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Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon (born June 20, 1951, Portadown, United Kingdom), aged 75, is an Irish poet (born 1951). Muldoon's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, T. S. Eliot Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.

Paul Muldoon’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rabbit, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Paul Muldoon’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Healer

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#262

US rank in 2025

~1,404,135

Americans share it since 1880

1957

its peak year

In 1951, 22,853 American boys and 50 girls were registered Paul — 18th among boys and 1,327th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Paul’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

1

Soul Urge · independence

8

Personality · capable, in charge

The name opens on P (7) and closes on L (3). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Paul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Magnolia

Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Paul apart

Nicole Kidman (1967) and Behzinga (1995) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Paul, according to the stars

Core essence

Paul is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Paul needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Paul is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Paul needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Paul wants to be loved

Paul wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Paul openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Paul creates

How Paul makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Paul 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: Paul is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Paul is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

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

Computed from Paul's birth date. Working below.

Where Paul sits

Six lines

Paul’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Paul

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Paul

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

PrivateExpressive
Paul

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Paul

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

PracticalVisionary
Paul

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Paul

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

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

Paul’s birth-night reference starMizarwhite · Ursa MajorMizar, in Ursa Major. A white star, 89° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Mizar →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 21.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Portadown that night

Computed for 54.42°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Portadown at 9 p.m. that evening: Mizar of Ursa Major, within 1.0° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 92 catalog stars were up in all.

Portadown sits at 54.4°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −35.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at full moon, 97% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun -7° down.

How unusual Paul's chart is

Chart pattern score

49 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

3-planet stellium in Gemini · T-square onto Jupiter · A leaning bowl

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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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If you only read one paragraph

Gemini Sun

Fascinating, then gone.

Paul Muldoon's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 20, 1951, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Metal Rabbit

Three steps ahead, no fuss.

Paul Muldoon was born on June 20, 1951, which falls in a Metal Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rabbit means →

Life Path 6

Everyone's person. Never off duty.

Paul Muldoon's birth date, June 20, 1951, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Paul’s chart

Paul’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 19° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.6° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.2° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.1° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.4° orbVenus flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.5° orbMoon faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 2.7° orbMars opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.8° orbSun in Gemini · 28°19′☉28°Moon in Capricorn · 11°43′☽11°Mercury in Gemini · 22°00′☿22°Venus in Leo · 13°36′♀13°Mars in Gemini · 20°48′♂20°Jupiter in Aries · 11°05′♃11°Saturn in Virgo · 25°58′♄25°Uranus in Cancer · 8°58′♅8°Neptune in Libra · 16°46′ · retrograde♆℞16°Pluto in Leo · 18°00′♇18°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
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

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars0.5° to 1.9° orb

    Paul’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.2° orb

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

  • stableSunsquareSaturn1.9° to 2.8° orb

    Paul’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenustrineJupiter2.1° to 3.0° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus2.1° orb

  • stableMarssextilePluto2.5° to 3.1° orb

  • stableVenussextileNeptune2.7° to 3.7° orb

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn2.9° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMarstrineNeptune3.7° to 4.4° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionPluto3.9° to 4.9° orb

  • stableMercurytrineNeptune4.2° to 6.3° orb

  • stableMarssquareSaturn4.8° to 5.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 29°52′ (moves 0.07° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 15°28′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosAries 1°06′ (moves 0.43° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 19°28′ (moves 0.13° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 28°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Sun 0.2°
  • Hygiea square Mars 1.3°
  • Chiron opposition Sun 1.6°
  • Hygiea square Mercury 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Saturn 2.5°
  • Eros square Sun 2.8°

Paul’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars6 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Venus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Paul’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Gemini · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.3°
  • Mercury quintile Jupiter 1.1°

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Paul’s cards

Computed from June 20, 1951. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Healer

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Paul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2061388 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. 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, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by summonedbyfells, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Paul Muldoon at Wikipedia, paulmuldoonpoetry.com and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Paul Muldoon.

Quick answers about Paul Muldoon’s chart

How old is Paul Muldoon?
Paul Muldoon is 75 years old, born June 20, 1951 in Portadown, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Paul Muldoon?
Paul Muldoon is a Gemini: born June 20, 1951, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What is Paul Muldoon's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 20, 1951 birth.
What is Paul Muldoon's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Paul Muldoon's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 29°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Paul Muldoon's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Paul Muldoon's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects). Mars is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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