars in Gemini · 27°06′♂27°Jupiter in Aries · 12°11′♃12°Saturn in Virgo · 26°23′♄26°Uranus in Cancer · 9°31′♅9°Neptune in Libra · 16°45′♆16°Pluto in Leo · 18°13′♇18°

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

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter0.0° to 1.1° orb

    John’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn0.4° to 1.0° orb

    John’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.5° orb

    John’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus1.6° to 3.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionUranus1.9° to 2.8° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus2.6° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune3.6° to 5.7° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionPluto3.8° to 4.7° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury4.4° to 5.6° orb

  • stableVenussextileMars4.5° to 4.7° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune4.5° to 4.6° orb

  • stableSunsquareJupiter4.6° to 5.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 29°15′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 16°22′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAries 5°00′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 20°27′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 29°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros square Sun 2.1°
  • Chiron opposition Mars 2.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 2.4°
  • Chiron square Saturn 2.9°

John’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Venus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

Configurations in John’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Jupiter, Neptune, MercuryAn 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.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°

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John’s cards

Computed from June 29, 1951. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Diplomat

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1380459 (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.

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

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

Quick answers about John Doerr’s chart

How old is John Doerr?
John Doerr is 75 years old, born June 29, 1951 in St. Louis, United States.
What zodiac sign is John Doerr?
John Doerr is a Cancer: born June 29, 1951, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What is John Doerr's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 29, 1951 birth.
What is John Doerr's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is John Doerr's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is John Doerr's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is John Doerr's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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