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Nathan Chen

Nathan Chen (born May 5, 1999, Salt Lake City, United States), aged 27, is an American figure skater (born 1999). Chen's honours include Time 100.

Nathan Chen’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rabbit, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Nathan Chen’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Lightkeeper

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#63

US rank in 2025

~589,271

Americans share it since 1880

2004

its peak year

In 1999, 12,538 American boys and 19 girls were registered Nathan — 32nd among boys and 5,590th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Nathan’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

7

Soul Urge · understanding

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on N (5) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Nathan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

11 · 3 · 4 · 6

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia

Ivory · Blush · Terracotta

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1999, 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 Nathan apart

The Time 100 came in 2022, when Nathan Chen was 23.

Study took Nathan Chen to West High School and Rim of the World High School.

On Wikipedia the categories read Rim of the World High School alumni, Figure skaters from Salt Lake City and Goucher College alumni.

Justin Kluivert shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
West High School, Rim of the World High School and Yale University
Awards
Time 100 (2022)
Sport
figure skating
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English and American English
Wikipedia editions
31

What the chart says

Nathan, according to the stars

Core essence

Nathan is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Nathan is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

The vibe

Underneath, Nathan is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Nathan needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Nathan wants to be loved

Nathan wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Nathan like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Nathan creates

How Nathan makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Nathan creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Nathan is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Nathan is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Computed from Nathan's birth date. Working below.

Where Nathan sits

Six lines

Nathan’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Nathan

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Nathan

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

PrivateExpressive
Nathan

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Nathan

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Nathan

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Nathan

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Nathan Chen

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City that night

Computed for 40.75°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Salt Lake City at 9 p.m. that evening: Tania Australis of Ursa Major, within 1.1° of the exact zenith.

Of the 104 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Salt Lake City sits at 40.8°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −49.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Salt Lake City on any night.

The Moon, 75% lit at waning gibbous, had already set; the Sun sat 6° below the horizon.

How unusual Nathan's chart is

Chart pattern score

49 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

T-square onto Neptune · 1 unaspected planet · 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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Nathan Chen in 15 seconds

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Nathan Chen's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 5, 1999, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Earth Rabbit

Quiet luck follows.

Nathan Chen was born on May 5, 1999, which falls in a Earth Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 11

Bright signal, thin skin.

Nathan Chen's birth date, May 5, 1999, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 11 means →

What stands out in Nathan’s chart

Nathan’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 16° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.9° orbMercury opens doors for Venus · Sextile, 2.1° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.6° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 3.1° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 3.3° orbSaturn grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.4° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 3.9° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.3° orbSun in Taurus · 14°48′☉14°Moon in Capricorn · 10°53′☽10°Mercury in Aries · 24°35′☿24°Venus in Gemini · 26°43′♀26°Mars in Scorpio · 0°03′ · retrograde♂℞0°Jupiter in Aries · 19°17′♃19°Saturn in Taurus · 7°49′♄7°Uranus in Aquarius · 16°41′♅16°Neptune in Aquarius · 4°22′♆4°Pluto in Sagittarius · 9°47′ · retrograde♇℞9°

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

  • stableSunsquareUranus1.4° to 2.4° orb

    Nathan’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableMercurysextileVenus1.8° to 2.4° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextileUranus2.5° to 2.7° orb

    Nathan’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableVenustrineMars2.6° to 4.1° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareNeptune3.4° to 3.5° orb

  • stableMarssquareNeptune4.1° to 4.5° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionMars4.5° to 6.5° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter4.6° to 6.0° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn6.6° to 7.4° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionSaturn7.5° to 8.0° orb

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.0° to 9.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.1° to 9.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth3 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.

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

What these five are read as, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 1°55′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 26°52′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus or Aries during this date

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 22°03′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 26°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres conjunction Venus 0.2°
  • Eros opposition Mars 0.2°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 2.3°
  • Chiron sextile Neptune 2.4°
  • Hygiea trine Mercury 2.5°
  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 2.8°

Nathan’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars6 pts

    disposes Mercury, Jupiter; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus5 pts

    in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Neptune; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Nathan’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Neptune · Mars, Saturn, NeptuneAn 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.

  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.2°
  • Saturn quincunx Pluto 2.0°

Born the same day as Nathan

Justin Kluivert was born on May 5, 1999 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. Salt Lake City sits at 40.8°N, far enough north that Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never clear the horizon. Same sky, different lives.

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Nathan’s cards

Computed from May 5, 1999. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Justice

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Nathan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6968975 (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.

Portrait by David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Nathan Chen at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram and X.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Nathan Chen.

Quick answers about Nathan Chen’s chart

How old is Nathan Chen?
Nathan Chen is 27 years old, born May 5, 1999 in Salt Lake City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Nathan Chen?
Nathan Chen is a Taurus: born May 5, 1999, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Nathan Chen's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 5, 1999 birth.
How tall is Nathan Chen?
Nathan Chen is 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Nathan Chen's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is Nathan Chen's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Nathan Chen's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Nathan Chen's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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