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Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan (born April 8, 1938, Kumasi, Ghana; died 2018) was a 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Kofi Annan (1938–2018) served as the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations. Annan held office as United Nations Envoy to Syria and United Nations Secretary-General. Annan's honours include Grand Collar of the Order of Good Hope, Gold Olympic Order and Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal.

Kofi Annan’s zodiac sign was Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Tiger, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Kofi Annan’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Diplomat

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#3279

US rank in 2025

~1,552

Americans share it since 1880

2004

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Kofi’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

White · Crimson · Gold

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

What the chart says

Kofi, according to the stars

Core essence

Kofi leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Kofi is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

How Kofi wants to be loved

Kofi wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Kofi is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Kofi creates

How Kofi makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Kofi creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Kofi is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Kofi is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Kofi is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

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

Where Kofi sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Kofi

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Kofi

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Kofi

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Kofi

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Kofi

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Kofi

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Kofi Annan

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

Kofi’s birth-night reference starRegulusblue-white · LeoRegulus, in Leo. A blue-white star, 84.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Regulus →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 27.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

The quick version

Aries Sun

Impatient, and usually right to be.

Kofi Annan's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 8, 1938, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.

Earth Tiger

Big heart, short fuse.

Kofi Annan was born on April 8, 1938, which falls in a Earth Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.

Life Path 6

Home is the project.

Kofi Annan's birth date, April 8, 1938, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in Kofi’s chart

Kofi’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Kofi Annan, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 6° Cancer or Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.3° orbMoon fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1.5° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.5° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 4.2° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 5.2° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 5.7° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 5.8° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 6.8° orbSun in Aries · 18°00′☉17°Moon in Cancer · 29°22′☽29°Mercury in Taurus · 5°05′☿5°Venus in Taurus · 3°37′♀3°Mars in Taurus · 19°21′♂19°Jupiter in Aquarius · 24°33′♃24°Saturn in Aries · 9°14′♄9°Uranus in Taurus · 12°12′♅12°Neptune in Virgo · 19°02′ · retrograde♆℞19°Pluto in Cancer · 27°51′ · retrograde♇℞27°

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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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

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.

  • stableMarstrineNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb

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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.0° to 1.9° orb

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

  • stableMarssquareJupiter4.9° to 5.4° orb

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

  • stableVenussquarePluto5.1° to 6.4° orb

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

  • stableMarsconjunctionUranus6.8° to 7.5° orb

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

  • stableUranustrineNeptune6.8° to 6.9° orb

    Kofi’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus7.0° to 7.3° orb

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

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.0° to 12.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.0° to 10.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 8.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 2.9° to 16.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 3.3° to 16.7° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

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

Kofi’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.

  • ⚷ ChironGemini 26°22′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Kofi turning that into a careful, exact way with words.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 10°05′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

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

  • ♡ ErosLeo 7°13′ (moves 0.81° over the day)

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

    Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has Kofi loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Virgo 21°60′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. Kofi is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 1°25′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Kofi is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

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.

  • Ceres conjunction Saturn 0.8°
  • Chiron trine Jupiter 1.8°
  • Eros trine Saturn 2.0°
  • Eros square Mercury 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.2°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 2.6°
  • Hygiea conjunction Neptune 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°).

Kofi’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. ♂ Mars8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus7 pts

    in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Mars, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus4 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Kofi is read as acting first and reflecting after.

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 Kofi’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.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Mercury, Venus, Mars, UranusThree 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 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.

  • Jupiter semi-square Saturn 0.3°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.4°
  • Sun quincunx Neptune 1.0°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.1°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.4°
  • Mercury quintile Jupiter 1.5°

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

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Kofi’s cards

Every card is computed from April 8, 1938, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Devil

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Diplomat

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Western zodiac

Aries

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Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Kofi Annan, 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

Kofi’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1254, 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 US Mission in Geneva, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Kofi Annan at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, 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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kofi Annan.

Quick answers about Kofi Annan’s chart

What zodiac sign was Kofi Annan?
Kofi Annan was an Aries: born April 8, 1938, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Tiger.
What was Kofi Annan's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 8, 1938 birth.
What time was Kofi Annan 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.
What was Kofi Annan's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the April 8, 1938 birth date.
What was Kofi Annan's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Gemini at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 8, 1938 birth date.
Where was Kofi Annan's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Kofi Annan's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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