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Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater (born July 30, 1960, Houston, United States), aged 66, is an American director and screenwriter (born 1960). Linklater is best known for Before Midnight, Boyhood and School of Rock. Linklater's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction and César Award for Best Director.

Richard Linklater’s zodiac sign is Leo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Richard Linklater’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Scholar

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#234

US rank in 2025

~2,587,082

Americans share it since 1880

1946

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Richard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Ruby, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🌻 Sunflower · 🤍 White Camellia

Sky blue · Gold · Silver

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

What the chart says

Richard, according to the stars

Core essence

Richard is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Richard is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.

How Richard wants to be loved

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

How Richard creates

How Richard 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. Richard 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: Richard 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Richard is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Richard is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Richard's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Richard sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Richard

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Richard

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

PrivateExpressive
Richard

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Richard

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Richard

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Richard

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Richard Linklater

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Houston on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Richard’s birth-night reference starKornephorosyellow · HerculesKornephoros, in Hercules. A yellow star, 81.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Kornephoros →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 33.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

Leo Sun

Generous with the spotlight, mostly.

Richard Linklater's Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 30, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.

Metal Rat

Quick, clever, never stuck.

Richard Linklater was born on July 30, 1960, which falls in a Metal 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 8

Turns effort into standing.

Richard Linklater's birth date, July 30, 1960, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.

What stands out in Richard’s chart

Richard’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Richard Linklater, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 3° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.5° orbVenus fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 2.5° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.8° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.9° orbVenus flows with Jupiter · Trine, 6.5° orbMars grinds against Pluto · Square, 6.6° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 6.9° orbSun in Leo · 7°30′☉7°Moon in Libra · 27°16′☽27°Mercury in Cancer · 20°24′☿20°Venus in Leo · 18°00′♀17°Mars in Taurus · 28°21′♂28°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 24°27′ · retrograde♃℞24°Saturn in Capricorn · 13°29′ · retrograde♄℞13°Uranus in Leo · 20°31′♅20°Neptune in Scorpio · 6°24′♆6°Pluto in Virgo · 4°55′♇4°

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.

  • stableSunsquareNeptune0.6° to 1.6° orb

    Richard’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.5° orb

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

  • stableVenusconjunctionUranus1.9° to 3.1° orb

    Richard’s affections and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus3.9° to 4.0° orb

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

  • stableMarssquarePluto6.2° to 6.9° orb

    Richard’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn6.8° to 7.1° orb

    Richard’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.0° to 9.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.2° to 13.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.4° to 13.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 1.0° to 14.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionNeptuneorb from 2.4° to 15.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 3.3° to 15.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

Richard’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.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 0°56′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Richard absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Aquarius 25°14′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Richard is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 26°03′ (moves 0.71° over the day)

    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 Richard wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 13°11′ (moves 0.36° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. Richard is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 9°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Richard guarding a private self that family did not get to name.

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.

  • Hygiea trine Saturn 0.3°
  • Ceres sextile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Eros conjunction Mars 2.3°
  • Chiron square Mars 2.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 2.9°

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°).

Richard’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. ☉ Sun8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Venus, Uranus; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter3 pts

    in its own sign, Sagittarius; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn3 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; 1 major aspect

A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Richard is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.

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 Richard’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.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Leo · Sun, Venus, UranusThree 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. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 0.1°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.1°
  • Mercury semi-square Pluto 0.5°
  • Saturn biquintile Uranus 1.0°
  • Venus biquintile Saturn 1.5°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 2.0°

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

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Richard’s cards

Every card is computed from July 30, 1960, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Strength

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Scholar

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Western zodiac

Leo

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

己

yin Earth

未

Goat

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Richard Linklater, 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

Richard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q40035, 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 Sarah K Joyce, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Richard Linklater at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 Richard Linklater.

Quick answers about Richard Linklater’s chart

How old is Richard Linklater?
Richard Linklater is 66 years old, born July 30, 1960 in Houston, United States.
What zodiac sign is Richard Linklater?
Richard Linklater is a Leo: born July 30, 1960, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rat.
What is Richard Linklater's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 30, 1960 birth.
What time was Richard Linklater 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 Richard Linklater's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the July 30, 1960 birth date.
What is Richard Linklater's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 0°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 30, 1960 birth date.
Where is Richard Linklater's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Richard Linklater's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Venus, Uranus; 1 major aspect). Jupiter is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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