Mike Luckovich
Mike Luckovich (born January 28, 1960, Seattle, United States), aged 66, is an American editorial cartoonist. Luckovich's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, Reuben Award and Silver Reuben Award.
Mike Luckovich’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rat, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rat, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Mike
Mike Luckovich’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Lightkeeper
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Mike in the U.S.?
#1234
US rank in 2025
~206,523
Americans share it since 1880
1960
its peak year
The SSA recorded 12,045 American boys and 24 girls named Mike in 1960: 36th among boys and 2,488th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Mike’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
5
Soul Urge · freedom
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on M (4) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Mike’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌻 Zinnia
Crimson · Ivory · Terracotta
The record
What sets Mike apart
Elijah Wood (1981) and Carlos Slim (1940) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Mike, according to the stars
Core essence
Mike is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Mike is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Mike needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Mike needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Mike wants to be loved
Mike 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 Mike you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Mike creates
How Mike makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Mike creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Mike is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Mike is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Mike does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Mike's birth date. Working below.
Where Mike sits
Six lines
Mike’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 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 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 night
Dedicate a star to Mike Luckovich
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Seattle on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Seattle that night
Computed for 47.60°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Seattle at 9 p.m. that evening: Capella of Auriga, within 2.0° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 106 catalog stars were up in all.
Seattle sits at 47.6°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.
Nothing below −42.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Seattle on any night.
Sun 39° below the horizon, Moon down and 1% lit at new moon.
How unusual Mike's chart is
Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
A bowl chart
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.
Score your own chart →Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunCares about everyone, needs space.
Mike Luckovich's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 28, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aquarius means →Earth Rat
Earth RatQuick, clever, never stuck.
Mike Luckovich was born on January 28, 1960, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Mike Luckovich's birth date, January 28, 1960, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Mike’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Mike Luckovich's date-only chart is Mercury square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Mars and Saturn, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Mike Luckovich combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Lightkeeper.
Mike’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 22° Aquarius depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMercurysquareNeptune0.0° to 1.2° orb
Mike’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableSunsquareNeptune0.7° to 1.7° orb
Mike’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSunconjunctionMercury1.2° to 1.9° orb
Mike’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarssextileNeptune1.4° to 2.1° orb
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn1.5° to 2.1° orb
stableVenustrinePluto2.9° to 4.2° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune3.5° to 3.6° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.5° to 3.6° orb
stableMarstrinePluto4.9° to 5.7° orb
stableJupitertrineUranus4.9° to 5.1° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter7.0° to 8.0° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 0.1° to 12.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Mike’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 26°08′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCapricorn 20°28′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 2°24′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 26°42′ (moves 0.18° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 18°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 0.7°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.6°
- Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.2°
Mike’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn7.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
3. ♆ Neptune5 pts
5 major aspects
Configurations in Mike’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.
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.1°
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.4°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.8°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.4°
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.6°
- Sun quincunx Pluto 2.4°
More people like Mike
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- Tony Auth1942
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- Fred L. Packer1886
- Jay Norwood Darling1876
- Clifford K. Berryman1869
Born in United States
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More charts like Mike’s
Fellow Aquarius suns
- Daphne OzAmerican writer and television personality
- Jake PavelkaAmerican pilot who appeared on four reality TV programs
- Ana Ortizactress
Born in Rat years
- Tytus HowardAmerican football player
- Quincy WilliamsAmerican football player
- Andrew WingardAmerican football safety
Also born on January 28
- Elijah Wood1981
- Carlos Slim1940
- Will Poulter1993
- J. Cole1985
- Maluma1994
- Ariel Winter1998
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- David KertzerAmerican historian and anthropologist
- Karl ShapiroAmerican poet and essayist
- Bill DedmanAmerican journalist
Other Aquarius Rat charts
- Kō ItakuraJapanese footballer (born 1997)
- Djibril SowSwiss association football player
- Tsuyoshi WatanabeJapanese association football player
- Jonah JacksonAmerican football player (born 1997)
Other Evergreen Lightkeepers
- Shirley MacLaineAmerican actress
- Robbie WilliamsBritish singer
- Bad BunnyPuerto Rican rapper, singer, and record producer
- Dua LipaBritish singer-songwriter
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Caitlin ClarkAmerican basketball player
- Thomas LiptonBritish tea merchant and yacht racer
- Liu WenChinese model
From the journal: Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time · What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated
Mike’s cards
Computed from January 28, 1960. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HermitAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen LightkeeperWestern zodiac
AquariusChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
9 · Healer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Mike’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1933294 (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 Mike Luckovich at Wikipedia and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Mike Luckovich.
Quick answers about Mike Luckovich’s chart
- How old is Mike Luckovich?
- Mike Luckovich is 66 years old, born January 28, 1960 in Seattle, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Mike Luckovich?
- Mike Luckovich is an Aquarius: born January 28, 1960, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Mike Luckovich's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 28, 1960 birth.
- What is Mike Luckovich's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Mike Luckovich's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Mike Luckovich's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Mike Luckovich's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7.5 points: traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Venus, Mars; 2 major aspects). Uranus is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
