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Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977, New York City, United States, 01:44), aged 49, is an American actress. Notable films include Django Unchained, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Fantastic Four. Washington's honours include Lucy Award, GLAAD Vanguard Award and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year.

Kerry Washington’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Fire Dragon, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Kerry Washington’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

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

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

#2464

US rank in 2025

~98,644

Americans share it since 1920

1960

its peak year

Kerry ranked 202nd among girls and 334th among boys in 1977, the year of this birth, with 1,300 American girls and 540 boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Kerry’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

3

Soul Urge · being heard

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on K (2) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Kerry’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The record

What sets Kerry apart

Kerry Washington took the Lucy Award in 2014, at 37.

Corcoran School of the Arts & Design and George Washington University shaped the training.

The working life starts in 1994, at 17.

The family line: married Nnamdi Asomugha.

Justin Timberlake (1981) and Julián Alvarez (2000) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Corcoran School of the Arts & Design and George Washington University
Awards
GLAAD Vanguard Award (2015), Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (2016) and Women of the Year (2022)
Working from
1994
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Kerry, according to the stars

Core essence

Kerry is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Kerry is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Kerry 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 Kerry needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.

How Kerry wants to be loved

Kerry wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Kerry, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How Kerry creates

How Kerry makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Kerry creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Kerry is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Kerry 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Kerry does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Kerry's birth date. Working below.

Where Kerry sits

Six lines

Kerry’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Kerry

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Kerry

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Kerry

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Kerry

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

PracticalVisionary
Kerry

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Kerry

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

✦ A real star from their birth sky

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Read from the sky above New York City at 01:44, Kerry Washington’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, at the documented birth time.

Tania Australis stood nearest the zenith over New York City at the birth hour, 88.2° above the horizon in Ursa Major.

Of the 104 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −49.3° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 85% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 59° below the horizon.

What Kerry's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Charmer 貪狼 in 子

Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Inner wellbeing

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Generator, profile 4/1

Sacral authority · Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

T-square onto Uranus

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The quick version

Aquarius Sun

Ideas first, people second.

Kerry Washington's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time.

What Aquarius means →

Fire Dragon

Confident before the proof.

Kerry Washington was born on January 31, 1977, which falls in a Fire Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 11

Intuition before evidence.

Kerry Washington's birth date, January 31, 1977, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 11 means →

What stands out in Kerry’s chart

Kerry’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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.4° orbSaturn opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.5° orbMars flows with Jupiter · Trine, 1.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.4° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.9° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.9° orbSun faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 2.3° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.3° orbSun in Aquarius · 11°17′ · house 4☉11°Moon in Gemini · 25°36′ · house 8☽25°Mercury in Capricorn · 16°28′ · house 3☿16°Venus in Pisces · 28°07′ · house 5♀28°Mars in Capricorn · 22°55′ · house 3♂22°Jupiter in Taurus · 21°36′ · house 7♃21°Saturn in Leo · 13°37′ · house 10 · retrograde♄℞13°Uranus in Scorpio · 11°41′ · house 1♅11°Neptune in Sagittarius · 15°34′ · house 2♆15°Pluto in Libra · 14°08′ · house 12 · retrograde♇℞14°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCSco 23°01′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCTau 23°01′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCVir 5°34′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICPsc 5°34′

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

Aspects, tightest first

  • SunsquareUranusapplying · 0.4° orb

    Kerry’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • SaturnsextilePlutoseparating · 0.5° orb

    Kerry’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • MarstrineJupiterseparating · 1.3° orb

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

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.4° orb

  • SaturnsquareUranusapplying · 1.9° orb

  • SaturntrineNeptuneseparating · 1.9° orb

  • SunoppositionSaturnapplying · 2.3° orb

  • MercurysquarePlutoseparating · 2.3° orb

  • MoonsquareVenusapplying · 2.5° orb

  • SuntrinePlutoapplying · 2.8° orb

  • SunsextileNeptuneapplying · 4.3° orb

  • MercurysextileUranusseparating · 4.8° orb

  • MercurytrineJupiterapplying · 5.1° orb

  • MercuryconjunctionMarsapplying · 6.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 27°34′ · House 6

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 10°28′ · House 12

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 3°41′ · House 2

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Virgo 20°18′ · House 11

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 20°53′ · House 7

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 0.7°
  • Ceres trine Sun 0.8°
  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 1.3°
  • Chiron sextile Moon 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Ascendant 2.1°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 2.6°
  • Hygiea sextile Ascendant 2.7°

Kerry’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn9.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Mars; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Gemini; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Kerry’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Uranus · Sun, Saturn, 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.

  • Mercury quintile Venus 0.3°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.5°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Moon 0.7°
  • Mars quintile Uranus 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 0.9°
  • Moon sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.1°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.4°
  • Jupiter biquintile Pluto 1.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.8°

Kerry’s houses

Kerry’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1ScorpioPluto in Libra, house 12Uranusself, body, how you arrive
2SagittariusJupiter in Taurus, house 7Neptunemoney, possessions, self-worth
3CapricornSaturn in Leo, house 10Mercury, Marsmind, siblings, the local world
4AquariusUranus in Scorpio, house 1Sunhome, family, roots
5PiscesNeptune in Sagittarius, house 2Venuscreativity, romance, play
6AriesMars in Capricorn, house 3emptywork, habits, health
7TaurusVenus in Pisces, house 5Jupiterpartnership, marriage, open rivals
8GeminiMercury in Capricorn, house 3Moonshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9CancerMoon in Gemini, house 8emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10LeoSun in Aquarius, house 4Saturncareer, reputation, public life
11VirgoMercury in Capricorn, house 3emptyfriends, community, the future
12LibraVenus in Pisces, house 5Plutothe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Kerry’s cards

Computed from January 31, 1977. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Justice

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Hour

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Kerry’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q232104 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Max Surprenant, CC BY 4.0, 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 Kerry Washington.

Quick answers about Kerry Washington’s chart

How old is Kerry Washington?
Kerry Washington is 49 years old, born January 31, 1977 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Kerry Washington?
Kerry Washington is an Aquarius: born January 31, 1977, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time.
What is Kerry Washington's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 31, 1977 birth.
What time was Kerry Washington born?
01:44 local time in New York City, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What is Kerry Washington's rising sign?
Scorpio rising, calculated from the documented 01:44 birth time in New York City, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
What is Kerry Washington's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is Kerry Washington's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 27°, in the sixth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Kerry Washington's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 20°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Kerry Washington's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Mars; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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