John Harbison
John Harbison (born December 20, 1938, Orange, United States), aged 87, is an American composer. Harbison is best known for Mottetti di Montale and Odysseus. Harbison's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellows Program.
John Harbison’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Tiger, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Tiger, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with John
John Harbison’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Storyteller
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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
John ranked 3rd among boys and 457th among girls in 1938, the year of this birth, with 50,517 American boys and 216 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What John’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
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
8 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold
The record
What sets John apart
Kylian Mbappé (1998) and Jonah Hill (1983) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of John is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, John is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What John needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
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 light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. John creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: John is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means John runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
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 likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 Harbison
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Orange 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 Orange that night
Computed for 40.77°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Algol stood nearest the zenith over Orange at 9 p.m. that evening, 89.0° above the horizon in Perseus.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 107 catalog stars were up in all.
From 40.8°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.2° 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 49° down.
How unusual John's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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 →Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunTruth first, tact later.
John Harbison's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 20, 1938, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Earth Tiger
Earth TigerBig heart, short fuse.
John Harbison was born on December 20, 1938, which falls in a Earth Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
John Harbison's birth date, December 20, 1938, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John Harbison's date-only chart is Sun sextile Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs.
- John Harbison combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Storyteller.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 22° Sagittarius 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
stableSunsextileJupiter0.0° to 0.6° orb
John’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableVenussextileNeptune1.7° to 2.1° orb
John’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurytrineSaturn3.1° to 3.8° orb
John’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
stableMarssquarePluto4.1° to 4.7° orb
stableSunsquareNeptune4.3° to 5.3° orb
stableVenussquareJupiter6.8° to 7.0° orb
stableVenusoppositionUranus7.0° to 7.4° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 0.0° to 8.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 11.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.7° to 12.8° depending on birth time
possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 6.0° to 17.2° depending on birth time
possibleMarstrineJupiterorb from 6.9° to 7.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable4 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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Cancer 7°41′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 14°29′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 20°21′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 4°07′ (moves 0.41° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn or Aquarius during this date
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres conjunction Uranus 0.2°
- Eros sextile Venus 1.1°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 1.1°
- Chiron trine Mars 2.2°
- Eros trine Neptune 3.0°
John’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun3 pts
disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
Configurations in John’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury quincunx Uranus 0.4°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.1°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.4°
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From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?
John’s cards
Computed from December 20, 1938. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The StarAsterNym identity card
The Radiant StorytellerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
8 · Achiever♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2527585 (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.
The same John Harbison 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 Harbison.
Quick answers about John Harbison’s chart
- How old is John Harbison?
- John Harbison is 87 years old, born December 20, 1938 in Orange, United States.
- What zodiac sign is John Harbison?
- John Harbison is a Sagittarius: born December 20, 1938, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What is John Harbison's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 20, 1938 birth.
- What is John Harbison's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is John Harbison's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Cancer at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is John Harbison's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is John Harbison's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
