Phil McGraw
Phil McGraw (born September 1, 1950, Vinita, United States), aged 76, is an American television personality (born 1950). McGraw is best known for Dr. Phil. McGraw's honours include Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Phil McGraw’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Tiger, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Tiger, with 
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Phil McGraw’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Seeker
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Phil in the U.S.?
#8078
US rank in 2025
~20,108
Americans share it since 1880
1959
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Phil’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 1 · 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 Phil apart
Vagit Alekperov shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
What the chart says
Phil, according to the stars
Core essence
Phil 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 Phil is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Phil 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 Phil needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Phil wants to be loved
Phil 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 Phil openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Phil creates
How Phil makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Phil creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Phil is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Phil is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Phil 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 Phil's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Phil sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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The quick version
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunFixes everything except the need to.
Phil McGraw's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 1, 1950, 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 Tiger
Metal TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
Phil McGraw was born on September 1, 1950, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Thinks more than it says.
Phil McGraw's birth date, September 1, 1950, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Phil’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Phil McGraw's date-only chart is Sun sextile Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Phil McGraw combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Seeker.
Phil’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Phil McGraw, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 1° to 13° Taurus 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.
stableSuntrineMoon0.0° to 6.8° orb
Phil’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.
stableSunsextileUranus0.0° to 0.5° orb
Phil’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.
stableVenusconjunctionPluto0.6° to 1.8° orb
Phil’s affections and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.8° orb
Phil’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileNeptune3.4° to 4.6° orb
Phil’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssquarePluto4.4° to 5.0° orb
Phil’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarstrineUranus4.8° to 5.4° orb
Phil’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussquareMars5.6° to 6.2° orb
Phil’s affections grind against their drive.
stableMercurysquareUranus6.4° to 6.6° orb
Phil’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunoppositionJupiter6.5° to 7.6° orb
Phil’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.
possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 11.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.1° to 7.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Phil’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.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 15°46′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Sagittarius is read as a sore spot around belief and being taught. The reading has Phil building a philosophy from lived evidence rather than received one.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 10°08′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Phil is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosLibra 0°43′ (moves 0.83° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Phil is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 14°27′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Phil is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 25°60′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Phil is read as immovable on those points.
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.
- Chiron sextile Neptune 0.1°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.3°
- Ceres square Sun 1.5°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 1.5°
- Chiron trine Pluto 2.7°
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°).
Phil’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. ☿ Mercury6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 1 major aspect
2. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Venus, Pluto; 3 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Mercury, Neptune; 3 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Phil 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 Phil’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.
- Saturn quintile Uranus 0.2°
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 0.5°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.9°
- Venus semi-sextile Saturn 1.2°
- Mercury semi-square Pluto 1.3°
- Mars semi-sextile Neptune 1.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Phil McGraw, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Phil
Vagit Alekperov was born on September 1, 1950 too, 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
Phil’s cards
Every card is computed from September 1, 1950, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Phil McGraw, 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
Phil’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q204630, 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 The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Phil McGraw at Wikipedia, drphil.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube 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 Phil McGraw.
Quick answers about Phil McGraw’s chart
- How old is Phil McGraw?
- Phil McGraw is 76 years old, born September 1, 1950 in Vinita, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Phil McGraw?
- Phil McGraw is a Virgo: born September 1, 1950, 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 Tiger.
- What is Phil McGraw's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 1, 1950 birth.
- What time was Phil McGraw 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 Phil McGraw's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the September 1, 1950 birth date.
- What is Phil McGraw's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 1, 1950 birth date.
- Where is Phil McGraw's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Phil McGraw's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 1 major aspect). Sun is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
