Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928, St. Louis, United States, 14:10; died 2014), was an American poet, author, and civil rights activist. Angelou is best remembered for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, On the Pulse of Morning and Even the Stars Look Lonesome. Angelou's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording and National Women's Hall of Fame.
Maya Angelou’s zodiac sign was Aries, Chinese zodiac was Earth Dragon, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Dragon, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Maya
Maya Angelou’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Strategist
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Maya in the U.S.?
#62
US rank in 2025
~123,750
Americans share it since 1940
2006
its peak year
Maya is in US records from 1940, but 1928 is not one of the years it clears the SSA's five-birth reporting threshold. It was busiest in 2006.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Maya’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Marguerite Annie Johnson, not the name they published under.
3
Expression · expression and voice
5
Soul Urge · freedom
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on M (4) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Maya’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
1 · 6 · 7
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
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 1928, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Maya apart
Robert Downey Jr. (1965) and Heath Ledger (1979) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Maya, according to the stars
Core essence
Maya 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 Maya 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Maya 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 Maya 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 Maya wants to be loved
Maya wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Maya, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Maya creates
How Maya 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. Maya 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: Maya is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Maya is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Maya leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Maya goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Maya's birth date. Working below.
Where Maya sits
Six lines
Maya’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
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 may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Maya Angelou
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Read from the sky above St. Louis at 14:10, Maya Angelou’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over St. Louis that night
Computed for 38.63°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at St. Louis was Algol, in Perseus, 87.9° up.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 106 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 38.6°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −51.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from St. Louis on any night.
Sun -47° below the horizon, Moon down and 100% lit at full moon.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Marguerite Annie Johnson
- Known as
- Maya Angelou
- Born in
- St. Louis, United States
The death is recorded at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County in 2014.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Maya's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
No major star sits in the Life Palace, which the tradition calls 空宮, an empty palace. The branch is 申.
Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Inner wellbeing
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aries · T-square onto Pluto · Born on the Full Moon
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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Aries Sun
Aries SunFirst through every door.
Maya Angelou's Sun was in Aries at the documented birth time.
What Aries means →Earth Dragon
Earth DragonConfident before the proof.
Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, which falls in a Earth Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Independent to the core.
Maya Angelou's birth date, April 4, 1928, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in Maya’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Maya Angelou's timed chart: Mars in the 7th house and Neptune in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Maya Angelou's timed chart is Sun square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Jupiter and Uranus, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Maya Angelou combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Strategist.
Maya’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunsquarePlutoapplying · 0.2° orb
Maya’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
JupitersquarePlutoseparating · 1.1° orb
Maya’s growth grinds against their depths.
MarsoppositionNeptuneseparating · 1.2° orb
Maya’s drive pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
SunconjunctionJupiterapplying · 1.3° orb
MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 1.3° orb
MercurysquareSaturnseparating · 1.3° orb
VenussquareSaturnseparating · 2.6° orb
JupitertrineSaturnapplying · 3.0° orb
SunoppositionMoonapplying · 3.5° orb
MoonsquarePlutoapplying · 3.6° orb
SuntrineSaturnapplying · 4.3° orb
MoonoppositionJupiterapplying · 4.8° orb
MercurytrinePlutoseparating · 5.4° orb
VenustrinePlutoseparating · 6.7° orb
MoonoppositionUranusseparating · 7.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Maya’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironTaurus 4°22′ · House 10
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 27°09′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 12°58′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 21°27′ · House 6
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 14°10′ · House 4
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea sextile Venus 0.3°
- Ceres opposition Neptune 0.5°
- Ceres conjunction Mars 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 0.8°
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 1.0°
- Eros trine Moon 1.6°
- Eros sextile Sun 1.8°
Maya’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Uranus; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect
3. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Moon; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Maya’s chart
Stellium in Aries · Sun, Jupiter, 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.
T-square onto Pluto · Sun, Moon, PlutoAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Pluto · Moon, Jupiter, PlutoAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Moon semi-square Neptune 0.3°
- Uranus biquintile Neptune 1.3°
- Moon sesquiquadrate Mars 1.5°
- Sun semi-square Mars 1.9°
Maya’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Sun in Aries, house 9 | Neptune | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Virgo | Mercury in Pisces, house 8 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Libra | Venus in Pisces, house 8 | Moon | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 12 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Aries, house 9 | Saturn | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Capricorn | Saturn in Sagittarius, house 5 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aquarius | Uranus in Aries, house 9 | Mars | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Pisces | Neptune in Leo, house 1 | Mercury, Venus | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aries | Mars in Aquarius, house 7 | Sun, Jupiter, Uranus | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Taurus | Venus in Pisces, house 8 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Gemini | Mercury in Pisces, house 8 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Cancer | Moon in Libra, house 3 | Pluto | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Fellow Aries suns
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- Francis Ford CoppolaAmerican filmmaker (born 1939)
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Born in Dragon years
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Also born on April 4
- Robert Downey Jr.1965
- Heath Ledger1979
- Hugh Masekela1939
- Natasha Lyonne1979
- Jill Scott1972
- Eric André1983
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- John La MontaineAmerican musician
- Daniel KrausAmerican novelist, writer, editor and filmmaker
- Edna St. Vincent MillayAmerican poet
Other Aries Dragon charts
- Wangari Muta MaathaiKenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004
- Russell CroweNew Zealand actor
- James WatsonAmerican molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate
- Reese WitherspoonAmerican actress
Other Evergreen Strategists
- Ebon Moss-BachrachAmerican actor
- Sasha Obamadaughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama
- Kiefer SutherlandBritish-Canadian actor (born 1966)
- Jamie Lynn SpearsAmerican actress and singer (born 1991)
Other Leo risings with documented times
- Susan WojcickiAmerican business executive, former CEO of YouTube
- Lucy HaleAmerican actress and singer
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- Logan LermanAmerican actor
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From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
Maya’s cards
Computed from April 4, 1928. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen StrategistWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
1 · Pioneer♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Maya’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q19526 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Maya Angelou at Wikipedia, mayaangelou.com, IMDb, 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 Maya Angelou.
Quick answers about Maya Angelou’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Maya Angelou?
- Maya Angelou was an Aries: born April 4, 1928, which puts the Sun in Aries at the documented birth time.
- What was Maya Angelou's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 4, 1928 birth.
- What time was Maya Angelou born?
- 14:10 local time in St. Louis, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Maya Angelou's rising sign?
- Leo rising, calculated from the documented 14:10 birth time in St. Louis, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What was Maya Angelou's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What was Maya Angelou's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 4°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Maya Angelou's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 14°, in the fourth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Maya Angelou's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects). Mars is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
