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John Savage

John Savage (born August 25, 1949, Old Bethpage, United States), aged 77, is an American actor.

John Savage’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Ox, with Life Path 2 in numerology.

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John Savage’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Healer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, 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

In 1949, 81,178 American boys and 199 girls were registered John — 3rd among boys and 588th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What John’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

8

Personality · capable, in charge

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

2 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Peridot, Emerald, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Coral · Lilac · Gold

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 1949, 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 Savage was taught at American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

John Savage was 20 when the work began in 1969.

On Wikipedia the categories read People from Old Bethpage, New York, American expatriates in South Africa and Male actors from New York (state).

Salif Keita and Gene Simmons shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for all of them. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Working from
1969
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
39

What the chart says

John, according to the stars

Core essence

John notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of John is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How John wants to be loved

John wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. John gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How John creates

How John makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. John creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: John is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. John is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.

Triggers

Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means John does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
John

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
John

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to John Savage

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Old Bethpage 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 Old Bethpage that night

Computed for 40.76°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Vega stood nearest the zenith over Old Bethpage at 9 p.m. that evening, 86.7° above the horizon in Lyra.

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

Old Bethpage sits at 40.8°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −49.2° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Old Bethpage on any night.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 5% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 15° down.

How unusual John's chart is

Chart pattern score

34 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Virgo · 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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John Savage in 15 seconds

Virgo Sun

Order first. Then rest, in theory.

John Savage's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 25, 1949, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Earth Ox

Stubborn, and usually right.

John Savage was born on August 25, 1949, which falls in a Earth Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 2

Listens first, then decides.

John Savage's birth date, August 25, 1949, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 2 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 15° to 0° Virgo or Libra depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Jupiter · Trine, 0.3° orbMoon opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 0.9° orbMars faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 1.2° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2° orbVenus grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.1° orbMercury flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.7° orbMoon fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.3° orbSun in Virgo · 2°06′☉2°Moon in Virgo · 22°56′☽22°Mercury in Virgo · 25°57′☿25°Venus in Libra · 6°10′♀6°Mars in Cancer · 22°01′♂22°Jupiter in Capricorn · 23°15′ · retrograde♃℞23°Saturn in Virgo · 8°36′♄8°Uranus in Cancer · 4°06′♅4°Neptune in Libra · 13°24′♆13°Pluto in Leo · 16°41′♇16°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
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

  • stableMarsoppositionJupiter0.9° to 1.6° orb

    John’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSunsextileUranus1.5° to 2.5° orb

    John’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableVenussquareUranus1.5° to 2.6° orb

    John’s affections grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter2.0° to 3.4° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.3° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars3.6° to 4.3° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus4.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn6.1° to 6.9° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune6.7° to 7.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 8.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.0° to 7.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironSagittarius 3°14′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 28°35′ (moves 0.44° over the day)

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 29°50′ (moves 0.27° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 4°33′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 14°33′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea square Uranus 0.5°
  • Chiron square Sun 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Neptune 1.2°
  • Hygiea conjunction Venus 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 2.1°
  • Ceres conjunction Mercury 2.6°
  • Chiron sextile Venus 2.9°

John’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

Configurations in John’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, SaturnThree 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.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.3°
  • Mars semi-square Saturn 1.6°

Born the same day as John

2 other people here were born on August 25, 1949, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. At 40.8°N, the sky above Old Bethpage stops at −49.2° declination. Same sky, different lives.

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From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13

John’s cards

Computed from August 25, 1949. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Judgement

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Healer

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

2 · Diplomat

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q249865 (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.

Portrait by YanRB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same John Savage 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 Savage.

Quick answers about John Savage’s chart

How old is John Savage?
John Savage is 77 years old, born August 25, 1949 in Old Bethpage, United States.
What zodiac sign is John Savage?
John Savage is a Virgo: born August 25, 1949, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What is John Savage's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 25, 1949 birth.
What is John Savage's Life Path number?
Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
What is John Savage's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is John Savage's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is John Savage's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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