John Waters
John Waters (born April 22, 1946, Baltimore, United States), aged 80, is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer. Notable films include My Name Is Earl, Cry-Baby and Pink Flamingos. Waters's honours include GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award and Officer of Arts and Letters.
John Waters’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Fire Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac is 
Fire Dog, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with John
John Waters’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed 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 1946, John came 3rd among boys and 548th among girls, carried by 79,267 American boys and 208 girls.
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
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.
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 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy
White · Blush · Flame orange
The record
What sets John apart
Robert Oppenheimer (1904) and Jack Nicholson (1937) 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 steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of John is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, John is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What John needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once John is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
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 loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
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.
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 likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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 Waters
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Baltimore 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 Baltimore that night
Computed for 39.29°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Baltimore was Tania Australis, in Ursa Major, 82.6° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 105 catalog stars were up in all.
From 39.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Baltimore at all: they sit past the −50.7° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 22° below the horizon, Moon down and 65% lit at last quarter.
How unusual John's chart is
Chart pattern score
19 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
1 planet at a critical degree · 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 →If you only read one paragraph
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunBuilt for the long haul.
John Waters's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 22, 1946, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Fire Dog
Fire DogGuards the gate all night.
John Waters was born on April 22, 1946, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
John Waters's birth date, April 22, 1946, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in John’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in John Waters' date-only chart is Mercury opposition Neptune, with an orb of about 2°.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Earth/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- John Waters combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
John’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 16° Capricorn 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
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune1.3° to 2.3° orb
John’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
stableSunsquareMars1.7° to 2.3° orb
John’s core identity grinds against their drive.
stableVenussextileSaturn2.2° to 3.4° orb
John’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersquareSaturn2.2° to 2.4° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.8° to 2.9° orb
stableMercurytrinePluto4.2° to 5.1° orb
stableMercurytrineMars4.6° to 5.1° orb
stableJupitertrineUranus6.2° to 6.4° orb
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 11.0° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 9.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 2.7° to 14.7° depending on birth time
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 2.8° to 13.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 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 ℞Libra 17°04′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 7°48′ (moves 0.22° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 1°10′ (moves 0.64° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAries 5°10′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 28°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea conjunction Mercury 0.4°
- Ceres trine Neptune 1.2°
- Eros trine Mars 1.2°
- Hygiea opposition Neptune 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 1.4°
- Ceres opposition Pluto 1.6°
- Chiron square Saturn 1.9°
- Chiron trine Uranus 2.1°
John’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars3 pts
disposes Mercury; 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.
- Mars semi-square Uranus 0.0°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.1°
- Jupiter quintile Pluto 0.2°
- Venus quincunx Jupiter 0.5°
- Sun semi-square Uranus 2.0°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 2.0°
More people like John
Other screenwriters
- Salman Rushdie1947
- Kemal Sunal1944
- Sally Field1946
- Steve Martin1945
- Lawrence Wright1947
- Peter Weir1944
Born in United States
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- Paul L. ModrichAmerican biochemist
- Liza MinnelliAmerican actress and singer
- Linda RonstadtAmerican singer (born 1946)
- Bette MidlerAmerican singer and actress (born 1945)
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Born in Dog years
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Also born on April 22
- Robert Oppenheimer1904
- Jack Nicholson1937
- Louise Glück1943
- Kaká1982
- David Luiz1987
- Sam Altman1985
Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- Leslie Odom Jr.American actor and singer (born 1981)
- Phillipa SooAmerican actress
- Robert AramayoEnglish actor (b. 1992)
Other Taurus Dog charts
- Dare OgunbowaleAmerican football player (born 1994)
- Hannes SteinbachGerman basketball player (born 2006)
- Duncan RobinsonAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Clint CapelaSwiss basketball player (born 1994)
Other Radiant Scholars
- Israel AbanikandaAmerican football player (born 2002)
- Anthony BeltonAmerican football player
- Mason TaylorAmerican football player (born 2004)
- Karl BrooksAmerican football defensive tackle
Famous people with Life Path 1
- Nicolás GonzálezArgentine association football player (born 1998)
- Morgan RogersEnglish association football player
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John’s cards
Computed from April 22, 1946. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Radiant ScholarWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
1 · Pioneer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q314926 (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 PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same John Waters 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 Waters.
Quick answers about John Waters’s chart
- How old is John Waters?
- John Waters is 80 years old, born April 22, 1946 in Baltimore, United States.
- What zodiac sign is John Waters?
- John Waters is a Taurus: born April 22, 1946, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What is John Waters's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 22, 1946 birth.
- What is John Waters's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What is John Waters's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Libra at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is John Waters's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is John Waters's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
