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Michael C. Hall

Michael C. Hall (born Michael Carlyle Hall; February 1, 1971, Raleigh, United States, 08:05), aged 55, is an American actor. Notable films include Dexter, The Crown and Six Feet Under. Hall's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television.

Michael C. Hall’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Pig, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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Michael C. Hall’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Guardian

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.

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

#21

US rank in 2025

~4,448,633

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

In 1971, 77,577 American boys and 459 girls were registered Michael — 1st among boys and 448th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Michael’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Michael Carlyle Hall, not the name they published under.

7

Expression · depth and research

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on M (4) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Michael’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

3 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia

Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Michael apart

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Television Series Drama came in 2010, when Michael C. Hall was 39.

Study took Michael C. Hall to Earlham College and Ravenscroft School.

Michael C. Hall was 24 when the work began in 1995.

The family line: born to William Carlyle Hall and married Amy Spanger and Jennifer Carpenter.

Gabriel Batistuta (1969) and Lisa Marie Presley (1968) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Earlham College, Ravenscroft School and New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Television Series Drama (2010)
Working from
1995
Wikipedia editions
55

What the chart says

Michael, according to the stars

Core essence

Michael is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Michael is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Michael runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Michael needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Michael wants to be loved

Michael 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 Michael and watch them fall for you again.

How Michael creates

How Michael 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. Michael 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: Michael is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Michael is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Michael has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Michael's birth date. Working below.

Where Michael sits

Six lines

Michael’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Michael

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Michael

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Michael

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Michael

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Michael

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Michael

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

✦ A real star from their birth sky

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Read from the sky above Raleigh at 08:05, Michael C. Hall’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Raleigh that night

Computed for 35.78°N, at the documented birth time.

Overhead at Raleigh at the birth hour: Kornephoros of Hercules, within 14.3° of the exact zenith.

Of the 84 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

Raleigh sits at 35.8°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −54.2° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Raleigh on any night.

Sun -8° below the horizon, Moon down and 38% lit at first quarter.

The name and the places

Born as
Michael Carlyle Hall
Known as
Michael C. Hall
Born in
Raleigh, United States

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What Michael's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Peacemaker 天同 in 戌

Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Wealth

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Human Design

Manifesting Generator, profile 5/1

Emotional authority · Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

52 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · No Water planets · 1 planet 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.

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If you only read one paragraph

Aquarius Sun

Ideas first, people second.

Michael C. Hall's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time.

What Aquarius means →

Metal Pig

Assumes the best. Usually right.

Michael C. Hall was born on February 1, 1971, which falls in a Metal Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 3

Charm with a deadline problem.

Michael C. Hall's birth date, February 1, 1971, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 3 means →

What stands out in Michael’s chart

Michael’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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0° orbSun flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.4° orbMoon flows with Venus · Trine, 2.8° orbMars fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 3.1° orbMars fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 3.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.3° orbJupiter opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.4° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.9° orbSun in Aquarius · 12°02′ · house 1☉12°Moon in Aries · 28°24′ · house 3☽28°Mercury in Capricorn · 20°53′ · house 12☿20°Venus in Sagittarius · 25°34′ · house 11♀25°Mars in Sagittarius · 5°57′ · house 11♂5°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 2°49′ · house 11♃2°Saturn in Taurus · 15°55′ · house 4♄15°Uranus in Libra · 13°28′ · house 9 · retrograde♅℞13°Neptune in Sagittarius · 2°47′ · house 11♆2°Pluto in Virgo · 29°27′ · house 8 · retrograde♇℞29°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCAqr 27°24′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCLeo 27°24′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCSgr 10°19′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICGem 10°19′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantAquarius
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • JupiterconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 0.0° orb

    Michael’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • SuntrineUranusapplying · 1.4° orb

    Michael’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.

  • MoontrineVenusseparating · 2.8° orb

    Michael’s feelings flow straight into their affections. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • MarsconjunctionJupiterseparating · 3.1° orb

  • MarsconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 3.2° orb

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 3.3° orb

  • JupitersextilePlutoseparating · 3.4° orb

  • SunsquareSaturnapplying · 3.9° orb

  • VenussquarePlutoapplying · 3.9° orb

  • MercurytrineSaturnseparating · 5.0° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water0 of 10

Modalities

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

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

Michael’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 6°48′ · House 3

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

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 0°45′ · House 4

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 14°11′ · House 2

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 10°39′ · House 7

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 16°49′ · House 8

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Mars 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Saturn 0.9°
  • Hygiea opposition Sun 1.4°
  • Eros sextile Saturn 1.7°
  • Ceres conjunction Moon 2.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 2.8°

Michael’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter8 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus, Mars, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Mercury; angular in the fourth house; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Michael’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Sagittarius · Venus, Mars, Jupiter, 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.

  • Mercury semi-square Mars 0.1°
  • Venus quintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Moon quincunx Pluto 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.5°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.5°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 2.4°

Michael’s houses

Michael’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1AquariusUranus in Libra, house 9Sunself, body, how you arrive
2PiscesNeptune in Sagittarius, house 11emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3AriesMars in Sagittarius, house 11Moonmind, siblings, the local world
4TaurusVenus in Sagittarius, house 11Saturnhome, family, roots
5GeminiMercury in Capricorn, house 12emptycreativity, romance, play
6CancerMoon in Aries, house 3emptywork, habits, health
7LeoSun in Aquarius, house 1emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8VirgoMercury in Capricorn, house 12Plutoshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9LibraVenus in Sagittarius, house 11Uranusbelief, travel, higher learning
10ScorpioPluto in Virgo, house 8emptycareer, reputation, public life
11SagittariusJupiter in Sagittarius, house 11Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Neptunefriends, community, the future
12CapricornSaturn in Taurus, house 4Mercurythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Michael’s cards

Computed from February 1, 1971. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The World

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Guardian

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

3 · Storyteller

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Hour

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Michael’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q203268 (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 Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Michael C. Hall.

Quick answers about Michael C. Hall’s chart

How old is Michael C. Hall?
Michael C. Hall is 55 years old, born February 1, 1971 in Raleigh, United States.
What zodiac sign is Michael C. Hall?
Michael C. Hall is an Aquarius: born February 1, 1971, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time.
What is Michael C. Hall's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 1, 1971 birth.
What time was Michael C. Hall born?
08:05 local time in Raleigh, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Michael C. Hall's rising sign?
Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 08:05 birth time in Raleigh, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Michael C. Hall's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology.
What is Michael C. Hall's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 6°, in the third house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Michael C. Hall's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 16°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Michael C. Hall's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus, Mars, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Uranus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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