Kevin Puts
Kevin Puts (born January 3, 1972, St. Louis, United States), aged 54, is an American composer (born 1972). Puts is best known for Silent Night. Puts's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Rome Prize.
Kevin Puts’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Metal Pig, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Pig, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Kevin
Kevin Puts’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Pioneer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Kevin in the U.S.?
#221
US rank in 2025
~1,189,844
Americans share it since 1912
1963
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1972, Kevin came 13th among boys and 1,003rd among girls, carried by 22,354 American boys and 118 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Kevin’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
11
Expression · sensing what is coming
8
Soul Urge · achievement
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on K (2) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 2 and 5: tact against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Kevin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 8
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia
Crimson · Ivory · Silver
The record
What sets Kevin apart
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892) and Greta Thunberg (2003) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Kevin, according to the stars
Core essence
Kevin is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Kevin is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Kevin needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Kevin needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Kevin wants to be loved
Kevin wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Kevin be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Kevin creates
How Kevin makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Kevin 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: Kevin is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Kevin is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Kevin 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 Kevin's birth date. Working below.
Where Kevin sits
Six lines
Kevin’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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
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 Kevin Puts
Three stars chosen from the real sky above St. Louis 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 St. Louis that night
Computed for 38.63°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at St. Louis was Menkib, in Perseus, 86.8° up.
Of the 106 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 38.6°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from St. Louis at all: they sit past the −51.4° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon, 88% lit at waning gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 47° below the horizon.
How unusual Kevin's chart is
Chart pattern score
20 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
No Water planets · 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 →The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunDry wit, dead serious.
Kevin Puts's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 3, 1972, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Capricorn means →Metal Pig
Metal PigAssumes the best. Usually right.
Kevin Puts was born on January 3, 1972, which falls in a Metal Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Kevin Puts's birth date, January 3, 1972, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Kevin’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Kevin Puts' date-only chart is Mars trine Neptune, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets are in Fire signs, and none in Water.
- Kevin Puts combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Pioneer.
Kevin’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 24° Leo 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
stableMarstrineNeptune0.7° to 1.3° orb
Kevin’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysextileUranus1.3° to 2.4° orb
Kevin’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturntrinePluto1.7° to 1.8° orb
Kevin’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.1° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter2.5° to 3.4° orb
stableMarsoppositionPluto2.8° to 3.4° orb
stableVenustrineUranus3.4° to 4.6° orb
stableSaturnoppositionNeptune3.9° orb
stableJupitersextileUranus4.7° to 4.9° orb
stableSunsquareUranus5.2° to 6.2° orb
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.0° to 6.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water0 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.
Kevin’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAries 9°26′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Leo 22°09′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 17°32′ (moves 0.67° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaScorpio 2°29′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 24°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Uranus 0.6°
- Ceres trine Jupiter 0.8°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 1.3°
- Ceres trine Mercury 2.1°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 2.5°
Kevin’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Kevin’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.0°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 1.7°
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- J. R. R. Tolkien1892
- Greta Thunberg2003
- Mel Gibson1956
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Fellow Yin Water day masters
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Kevin’s cards
Computed from January 3, 1972. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Tidal PioneerWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
5 · Explorer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Kevin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6397282 (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.
The same Kevin Puts at Wikipedia and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Kevin Puts.
Quick answers about Kevin Puts’s chart
- How old is Kevin Puts?
- Kevin Puts is 54 years old, born January 3, 1972 in St. Louis, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Kevin Puts?
- Kevin Puts is a Capricorn: born January 3, 1972, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
- What is Kevin Puts's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 3, 1972 birth.
- What is Kevin Puts's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Kevin Puts's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Kevin Puts's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Kevin Puts's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Saturn is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
