Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon (born Nicholas Scott Cannon; October 8, 1980, San Diego, United States, 20:49), aged 46, is an American rapper, actor, and comedian. Best-known releases include Nick Cannon. Cannon's honours include Trophée Chopard.
Nick Cannon’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Metal Monkey, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Monkey, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Nick
Nick Cannon’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Visionary
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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Nick in the U.S.?
#1447
US rank in 2025
~50,589
Americans share it since 1880
1960
its peak year
In 1980, 317 American boys were registered Nick — 472nd on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Nick’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Nicholas Scott Cannon, not the name they published under.
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Expression · expression and voice
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Soul Urge · closeness
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Personality · self-directed
The name opens on N (5) and closes on S (1).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Nick’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia
Amber · Blush · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1980, 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 Nick apart
Nick Cannon was taught at Monte Vista High School and Santa Monica College.
Nick Cannon was 18 when the work began in 1998.
The family line: raised 3 children.
On Wikipedia the categories read African-American television directors and American reality competition show hosts.
The Miz 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
- Monte Vista High School, Santa Monica College and Howard University
- Instruments
- voice
- Working from
- 1998
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 34
What the chart says
Nick, according to the stars
Core essence
Nick makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Nick is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Nick cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Nick needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Nick wants to be loved
Nick wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Nick and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Nick creates
How Nick makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Nick builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Nick is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Nick 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Nick runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Nick's birth date. Working below.
Where Nick sits
Six lines
Nick’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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.
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All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
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Read from the sky above San Diego at 20:49, Nick Cannon’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over San Diego that night
Computed for 32.72°N, at the documented birth time.
Aljanah stood nearest the zenith over San Diego at the birth hour, 84.3° above the horizon in Cygnus.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 90 catalog stars above the horizon.
San Diego sits at 32.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −57.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from San Diego on any night.
The Moon, 0% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 31° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Nicholas Scott Cannon
- Known as
- Nick Cannon
- Born in
- San Diego, United States
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Nick's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Enforcer 廉貞, The Charmer 貪狼 in 亥
Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Wealth
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
84 / 100 · Rare
4-planet stellium in Libra · A bundled chart · Born on the New Moon
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.
Score your own chart →Nick Cannon at a glance
Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
Nick Cannon's Sun was in Libra at the documented birth time.
What Libra means →Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyWit is the tool.
Nick Cannon was born on October 8, 1980, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Monkey means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Endings come naturally.
Nick Cannon's birth date, October 8, 1980, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Nick’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Nick Cannon's timed chart: Venus in the 4th house, Jupiter in the 4th house and Neptune in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Nick Cannon's timed chart is Sun conjunction Moon, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Moon, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Nick Cannon combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Visionary.
Nick’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.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunconjunctionMoonseparating · 0.4° orb
Nick’s core identity and feelings act as one.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.2° orb
Nick’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarssextileJupiterseparating · 1.5° orb
Nick’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
JupitersextileUranusseparating · 2.8° orb
MoonsextileNeptuneapplying · 3.8° orb
SunsextileNeptuneapplying · 4.3° orb
MarsconjunctionUranusseparating · 4.3° orb
MarssextileSaturnapplying · 4.4° orb
MoonconjunctionPlutoapplying · 5.0° orb
SunconjunctionPlutoapplying · 5.5° orb
JupiterconjunctionSaturnapplying · 5.9° orb
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 6.0° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Nick’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 17°14′ · House 12
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCancer 20°43′ · House 2
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 9°29′ · House 6
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 5°31′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 20°56′ · House 5
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 0.6°
- Ceres square Pluto 0.7°
- Hygiea square Venus 0.7°
- Hygiea conjunction Ascendant 1.3°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 1.5°
- Ceres trine Uranus 2.8°
Nick’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Moon, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the fourth house
2. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
disposes Neptune; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Mercury, Mars, Uranus; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Nick’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Moon, Saturn, PlutoThree 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.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury semi-square Jupiter 0.3°
- Venus semi-square Pluto 1.6°
Nick’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
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| 1 | Gemini | Mercury in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Cancer | Moon in Libra, house 5 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Leo | Sun in Libra, house 5 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Virgo | Mercury in Scorpio, house 6 | Venus, Jupiter | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Libra | Venus in Virgo, house 4 | Sun, Moon, Saturn, Pluto | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 5 | Mercury, Mars, Uranus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Virgo, house 4 | Neptune | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Capricorn | Saturn in Libra, house 5 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 7 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aries | Mars in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Taurus | Venus in Virgo, house 4 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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One relative of Nick Cannon also has a chart on AsterNym.
Born the same day as Nick
The Miz was born on October 8, 1980 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from San Diego, at 32.7°N, nothing below −57.3° declination ever rises, which keeps Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of sight. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: Your Kua number, and why it splits households · Do twins have the same birth chart?
Nick’s cards
Computed from October 8, 1980. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HermitAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Monkey 申Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Nick’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q348533 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Nick Cannon at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Nick Cannon.
Quick answers about Nick Cannon’s chart
- How old is Nick Cannon?
- Nick Cannon is 46 years old, born October 8, 1980 in San Diego, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Nick Cannon?
- Nick Cannon is a Libra: born October 8, 1980, which puts the Sun in Libra at the documented birth time.
- What is Nick Cannon's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 8, 1980 birth.
- What time was Nick Cannon born?
- 20:49 local time in San Diego, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Nick Cannon's rising sign?
- Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 20:49 birth time in San Diego, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Nick Cannon?
- Nick Cannon is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Nick Cannon's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Nick Cannon's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 17°, in the twelfth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Nick Cannon's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 20°, in the fifth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Nick Cannon's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Moon, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the fourth house). Jupiter is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
