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Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un (born January 8, 1984, Wonsan, North Korea), aged 42, is a Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011. Jong-un has held office as member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea and member of the Supreme People's Assembly. Jong-un's honours include Time 100, Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Jubilee Medal "80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".

Kim Jong-un’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Water Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Kim Jong-un’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Pioneer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#4228

US rank in 2025

~214,768

Americans share it since 1912

1960

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1984, Kim came 507th among girls and 915th among boys, carried by 388 American girls and 93 boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Kim’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

9

Soul Urge · meaning

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on K (2) and closes on M (4). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Kim’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus

Crimson · Ivory · 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 1983, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Kim apart

Kim Jong-un took the Time 100 in 2018, at 34.

Training came by way of Liebefeld-Steinhölzli State School and Kim Il-sung Military University.

The working life starts in 2010, at 26.

On the family side, Kim Jong-un was born to Ko Yong-hui and Kim Jong-il, married Ri Sol-ju and raised 2 children.

The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Kim Jong-un: Juche, Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Communist writers.

Elvis Presley (1935) and Stephen Hawking (1942) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Liebefeld-Steinhölzli State School, Kim Il-sung Military University and Kim Il-sung University
Awards
Jubilee Medal "75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 to 1945" (2020) and Time 100 (2018)
Working from
2010
Citizenship
North Korea
Languages
Korean
Wikipedia editions
176

What the chart says

Kim, according to the stars

Core essence

Kim is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Kim 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, Kim 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 Kim 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 Kim wants to be loved

Kim wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Kim and watch them fall for you again.

How Kim creates

How Kim makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Kim creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Kim 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Kim is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Kim fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Kim's birth date. Working below.

Where Kim sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Kim

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Kim

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

PrivateExpressive
Kim

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Kim

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

PracticalVisionary
Kim

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Kim

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Kim’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 84.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 71° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Wonsan that night

Computed for 39.17°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Wonsan at 9 p.m. that evening: Menkib of Perseus, within 5.1° of the exact zenith.

Of the 105 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

From 39.2°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 Wonsan at all: they sit past the −50.8° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon, 24% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 41° below the horizon.

How unusual Kim's chart is

Chart pattern score

65 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · A bundled chart · 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.

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Kim Jong-un at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Ambition wearing a plain coat.

Kim Jong-un's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 8, 1984, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Water Pig

Warm, sincere, easy company.

Kim Jong-un was born on January 8, 1984, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 4

Slow, solid, lasting.

Kim Jong-un's birth date, January 8, 1984, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Kim’s chart

Kim’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 5° to 16° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.4° orbMercury opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.9° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.9° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.2° orbMercury fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.4° orbJupiter fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 2.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.3° orbSun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.5° orbSun in Capricorn · 17°01′☉17°Moon in Pisces · 11°05′☽11°Mercury in Capricorn · 1°02′ · retrograde☿℞1°Venus in Sagittarius · 8°30′♀8°Mars in Libra · 28°26′♂28°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 27°30′♃27°Saturn in Scorpio · 14°31′♄14°Uranus in Sagittarius · 11°32′♅11°Neptune in Sagittarius · 29°36′♆29°Pluto in Scorpio · 1°55′♇1°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMoonsquareUranus0.0° to 6.3° orb

    Kim’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableMercurysextilePluto0.6° to 1.1° orb

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

  • stableMarssextileJupiter0.8° to 1.1° orb

    Kim’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarssextileNeptune0.9° to 1.4° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune1.2° to 1.7° orb

  • stableSunsextileSaturn2.0° to 3.0° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune2.0° to 2.2° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars2.1° to 3.1° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionUranus2.5° to 3.6° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter3.2° to 3.9° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionPluto3.2° to 3.7° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 28°13′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 4°02′ (moves 0.35° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 9°25′ (moves 0.79° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 1°57′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 3°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Pluto 0.0°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mercury 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.0°
  • Ceres trine Pluto 2.1°
  • Hygiea conjunction Neptune 2.3°

Kim’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus, Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto7 pts

    in its own sign, Scorpio; disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

Configurations in Kim’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, NeptuneThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 0.1°
  • Mercury semi-square Saturn 1.5°
  • Mars semi-square Uranus 1.9°

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From the journal: Why your Chinese sign might be wrong · What is feng shui?

Kim’s cards

Computed from January 8, 1984. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Pioneer

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

4 · Architect

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Kim’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q56226 (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 Владимир Смирнов / ТАСС, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Kim Jong-un at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Kim Jong-un.

Quick answers about Kim Jong-un’s chart

How old is Kim Jong-un?
Kim Jong-un is 42 years old, born January 8, 1984 in Wonsan, North Korea.
What zodiac sign is Kim Jong-un?
Kim Jong-un is a Capricorn: born January 8, 1984, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What is Kim Jong-un's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 8, 1984 birth.
How tall is Kim Jong-un?
Kim Jong-un is 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Kim Jong-un's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is Kim Jong-un's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Kim Jong-un's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 3°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Kim Jong-un's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus, Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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