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John Paulson

John Paulson (born December 14, 1955, Queens, United States), aged 70, is an American family office manager.

John Paulson’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Wood Goat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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John Paulson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Storyteller

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, 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

Of the names registered in 1955, John came 5th among boys and 690th among girls, carried by 80,128 American boys and 185 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What John’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

7

Soul Urge · understanding

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

1 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌿 Fern

Frost white · Rose-gold · Forest

The record

What sets John apart

Dilma Rousseff (1947) and Nicolas Batum (1988) 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.

How John wants to be loved

John wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show John you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How John creates

How John makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. John creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: John is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. John is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of John leads without needing to do it alone.

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.

Intimate circleWide network
John

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
John

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
John

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
John

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
John

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
John

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to John Paulson

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Queens 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 Queens that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Queens was Algol, in Perseus, 84.6° up.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 106 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −49.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Queens on any night.

The Moon, 1% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 50° below the horizon.

How unusual John's chart is

Chart pattern score

47 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

2 unaspected planets · A bowl chart · 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.

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The quick version

Sagittarius Sun

Says the quiet part loud.

John Paulson's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 14, 1955, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Wood Goat

Makes everything a bit more beautiful.

John Paulson was born on December 14, 1955, which falls in a Wood Goat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Goat means →

Life Path 1

Goes first. Works it out.

John Paulson's birth date, December 14, 1955, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 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 20° to 2° Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 1° orbMoon fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.2° orbSaturn grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.5° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.7° orbUranus grinds against Neptune · Square, 2° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.2° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.2° orbSun in Sagittarius · 21°56′☉21°Moon in Sagittarius · 26°22′☽26°Mercury in Sagittarius · 27°33′☿27°Venus in Capricorn · 18°06′♀18°Mars in Scorpio · 10°09′♂10°Jupiter in Virgo · 1°29′♃1°Saturn in Scorpio · 27°03′♄27°Uranus in Leo · 1°46′ · retrograde♅℞1°Neptune in Libra · 29°46′♆29°Pluto in Leo · 28°34′ · retrograde♇℞28°

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

  • stableMoonconjunctionMercury0.1° to 6.3° orb

    John’s feelings and mind act as one.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto0.2° to 1.8° orb

    John’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.2° orb

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

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune1.4° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto1.5° to 1.6° orb

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune1.7° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune2.0° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionPluto2.9° orb

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter3.1° to 4.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn4.4° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSaturntrineUranus4.6° to 4.8° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury5.3° to 5.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 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.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 2°35′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 4°32′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 15°10′ (moves 0.78° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 12°04′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 1°00′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 0.5°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 2.4°
  • Chiron square Neptune 2.8°
  • Ceres opposition Uranus 2.8°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.9°

John’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto6 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn; 4 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.

  • Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.3°
  • Mars quintile Pluto 0.4°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 0.5°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.6°

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John’s cards

Computed from December 14, 1955. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Storyteller

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

乙

yin Wood

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1395399 (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 Paulson.

Quick answers about John Paulson’s chart

How old is John Paulson?
John Paulson is 70 years old, born December 14, 1955 in Queens, United States.
What zodiac sign is John Paulson?
John Paulson is a Sagittarius: born December 14, 1955, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is John Paulson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 14, 1955 birth.
What is John Paulson's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is John Paulson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is John Paulson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is John Paulson's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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