Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970, Studio City, United States), aged 56, is an American filmmaker (born 1970). Anderson's honours include Academy Award for Best Director, Cannes Best Director Award and Golden Bear.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Dog, with 
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Pioneer
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical 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
US Social Security Administration public records
Paul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
22 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Pearl, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Magnolia
Rose pink · Pearl · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Paul, according to the stars
Core essence
Paul feels the room before entering it. The core of Paul 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 Paul, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Paul runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Paul needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
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 hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Paul creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Paul 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 22 is the master builder. Paul is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Paul does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Paul's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Paul sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
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.
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Cancer Sun
Cancer SunFeeds you before you ask.
Paul Thomas Anderson's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of June 26, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it. 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.
Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
Paul Thomas Anderson was born on June 26, 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 22
Life Path 22Dreams at full scale.
Paul Thomas Anderson's birth date, June 26, 1970, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.
What stands out in Paul’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Paul Thomas Anderson's date-only chart is Sun square Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Paul Thomas Anderson combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Pioneer.
Paul’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Paul Thomas Anderson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 5° to 19° Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableSunsquareUranus0.0° to 0.5° orb
Paul’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
stableMercurysquarePluto1.0° to 3.0° orb
Paul’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMercurytrineJupiter2.3° to 4.3° orb
Paul’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarssextileSaturn2.3° to 2.9° orb
Paul’s drive opens doors for their discipline.
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.8° orb
Paul’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturntrinePluto6.1° to 6.2° orb
Paul’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 9.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 1.1° to 14.8° depending on birth time
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 1.6° to 14.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 4.3° to 15.9° depending on birth time
possibleVenussquareSaturnorb from 6.4° to 7.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Paul’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.
⚷ ChironAries 10°15′ (moves 0.01° 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: Paul may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresAries 26°19′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Paul looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 14°15′ (moves 0.43° 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. Paul is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaCancer 6°25′ (moves 0.33° 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. Paul is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 22°21′ (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. Paul 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.
- Ceres opposition Jupiter 0.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.5°
- Chiron trine Venus 1.6°
- Hygiea conjunction Sun 1.7°
- Hygiea square Uranus 1.7°
- Eros opposition Mars 1.8°
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°).
Paul’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. ☽ Moon5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mars
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto4 pts
disposes Neptune; 3 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Paul 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 Paul’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Sun biquintile Neptune 0.1°
- Sun semi-square Saturn 1.1°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.1°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 1.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Paul Thomas Anderson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Paul
2 other people here were born on June 26, 1970, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: What is feng shui? · Moon sign vs rising sign vs Sun sign
Paul’s cards
Every card is computed from June 26, 1970, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Paul Thomas Anderson, 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
Paul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q25132, 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 Lyn Fairly Media, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Paul Thomas Anderson at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram and MusicBrainz.
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 Paul Thomas Anderson.
Quick answers about Paul Thomas Anderson’s chart
- How old is Paul Thomas Anderson?
- Paul Thomas Anderson is 56 years old, born June 26, 1970 in Studio City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Paul Thomas Anderson?
- Paul Thomas Anderson is a Cancer: born June 26, 1970, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog.
- What is Paul Thomas Anderson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 26, 1970 birth.
- What time was Paul Thomas Anderson 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.
- What is Paul Thomas Anderson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the June 26, 1970 birth date.
- What is Paul Thomas Anderson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 26, 1970 birth date.
- Where is Paul Thomas Anderson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Paul Thomas Anderson's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (5 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mars). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
