Marlon James
Marlon James (born November 24, 1970, Kingston, Jamaica), aged 55, is a Jamaican novelist. James is best known for A Brief History of Seven Killings and The Book of Night Women. James's honours include Booker Prize, American Book Awards and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Marlon James’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dog, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Marlon
Marlon James’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Seeker
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Marlon in the U.S.?
#1105
US rank in 2025
~31,292
Americans share it since 1914
1972
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1970, Marlon came 378th among boys and 5,659th among girls, carried by 458 American boys and 9 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Marlon’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
4
Expression · building what holds
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
9
Personality · generous, worldly
The name opens on M (4) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Marlon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Rose-gold · Silver
The record
What sets Marlon apart
Katherine Heigl (1978) and Hande Erçel (1993) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Marlon, according to the stars
Core essence
Marlon is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Marlon is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Marlon cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Marlon needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Marlon wants to be loved
Marlon 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 Marlon even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Marlon creates
How Marlon makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Marlon creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Marlon is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Marlon is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
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. Marlon fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Marlon's birth date. Working below.
Where Marlon sits
Six lines
Marlon’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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 Marlon James
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Kingston 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 Kingston that night
Computed for 17.97°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Mesarthim stood nearest the zenith over Kingston at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.4° above the horizon in Aries.
Of the 93 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 18.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Sun 49° below the horizon, Moon down and 15% lit at waning crescent.
How unusual Marlon's chart is
Chart pattern score
50 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · Venus retrograde · 2 planets 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
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Marlon James's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 24, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
Marlon James was born on November 24, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Marlon James's birth date, November 24, 1970, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Marlon’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Marlon James' date-only chart is Sun conjunction Neptune, with an orb of about 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- This chart has an even Fire/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Marlon James combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Seeker.
Marlon’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 18° Libra depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMoonconjunctionUranus0.0° to 6.6° orb
Marlon’s feelings and need for freedom act as one.
stableSunconjunctionNeptune0.9° to 1.8° orb
Marlon’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.4° orb
Marlon’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableJupiteroppositionSaturn1.6° to 1.9° orb
stableSunsextilePluto2.2° to 3.2° orb
stableVenusoppositionSaturn7.4° to 7.6° orb
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 10.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMarsorb from 3.8° to 15.4° depending on birth time
possibleMercurysextileMarsorb from 4.4° to 5.2° depending on birth time
possibleMercurysextileUranusorb from 4.6° to 6.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 7.4° to 19.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Marlon’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 6°06′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Aries 24°43′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 3°33′ (moves 0.52° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 16°40′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 9°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea trine Mercury 0.9°
- Hygiea square Saturn 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Venus 1.4°
- Eros sextile Sun 1.5°
- Ceres opposition Mars 2.3°
- Eros sextile Neptune 2.9°
Marlon’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn, Uranus; 1 major aspect
3. ♇ Pluto4 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Marlon’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, 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 biquintile Uranus 0.1°
- Mercury quincunx Saturn 0.5°
- Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.6°
More people like Marlon
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Born in Dog years
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- Jacob BixenmanAmerican model, photographer and filmmaker
Also born on November 24
- Katherine Heigl1978
- Hande Erçel1993
- Jeremiah Brent1984
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- Samantha Markle1964
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Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Dillon BrooksCanadian basketball player (born 1996)
- Jalen GreenAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Jevon CarterAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
Other Sagittarius Dog charts
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- Gemma ChanBritish actress
Other Steadfast Seekers
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From the journal: What if you don't know your birth time? · Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet
Marlon’s cards
Computed from November 24, 1970. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast SeekerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
7 · Seeker♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Marlon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q16211564 (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 Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Marlon James at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Marlon James.
Quick answers about Marlon James’s chart
- How old is Marlon James?
- Marlon James is 55 years old, born November 24, 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica.
- What zodiac sign is Marlon James?
- Marlon James is a Sagittarius: born November 24, 1970, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Marlon James's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 24, 1970 birth.
- What is Marlon James's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is Marlon James's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Marlon James's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Marlon James's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
