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Michael Kadoorie

Michael Kadoorie (born July 19, 1941, British Hong Kong, United Kingdom), aged 85, is a Hong Kong-British entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Michael Kadoorie’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Metal Snake, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Michael Kadoorie’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Pioneer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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

Michael ranked 16th among boys and 717th among girls in 1941, the year of this birth, with 15,935 American boys and 97 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Michael’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

6

Soul Urge · being needed

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on M (4) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

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 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia

Sky blue · Pearl · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1941, 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

Michael Kadoorie took the Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong in 2021, at 80.

Institut Le Rosey shaped the training.

On the family side, Michael Kadoorie was born to Muriel Gubbay and Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, married Betty Tamayo and raised 2 children.

Benedict Cumberbatch (1976) and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Institut Le Rosey
Awards
Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong (2021)
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
9

What the chart says

Michael, according to the stars

Core essence

Michael feels the room before entering it. The core of Michael is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Michael, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

How Michael wants to be loved

Michael wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Michael openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Michael creates

How Michael makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Michael creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Michael is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. 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 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. 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 run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Michael

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

PrivateExpressive
Michael

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Michael

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

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.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Michael Kadoorie

Three stars chosen from the real sky above British Hong Kong on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Michael’s birth-night reference starAlpheccablue-white · Corona BorealisAlphecca, in Corona Borealis. A blue-white star, 85° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alphecca →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 39.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

The sky over British Hong Kong that night

Computed for 22.28°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Alphecca stood nearest the zenith over British Hong Kong at 9 p.m. that evening, 85.0° above the horizon in Corona Borealis.

The brightest star above the horizon was Rigil Kentaurus in Centaurus, and 78 catalog stars were up in all.

From 22.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Sun 11° below the horizon, Moon down and 22% lit at waning crescent.

How unusual Michael's chart is

Chart pattern score

32 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · No retrogrades at all · 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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

Michael Kadoorie's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 19, 1941, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Cancer means →

Metal Snake

Wise, cool, hard to read.

Michael Kadoorie was born on July 19, 1941, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 5

Five doors open at once.

Michael Kadoorie's birth date, July 19, 1941, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 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 20° to 2° Taurus or Gemini depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.1° orbMoon fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0.3° orbSun opens doors for Moon · Sextile, 0.4° orbSun opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.6° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.7° orbMoon flows with Neptune · Trine, 1° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 1.8° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.7° orbSun in Cancer · 26°03′☉26°Moon in Taurus · 26°26′☽26°Mercury in Cancer · 7°27′☿7°Venus in Leo · 20°13′♀20°Mars in Aries · 9°13′♂9°Jupiter in Gemini · 11°53′♃11°Saturn in Taurus · 26°08′♄26°Uranus in Taurus · 29°24′♅29°Neptune in Virgo · 25°24′♆25°Pluto in Leo · 3°41′♇3°

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
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

  • stableSunsextileSaturn0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Michael’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMoontrineNeptune0.0° to 7.0° orb

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

  • stableMoonconjunctionSaturn0.1° to 6.2° orb

    Michael’s feelings and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunsextileNeptune0.2° to 1.1° orb

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune0.7° to 0.8° orb

  • stableMercurysquareMars1.7° to 1.8° orb

  • stableMarssextileJupiter2.5° to 2.8° orb

  • stableSunsextileUranus2.9° to 3.8° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionUranus3.2° to 3.3° orb

  • stableUranustrineNeptune4.0° orb

  • stableUranussextilePluto4.3° orb

  • stableVenussquareSaturn5.3° to 6.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 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, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironLeo 3°41′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 26°31′ (moves 0.15° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCancer 18°50′ (moves 0.91° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 27°51′ (moves 0.25° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 14°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron conjunction Pluto 0.0°
  • Ceres square Neptune 1.1°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 1.5°
  • Hygiea conjunction Saturn 1.7°
  • Hygiea sextile Sun 1.8°
  • Hygiea trine Neptune 2.5°

Michael’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☽ Moon7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Venus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars5 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Michael’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 0.8°
  • Mars semi-square Saturn 1.9°

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Michael’s cards

Computed from July 19, 1941. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Pioneer

Western zodiac

Cancer

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

5 · Explorer

☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Michael’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1431215 (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.

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

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

Quick answers about Michael Kadoorie’s chart

How old is Michael Kadoorie?
Michael Kadoorie is 85 years old, born July 19, 1941 in British Hong Kong, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Michael Kadoorie?
Michael Kadoorie is a Cancer: born July 19, 1941, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
What is Michael Kadoorie's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 19, 1941 birth.
What is Michael Kadoorie's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What is Michael Kadoorie's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Leo at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Michael Kadoorie's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Michael Kadoorie's dominant planet?
Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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