Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse (born September 29, 1959, Haugesund, Norway), aged 67, is a Norwegian writer, playwright, and translator (born 1959). Fosse is best known for Melancholy, The Name and Nightsongs. Fosse's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, Nordic Council Literature Prize and Swedish Academy Nordic Prize.
Jon Fosse’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Pig, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Jon
Jon Fosse’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Strategist
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Jon in the U.S.?
#951
US rank in 2025
~169,391
Americans share it since 1898
1964
its peak year
Jon ranked 105th among boys and 2,212th among girls in 1959, the year of this birth, with 3,976 American boys and 27 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jon’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
8
Soul Urge · achievement
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on J (1) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 6: drive against care.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 5
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Blush · Terracotta
The record
What sets Jon apart
Enrico Fermi (1901) and Michelle Bachelet (1951) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Jon, according to the stars
Core essence
Jon makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Jon is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
How Jon wants to be loved
Jon wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Jon and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Jon creates
How Jon makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Jon builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Jon is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Jon 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: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Jon fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Jon's birth date. Working below.
Where Jon sits
Six lines
Jon’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 likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Haugesund Municipality 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 Haugesund Municipality that night
Computed for 59.41°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Alderamin stood nearest the zenith over Haugesund Municipality at 9 p.m. that evening, 85.7° above the horizon in Cepheus.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 93 catalog stars were up in all.
From 59.4°N, Vega, Capella, Deneb and Castor never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Haugesund Municipality at all: they sit past the −30.6° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 20° below the horizon, Moon down and 9% lit at waning crescent.
How unusual Jon's chart is
Chart pattern score
57 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Libra · A bowl chart · 2 planets 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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Libra Sun
Libra SunCharming. Still deciding.
Jon Fosse's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 29, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Earth Pig
Earth PigTrusts easily. Rarely regrets it.
Jon Fosse was born on September 29, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Jon Fosse's birth date, September 29, 1959, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Jon’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jon Fosse's date-only chart is Venus trine Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Mars, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Earth/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Jon Fosse combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Strategist.
Jon’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 19° to 2° Leo or Virgo 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
stableVenustrineSaturn0.1° to 0.3° orb
Jon’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars0.3° to 1.3° orb
Jon’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.6° orb
Jon’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussquareJupiter1.8° to 1.9° orb
stableMarssextileUranus3.9° to 4.5° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto4.0° to 4.1° orb
stableSunsquareSaturn4.1° to 5.1° orb
stableVenusconjunctionPluto4.1° to 4.4° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.6° orb
stableVenussextileNeptune4.7° to 4.9° orb
stableJupitersquarePluto6.0° to 6.1° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.0° to 11.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Jon’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 23°16′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 3°17′ (moves 0.34° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 17°25′ (moves 0.66° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 14°32′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 5°16′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 0.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 0.3°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 0.8°
- Ceres square Pluto 1.7°
- Eros square Uranus 2.2°
- Ceres sextile Sun 2.3°
- Ceres square Venus 2.5°
Jon’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 4 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Jon’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.
- Sun semi-sextile Neptune 0.0°
- Venus semi-square Mars 0.4°
- Sun semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.6°
- Sun semi-square Uranus 1.0°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 1.2°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.4°
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More charts like Jon’s
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Born in Pig years
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Also born on September 29
- Enrico Fermi1901
- Michelle Bachelet1951
- Julia Gillard1961
- Kevin Durant1988
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Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- John BetjemanEnglish poet, writer and broadcaster
- Silas HouseAmerican writer
- Peggy Simson Currywriter from the US
Other Libra Pig charts
- Aaron CiechanoverIsraeli physician and biochemist, Nobel Laureate
- Bruce CattonAmerican historian and journalist
- Joe RosenthalAmerican photographer
- Ned RoremAmerican composer and diarist
Other Evergreen Strategists
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- Trevor NoahSouth African comedian and television host
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Famous people with Life Path 8
- Khvicha KvaratskheliaGeorgian footballer (born 2001)
- Finn RussellScottish rugby union player
- Will JordanNew Zealand rugby union player
From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
Jon’s cards
Computed from September 29, 1959. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
8 · Achiever♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q443868 (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 Tom A. Kolstad/Det norske samlaget., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jon Fosse 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 Jon Fosse.
Quick answers about Jon Fosse’s chart
- How old is Jon Fosse?
- Jon Fosse is 67 years old, born September 29, 1959 in Haugesund, Norway.
- What zodiac sign is Jon Fosse?
- Jon Fosse is a Libra: born September 29, 1959, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What is Jon Fosse's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 29, 1959 birth.
- What is Jon Fosse's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Jon Fosse's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Jon Fosse's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jon Fosse's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
