What zodiac sign was Naya Rivera?

Naya Rivera was a Capricorn: born January 12, 1987, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Tiger.

What was Naya Rivera's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Tiger, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 12, 1987 birth.

What time was Naya Rivera born?

13:56 local time in Valencia, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).

What was Naya Rivera's rising sign?

Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 13:56 birth time in Valencia, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).

What was Naya Rivera's Life Path number?

Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the January 12, 1987 birth date.

What was Naya Rivera's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Gemini at 16°, in the first house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 12, 1987 birth time.

Where was Naya Rivera's Black Moon Lilith?

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

What was Naya Rivera's dominant planet?

Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Gemini; rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Moon; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

Naya Rivera

Naya Rivera (born January 12, 1987, Valencia, United States, 13:56; died 2020), was an American actress and singer. Rivera is best remembered for Step Up: High Water, The Royal Family and Glee. Rivera's honours include Giffoni Film Festival, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and TV Land Award.

Naya Rivera’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Tiger, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Naya Rivera’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 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

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

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

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US rank in 2025

~6,563

Americans share it since 1880

2021

its peak year

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Naya’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

11 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

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

What the chart says

Naya, according to the stars

Core essence

Naya is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Naya 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, Naya processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Naya needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.

How Naya wants to be loved

Naya wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Naya and watch them fall for you again.

How Naya creates

How Naya makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Naya creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Naya is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Naya 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.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Naya 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 Naya's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Naya sits

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Intimate circleWide network

Naya

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

DeliberateSpontaneous

Naya

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

PrivateExpressive

Naya

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately

Naya

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary

Naya

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

Naya

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

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Naya’s birth-sky starAljanahwarm orange · CygnusAljanah, in Cygnus. A warm orange star, 81° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Aljanah →The warmest lightMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 26.5° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Mirfak →

Read from the sky above Valencia at 13:56, the birth time on Naya Rivera’s AA-rated record. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

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Capricorn Sun

Ambition wearing a plain coat.

Naya Rivera'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.

Fire Tiger

Big heart, short fuse.

Naya Rivera was born on January 12, 1987, which falls in a Fire Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.

Life Path 11

Receives more than it reasons.

Naya Rivera's birth date, January 12, 1987, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Naya’s chart

Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Naya Rivera's timed chart: Moon in the 1st house, Venus in the 7th house, Jupiter in the 10th house, Saturn in the 7th house and Uranus in the 7th house.
The tightest major aspect in Naya Rivera's timed chart is Sun conjunction Mercury, with an orb of under 1°.
Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Capricorn, which astrologers call a stellium.
Naya Rivera 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.

Naya’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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AscendantGemini

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

Aspects, tightest first

SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 0.1° orb
Naya’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
VenustrineMarsseparating · 2.3° orb
Naya’s affections flow straight into their drive.
SunsextileJupiterseparating · 2.6° orb
Naya’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
MercurysextileJupiterseparating · 2.8° orb
Naya’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
JupitersquareSaturnseparating · 2.9° orb
Naya’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MarssquareNeptuneapplying · 3.1° orb
Naya’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 3.6° orb
Naya’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonoppositionUranusseparating · 4.1° orb
Naya’s feelings pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
MoonsquareMarsapplying · 4.7° orb
Naya’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
JupitersquareUranusapplying · 4.7° orb
Naya’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SaturnconjunctionUranusapplying · 7.6° orb
Naya’s discipline and need for freedom act as one.
MoonoppositionNeptuneapplying · 7.8° orb
Naya’s feelings pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire4 of 10
Earth3 of 10
Air1 of 10
Water2 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal4 of 10
Fixed1 of 10
Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

Naya’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 ℞Gemini 16°46′ · House 1
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Naya turning that into a careful, exact way with words.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 9°50′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Naya is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosPisces 18°22′ · House 10
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. Naya is read as easily moved and hard to pin.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 20°52′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Naya needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 5°41′ · House 2
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Naya guarding a private self that family did not get to name.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

Chiron opposition Saturn 0.1°
Ceres opposition Ascendant 0.1°
Black Moon Lilith opposition Neptune 0.4°
Eros conjunction Jupiter 1.2°
Hygiea square Jupiter 1.3°
Eros square Saturn 1.7°
Black Moon Lilith square Mars 2.6°
Chiron square Jupiter 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°).

Naya’s dominant planets

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

1. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Gemini; rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Moon; 2 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter9 pts
disposes Venus, Saturn, Uranus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Naya is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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 Naya’s chart

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

Stellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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.
T-square onto Mars · Moon, Neptune, 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.

Uranus semi-square Pluto 0.4°
Sun quintile Pluto 0.5°
Mercury quintile Pluto 0.6°
Mars biquintile Pluto 0.6°
Venus semi-sextile Neptune 0.8°
Sun quintile Mars 1.1°
Mercury quintile Mars 1.2°
Jupiter quintile Neptune 1.4°
Sun semi-square Venus 1.8°
Mercury semi-square Venus 1.9°
Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 2.0°

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

Naya’s family here

One relative of Naya Rivera also has a chart on AsterNym.

Ryan Dorseyformer spouse

Born the same day as Naya

Deena Nicole Cortese was born on January 12, 1987 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.

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Naya’s cards

Every card is computed from January 12, 1987, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The High Priestess

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Visionary

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丙

yang Fire

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

乙

yin Wood

未

Goat

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Naya’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q229364, 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.

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The same Naya Rivera at Wikipedia, nayarivera.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube 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 Naya Rivera’s chart

What zodiac sign was Naya Rivera?: Naya Rivera was a Capricorn: born January 12, 1987, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Tiger.
What was Naya Rivera's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Tiger, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 12, 1987 birth.
What time was Naya Rivera born?: 13:56 local time in Valencia, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What was Naya Rivera's rising sign?: Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 13:56 birth time in Valencia, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What was Naya Rivera's Life Path number?: Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the January 12, 1987 birth date.
What was Naya Rivera's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Gemini at 16°, in the first house. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 12, 1987 birth time.
Where was Naya Rivera's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 5°, in the second house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Naya Rivera's dominant planet?: Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Gemini; rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Moon; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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Naya, according to the stars

Core essence

The vibe

How Naya wants to be loved

How Naya creates

Instinct

Purpose

Triggers

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Dedicate a star to Naya Rivera

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Capricorn Sun

Fire Tiger

Life Path 11

What stands out in Naya’s chart

Naya’s birth chart

Aspects, tightest first

Chart signature

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

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Naya’s dominant planets

Configurations in Naya’s chart

Minor aspects

Naya’s houses

Naya’s family here

Born the same day as Naya

More people like Naya

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Born in United States

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