Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox (born June 9, 1961, Edmonton, Canada, 00:15), aged 65, is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist. Notable films include Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II and Scrubs. Fox's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Michael J. Fox’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Metal Ox, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Ox, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Michael
Michael J. Fox’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
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) × mutable 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
Of the names registered in 1961, Michael came 1st among boys and 546th among girls, carried by 86,974 American boys and 324 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Michael’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on M (4) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 6, which numerology reads as care.
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
5 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Magnolia
Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1961, 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
Johnny Depp (1963) and Natalie Portman (1981) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States and Canada
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Michael, according to the stars
Core essence
Michael is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Michael needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Michael is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Michael needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Michael wants to be loved
Michael wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Michael is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
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 steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Michael fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
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.
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 likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
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 sky
Dedicate a star to Michael J. Fox
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Edmonton on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Edmonton at 00:15, Michael J. Fox’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Edmonton that night
Computed for 53.53°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Edmonton was Rastaban, in Draco, 84.0° up.
Of the 87 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Edmonton sits at 53.5°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Nothing below −36.5° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Edmonton on any night.
Sun 13° below the horizon, Moon down and 16% lit at waning crescent.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Edmonton, Canada
- Lives in
- Manhattan
Wikidata records Manhattan as Michael J. Fox's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Michael's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Debater 巨門 in 巳
Bureau 水二局 · Body Palace in Self
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
27 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
T-square onto Jupiter · 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.
Score your own chart →Michael J. Fox at a glance
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFour conversations, one person.
Michael J. Fox's Sun was in Gemini at the documented birth time.
What Gemini means →Metal Ox
Metal OxCarries the load without comment.
Michael J. Fox was born on June 9, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Change finds them anyway.
Michael J. Fox's birth date, June 9, 1961, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Michael’s chart
- Six of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Michael J. Fox's timed chart: Moon in the 4th house, Venus in the 4th house, Mars in the 7th house, Jupiter in the 1st house, Uranus in the 7th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Michael J. Fox's timed chart is Sun sextile Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Michael J. Fox combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Michael’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunsextileMarsapplying · 0.4° orb
Michael’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
MercurytrineNeptuneseparating · 0.4° orb
Michael’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
MoonconjunctionVenusapplying · 1.5° orb
Michael’s feelings and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 2.1° orb
MoonsquareSaturnseparating · 2.3° orb
VenustrinePlutoapplying · 2.7° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 3.3° orb
MercurysextilePlutoseparating · 3.7° orb
VenussquareSaturnseparating · 3.8° orb
MarsconjunctionUranusapplying · 3.8° orb
VenussquareJupiterapplying · 3.9° orb
SunsextileUranusapplying · 4.2° orb
MoontrinePlutoapplying · 4.2° orb
MoonsquareJupiterapplying · 5.4° orb
VenusoppositionNeptuneapplying · 6.0° orb
MoonoppositionNeptuneapplying · 7.5° orb
JupiterconjunctionSaturnapplying · 7.7° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Michael’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironPisces 6°42′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresTaurus 3°01′ · House 4
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 2°17′ · House 10
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Scorpio 20°49′ · House 10
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 14°13′ · House 7
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres conjunction Venus 0.1°
- Eros opposition Venus 0.7°
- Eros opposition Moon 0.8°
- Chiron opposition Pluto 1.0°
- Ceres conjunction Moon 1.6°
- Hygiea square Uranus 1.6°
- Hygiea square Mars 2.2°
- Hygiea square Ascendant 2.2°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.3°
- Chiron trine Mercury 2.7°
- Ceres trine Pluto 2.7°
Michael’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus12 pts
rules the Moon sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects
2. ☽ Moon7 pts
disposes Mercury; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Michael’s chart
T-square onto Jupiter · Venus, Neptune, JupiterAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Jupiter · Moon, Neptune, JupiterAn 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.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.2°
- Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.5°
- Jupiter quincunx Pluto 1.1°
- Sun semi-square Moon 1.8°
- Mercury semi-square Uranus 2.0°
Michael’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 7 | Jupiter | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 10 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 7 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Taurus, house 4 | Moon, Venus | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Cancer, house 6 | Sun | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Taurus, house 4 | Mercury | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Gemini, house 5 | Mars, Uranus | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Cancer, house 6 | Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Taurus, house 4 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 8 | Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 12 | Saturn | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Also born on June 9
- Johnny Depp1963
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- Jane LynchAmerican actress
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Other Tidal Explorers
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Other Aquarius risings with documented times
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Famous people with Life Path 5
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From the journal: Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained · Your Kua number, and why it splits households
Michael’s cards
Computed from June 9, 1961. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
5 · Explorer☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Michael’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q395274 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Michael J. Fox at Wikipedia, michaeljfox.org, 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 Michael J. Fox.
Quick answers about Michael J. Fox’s chart
- How old is Michael J. Fox?
- Michael J. Fox is 65 years old, born June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Canada.
- What zodiac sign is Michael J. Fox?
- Michael J. Fox is a Gemini: born June 9, 1961, which puts the Sun in Gemini at the documented birth time.
- What is Michael J. Fox's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 9, 1961 birth.
- What time was Michael J. Fox born?
- 00:15 local time in Edmonton, Canada, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Michael J. Fox's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 00:15 birth time in Edmonton, Canada (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Michael J. Fox's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Michael J. Fox's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 6°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Michael J. Fox's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 14°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Michael J. Fox's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Moon sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects). Moon is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
