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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, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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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

US Social Security Administration public records

Michael’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

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

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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, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Michael sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Michael

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Michael

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Michael

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Michael

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

PracticalVisionary
Michael

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Michael

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

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Michael J. Fox at a glance

Gemini Sun

Four conversations, one person.

Michael J. Fox's Sun was in Gemini at the documented birth time. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.

Metal Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Michael J. Fox was born on June 9, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

Life Path 5

Change finds them anyway.

Michael J. Fox's birth date, June 9, 1961, 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

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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 0.4° orbMercury flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.4° orbMoon fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.5° orbJupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.1° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.3° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.3° orbMercury opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.7° orbSun in Gemini · 18°12′ · house 5☉18°Moon in Taurus · 1°27′ · house 4☽1°Mercury in Cancer · 9°21′ · house 6☿9°Venus in Taurus · 2°58′ · house 4♀2°Mars in Leo · 18°37′ · house 7♂18°Jupiter in Aquarius · 6°49′ · house 1 · retrograde♃℞6°Saturn in Capricorn · 29°07′ · house 12 · retrograde♄℞29°Uranus in Leo · 22°23′ · house 7♅22°Neptune in Scorpio · 8°58′ · house 10 · retrograde♆℞8°Pluto in Virgo · 5°40′ · house 8♇5°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCAqr 18°34′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCLeo 18°34′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCSgr 14°01′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICGem 14°01′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
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AscendantAquarius
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

    Michael’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • MoonsquareSaturnseparating · 2.3° orb

    Michael’s feelings grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • VenustrinePlutoapplying · 2.7° orb

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

  • NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 3.3° orb

    Michael’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • MercurysextilePlutoseparating · 3.7° orb

    Michael’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • VenussquareSaturnseparating · 3.8° orb

    Michael’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • MarsconjunctionUranusapplying · 3.8° orb

    Michael’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • VenussquareJupiterapplying · 3.9° orb

    Michael’s affections grind against their growth.

  • SunsextileUranusapplying · 4.2° orb

    Michael’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • MoontrinePlutoapplying · 4.2° orb

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

  • MoonsquareJupiterapplying · 5.4° orb

    Michael’s feelings grind against their growth.

  • VenusoppositionNeptuneapplying · 6.0° orb

    Michael’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • MoonoppositionNeptuneapplying · 7.5° orb

    Michael’s feelings pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • JupiterconjunctionSaturnapplying · 7.7° orb

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

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

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.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 6°42′ · House 2

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Michael absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 3°01′ · House 4

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

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Michael is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 2°17′ · House 10

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

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Michael is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Scorpio 20°49′ · House 10

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

    Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Michael carrying stress in the body until it is named.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 14°13′ · House 7

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Michael is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

  • 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°

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, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

  1. 1. ♀ Venus12 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ☽ Moon7 pts

    disposes Mercury; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Michael is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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.

  • t square, the shape it makesT-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, the shape it makesT-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 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.

  • 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

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1AquariusUranus in Leo, house 7Jupiterself, body, how you arrive
2PiscesNeptune in Scorpio, house 10emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3AriesMars in Leo, house 7emptymind, siblings, the local world
4TaurusVenus in Taurus, house 4Moon, Venushome, family, roots
5GeminiMercury in Cancer, house 6Suncreativity, romance, play
6CancerMoon in Taurus, house 4Mercurywork, habits, health
7LeoSun in Gemini, house 5Mars, Uranuspartnership, marriage, open rivals
8VirgoMercury in Cancer, house 6Plutoshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9LibraVenus in Taurus, house 4emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10ScorpioPluto in Virgo, house 8Neptunecareer, reputation, public life
11SagittariusJupiter in Aquarius, house 1emptyfriends, community, the future
12CapricornSaturn in Capricorn, house 12Saturnthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Michael’s cards

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The Hierophant

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The Tidal Explorer

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Western zodiac

Gemini

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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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 data comes from

Michael’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q395274, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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.

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. 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.

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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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox.
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 from the June 9, 1961 birth date.
What is Michael J. Fox's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 6°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 9, 1961 birth time.
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.

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