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Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish (born October 14, 1893, Springfield, United States; died 1993), was an American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter. Gish's honours include Kennedy Center Honors, Ohio Women's Hall of Fame and AFI Life Achievement Award.

Lillian Gish’s zodiac sign was Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Lillian Gish’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Visionary

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#57

US rank in 2025

~476,457

Americans share it since 1880

1920

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Lillian’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 8

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

North

Season

winter

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily

Amber · Blush · Moonlight white

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What the chart says

Lillian, according to the stars

Core essence

Lillian makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Lillian 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, Lillian is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Lillian needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Lillian wants to be loved

Lillian 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 Lillian and watch them fall for you again.

How Lillian creates

How Lillian makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Lillian builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Lillian is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Lillian is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

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. Lillian fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

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

Where Lillian sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Lillian

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Lillian

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

PrivateExpressive
Lillian

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Lillian

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

PracticalVisionary
Lillian

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Lillian

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

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The quick version

Libra Sun

Beauty matters. So does balance.

Lillian Gish's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 14, 1893, 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.

Water Snake

Wise, cool, hard to read.

Lillian Gish was born on October 14, 1893, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.

Life Path 9

Compassion at scale.

Lillian Gish's birth date, October 14, 1893, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Lillian’s chart

Lillian’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Lillian Gish, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 21° Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.5° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 2.2° orbVenus faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 2.5° orbMoon faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 2.6° orbMars flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.6° orbNeptune fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.7° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 3.2° orbSun fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 5.1° orbSun in Libra · 21°35′21°Moon in Sagittarius · 15°58′15°Mercury in Scorpio · 7°40′Venus in Sagittarius · 2°55′Mars in Libra · 7°58′Jupiter in Gemini · 0°26′ · retrogradeSaturn in Libra · 16°31′16°Uranus in Scorpio · 9°51′Neptune in Gemini · 13°21′ · retrograde13°Pluto in Gemini · 10°36′ · retrograde10°

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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Trine 120°
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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.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus1.5° to 2.9° orb

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

  • stableVenusoppositionJupiter1.9° to 3.1° orb

    Lillian’s affections pull against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableMarstrinePluto2.3° to 3.0° orb

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

  • stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto2.7° to 2.8° orb

    Lillian’s imagination and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune3.1° to 3.2° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn4.6° to 5.5° orb

    Lillian’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMarstrineNeptune5.0° to 5.7° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrinePluto5.9° to 6.0° orb

    Lillian’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 6.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 8.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.2° to 11.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air6 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

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

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.

Lillian’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.

  • ChironVirgo 15°15′ (moves 0.13° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Virgo is read as a wound around never being good enough. The reading has Lillian turning that pressure into craft and an eye for what others miss.

  • CeresLeo 28°54′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Lillian is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.

  • ErosGemini 22°18′ (moves 0.54° over the day)

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

    Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Lillian is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.

  • HygieaLibra 5°03′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Lillian is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.

  • Black Moon LilithSagittarius 21°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Lillian leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

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

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 0.0°
  • Eros trine Sun 0.7°
  • Ceres square Jupiter 1.5°
  • Chiron square Neptune 1.9°
  • Hygiea sextile Venus 2.1°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mars 2.9°

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°).

Lillian’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. Venus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. Pluto5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Lillian 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 Lillian’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 Libra · Sun, Mars, SaturnThree 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.

  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.3°
  • Mercury biquintile Neptune 0.3°
  • Uranus quincunx Pluto 0.7°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.1°
  • Venus semi-square Saturn 1.4°
  • Mars semi-sextile Uranus 1.9°

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

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Lillian’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Moon

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The Evergreen Visionary

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Western zodiac

Libra

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

yin Water

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

yang Water

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

yang Wood

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Lillian Gish, 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

Lillian’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q104183, 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 Bain News Service; Uploaded by Calliopejen; Edited by jjron., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Lillian Gish at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Lillian Gish.

Quick answers about Lillian Gish’s chart

What zodiac sign was Lillian Gish?
Lillian Gish was a Libra: born October 14, 1893, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Snake.
What was Lillian Gish's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 14, 1893 birth.
What time was Lillian Gish 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 Lillian Gish's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the October 14, 1893 birth date.
What was Lillian Gish's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Virgo at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 14, 1893 birth date.
Where was Lillian Gish's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Lillian Gish's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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