Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale (born Kathrin Romany Beckinsale; July 26, 1973, Chiswick, United Kingdom), aged 53, is an English actress. Notable films include The Aviator, Pearl Harbor and Van Helsing.
Kate Beckinsale’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Water Ox, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Leo, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Ox, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Kate
Kate Beckinsale’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Scholar
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Kate in the U.S.?
#522
US rank in 2025
~86,076
Americans share it since 1880
2007
its peak year
The SSA recorded 275 American girls named Kate in 1973: 579th for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Kate’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Kathrin Romany Beckinsale, not the name they published under.
5
Expression · versatility
1
Soul Urge · independence
22
Personality · quietly formidable
The name opens on K (2) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Kate’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Ruby, Ruby, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🌻 Sunflower · 🪷 Lotus
Sky blue · Gold · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1973, 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 Kate apart
Kate Beckinsale was taught at Godolphin and Latymer School and New College.
Kate Beckinsale was 18 when the work began in 1991.
On the family side, Kate Beckinsale was born to Judy Loe and Richard Beckinsale, married Len Wiseman and raised one child.
Wikipedia files Kate Beckinsale under People educated at Godolphin and Latymer School, English people of Burmese descent and Actors from the London Borough of Hounslow.
Anne Boyer shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Educated at
- Godolphin and Latymer School, New College and University of Oxford
- Working from
- 1991
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English and Russian
- Wikipedia editions
- 83
What the chart says
Kate, according to the stars
Core essence
Kate is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Kate is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
The vibe
Underneath, Kate processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Kate needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Kate wants to be loved
Kate 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 Kate and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Kate creates
How Kate makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Kate creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Kate is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Kate 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 told to wait. Mars in Aries means Kate gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from Kate's birth date. Working below.
Where Kate sits
Six lines
Kate’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
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 Kate Beckinsale
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Chiswick 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 Chiswick that night
Computed for 51.49°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Edasich stood nearest the zenith over Chiswick at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.4° above the horizon in Draco.
Of the 88 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
At 51.5°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.5° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 12% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 0° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Kathrin Romany Beckinsale
- Known as
- Kate Beckinsale
- Born in
- Chiswick, United Kingdom
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Kate Beckinsale: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Kate's chart is
Chart pattern score
27 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
T-square onto Mercury · 1 planet 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.
Score your own chart →Leo Sun
Leo SunWarm, loud, hard to ignore.
Kate Beckinsale's Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 26, 1973, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Leo means →Water Ox
Water OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Kate Beckinsale was born on July 26, 1973, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
Kate Beckinsale's birth date, July 26, 1973, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Kate’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Kate Beckinsale's date-only chart is Sun sextile Pluto, with an orb of about 1°.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs.
- Kate Beckinsale combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Scholar.
Kate’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 24° Gemini 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
stableSunsextilePluto0.6° to 1.6° orb
Kate’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSuntrineNeptune1.0° to 2.0° orb
Kate’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysquareMars1.7° to 2.7° orb
Kate’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussextileSaturn1.8° to 2.9° orb
stableMarsoppositionUranus2.0° to 2.5° orb
stableVenussquareNeptune2.5° to 3.7° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.6° orb
stableJupitersextileNeptune2.9° to 3.0° orb
stableSaturnsquarePluto2.9° to 3.0° orb
stableSunoppositionJupiter3.9° to 5.0° orb
stableMercurysquareUranus4.3° to 4.7° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto5.5° to 5.6° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Kate’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 20°54′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 4°02′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosVirgo 17°08′ (moves 0.84° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Aquarius 22°45′ (moves 0.17° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 27°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron conjunction Mars 0.7°
- Ceres trine Sun 0.7°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 0.7°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 1.5°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.6°
- Ceres sextile Pluto 1.8°
- Ceres square Venus 2.4°
- Chiron square Mercury 2.9°
Kate’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Venus, Saturn; 2 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Kate’s chart
T-square onto Mercury · Mars, Uranus, MercuryAn 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.
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 0.5°
- Venus semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.7°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.8°
Born the same day as Kate
Anne Boyer was born on July 26, 1973 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. At 51.5°N, Chiswick keeps Vega, Capella and Deneb above the horizon every night of the year. Same sky, different lives.
More people like Kate
Other actors
- Sasha Alexander1973
- Shannon Elizabeth1973
- Kathryn Hahn1973
- Ioan Gruffudd1973
- Jack McBrayer1973
- Kevin McKidd1973
Born in United Kingdom
- Tracy K. SmithAmerican poet (born 1972)
- Ioan GruffuddWelsh actor (born 1973)
- Jack DavenportBritish actor
- Robbie WilliamsBritish singer
- China MiévilleEnglish writer, critic, and activist (born 1972)
- Kevin McKiddScottish actor
More charts like Kate’s
Fellow Leo suns
- Foyesade OluokunAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Durham SmytheAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Patrick MekariAmerican football player (born 1997)
Born in Ox years
- Sam AltmanAmerican venture capitalist
- JungkookSouth Korean singer
- Lena HeadeyBritish actress
Also born on July 26
- Carl Jung1875
- Sandra Bullock1964
- Jacinda Ardern1980
- Mick Jagger1943
- Jason Statham1967
- John Howard1939
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Halit AkçatepeTurkish actor
- Chloé ZhaoChinese filmmaker (born 1982)
- Stanley KramerAmerican film director and producer
Other Leo Ox charts
- Thomas BryantAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
- Morgan RiddleAmerican social media influencer
- Gabbriette BechtelAmerican model, musician and chef
- Charles R. SchwabAmerican entrepreneur
Other Tidal Scholars
- Tommy Lee JonesAmerican actor and film director (born 1946)
- Hayes MacArthurAmerican stand-up comedian, actor and writer
- Shanna MoaklerAmerican actress and model
- Jeff Lewisreal estate speculator
Famous people with Life Path 8
- Johannes Diderik van der WaalsDutch physicist
- Robert Bruce MerrifieldAmerican biochemist
- Alva MyrdalSwedish sociologist and politician
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Kate’s cards
Computed from July 26, 1973. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ScholarWestern zodiac
LeoChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
8 · Achiever☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Kate’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q179414 (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 Gerald Geronimo, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Kate Beckinsale.
Quick answers about Kate Beckinsale’s chart
- How old is Kate Beckinsale?
- Kate Beckinsale is 53 years old, born July 26, 1973 in Chiswick, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is Kate Beckinsale?
- Kate Beckinsale is a Leo: born July 26, 1973, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day.
- What is Kate Beckinsale's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 26, 1973 birth.
- What is Kate Beckinsale's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Kate Beckinsale's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Kate Beckinsale's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Kate Beckinsale's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
