What zodiac sign was O. J. Simpson?

O. J. Simpson was a Cancer: born July 9, 1947, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Pig.

What was O. J. Simpson's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 9, 1947 birth.

What time was O. J. Simpson born?

08:08 local time in San Francisco, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).

What was O. J. Simpson's rising sign?

Leo rising, calculated from the documented 08:08 birth time in San Francisco, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).

How tall was O. J. Simpson?

O. J. Simpson was 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.

What was O. J. Simpson's Life Path number?

Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the July 9, 1947 birth date.

What was O. J. Simpson's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Scorpio at 2°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 9, 1947 birth time.

Where was O. J. Simpson's Black Moon Lilith?

Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 17°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.

What was O. J. Simpson's dominant planet?

Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson (born Orenthal James Simpson; July 9, 1947, San Francisco, United States, 08:08; died 2024), was an American football player and actor. Simpson played for Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers and USC Trojans football. Simpson's honours include Pro Football Hall of Fame and Associated Press Athlete of the Year.

O. J. Simpson’s zodiac sign was Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Pig, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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O. J. Simpson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Strategist

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

O. J. Simpson’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

1 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Ruby, Pearl, Carnelian

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Hibiscus

Sky blue · Pearl · Scarlet

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What the chart says

O. J. Simpson, according to the stars

Core essence

O. J. Simpson feels the room before entering it. The core of O. J. Simpson is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for O. J. Simpson, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, O. J. Simpson is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What O. J. Simpson needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How O. J. Simpson wants to be loved

O. J. Simpson wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. O. J. Simpson gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How O. J. Simpson creates

How O. J. Simpson makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. O. J. Simpson creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: O. J. Simpson is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. O. J. Simpson is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of O. J. Simpson leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. O. J. Simpson scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from O. J. Simpson's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where O. J. Simpson sits

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Intimate circleWide network

O. J. Simpson

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

DeliberateSpontaneous

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You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately

O. J. Simpson

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

PracticalVisionary

O. J. Simpson

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

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You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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Dedicate a star to O. J. Simpson

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

O. J. Simpson’s birth-sky starAlgolblue-white · PerseusAlgol, in Perseus. A blue-white star, 87° 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, 65.1° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

Read from the sky above San Francisco at 08:08, the birth time on O. J. Simpson’s AA-rated record. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Cancer Sun

Moody, and loyal past reason.

O. J. Simpson's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

O. J. Simpson was born on July 9, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.

Life Path 1

Front of the line, alone.

O. J. Simpson's birth date, July 9, 1947, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in O. J. Simpson’s chart

Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in O. J. Simpson's timed chart: Jupiter in the 4th house, Saturn in the 1st house and Pluto in the 1st house.
The tightest major aspect in O. J. Simpson's timed chart is Moon trine Mercury, with an orb of under 1°.
Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
O. J. Simpson combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Strategist.

O. J. Simpson’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

MoontrineMercuryseparating · 0.9° orb
O. J. Simpson’s feelings flow straight into their mind.
SaturnsextileNeptuneseparating · 0.9° orb
O. J. Simpson’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SuntrineJupiterapplying · 1.2° orb
O. J. Simpson’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
MarstrineNeptuneapplying · 2.1° orb
O. J. Simpson’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MoonsquareUranusseparating · 2.2° orb
O. J. Simpson’s feelings grind against their need for freedom.
MarssextileSaturnapplying · 3.0° orb
O. J. Simpson’s drive opens doors for their discipline.
SaturnconjunctionPlutoapplying · 3.2° orb
O. J. Simpson’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 4.0° orb
O. J. Simpson’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
JupitersquarePlutoapplying · 5.6° orb
O. J. Simpson’s growth grinds against their depths.
MoonsquareVenusapplying · 5.8° orb
O. J. Simpson’s feelings grind against their affections. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
VenussquareNeptuneapplying · 6.8° orb
O. J. Simpson’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercurytrineJupiterapplying · 6.9° orb
O. J. Simpson’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
VenusconjunctionUranusseparating · 7.9° orb
O. J. Simpson’s affections and need for freedom act as one.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire2 of 10
Earth0 of 10
Air3 of 10
Water5 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal4 of 10
Fixed3 of 10
Mutable3 of 10

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

O. J. Simpson’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.

⚷ ChironScorpio 2°22′ · House 4
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has O. J. Simpson carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ CeresTaurus 0°41′ · House 10
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. O. J. Simpson is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 3°42′ · 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 O. J. Simpson attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaGemini 12°57′ · House 11
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 O. J. Simpson needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 17°53′ · House 6
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. O. J. Simpson is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 0.1°
Ceres sextile Venus 0.7°
Hygiea sextile Pluto 0.8°
Chiron trine Venus 1.0°
Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 1.3°
Eros opposition Mars 2.3°

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°).

O. J. Simpson’s dominant planets

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

1. ☽ Moon9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Pisces; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun6 pts
rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Saturn, Pluto; 1 major aspect

A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: O. J. Simpson is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.

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 O. J. Simpson’s chart

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

Stellium in Cancer · Sun, 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.

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.

Jupiter biquintile Uranus 0.3°
Saturn semi-square Uranus 0.6°
Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 1.2°
Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.4°
Mercury quintile Neptune 1.5°
Moon sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.6°
Moon sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.6°

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

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O. J. Simpson’s cards

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The Steadfast Strategist

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Western zodiac

Cancer

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

丑

Earth

you & partnership

Hour

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

O. J. Simpson’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q44473, 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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Quick answers about O. J. Simpson’s chart

What zodiac sign was O. J. Simpson?: O. J. Simpson was a Cancer: born July 9, 1947, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Pig.
What was O. J. Simpson's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 9, 1947 birth.
What time was O. J. Simpson born?: 08:08 local time in San Francisco, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What was O. J. Simpson's rising sign?: Leo rising, calculated from the documented 08:08 birth time in San Francisco, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
How tall was O. J. Simpson?: O. J. Simpson was 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What was O. J. Simpson's Life Path number?: Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the July 9, 1947 birth date.
What was O. J. Simpson's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Scorpio at 2°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 9, 1947 birth time.
Where was O. J. Simpson's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 17°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was O. J. Simpson's dominant planet?: Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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O. J. Simpson’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

O. J. Simpson, according to the stars

Core essence

The vibe

How O. J. Simpson wants to be loved

How O. J. Simpson creates

Instinct

Purpose

Triggers

Six lines. Tap where you sit on each.

Dedicate a star to O. J. Simpson

Cancer Sun

Fire Pig

Life Path 1

What stands out in O. J. Simpson’s chart

O. J. Simpson’s birth chart

Aspects, tightest first

Chart signature

O. J. Simpson’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

O. J. Simpson’s dominant planets

Configurations in O. J. Simpson’s chart

Minor aspects

O. J. Simpson’s houses

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