John Gielgud
John Gielgud (born April 14, 1904, South Kensington, United Kingdom; died 2000), was a British actor and theatre director. Gielgud's honours include Order of Merit, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.
John Gielgud’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Wood Dragon, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Wood Dragon, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with John
John Gielgud’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Pioneer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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 8,108 American boys and 40 girls named John in 1904: 1st among boys and 524th 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.
4
Expression · building what holds
5
Soul Urge · freedom
8
Personality · capable, in charge
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
5 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌿 Fern
White · Crimson · Forest
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1904, 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 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play came in 1961, when John Gielgud was 57.
Study took John Gielgud to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Westminster School.
John Gielgud was 20 when the work began in 1924.
John Gielgud lies at Westminster Abbey.
John Gielgud was born to Henry Lex Franciszek Adam Gielgud.
Wikipedia files John Gielgud under Actors from Aylesbury Vale, English gay actors and Best British Actor BAFTA Award winners.
Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977) and Adrien Brody (1973) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Westminster School
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1982), BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (1975) and Praemium Imperiale (1994)
- Nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
- Working from
- 1924
- Buried at
- Westminster Abbey
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 60
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of John is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
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 boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How John creates
How John makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. John creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: John is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
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 rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means John is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
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 draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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 Gielgud
Three stars chosen from the real sky above South Kensington 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 South Kensington that night
Computed for 51.49°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at South Kensington at 9 p.m. that evening: Merak of Ursa Major, within 6.6° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 105 catalog stars were up in all.
At 51.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon was at new moon, 1% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 17° down.
The name and the places
- Born in
- South Kensington, United Kingdom
The death is recorded at Wotton House, Wotton Underwood in 2000.
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for John Gielgud: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual John's chart is
Chart pattern score
52 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aries · T-square onto Venus · 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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Aries Sun
Aries SunFires first. Thinks later.
John Gielgud's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 14, 1904, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Wood Dragon
Wood DragonBig energy, bigger plans.
John Gielgud was born on April 14, 1904, which falls in a Wood Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Can't sit still. Won't try.
John Gielgud's birth date, April 14, 1904, 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 Gielgud's date-only chart is Saturn trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Venus and Jupiter, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- John Gielgud combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Pioneer.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 14° 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
stableSaturntrinePluto0.2° to 0.3° orb
John’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquareUranus1.1° to 2.4° orb
John’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
stableVenussquareNeptune1.1° to 2.3° orb
John’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarssextileNeptune2.0° to 2.7° orb
stableUranusoppositionNeptune3.5° orb
stableSuntrineUranus5.3° to 6.3° orb
stableMarstrineUranus5.4° to 6.2° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.7° to 6.6° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 8.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.9° to 11.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 2.1° to 14.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 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.
⚷ ChironCapricorn 29°49′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 22°10′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 24°51′ (moves 0.75° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 28°19′ (moves 0.14° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 28°41′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros conjunction Sun 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.2°
- Chiron sextile Venus 1.8°
- Ceres trine Sun 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Saturn 2.9°
John’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects
Configurations in John’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Venus, JupiterThree 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 Venus · Uranus, Neptune, VenusAn 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.
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.8°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.2°
- Mars semi-square Pluto 1.7°
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Born in United Kingdom
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More charts like John’s
Fellow Aries suns
- Alyson HanniganAmerican actress and television presenter
- Duncan LaurenceDutch singer
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Born in Dragon years
- John LennonBritish musician
- PeléBrazilian footballer
- Andy WarholAmerican artist, film director, and producer
Also born on April 14
- Sarah Michelle Gellar1977
- Adrien Brody1973
- Abigail Breslin1996
- Georgina Chapman1976
- Rob McElhenney1977
- Chase Young1999
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Hillary ClintonAmerican politician and diplomat
- Leo XIV267th Pope of the Catholic Church
- Mark ZuckerbergAmerican Internet entrepreneur
Other Aries Dragon charts
- Sterling HaydenAmerican actor
- James GarnerAmerican film and television actor
- Hardy KrügerGerman actor
- Erick AvariIndian actor
Other Steadfast Pioneers
- Leon GoretzkaGerman association football player
- Dodi LukebakioBelgian association football player (born 1997)
- Ezri KonsaEnglish footballer (born 1997)
- Bernardo SilvaPortuguese association football player (born 1994)
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Abraham LincolnPresident of the United States from 1861 to 1865
- Charles DarwinEnglish naturalist and biologist
- Franklin Delano RooseveltPresident of the United States from 1933 to 1945
From the journal: The Lo Shu square: the oldest magic square there is · What if you don't know your birth time?
John’s cards
Computed from April 14, 1904. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
TemperanceAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast PioneerWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
5 · Explorer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q204685 (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.
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The same John Gielgud at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Gielgud.
Quick answers about John Gielgud’s chart
- What zodiac sign was John Gielgud?
- John Gielgud was an Aries: born April 14, 1904, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What was John Gielgud's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 14, 1904 birth.
- What was John Gielgud's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What was John Gielgud's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was John Gielgud's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was John Gielgud's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
