Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams (born April 5, 1973, Virginia Beach, United States), aged 53, is an American record producer and songwriter. Best-known releases include In My Mind and Girl. Williams's honours include Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album.
Pharrell Williams’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Water Ox, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Aries, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Ox, with 
Life Path 11 in numerology.Your match with Pharrell
Pharrell Williams’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Visionary
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Pharrell in the U.S.?
#7551
US rank in 2025
~460
Americans share it since 2003
2003
its peak year
The SSA suppresses any name given to fewer than five children in a year, and Pharrell falls under that line for 1973. Its peak came in 2003, and 460 Americans have carried it since 2003.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Pharrell’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
8
Expression · direction and scale
7
Soul Urge · understanding
1
Personality · self-directed
The name opens on P (7) and closes on L (3). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 9: voice against empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Pharrell’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
11 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 💠 Water Lily
White · Crimson · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Pharrell apart
The NRJ Music Award for International Male Artist of the Year came in 2014, when Pharrell Williams was 41.
Study took Pharrell Williams to Northwestern University.
Pharrell Williams was 19 when the work began in 1992.
Pharrell Williams was married Helen Lasichanh.
Lily James (1989) and Sterling K. Brown (1976) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Northwestern University
- Instruments
- keyboard instrument, voice, drum kit and percussion instrument
- Awards
- Grammy Award for Best Music Video (2015), NRJ Music Award for International Male Artist of the Year (2014) and Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance (2015)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song and Academy Award for Best Picture
- Working from
- 1992
- Wikipedia editions
- 64
What the chart says
Pharrell, according to the stars
Core essence
Pharrell leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Pharrell is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, Pharrell is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Pharrell needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Pharrell wants to be loved
Pharrell wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Pharrell creates
How Pharrell makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Pharrell 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: Pharrell is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Pharrell is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Pharrell goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.
Computed from Pharrell's birth date. Working below.
Where Pharrell sits
Six lines
Pharrell’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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
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 night
Dedicate a star to Pharrell Williams
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Virginia Beach on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Virginia Beach that night
Computed for 36.85°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Virginia Beach at 9 p.m. that evening: Tania Australis of Ursa Major, within 7.2° of the exact zenith.
Of the 102 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
Virginia Beach sits at 36.9°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Virginia Beach at all: they sit past the −53.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waxing crescent, 9% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 28° down.
How unusual Pharrell's chart is
Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Aries Sun
Aries SunFirst through every door.
Pharrell Williams's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 5, 1973, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Aries means →Water Ox
Water OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Pharrell Williams was born on April 5, 1973, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 11
Life Path 11Intuition before evidence.
Pharrell Williams's birth date, April 5, 1973, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 11 means →What stands out in Pharrell’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Pharrell Williams' date-only chart is Sun sextile Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs.
- Pharrell Williams combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Visionary.
Pharrell’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 23° Taurus depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableSunsextileSaturn0.0° to 0.6° orb
Pharrell’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarssextileNeptune0.0° to 0.6° orb
Pharrell’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableJupitersextileNeptune0.3° to 0.5° orb
Pharrell’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter0.4° to 1.0° orb
stableVenussextileSaturn0.7° to 1.8° orb
stableSunconjunctionVenus0.9° to 1.2° orb
stableMercurysquareSaturn2.4° to 3.1° orb
stableMarstrinePluto3.9° to 4.6° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto4.5° orb
stableJupitertrinePluto4.8° to 5.0° orb
stableSunoppositionUranus5.0° to 6.0° orb
stableSaturntrineUranus5.2° to 5.4° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Pharrell’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAries 16°44′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 17°40′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosGemini 6°01′ (moves 0.90° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius 12°00′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 15°18′ (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 trine Sun 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 0.7°
- Chiron sextile Saturn 0.8°
- Chiron conjunction Sun 1.0°
- Ceres square Mercury 1.0°
- Eros trine Mars 1.0°
- Eros opposition Neptune 1.2°
- Eros trine Jupiter 1.6°
- Ceres opposition Saturn 1.7°
- Ceres trine Sun 1.9°
- Chiron conjunction Venus 2.0°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 2.7°
- Ceres trine Venus 2.9°
Pharrell’s dominant planets
1. ♂ Mars8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Pharrell’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.0°
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Pharrell’s cards
Computed from April 5, 1973. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JudgementAsterNym identity card
The Gilded VisionaryWestern zodiac
AriesChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
11 · Visionary♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Pharrell’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q14313 (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 Web Summit/Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Pharrell Williams at Wikipedia, pharrellwilliams.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Pharrell Williams.
Quick answers about Pharrell Williams’s chart
- How old is Pharrell Williams?
- Pharrell Williams is 53 years old, born April 5, 1973 in Virginia Beach, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Pharrell Williams?
- Pharrell Williams is an Aries: born April 5, 1973, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
- What is Pharrell Williams's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 5, 1973 birth.
- What is Pharrell Williams's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
- What is Pharrell Williams's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Pharrell Williams's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Pharrell Williams's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
