Jose Antonio Vargas
Jose Antonio Vargas (born February 3, 1981, Antipolo, Philippines), aged 45, is a Filipino journalist, immigration activist. Vargas's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting, The Sidney Award and Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize.
Jose Antonio Vargas’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Monkey, with 
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Jose Antonio Vargas’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Guardian
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Jose in the U.S.?
#95
US rank in 2025
~596,732
Americans share it since 1880
2002
its peak year
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Jose’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Jose, according to the stars
Core essence
Jose is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Jose is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Jose 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 Jose needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Jose wants to be loved
Jose 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 Jose you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Jose creates
How Jose makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Jose creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Jose is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Jose is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Jose goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Jose's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Jose sits
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunAhead of the room by a decade.
Jose Antonio Vargas's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of February 3, 1981, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyWit is the tool.
Jose Antonio Vargas was born on February 3, 1981, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
Jose Antonio Vargas's birth date, February 3, 1981, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Jose’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Jose Antonio Vargas' date-only chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Jose Antonio Vargas combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Guardian.
Jose’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Jose Antonio Vargas, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 28° Capricorn depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.2° orb
Jose’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileUranus0.5° to 1.7° orb
Jose’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn0.7° orb
Jose’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysquareUranus2.3° to 3.2° orb
Jose’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarssquareUranus2.3° to 3.1° orb
Jose’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarstrinePluto2.3° to 3.1° orb
Jose’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssextileNeptune2.5° to 3.3° orb
Jose’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSuntrineJupiter3.5° to 4.5° orb
Jose’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
stableVenussquarePluto3.7° to 4.9° orb
Jose’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSuntrineSaturn4.2° to 5.2° orb
Jose’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.4° to 5.5° orb
Jose’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 8.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Jose’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ ChironTaurus 13°28′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Jose building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 15°38′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Jose is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosCapricorn 25°21′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Jose is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 23°20′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Jose is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 3°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Jose is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Chiron square Sun 0.8°
- Eros square Pluto 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 1.5°
Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).
Jose’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn4.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Jose is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.
How the score is built
- Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
- Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
- Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
- Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
- Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.
Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.
Configurations in Jose’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Mercury biquintile Saturn 1.1°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.6°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.8°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Jose Antonio Vargas, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Jose’s cards
Every card is computed from February 3, 1981, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Jose Antonio Vargas, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Jose’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1865602, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Portrait by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jose Antonio Vargas at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Jose Antonio Vargas.
Quick answers about Jose Antonio Vargas’s chart
- How old is Jose Antonio Vargas?
- Jose Antonio Vargas is 45 years old, born February 3, 1981 in Antipolo, Philippines.
- What zodiac sign is Jose Antonio Vargas?
- Jose Antonio Vargas is an Aquarius: born February 3, 1981, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey.
- What is Jose Antonio Vargas's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 3, 1981 birth.
- What time was Jose Antonio Vargas born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- What is Jose Antonio Vargas's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the February 3, 1981 birth date.
- What is Jose Antonio Vargas's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 3, 1981 birth date.
- Where is Jose Antonio Vargas's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jose Antonio Vargas's dominant planet?
- Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
