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Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi Räikkönen (born October 17, 1979, Espoo, Finland), aged 46, is a Finnish racing driver. Räikkönen has played for Lotus F1, Sauber Motorsport and McLaren. Räikkönen's honours include DHL Fastest Lap Award and Lorenzo Bandini Trophy.

Kimi Räikkönen’s zodiac sign is Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Kimi Räikkönen’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Strategist

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#5488

US rank in 2025

~2,118

Americans share it since 1880

1965

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Kimi’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Amber · Blush · Gold

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

What the chart says

Kimi, according to the stars

Core essence

Kimi makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Kimi is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Kimi is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Kimi needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.

How Kimi wants to be loved

Kimi wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Kimi even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Kimi creates

How Kimi makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Kimi creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Kimi is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Kimi is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Kimi 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 Kimi's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Kimi sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Kimi

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Kimi

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

PrivateExpressive
Kimi

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Kimi

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

PracticalVisionary
Kimi

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Kimi

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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Kimi Räikkönen at a glance

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Kimi Räikkönen's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 17, 1979, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.

Earth Goat

Artist first, everything second.

Kimi Räikkönen was born on October 17, 1979, which falls in a Earth Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.

Life Path 8

Ambition with a spreadsheet.

Kimi Räikkönen's birth date, October 17, 1979, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.

What stands out in Kimi’s chart

Kimi’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Kimi Räikkönen, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 18° Virgo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 1.6° orbMoon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 1.8° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.1° orbSaturn grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.4° orbSun fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 4.1° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 4.1° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 5° orbSun in Libra · 23°26′☉23°Moon in Virgo · 12°50′☽12°Mercury in Scorpio · 14°38′☿14°Venus in Scorpio · 7°29′♀7°Mars in Leo · 13°00′♂13°Jupiter in Virgo · 3°21′♃3°Saturn in Virgo · 21°43′♄21°Uranus in Scorpio · 19°37′♅19°Neptune in Sagittarius · 18°20′♆18°Pluto in Libra · 19°19′♇19°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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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

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.0° orb

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

  • stableMercurysquareMars1.2° to 2.0° orb

    Kimi’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus2.1° orb

    Kimi’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableSaturnsquareNeptune3.3° to 3.4° orb

    Kimi’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto3.6° to 4.6° orb

    Kimi’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableVenussextileJupiter3.6° to 4.7° orb

    Kimi’s affections open doors for their growth.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus4.3° to 5.6° orb

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

  • stableMarstrineNeptune5.1° to 5.6° orb

    Kimi’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussquareMars5.2° to 5.9° orb

    Kimi’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableMarssquareUranus6.4° to 6.9° orb

    Kimi’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus7.1° to 7.2° orb

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

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Kimi’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 12°23′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Kimi building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 9°56′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Kimi looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 12°49′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Kimi is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Pisces 20°03′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Kimi needing solitude to reset.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 11°04′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    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 Kimi exacting with themselves first.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Eros opposition Mars 0.2°
  • Hygiea trine Uranus 0.4°
  • Chiron square Mars 0.6°
  • Hygiea opposition Saturn 1.7°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 1.7°
  • Eros square Mercury 1.8°
  • Chiron opposition Mercury 2.3°

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°).

Kimi’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 2 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Kimi is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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 Kimi’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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 excluded without a birth time.

  • Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.3°
  • Mercury quintile Jupiter 0.7°
  • Venus semi-square Saturn 0.8°
  • Jupiter semi-square Pluto 1.0°
  • Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 1.3°
  • Sun semi-sextile Saturn 1.7°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Kimi Räikkönen, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Kimi’s cards

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The Radiant Strategist

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Western zodiac

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Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

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♀ Ruled by Venus

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Kimi Räikkönen, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Kimi’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q11192, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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 Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Kimi Räikkönen at Wikipedia, IMDb and Instagram.

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 Kimi Räikkönen’s chart

How old is Kimi Räikkönen?
Kimi Räikkönen is 46 years old, born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland.
What zodiac sign is Kimi Räikkönen?
Kimi Räikkönen is a Libra: born October 17, 1979, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Goat.
What is Kimi Räikkönen's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 17, 1979 birth.
What time was Kimi Räikkönen born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
How tall is Kimi Räikkönen?
Kimi Räikkönen is 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Kimi Räikkönen's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the October 17, 1979 birth date.
What is Kimi Räikkönen's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 17, 1979 birth date.
Where is Kimi Räikkönen's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Kimi Räikkönen's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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