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Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi (born September 1, 1970, Chennai, India), aged 56, is an Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer.

Padma Lakshmi’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Padma Lakshmi’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Seeker

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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

Padma’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia

Lavender · Lilac · Silver

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

The record

What sets Padma apart

Gloria Estefan (1957) and Jungkook (1997) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Padma, according to the stars

Core essence

Padma notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Padma is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

The vibe

Underneath, Padma is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Padma needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.

How Padma wants to be loved

Padma wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Padma gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Padma creates

How Padma 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. Padma 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: Padma is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Padma 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: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Padma fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

Computed from Padma's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Padma sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Padma

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Padma

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

PrivateExpressive
Padma

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Padma

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

PracticalVisionary
Padma

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Padma

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Padma Lakshmi

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

Padma’s birth-night reference starTarazedwarm orange · AquilaTarazed, in Aquila. A warm orange star, 86.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tarazed →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 30.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Padma Lakshmi in 15 seconds

Virgo Sun

Helps by correcting.

Padma Lakshmi's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 1, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.

Metal Dog

Fair, direct, dependable.

Padma Lakshmi was born on September 1, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.

Life Path 9

Wide view, open hands.

Padma Lakshmi's birth date, September 1, 1970, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Padma’s chart

Padma’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Padma Lakshmi, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 18° Virgo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.4° orbMars grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.5° orbMercury fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.7° orbSun fuses with Moon · Conjunction, 3.8° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3.8° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 3.9° orbVenus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 4.2° orbSun in Virgo · 8°25′☉8°Moon in Virgo · 12°14′☽12°Mercury in Virgo · 27°49′ · retrograde☿℞27°Venus in Libra · 24°31′♀24°Mars in Leo · 28°46′♂28°Jupiter in Scorpio · 2°31′♃2°Saturn in Taurus · 22°37′♄22°Uranus in Libra · 7°15′♅7°Neptune in Scorpio · 28°15′♆28°Pluto in Virgo · 26°31′♇26°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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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

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableMarssquareNeptune0.2° to 0.8° orb

    Padma’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune0.3° to 0.5° orb

    Padma’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionPluto1.2° to 1.4° orb

    Padma’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° orb

    Padma’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter3.5° to 4.0° orb

    Padma’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSaturntrinePluto3.9° orb

    Padma’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussextileMars4.1° to 4.4° orb

    Padma’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn5.1° to 5.3° orb

    Padma’s mind flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableSaturnoppositionNeptune5.6° orb

    Padma’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn5.8° to 6.5° orb

    Padma’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • possibleSunconjunctionMoonorb from 0.0° to 9.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 3.9° to 15.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

Padma’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 9°22′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Padma may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 7°50′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

    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. Padma is read as someone who shows care by providing.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 1°38′ (moves 0.15° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Padma is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 28°01′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Padma is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 29°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Padma is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Hygiea sextile Mercury 0.2°
  • Hygiea trine Neptune 0.2°
  • Ceres trine Sun 0.6°
  • Eros sextile Jupiter 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 1.0°
  • Hygiea sextile Pluto 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.5°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.8°
  • Eros trine Mars 2.9°

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°).

Padma’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    in its own sign, Libra; disposes Saturn, Uranus; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Padma 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 Padma’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mars · Saturn, 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. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.4°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
  • Sun semi-sextile Uranus 1.2°
  • Venus quincunx Saturn 1.9°
  • Venus semi-sextile Pluto 2.0°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Padma Lakshmi, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Padma’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Moon

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The Evergreen Seeker

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Western zodiac

Virgo

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Padma Lakshmi, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Padma’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q464835, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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.

Portrait by This photograph was taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III by U.S. Embassy New Delhi. This image was created with Adobe Photoshop by u:Gpkp., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Padma Lakshmi.

Quick answers about Padma Lakshmi’s chart

How old is Padma Lakshmi?
Padma Lakshmi is 56 years old, born September 1, 1970 in Chennai, India.
What zodiac sign is Padma Lakshmi?
Padma Lakshmi is a Virgo: born September 1, 1970, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog.
What is Padma Lakshmi's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 1, 1970 birth.
What time was Padma Lakshmi born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
How tall is Padma Lakshmi?
Padma Lakshmi is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Padma Lakshmi's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the September 1, 1970 birth date.
What is Padma Lakshmi's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 1, 1970 birth date.
Where is Padma Lakshmi's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Padma Lakshmi's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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