Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954, Kosciusko, United States, 04:30), aged 72, is an American talk show host, actress, producer, and author. Winfrey is best known for Charlotte's Web, The Princess and the Frog and The Butler. Winfrey's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Bob Hope Humanitarian Award and National Women's Hall of Fame.
Oprah Winfrey’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Water Snake, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Snake, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Oprah
Oprah Winfrey’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Architect
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
What Oprah’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Orpah Gail Winfrey, not the name they published under.
7
Expression · depth and research
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
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Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on O (6) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Oprah’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 8 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus
Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1953, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Oprah apart
Olga Tokarczuk (1962) and Abdus Salam (1926) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Oprah, according to the stars
Core essence
Oprah is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Oprah is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Oprah is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Oprah needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
How Oprah wants to be loved
Oprah 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 Oprah be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Oprah creates
How Oprah makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Oprah creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Oprah 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Oprah is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Oprah 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 Oprah's birth date. Working below.
Where Oprah sits
Six lines
Oprah’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Oprah Winfrey
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Kosciusko on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Kosciusko at 04:30, Oprah Winfrey’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Kosciusko that night
Computed for 33.06°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Kosciusko at the birth hour: Cor Caroli of Canes Venatici, within 5.9° of the exact zenith.
Of the 85 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Kosciusko sits at 33.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −56.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Kosciusko on any night.
Sun 30° below the horizon, Moon up and 29% lit at waning crescent.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Orpah Gail Winfrey
- Known as
- Oprah Winfrey
- Born in
- Kosciusko, United States
- Lives in
- Montecito
Wikidata records Montecito as Oprah Winfrey's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Oprah's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
No major star sits in the Life Palace, which the tradition calls 空宮, an empty palace. The branch is 亥.
Bureau 水二局 · Body Palace in Career
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Generator, profile 2/4
Emotional authority · Triple Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
53 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aquarius · T-square onto Mars · No Earth planets
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 →Oprah Winfrey at a glance
Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunWeird on purpose, never sorry.
Oprah Winfrey's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time.
What Aquarius means →Water Snake
Water SnakeWatches. Waits. Then precisely.
Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Snake means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Oprah Winfrey's birth date, January 29, 1954, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Oprah’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Oprah Winfrey's timed chart: Moon in the 1st house and Jupiter in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Oprah Winfrey's timed chart is Sun conjunction Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Oprah Winfrey combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Architect.
Oprah’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunconjunctionVenusapplying · 0.1° orb
Oprah’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SunsquareSaturnapplying · 0.1° orb
Oprah’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussquareSaturnapplying · 0.2° orb
Oprah’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MarssquarePlutoapplying · 0.6° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.9° orb
MercurytrineJupiterseparating · 2.5° orb
MarstrineUranusseparating · 3.3° orb
MoonsextileVenusapplying · 4.3° orb
MercurysquareMarsapplying · 4.4° orb
SunsextileMoonapplying · 4.5° orb
MercuryoppositionPlutoapplying · 5.0° orb
UranussquareNeptuneseparating · 5.7° orb
MercurytrineNeptuneapplying · 6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Oprah’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironCapricorn 23°36′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresLibra 12°47′ · House 11
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 13°10′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 21°08′ · House 8
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 14°46′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron sextile Mars 0.0°
- Hygiea conjunction Uranus 0.8°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 1.9°
- Chiron square Neptune 2.5°
- Hygiea trine Mars 2.5°
Oprah’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Sagittarius; rules the Ascendant, Sagittarius; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect
2. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon5 pts
disposes Uranus; angular in the first house; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Oprah’s chart
Stellium in Aquarius · 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.
T-square onto Mars · Mercury, 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Moon sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.8°
- Mercury quincunx Uranus 1.2°
Oprah’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Gemini, house 7 | Moon | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Capricorn | Saturn in Scorpio, house 12 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 8 | Sun, Mercury, Venus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 11 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aries | Mars in Scorpio, house 12 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Taurus | Venus in Aquarius, house 3 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 3 | Jupiter | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Cancer | Moon in Sagittarius, house 1 | Uranus | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 3 | Pluto | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 3 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Libra | Venus in Aquarius, house 3 | Neptune | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 9 | Mars, Saturn | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Born in United States
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More charts like Oprah’s
Fellow Aquarius suns
- Natalie DormerEnglish actress
- Geena DavisAmerican actress (born 1956)
- Neil DiamondAmerican recording artist; singer-songwriter
Born in Snake years
- Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist
- Herta MüllerGerman-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist
- Dag HammarskjöldSwedish diplomat, economist, and author
Also born on January 29
- Olga Tokarczuk1962
- Abdus Salam1926
- Germaine Greer1939
- Romário1966
- Rafael Grossi1961
- Lewis Pullman1993
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Pete SeegerAmerican folk singer
- Marion WilliamsAmerican gospel singer
- StingBritish musician (born 1951)
Other Aquarius Snake charts
- Jane Gentry VanceAmerican poet and college professor from Kentucky
- Philip José FarmerAmerican writer
- David J. EagleAmerican television director
- Terry BissonAmerican science fiction and fantasy author
Other Evergreen Architects
- Alia BhattBritish actress
- Lisa MurkowskiUnited States Senator from Alaska since 2002
- Nancy MaceAmerican politician (born 1977)
- Dianna AgronAmerican actress
Other Sagittarius risings with documented times
- Ian McKellenBritish actor
- Max VerstappenDutch and Belgian racing driver
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAmerican politician
- Mark RuffaloAmerican actor
Famous people with Life Path 4
- Zaire BarnesAmerican football linebcaker
- Theo JohnsonCanadian player of American football
- Taliese FuagaAmerican football player
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Oprah’s cards
Computed from January 29, 1954. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen ArchitectWestern zodiac
AquariusChinese zodiac
Snake 巳Life Path
4 · Architect♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Oprah’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q55800 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Oprah Winfrey.
Quick answers about Oprah Winfrey’s chart
- How old is Oprah Winfrey?
- Oprah Winfrey is 72 years old, born January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Oprah Winfrey?
- Oprah Winfrey is an Aquarius: born January 29, 1954, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time.
- What is Oprah Winfrey's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 29, 1954 birth.
- What time was Oprah Winfrey born?
- 04:30 local time in Kosciusko, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Oprah Winfrey's rising sign?
- Sagittarius rising, calculated from the documented 04:30 birth time in Kosciusko, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Oprah Winfrey's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Oprah Winfrey's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 23°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Oprah Winfrey's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 14°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Oprah Winfrey's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Sagittarius; rules the Ascendant, Sagittarius; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect). Uranus is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
