Julia Wolfe
Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958, Philadelphia, United States), aged 67, is an American composer (born 1958). Wolfe's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Fulbright Scholarship and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Julia Wolfe’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Dog, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Dog, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Julia
Julia Wolfe’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Storyteller
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Julia in the U.S.?
#131
US rank in 2025
~477,993
Americans share it since 1880
2001
its peak year
In 1958, 3,835 American girls and 11 boys were registered Julia — 119th among girls and 2,576th among boys on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Julia’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
6
Expression · taking responsibility
6
Soul Urge · being needed
9
Personality · generous, worldly
The name opens on J (1) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Julia’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1958, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Julia apart
The Pulitzer Prize for Music came in 2015, when Julia Wolfe was 57.
Julia Wolfe was taught at University of Michigan and Yale University.
On Wikipedia the categories read Pupils of Louis Andriessen, Yale School of Music alumni and University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni.
Steven Spielberg (1946) and Brad Pitt (1963) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- University of Michigan, Yale University and Princeton University
- Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship (2024), Pulitzer Prize for Music (2015) and James Madison Medal (2022)
- Nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for Music
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 14
What the chart says
Julia, according to the stars
Core essence
Julia is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Julia is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
How Julia wants to be loved
Julia 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 Julia you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Julia creates
How Julia makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Julia creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Julia 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Julia 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Julia is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
Computed from Julia's birth date. Working below.
Where Julia sits
Six lines
Julia’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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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 Julia Wolfe
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia that night
Computed for 39.95°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Algol stood nearest the zenith over Philadelphia at 9 p.m. that evening, 86.6° above the horizon in Perseus.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 108 catalog stars above the horizon.
Philadelphia sits at 40.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −50.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon was at first quarter, 60% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 49° down.
How unusual Julia's chart is
Chart pattern score
58 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · T-square onto Uranus · No Air planets
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 →Julia Wolfe at a glance
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunSays the quiet part loud.
Julia Wolfe's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 18, 1958, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Earth Dog
Earth DogThe first call when it's bad.
Julia Wolfe was born on December 18, 1958, which falls in a Earth Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Julia Wolfe's birth date, December 18, 1958, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Julia’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Julia Wolfe's date-only chart is Mars square Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Saturn, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs, and none in Air.
- Julia Wolfe combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Storyteller.
Julia’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 28° to 10° Pisces or Aries 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
stableMoonsquareVenus0.1° to 6.6° orb
Julia’s feelings grind against their affections. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenussextileNeptune0.3° to 1.5° orb
Julia’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenustrinePluto0.5° to 1.8° orb
Julia’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssquareUranus0.5° orb
stableSunconjunctionSaturn1.2° to 2.1° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.0° to 2.1° orb
stableMarsoppositionJupiter4.7° to 4.9° orb
stableMercurysquarePluto5.3° to 5.5° orb
stableJupitersquareUranus5.3° to 5.5° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto6.2° to 6.4° orb
stableMercurytrineUranus6.4° to 6.6° orb
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
Julia’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 19°02′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresScorpio 4°59′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosPisces 27°23′ (moves 0.52° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 14°31′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 3°33′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Venus 0.4°
- Eros square Saturn 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 0.6°
- Ceres sextile Pluto 0.8°
- Eros square Sun 1.1°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 1.3°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 1.8°
- Chiron square Mars 2.4°
- Chiron square Jupiter 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Neptune 2.7°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 3.0°
Julia’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 2 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Julia’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · 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.
T-square onto Uranus · Mars, Jupiter, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.1°
More people like Julia
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Born in United States
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More charts like Julia’s
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- Alexis SánchezChilean footballer
Born in Dog years
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- Nicholas Murray ButlerAmerican philosopher, diplomat, and educator
- Stanley CohenAmerican biochemist
Also born on December 18
- Steven Spielberg1946
- Brad Pitt1963
- Christina Aguilera1980
- Sia1975
- Katie Holmes1978
- DMX1970
Fellow Yin Earth day masters
- Archibald MacLeishAmerican poet and Librarian of Congress
- Stephen GreenblattAmerican literary critic, theorist and scholar
- Charles GordoneAmerican actor and dramatist
Other Sagittarius Dog charts
- Han KangSouth Korean writer
- Jennifer ConnellyAmerican actress
- Giannis AntetokounmpoNigerian-Greek basketball player
- Charlie CoxBritish actor
Other Steadfast Storytellers
- Konstantin NikolaevRussian billionaire
- Vincent ViolaAmerican billionaire businessman
- Tsai Hong-tuTaiwanese banker
- Lynn Schustermanphilanthropist
Famous people with Life Path 8
- Dikembe MutomboCongolese-American basketball player
- Kunal NayyarBritish actor
- TylaSouth African singer-songwriter
From the journal: The Lo Shu square: the oldest magic square there is · What if you don't know your birth time?
Julia’s cards
Computed from December 18, 1958. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast StorytellerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
8 · Achiever♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Julia’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6306853 (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 Louisa Dedalus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Julia Wolfe at Wikipedia, juliawolfemusic.com, 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 Julia Wolfe.
Quick answers about Julia Wolfe’s chart
- How old is Julia Wolfe?
- Julia Wolfe is 67 years old, born December 18, 1958 in Philadelphia, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Julia Wolfe?
- Julia Wolfe is a Sagittarius: born December 18, 1958, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Julia Wolfe's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 18, 1958 birth.
- What is Julia Wolfe's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Julia Wolfe's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Julia Wolfe's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Julia Wolfe's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
