How old is Kathie Lee Gifford?

Kathie Lee Gifford is 73 years old, born August 16, 1953 in Paris, France.

What zodiac sign is Kathie Lee Gifford?

Kathie Lee Gifford is a Leo: born August 16, 1953, which puts the Sun in Leo at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Snake.

What is Kathie Lee Gifford's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 16, 1953 birth.

What time was Kathie Lee Gifford born?

23:30 local time in Paris, France, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).

What is Kathie Lee Gifford's rising sign?

Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 23:30 birth time in Paris, France (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).

How tall is Kathie Lee Gifford?

Kathie Lee Gifford is 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.

What is Kathie Lee Gifford's Life Path number?

Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the August 16, 1953 birth date.

What is Kathie Lee Gifford's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Capricorn at 16°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 16, 1953 birth time.

Where is Kathie Lee Gifford's Black Moon Lilith?

Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 26°, in the fourth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.

What is Kathie Lee Gifford's dominant planet?

Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee Gifford (born August 16, 1953, Paris, France, 23:30), aged 73, is a French-born American television presenter, singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. Gifford's honours include Ellis Island Medal of Honor and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Kathie Lee Gifford’s zodiac sign is Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Snake, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Kathie Lee Gifford’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Guardian

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Kathie in the U.S.?

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outside the current top list

~15,086

Americans share it since 1880

1954

its peak year

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Kathie’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

6 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Peridot, Ruby, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 💠 Water Lily

Coral · Gold · Moonlight white

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

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What sets Kathie apart

Madonna (1958) and James Cameron (1954) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Kathie, according to the stars

Core essence

Kathie is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Kathie 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, Kathie feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Kathie needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Kathie wants to be loved

Kathie wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Kathie gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Kathie creates

How Kathie 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. Kathie 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: Kathie 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Kathie 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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Kathie fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

Computed from Kathie's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Kathie sits

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Intimate circleWide network

Kathie

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous

Kathie

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive

Kathie

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately

Kathie

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary

Kathie

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

Kathie

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Paris on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Kathie’s birth-sky starDenebwhite · CygnusDeneb, in Cygnus. A white star, 84.9° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Deneb →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 13.2° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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Leo Sun

The room rearranges itself.

Kathie Lee Gifford's Sun was in Leo at the documented birth time. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.

Water Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

Kathie Lee Gifford was born on August 16, 1953, which falls in a Water 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 6

Everyone's person. Never off duty.

Kathie Lee Gifford's birth date, August 16, 1953, 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 Kathie’s chart

One of the ten planets sits in angular houses in Kathie Lee Gifford's timed chart: Jupiter in the 1st house.
The tightest major aspect in Kathie Lee Gifford's timed chart is Saturn sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
Kathie Lee Gifford combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Guardian.

Kathie’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Lines drawn

Conjunction 0°

Sextile 60°

Square 90°

Trine 120°

Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantGemini

The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

SaturnsextilePlutoapplying · 0.1° orb
Kathie’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
JupitertrineNeptuneapplying · 0.4° orb
Kathie’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
UranussquareNeptuneapplying · 0.7° orb
Kathie’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
SunconjunctionPlutoseparating · 0.8° orb
Kathie’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunsextileSaturnseparating · 0.9° orb
Kathie’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MoontrineVenusapplying · 1.2° orb
Kathie’s feelings flow straight into their affections. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SaturnconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 1.2° orb
Kathie’s discipline and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.3° orb
Kathie’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
JupitertrineSaturnapplying · 1.6° orb
Kathie’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
JupitersextilePlutoapplying · 1.7° orb
Kathie’s growth opens doors for their depths.
MoonsquareMarsseparating · 1.8° orb
Kathie’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SaturnsquareUranusseparating · 2.0° orb
Kathie’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
SunsextileNeptuneseparating · 2.1° orb
Kathie’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SunsextileJupiterseparating · 2.5° orb
Kathie’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
MercuryconjunctionMarsapplying · 6.1° orb
Kathie’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
VenusconjunctionUranusapplying · 6.2° orb
Kathie’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
VenussquareNeptuneapplying · 6.9° orb
Kathie’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire4 of 10
Earth0 of 10
Air3 of 10
Water3 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal4 of 10
Fixed5 of 10
Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.

Kathie’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.

⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 16°07′ · House 8
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. Kathie is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.
⚳ CeresLeo 14°17′ · House 3
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Kathie is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosGemini 17°12′ · House 1
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Kathie is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaCancer 12°21′ · House 2
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Kathie is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 26°20′ · House 4
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Kathie exacting with themselves first.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

Ceres square Moon 0.8°
Hygiea trine Moon 1.1°
Chiron opposition Venus 1.4°
Hygiea conjunction Venus 2.4°
Chiron sextile Moon 2.6°
Ceres conjunction Mars 2.6°

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°).

Kathie’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

1. ☉ Sun12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
angular in the first house; 4 major aspects

A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Kathie is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.

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 Kathie’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

Stellium in Leo · Sun, Mercury, Mars, PlutoThree 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 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.

Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.4°
Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.7°
Mars quintile Saturn 0.8°

Kathie’s houses

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

House	Sign	Ruler	Planets	Themes
1	Gemini	Mercury in Leo, house 3	Jupiter	self, body, how you arrive
2	Cancer	Moon in Scorpio, house 6	Venus, Uranus	money, possessions, self-worth
3	Leo	Sun in Leo, house 3	Sun, Mercury, Mars, Pluto	mind, siblings, the local world
4	Virgo	Mercury in Leo, house 3	empty	home, family, roots
5	Libra	Venus in Cancer, house 2	Saturn, Neptune	creativity, romance, play
6	Scorpio	Pluto in Leo, house 3	Moon	work, habits, health
7	Sagittarius	Jupiter in Gemini, house 1	empty	partnership, marriage, open rivals
8	Capricorn	Saturn in Libra, house 5	empty	shared resources, intimacy, transformation
9	Aquarius	Uranus in Cancer, house 2	empty	belief, travel, higher learning
10	Pisces	Neptune in Libra, house 5	empty	career, reputation, public life
11	Aries	Mars in Leo, house 3	empty	friends, community, the future
12	Taurus	Venus in Cancer, house 2	empty	the inner world, rest, what is hidden

Kathie’s family here

One relative of Kathie Lee Gifford also has a chart on AsterNym.

Frank Giffordformer spouse

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Kathie’s cards

Every card is computed from August 16, 1953, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Guardian

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Western zodiac

Leo

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Hour

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Kathie’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q465695, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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.

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The same Kathie Lee Gifford at Wikipedia, IMDb, X 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 Kathie Lee Gifford’s chart

How old is Kathie Lee Gifford?: Kathie Lee Gifford is 73 years old, born August 16, 1953 in Paris, France.
What zodiac sign is Kathie Lee Gifford?: Kathie Lee Gifford is a Leo: born August 16, 1953, which puts the Sun in Leo at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Snake.
What is Kathie Lee Gifford's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 16, 1953 birth.
What time was Kathie Lee Gifford born?: 23:30 local time in Paris, France, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What is Kathie Lee Gifford's rising sign?: Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 23:30 birth time in Paris, France (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
How tall is Kathie Lee Gifford?: Kathie Lee Gifford is 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Kathie Lee Gifford's Life Path number?: Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the August 16, 1953 birth date.
What is Kathie Lee Gifford's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Capricorn at 16°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 16, 1953 birth time.
Where is Kathie Lee Gifford's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 26°, in the fourth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Kathie Lee Gifford's dominant planet?: Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Mars, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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Kathie, according to the stars

Core essence

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Triggers

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What stands out in Kathie’s chart

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Chart signature

Kathie’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

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Kathie’s dominant planets

Configurations in Kathie’s chart

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Kathie’s houses

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