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Phillip Alford

Phillip Alford (born September 11, 1948, Gadsden, United States), aged 78, is an American actor.

Phillip Alford’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Phillip Alford’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Healer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

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

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

#651

US rank in 2025

~312,891

Americans share it since 1880

1960

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Phillip’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

6 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia

Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta

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

What the chart says

Phillip, according to the stars

Core essence

Phillip 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 Phillip is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Phillip wants to be loved

Phillip 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 Phillip openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How Phillip creates

How Phillip 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. Phillip 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: Phillip is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Phillip 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Phillip 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 Phillip's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Phillip sits

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Phillip’s dot is placed from the chart. Yours is wherever you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Phillip

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Phillip

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

PrivateExpressive
Phillip

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Phillip

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

PracticalVisionary
Phillip

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Phillip

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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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.

If you only read one paragraph

Virgo Sun

Order first. Then rest, in theory.

Phillip Alford's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 11, 1948, 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.

Earth Rat

Charming, and counting the exits.

Phillip Alford was born on September 11, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 6

Responsible before asked.

Phillip Alford's birth date, September 11, 1948, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in Phillip’s chart

Phillip’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Phillip Alford, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 28° to 11° Sagittarius or Capricorn 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 fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 0° orbMoon opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 0.2° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.2° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.3° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 2.2° orbMercury opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.8° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.8° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 4.6° orbSun in Virgo · 18°51′18°Moon in Capricorn · 5°12′Mercury in Libra · 11°48′11°Venus in Leo · 3°11′Mars in Scorpio · 5°24′Jupiter in Sagittarius · 20°11′20°Saturn in Leo · 29°06′29°Uranus in Cancer · 0°19′Neptune in Libra · 11°51′11°Pluto in Leo · 15°36′15°

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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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.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Phillip’s mind and imagination act as one.

  • stableSunsquareJupiter0.9° to 1.8° orb

    Phillip’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus1.2° to 1.3° orb

    Phillip’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableVenussquareMars2.0° to 2.4° orb

    Phillip’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableMercurysextilePluto3.1° to 4.5° orb

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

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.7° to 3.8° orb

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

  • stableJupitertrinePluto4.6° orb

    Phillip’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableMarstrineUranus4.8° to 5.4° orb

    Phillip’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 12.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 0.0° to 11.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.1° to 6.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.5° to 12.8° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

Phillip’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.

  • ChironScorpio 20°54′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Phillip carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • CeresCancer 28°53′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Phillip is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.

  • ErosVirgo 1°50′ (moves 0.92° over the day)

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

    Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. Phillip is read as slow to start and exact once started.

  • HygieaLeo 18°49′ (moves 0.34° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Phillip at their best with something to be proud of.

  • Black Moon LilithPisces 5°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Phillip is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

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

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 0.4°
  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 1.4°
  • Eros sextile Uranus 1.5°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 2.1°
  • Eros conjunction Saturn 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°).

Phillip’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. Mercury6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. Sun4 pts

    disposes Venus, Saturn, Pluto; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. Jupiter4 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; 2 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Phillip 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 Phillip’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.

  • Mars semi-square Jupiter 0.2°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 0.3°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.7°
  • Sun semi-square Mars 1.5°

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

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Phillip’s cards

Every card is computed from September 11, 1948, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Healer

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Western zodiac

Virgo

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

yang Earth

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

yin Metal

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

yin Earth

Pig

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Phillip Alford, 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

Phillip’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3381068, 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 trailer screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Phillip Alford at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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 Phillip Alford.

Quick answers about Phillip Alford’s chart

How old is Phillip Alford?
Phillip Alford is 78 years old, born September 11, 1948 in Gadsden, United States.
What zodiac sign is Phillip Alford?
Phillip Alford is a Virgo: born September 11, 1948, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat.
What is Phillip Alford's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 11, 1948 birth.
What time was Phillip Alford 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 Phillip Alford's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the September 11, 1948 birth date.
What is Phillip Alford's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 11, 1948 birth date.
Where is Phillip Alford's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Phillip Alford's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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