Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten (born May 15, 1905, Petersburg, United States; died 1994), was an American actor. Cotten's honours include Volpi Cup for Best Actor and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Joseph Cotten’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Snake, with 
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Joseph Cotten’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Scholar
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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
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US rank in 2025
~2,680,213
Americans share it since 1880
1956
its peak year
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Joseph’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Green Orchid
Ivory · Blush · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Joseph, according to the stars
Core essence
Joseph 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 Joseph 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, Joseph cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Joseph needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Joseph wants to be loved
Joseph wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Joseph creates
How Joseph 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. Joseph 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: Joseph is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Joseph 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Joseph 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 Joseph's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
Joseph Cotten's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 15, 1905, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Wood Snake
Wood SnakeWatches. Waits. Then precisely.
Joseph Cotten was born on May 15, 1905, which falls in a Wood Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Joseph Cotten's birth date, May 15, 1905, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Joseph’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Joseph Cotten's date-only chart is Mars opposition Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Joseph Cotten combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Scholar.
Joseph’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Joseph Cotten, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 17° Libra 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.
stableMarsoppositionJupiter0.5° to 1.1° orb
Joseph’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.1° to 1.8° orb
Joseph’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSaturnsextileUranus1.4° to 1.5° orb
Joseph’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableMercurysextileSaturn2.0° to 2.6° orb
Joseph’s mind opens doors for their discipline.
stableUranusoppositionNeptune2.6° orb
Joseph’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableMercurytrineUranus3.4° to 4.1° orb
Joseph’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussextileSaturn3.7° to 3.8° orb
Joseph’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSaturntrineNeptune4.1° orb
Joseph’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenustrineUranus5.2° to 5.3° orb
Joseph’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 13.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 3.5° to 18.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Joseph’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 6°42′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Joseph making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresPisces 10°08′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Joseph is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosAquarius 17°57′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Joseph is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Libra 28°25′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Joseph is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 12°49′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Joseph carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.
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.
- Hygiea opposition Venus 0.0°
- Hygiea opposition Mercury 1.5°
- Eros square Jupiter 2.1°
- Eros trine Pluto 2.6°
- Eros square Mars 2.9°
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°).
Joseph’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. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn5 pts
disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Joseph is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Joseph’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.
- Mars biquintile Pluto 0.5°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Joseph Cotten, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
Joseph’s cards
Every card is computed from May 15, 1905, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Joseph Cotten, 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
Joseph’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q95148, 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 Photoplay Publishing Company; no photographer credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Joseph Cotten at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
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.
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Quick answers about Joseph Cotten’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Joseph Cotten?
- Joseph Cotten was a Taurus: born May 15, 1905, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Snake.
- What was Joseph Cotten's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 15, 1905 birth.
- What time was Joseph Cotten 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.
- How tall was Joseph Cotten?
- Joseph Cotten was 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Joseph Cotten's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the May 15, 1905 birth date.
- What was Joseph Cotten's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 15, 1905 birth date.
- Where was Joseph Cotten's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 12°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Joseph Cotten's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
