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Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932, Detroit, United States; died 2023), was an American actress. Laurie's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year.

Piper Laurie’s zodiac sign was Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Goat, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Piper Laurie’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#155

US rank in 2025

~62,934

Americans share it since 1880

2015

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Piper’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

11 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

West

Season

autumn

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia

Crimson · Ivory · Silver

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

What the chart says

Piper, according to the stars

Core essence

Piper is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Piper is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Piper is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Piper needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Piper wants to be loved

Piper wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Piper, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How Piper creates

How Piper makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Piper creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Piper is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Piper 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. Piper 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 Piper's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Piper sits

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

Intimate circleWide network
Piper

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Piper

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Piper

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Piper

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Piper

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Piper

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

✦ 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.

Aquarius Sun

Ahead of the room by a decade.

Piper Laurie's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 22, 1932, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.

Metal Goat

Kind, and quietly tough.

Piper Laurie was born on January 22, 1932, which falls in a Metal Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.

Life Path 11

Receives more than it reasons.

Piper Laurie's birth date, January 22, 1932, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Piper’s chart

Piper’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Piper Laurie, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 13° to 27° Cancer depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 0.4° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 2.2° orbMercury flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.9° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.9° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 4.7° orbUranus grinds against Pluto · Square, 5.1° orbSun fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 5.2° orbSun in Aquarius · 1°29′Moon in Cancer · 20°27′20°Mercury in Capricorn · 10°24′10°Venus in Pisces · 4°28′Mars in Aquarius · 3°40′Jupiter in Leo · 19°42′ · retrograde19°Saturn in Capricorn · 26°19′26°Uranus in Aries · 15°47′15°Neptune in Virgo · 7°30′ · retrogradePluto in Cancer · 20°51′ · retrograde20°

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°
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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.

  • stableMoonconjunctionPluto0.1° to 7.2° orb

    Piper’s feelings and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSunconjunctionMars2.1° to 2.3° orb

    Piper’s core identity and drive act as one.

  • stableMercurytrineNeptune2.2° to 3.6° orb

    Piper’s mind flows straight into their imagination.

  • stableVenusoppositionNeptune2.4° to 3.7° orb

    Piper’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus3.8° to 4.0° orb

    Piper’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn4.7° to 5.6° orb

    Piper’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus4.7° to 6.0° orb

    Piper’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableUranussquarePluto5.1° orb

    Piper’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto5.4° to 5.5° orb

    Piper’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMarsconjunctionSaturn7.0° to 7.7° orb

    Piper’s drive and discipline act as one.

  • possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 12.6° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 11.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Piper’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.

  • ChironTaurus 18°39′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Piper building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • CeresSagittarius 27°14′ (moves 0.39° 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. Piper is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.

  • ErosAquarius 13°09′ (moves 0.60° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Piper is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.

  • HygieaLeo 23°04′ (moves 0.17° 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 Piper at their best with something to be proud of.

  • Black Moon LilithAries 18°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Piper carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.

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 Jupiter 0.9°
  • Chiron square Jupiter 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 2.1°
  • Chiron sextile Pluto 2.2°
  • Eros sextile Uranus 2.6°

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°).

Piper’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. Uranus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. Saturn7.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. Moon4 pts

    in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Pluto; 1 major aspect

A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Piper is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.

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 Piper’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 0.0°
  • Mars quintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Venus semi-sextile Mars 0.8°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 1.2°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.4°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.7°

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

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Piper’s cards

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Birth tarot card

Judgement

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Aquarius

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Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

yin Metal

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

yin Metal

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

yang Water

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Piper Laurie, 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

Piper’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q232282, 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 Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Piper Laurie 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 Piper Laurie.

Quick answers about Piper Laurie’s chart

What zodiac sign was Piper Laurie?
Piper Laurie was an Aquarius: born January 22, 1932, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Goat.
What was Piper Laurie's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 22, 1932 birth.
What time was Piper Laurie 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 was Piper Laurie's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the January 22, 1932 birth date.
What was Piper Laurie's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 22, 1932 birth date.
Where was Piper Laurie's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Piper Laurie's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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