What zodiac sign was Muhammad Ali?

Muhammad Ali was a Capricorn: born January 17, 1942, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Snake.

What was Muhammad Ali's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 17, 1942 birth.

What time was Muhammad Ali born?

18:35 local time in Louisville, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).

What was Muhammad Ali's rising sign?

Leo rising, calculated from the documented 18:35 birth time in Louisville, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).

How tall was Muhammad Ali?

Muhammad Ali was 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.

What was Muhammad Ali's Life Path number?

Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 17, 1942 birth date.

What was Muhammad Ali's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Leo at 12°, in the first house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 17, 1942 birth time.

Where was Muhammad Ali's Black Moon Lilith?

Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 5°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.

What was Muhammad Ali's dominant planet?

Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon, Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942, Louisville, United States, 18:35; died 2016), was an American boxer. Ali's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, International Boxing Hall of Fame and Associated Press Athlete of the Year.

Muhammad Ali’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Muhammad Ali’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Visionary

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

How common is the name Muhammad in the U.S.?

#239

US rank in 2025

~21,962

Americans share it since 1880

2025

its peak year

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Muhammad’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

7 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia

Crimson · Ivory · Silver

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Muhammad, according to the stars

Core essence

Muhammad is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Muhammad 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, Muhammad 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 Muhammad 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 Muhammad wants to be loved

Muhammad wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Muhammad be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Muhammad creates

How Muhammad makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Muhammad creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Muhammad 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 7 is the seeker. Muhammad is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Muhammad is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Muhammad's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Muhammad sits

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Intimate circleWide network

Muhammad

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

DeliberateSpontaneous

Muhammad

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive

Muhammad

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately

Muhammad

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

PracticalVisionary

Muhammad

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

Muhammad

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

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Dedicate a star to Muhammad Ali

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

Muhammad’s birth-sky starAlgolblue-white · PerseusAlgol, in Perseus. A blue-white star, 84.5° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Algol →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 60.9° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

Read from the sky above Louisville at 18:35, the birth time on Muhammad Ali’s AA-rated record. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Capricorn Sun

Climbs. Then climbs again.

Muhammad Ali's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Metal Snake

Wise, cool, hard to read.

Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.

Life Path 7

Asks the better question.

Muhammad Ali's birth date, January 17, 1942, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Muhammad’s chart

Seven of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Muhammad Ali's timed chart: Moon in the 7th house, Mercury in the 7th house, Venus in the 7th house, Mars in the 10th house, Saturn in the 10th house, Uranus in the 10th house and Pluto in the 1st house.
The tightest major aspect in Muhammad Ali's timed chart is Moon trine Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
Three planets, Moon, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
Muhammad Ali combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Visionary.

Muhammad’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Lines drawn

Conjunction 0°

Sextile 60°

Square 90°

Trine 120°

Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantLeo

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

Aspects, tightest first

MoontrineJupiterseparating · 0.5° orb
Muhammad’s feelings flow straight into their growth.
SuntrineUranusseparating · 0.8° orb
Muhammad’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
VenussquareSaturnseparating · 1.0° orb
Muhammad’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonconjunctionMercuryapplying · 1.1° orb
Muhammad’s feelings and mind act as one.
MercurytrineJupiterseparating · 1.6° orb
Muhammad’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarssquarePlutoapplying · 1.7° orb
Muhammad’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
SuntrineNeptuneapplying · 2.5° orb
Muhammad’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
UranustrineNeptuneseparating · 3.3° orb
Muhammad’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SaturnconjunctionUranusapplying · 4.8° orb
Muhammad’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.
SuntrineSaturnseparating · 5.6° orb
Muhammad’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
SunsquareMarsapplying · 5.8° orb
Muhammad’s core identity grinds against their drive.
VenussquareUranusseparating · 5.8° orb
Muhammad’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 7.2° orb
Muhammad’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunoppositionPlutoapplying · 7.5° orb
Muhammad’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
MoonoppositionPlutoseparating · 7.6° orb
Muhammad’s feelings pull against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire1 of 10
Earth5 of 10
Air4 of 10
Water0 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal1 of 10
Fixed7 of 10
Mutable2 of 10

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

Muhammad’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.

⚷ Chiron ℞Leo 12°29′ · House 1
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Muhammad performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.
⚳ CeresAquarius 7°39′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Muhammad is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosSagittarius 20°15′ · House 5
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Muhammad attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 25°18′ · House 10
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Muhammad is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 5°13′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini is read as the part of Muhammad that says the unsayable and does not take it back.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

Chiron opposition Moon 0.0°
Eros sextile Venus 0.4°
Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 0.4°
Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.5°
Eros trine Ascendant 0.7°
Chiron opposition Mercury 1.0°
Hygiea conjunction Uranus 1.2°
Hygiea trine Sun 2.0°
Ceres opposition Pluto 2.8°

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°).

Muhammad’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

1. ♅ Uranus12 pts
rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon, Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn10.5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun9 pts
rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Pluto; 5 major aspects

A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Muhammad is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.

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 Muhammad’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

Stellium in Aquarius · Moon, 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.
Grand trine · Sun, Uranus, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
T-square onto Mars · Sun, Pluto, MarsAn 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 sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.3°
Venus quintile Mars 0.4°
Saturn quintile Pluto 1.1°
Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.3°

Muhammad’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.

House	Sign	Ruler	Planets	Themes
1	Leo	Sun in Capricorn, house 6	Pluto	self, body, how you arrive
2	Virgo	Mercury in Aquarius, house 7	Neptune	money, possessions, self-worth
3	Libra	Venus in Aquarius, house 7	empty	mind, siblings, the local world
4	Scorpio	Pluto in Leo, house 1	empty	home, family, roots
5	Sagittarius	Jupiter in Gemini, house 11	empty	creativity, romance, play
6	Capricorn	Saturn in Taurus, house 10	Sun	work, habits, health
7	Aquarius	Uranus in Taurus, house 10	Moon, Mercury, Venus	partnership, marriage, open rivals
8	Pisces	Neptune in Virgo, house 2	empty	shared resources, intimacy, transformation
9	Aries	Mars in Taurus, house 10	empty	belief, travel, higher learning
10	Taurus	Venus in Aquarius, house 7	Mars, Saturn, Uranus	career, reputation, public life
11	Gemini	Mercury in Aquarius, house 7	Jupiter	friends, community, the future
12	Cancer	Moon in Aquarius, house 7	empty	the inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Muhammad’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Tower

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The Gilded Visionary

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Hour

乙

yin Wood

酉

Rooster

Metal

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Muhammad’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q36107, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Muhammad Ali at Wikipedia, IMDb, 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 Muhammad Ali’s chart

What zodiac sign was Muhammad Ali?: Muhammad Ali was a Capricorn: born January 17, 1942, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Snake.
What was Muhammad Ali's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 17, 1942 birth.
What time was Muhammad Ali born?: 18:35 local time in Louisville, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What was Muhammad Ali's rising sign?: Leo rising, calculated from the documented 18:35 birth time in Louisville, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
How tall was Muhammad Ali?: Muhammad Ali was 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What was Muhammad Ali's Life Path number?: Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the January 17, 1942 birth date.
What was Muhammad Ali's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Leo at 12°, in the first house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 17, 1942 birth time.
Where was Muhammad Ali's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 5°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Muhammad Ali's dominant planet?: Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon, Mercury, Venus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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Muhammad’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Muhammad, according to the stars

Core essence

The vibe

How Muhammad wants to be loved

How Muhammad creates

Instinct

Purpose

Triggers

Six lines. Tap where you sit on each.

Dedicate a star to Muhammad Ali

Capricorn Sun

Metal Snake

Life Path 7

What stands out in Muhammad’s chart

Muhammad’s birth chart

Aspects, tightest first

Chart signature

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

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Muhammad’s dominant planets

Configurations in Muhammad’s chart

Minor aspects

Muhammad’s houses

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