Rachel Bilson
Rachel Bilson (born August 25, 1981, Los Angeles, United States, 07:56), aged 45, is an American actress. Notable films include How I Met Your Mother, The O.C. and Chuck.
Rachel Bilson’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rooster, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Rooster, with 
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Rachel Bilson’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Seeker
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Rachel in the U.S.?
#250
US rank in 2025
~575,748
Americans share it since 1880
1985
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Rachel’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Magnolia
Coral · Lilac · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Rachel, according to the stars
Core essence
Rachel 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 Rachel is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Rachel 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 Rachel needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Rachel wants to be loved
Rachel wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Rachel gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Rachel creates
How Rachel makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Rachel creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Rachel is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Rachel 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Rachel 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 Rachel's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Rachel sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
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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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunStandards nobody else can meet.
Rachel Bilson's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time. 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 Rooster
Metal RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Rachel Bilson was born on August 25, 1981, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Solitary, curious, deep.
Rachel Bilson's birth date, August 25, 1981, 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 Rachel’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Rachel Bilson's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Mercury in the 1st house and Neptune in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Rachel Bilson's timed chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Rachel Bilson combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Seeker.
Rachel’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.3° orb
Rachel’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenusconjunctionSaturnseparating · 0.4° orb
Rachel’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MarstrineUranusapplying · 1.0° orb
Rachel’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MoonsquareJupiterseparating · 1.6° orb
Rachel’s feelings grind against their growth.
VenusconjunctionJupiterapplying · 2.0° orb
Rachel’s affections and growth act as one.
JupiterconjunctionSaturnseparating · 2.5° orb
Rachel’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MarssquarePlutoseparating · 2.9° orb
Rachel’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoonsquareVenusseparating · 3.6° orb
Rachel’s feelings grind against their affections. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoonsquareSaturnseparating · 4.1° orb
Rachel’s feelings grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonsextileMercuryapplying · 4.5° orb
Rachel’s feelings open doors for their mind.
MercurysquareNeptuneapplying · 5.6° orb
Rachel’s mind grinds against their imagination.
SunsquareUranusseparating · 6.1° orb
Rachel’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Rachel’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 22°52′ · House 9
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 Rachel building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresVirgo 12°59′ · House 1
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has Rachel caring in practical detail rather than in words.
♡ ErosTaurus 12°57′ · House 9
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Rachel wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaCancer 20°10′ · House 11
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Rachel is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 26°38′ · House 3
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Rachel is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 0.4°
- Eros sextile Moon 0.9°
- Ceres sextile Moon 1.0°
- Hygiea sextile Ascendant 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 1.4°
- Chiron trine Ascendant 1.7°
- Hygiea square Pluto 2.2°
- Chiron sextile Mars 2.4°
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°).
Rachel’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury13 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun; angular in the first house; 2 major aspects
2. ☽ Moon10 pts
rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Mars; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus8 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Rachel 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 Rachel’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Libra · Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, PlutoThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
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.
- Jupiter quintile Neptune 0.3°
- Mars quintile Saturn 0.7°
- Moon sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.8°
- Jupiter semi-square Uranus 0.8°
- Venus quintile Mars 1.2°
Rachel’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgo | Mercury in Virgo, house 1 | Sun, Mercury | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Libra, house 2 | Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 2 | Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 2 | Neptune | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Libra, house 2 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 3 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 4 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Cancer, house 11 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Libra, house 2 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Virgo, house 1 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Cancer, house 11 | Moon, Mars | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Virgo, house 1 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Rachel’s cards
Every card is computed from August 25, 1981, 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 Wood.
Year
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Hour
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Rachel’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q220949, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Anjaagnieszka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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.
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Quick answers about Rachel Bilson’s chart
- How old is Rachel Bilson?
- Rachel Bilson is 45 years old, born August 25, 1981 in Los Angeles, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Rachel Bilson?
- Rachel Bilson is a Virgo: born August 25, 1981, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rooster.
- What is Rachel Bilson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 25, 1981 birth.
- What time was Rachel Bilson born?
- 07:56 local time in Los Angeles, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Rachel Bilson's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 07:56 birth time in Los Angeles, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Rachel Bilson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the August 25, 1981 birth date.
- What is Rachel Bilson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 22°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 25, 1981 birth time.
- Where is Rachel Bilson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 26°, in the third house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Rachel Bilson's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (13 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun; angular in the first house; 2 major aspects). Moon is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
