Michael Colgrass
Michael Colgrass (born April 22, 1932, Brookfield, United States; died 2019), was a Canadian musician and composer. Colgrass's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Michael Colgrass’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Monkey, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Monkey, with 
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Michael Colgrass’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Architect
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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
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Michael’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 💠 Water Lily
White · Blush · Moonlight white
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What the chart says
Michael, according to the stars
Core essence
Michael is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Michael is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How Michael wants to be loved
Michael wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Michael like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Michael creates
How Michael makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Michael creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Michael is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Michael is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Michael gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.
Computed from Michael's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunStubborn is the polite word.
Michael Colgrass's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 22, 1932, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Water Monkey
Water MonkeyWit is the tool.
Michael Colgrass was born on April 22, 1932, which falls in a Water Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 5
Life Path 5Restless, curious, gone.
Michael Colgrass's birth date, April 22, 1932, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
What stands out in Michael’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Michael Colgrass' date-only chart is Uranus square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Mars and Uranus, sit together in Aries, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Michael Colgrass combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Architect.
Michael’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Michael Colgrass, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 21° to 6° Scorpio or 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.
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.
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.
stableUranussquarePluto0.0° to 0.1° orb
Michael’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars0.8° to 1.7° orb
Michael’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMercurytrineJupiter0.8° to 1.0° orb
Michael’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSunsquareSaturn1.5° to 2.5° orb
Michael’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenussextileUranus1.7° to 2.6° orb
Michael’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableMarstrineJupiter1.8° to 2.5° orb
Michael’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSuntrineNeptune2.5° to 3.5° orb
Michael’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussextileMars2.8° to 3.0° orb
Michael’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableMercurysextileVenus3.6° to 4.6° orb
Michael’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssquarePluto4.6° to 5.4° orb
Michael’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarsconjunctionUranus4.7° to 5.4° orb
Michael’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercuryconjunctionUranus6.2° to 6.4° orb
Michael’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Michael’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 22°01′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Michael building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 24°17′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Michael caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosAries 10°33′ (moves 0.68° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Michael is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.
⚕ HygieaLeo 14°07′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Michael at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 28°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Michael carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on 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.
- Hygiea trine Mercury 0.3°
- Hygiea trine Mars 0.9°
- Hygiea conjunction Jupiter 1.2°
- Chiron sextile Pluto 2.0°
- Eros trine Jupiter 2.4°
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°).
Michael’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. ♂ Mars9 pts
in its own sign, Aries; disposes Mercury, Uranus; 5 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury7 pts
disposes Venus, Neptune; 5 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Michael 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 Michael’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.3°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.3°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.6°
- Saturn quincunx Neptune 1.0°
- Mars quintile Saturn 1.3°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Michael Colgrass, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Michael’s cards
Every card is computed from April 22, 1932, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Michael Colgrass, 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
Michael’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2604332, 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.
The same Michael Colgrass at Wikipedia, 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 Michael Colgrass.
Quick answers about Michael Colgrass’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Michael Colgrass?
- Michael Colgrass was a Taurus: born April 22, 1932, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Monkey.
- What was Michael Colgrass's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 22, 1932 birth.
- What time was Michael Colgrass 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 Michael Colgrass's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the April 22, 1932 birth date.
- What was Michael Colgrass's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 22, 1932 birth date.
- Where was Michael Colgrass's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Michael Colgrass's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: in its own sign, Aries; disposes Mercury, Uranus; 5 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
