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Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates (born June 28, 1948, Memphis, United States, 11:12), aged 78, is an American actress and director. Bates's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Awards.

Kathy Bates’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Kathy Bates’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Visionary

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#3274

US rank in 2025

~334,870

Americans share it since 1880

1958

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Kathy’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

11 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Pearl, Pearl, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Rose pink · Pearl · Gold

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

The record

What sets Kathy apart

Elon Musk (1971) and Muhammad Yunus (1940) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Kathy, according to the stars

Core essence

Kathy feels the room before entering it. The core of Kathy is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Kathy, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Kathy is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Kathy needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Kathy wants to be loved

Kathy 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. Kathy gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Kathy creates

How Kathy 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. Kathy 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: Kathy is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Kathy is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Kathy channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

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

Where Kathy sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Kathy

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Kathy

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

PrivateExpressive
Kathy

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Kathy

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Kathy

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Kathy

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

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Kathy Bates at a glance

Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

Kathy Bates's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.

Earth Rat

Charming, and counting the exits.

Kathy Bates was born on June 28, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 11

Bright signal, thin skin.

Kathy Bates's birth date, June 28, 1948, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Kathy’s chart

Kathy’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.4° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.8° orbJupiter flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.4° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 2.8° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 3.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.2° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.4° orbVenus fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 3.4° orbSun in Cancer · 6°50′ · house 11☉6°Moon in Pisces · 26°09′ · house 7☽26°Mercury in Cancer · 0°02′ · house 11 · retrograde☿℞0°Venus in Cancer · 0°23′ · house 11 · retrograde♀℞0°Mars in Virgo · 19°36′ · house 1♂19°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 22°23′ · house 4 · retrograde♃℞22°Saturn in Leo · 19°58′ · house 12♄19°Uranus in Gemini · 26°58′ · house 10♅26°Neptune in Libra · 10°14′ · house 2♆10°Pluto in Leo · 13°27′ · house 12♇13°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCVir 13°00′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCPsc 13°00′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCGem 11°10′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICSgr 11°10′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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

Aspects, tightest first

  • MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 0.4° orb

    Kathy’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • MoonsquareUranusapplying · 0.8° orb

    Kathy’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.

  • JupitertrineSaturnapplying · 2.4° orb

    Kathy’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • MarssquareJupiterapplying · 2.8° orb

    Kathy’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • MercuryconjunctionUranusapplying · 3.1° orb

    Kathy’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 3.2° orb

    Kathy’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • SunsquareNeptuneapplying · 3.4° orb

    Kathy’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • VenusconjunctionUranusapplying · 3.4° orb

    Kathy’s affections and need for freedom act as one.

  • MoonsquareJupiterseparating · 3.8° orb

    Kathy’s feelings grind against their growth.

  • MoonsquareMercuryapplying · 3.9° orb

    Kathy’s feelings grind against their mind.

  • MoonsquareVenusapplying · 4.2° orb

    Kathy’s feelings grind against their affections. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • JupiteroppositionUranusseparating · 4.6° orb

    Kathy’s growth pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • SunconjunctionVenusseparating · 6.4° orb

    Kathy’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • MoonoppositionMarsseparating · 6.5° orb

    Kathy’s feelings pull against their drive from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • SaturnconjunctionPlutoseparating · 6.5° orb

    Kathy’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 6.8° orb

    Kathy’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • MercuryoppositionJupiterapplying · 7.6° orb

    Kathy’s mind pulls against their growth from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • VenusoppositionJupiterapplying · 8.0° orb

    Kathy’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.

Kathy’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 ℞Scorpio 18°44′ · House 3

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Kathy carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 27°46′ · House 10

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Kathy feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ♡ ErosGemini 23°31′ · House 10

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Kathy is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 22°32′ · House 11

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Kathy is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 27°25′ · House 6

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Kathy at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 0.5°
  • Ceres conjunction Uranus 0.8°
  • Chiron sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Eros opposition Jupiter 1.1°
  • Chiron square Saturn 1.2°
  • Ceres square Moon 1.6°
  • Ceres conjunction Mercury 2.3°
  • Ceres conjunction Venus 2.6°
  • Eros square Moon 2.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 2.6°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 2.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 3.0°

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°).

Kathy’s dominant planets

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

  1. 1. ☽ Moon12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; angular in the seventh house; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter10.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Moon sign, Pisces; in its own sign, Sagittarius; angular in the fourth house; 6 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury10 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Mars, Uranus; 5 major aspects

A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Kathy is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.

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 Kathy’s chart

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

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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, the shape it makesT-square onto Moon · Jupiter, Uranus, MoonAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Jupiter · Moon, Mars, JupiterAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Moon · Mercury, Jupiter, MoonAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Moon · Venus, Jupiter, MoonAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

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 biquintile Saturn 0.2°
  • Jupiter quintile Neptune 0.2°
  • Mars semi-sextile Saturn 0.4°
  • Sun quintile Mars 0.8°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.5°
  • Mercury semi-square Pluto 1.6°
  • Sun semi-square Saturn 1.9°
  • Venus semi-square Pluto 1.9°

Kathy’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.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1VirgoMercury in Cancer, house 11Marsself, body, how you arrive
2LibraVenus in Cancer, house 11Neptunemoney, possessions, self-worth
3ScorpioPluto in Leo, house 12emptymind, siblings, the local world
4SagittariusJupiter in Sagittarius, house 4Jupiterhome, family, roots
5CapricornSaturn in Leo, house 12emptycreativity, romance, play
6AquariusUranus in Gemini, house 10emptywork, habits, health
7PiscesNeptune in Libra, house 2Moonpartnership, marriage, open rivals
8AriesMars in Virgo, house 1emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9TaurusVenus in Cancer, house 11emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10GeminiMercury in Cancer, house 11Uranuscareer, reputation, public life
11CancerMoon in Pisces, house 7Sun, Mercury, Venusfriends, community, the future
12LeoSun in Cancer, house 11Saturn, Plutothe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Kathy’s cards

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Western zodiac

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Kathy’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q544465, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Kathy Bates 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 Kathy Bates’s chart

How old is Kathy Bates?
Kathy Bates is 78 years old, born June 28, 1948 in Memphis, United States.
What zodiac sign is Kathy Bates?
Kathy Bates is a Cancer: born June 28, 1948, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat.
What is Kathy Bates's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 28, 1948 birth.
What time was Kathy Bates born?
11:12 local time in Memphis, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Kathy Bates's rising sign?
Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 11:12 birth time in Memphis, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Kathy Bates's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the June 28, 1948 birth date.
What is Kathy Bates's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 18°, in the third house. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 28, 1948 birth time.
Where is Kathy Bates's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 27°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Kathy Bates's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; angular in the seventh house; 5 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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