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Michael Goldenberg

Michael Goldenberg (born January 18, 1965, New York City, United States), aged 61, is an American dramatist. Goldenberg's honours include European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre.

Michael Goldenberg’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Wood Dragon, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Michael Goldenberg’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Pioneer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, 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

The SSA recorded 80,992 American boys and 355 girls named Michael in 1965: 1st among boys and 504th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Michael’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

1

Personality · self-directed

The name opens on M (4) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

4 · 1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Green Orchid

Crimson · Ivory · Botanical green

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1964, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Michael apart

The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation came in 1998, when Michael Goldenberg was 33.

The schooling ran through Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts and Boulder High School.

Michael Goldenberg was 21 when the work began in 1986.

Wikipedia files Michael Goldenberg under American male dramatists and playwrights, Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni and Film directors from New York City.

Kevin Costner (1955) and Paul Keating (1944) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts and Boulder High School
Awards
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (1998) and European Film Award, People's Choice Award for Best European Film (2008)
Nominated for
European Film Award, People's Choice Award for Best European Film
Working from
1986
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
18

What the chart says

Michael, according to the stars

Core essence

Michael is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Michael is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Michael needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Michael needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Michael wants to be loved

Michael wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Michael you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Michael creates

How Michael makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Michael creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Michael 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Michael is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Michael channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

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

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

PracticalVisionary
Michael

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Michael

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Michael Goldenberg

Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Michael’s birth-night reference starCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 83.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Capella →The warmest lightProcyonyellow-white · Canis MinorProcyon, in Canis Minor. A yellow-white star, 39.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Procyon →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over New York City that night

Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at New York City was Capella, in Auriga, 83.9° up.

Of the 107 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

New York City sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at full moon, 96% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 45° down.

How unusual Michael's chart is

Chart pattern score

39 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Capricorn · Only two elements

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.

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If you only read one paragraph

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Michael Goldenberg's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 18, 1965, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Capricorn means →

Wood Dragon

Sets the standard, then raises it.

Michael Goldenberg was born on January 18, 1965, which falls in a Wood Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 4

Plans, then plans the plan.

Michael Goldenberg's birth date, January 18, 1965, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Michael’s chart

Michael’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 6° to 22° Leo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.1° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.8° orbSun flows with Mars · Trine, 1° orbUranus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1.6° orbMoon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.7° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 1.8° orbJupiter faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.6° orbSun in Capricorn · 28°25′☉28°Moon in Leo · 14°33′☽14°Mercury in Capricorn · 7°08′☿7°Venus in Capricorn · 7°58′♀7°Mars in Virgo · 27°25′♂27°Jupiter in Taurus · 16°13′♃16°Saturn in Pisces · 3°03′♄3°Uranus in Virgo · 14°27′ · retrograde♅℞14°Neptune in Scorpio · 19°43′♆19°Pluto in Virgo · 16°05′ · retrograde♇℞16°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableJupitertrinePluto0.1° to 0.2° orb

    Michael’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableSuntrineMars0.5° to 1.4° orb

    Michael’s core identity flows straight into their drive.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.8° to 0.9° orb

    Michael’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableUranusconjunctionPluto1.6° orb

  • stableJupitertrineUranus1.7° to 1.8° orb

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn3.5° to 4.7° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune3.5° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.6° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 12.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleVenussextileSaturnorb from 4.3° to 5.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleVenustrineUranusorb from 5.8° to 7.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth7 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 15°31′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 7°17′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 1°51′ (moves 0.63° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 8°31′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 11°12′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea opposition Venus 0.5°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 0.6°
  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.7°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.1°
  • Eros sextile Saturn 1.2°
  • Hygiea opposition Mercury 1.4°

Michael’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Michael’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.0°
  • Jupiter quintile Saturn 1.2°

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Michael’s cards

Computed from January 18, 1965. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Pioneer

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

4 · Architect

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Michael’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q643461 (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.

The same Michael Goldenberg at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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

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

Quick answers about Michael Goldenberg’s chart

How old is Michael Goldenberg?
Michael Goldenberg is 61 years old, born January 18, 1965 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Michael Goldenberg?
Michael Goldenberg is a Capricorn: born January 18, 1965, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day.
What is Michael Goldenberg's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 18, 1965 birth.
What is Michael Goldenberg's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is Michael Goldenberg's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Michael Goldenberg's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Michael Goldenberg's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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