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Richie McCaw

Richie McCaw (born December 31, 1980, Oamaru, New Zealand), aged 45, is a New Zealand international rugby union player. McCaw has played for New Zealand national rugby union team, Barbarian FC and Crusaders. McCaw's honours include Order of New Zealand, World Rugby Hall of Fame and honorary doctor of Lincoln University.

Richie McCaw’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Richie McCaw’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Visionary

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) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#1861

US rank in 2025

~7,575

Americans share it since 1880

1964

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Richie’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

7 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia

Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white

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What the chart says

Richie, according to the stars

Core essence

Richie is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Richie is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

How Richie wants to be loved

Richie wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Richie and watch them fall for you again.

How Richie creates

How Richie makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Richie creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Richie is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Richie 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.

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

Where Richie sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Richie

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Richie

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

PrivateExpressive
Richie

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Richie

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

PracticalVisionary
Richie

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Richie

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Richie McCaw

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

Richie’s birth-night reference starChi Eridaniwarm orange · EridanusChi Eridani, in Eridanus. A warm orange star, 83.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Chi Eridani →The warmest lightRigil Kentaurusyellow · CentaurusRigil Kentaurus, in Centaurus. A yellow star, 16.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Rigil Kentaurus →

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.

Richie McCaw at a glance

Capricorn Sun

Ambition wearing a plain coat.

Richie McCaw's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 31, 1980, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Metal Monkey

Wit is the tool.

Richie McCaw was born on December 31, 1980, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 7

Solitary, curious, deep.

Richie McCaw's birth date, December 31, 1980, 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 Richie’s chart

Richie’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Richie McCaw, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 21° 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 Jupiter · Square, 0° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 0° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 0.3° orbMercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.3° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.7° orbSun in Capricorn · 9°26′☉9°Moon in Libra · 27°44′☽27°Mercury in Capricorn · 9°09′☿9°Venus in Sagittarius · 15°50′♀15°Mars in Aquarius · 0°01′♂0°Jupiter in Libra · 9°26′♃9°Saturn in Libra · 9°28′♄9°Uranus in Scorpio · 28°21′♅28°Neptune in Sagittarius · 23°01′♆23°Pluto in Libra · 24°08′♇24°

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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Conjunction 0°
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.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Richie’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSunsquareJupiter0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Richie’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn0.0° to 0.5° orb

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

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter0.0° to 1.0° orb

    Richie’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.0° to 1.1° orb

    Richie’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn0.0° to 0.1° orb

    Richie’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb

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

  • stableMarssextileUranus1.3° to 2.0° orb

    Richie’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMarssquarePluto5.5° to 6.3° orb

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

  • stableVenusconjunctionNeptune6.6° to 7.8° orb

    Richie’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.0° to 7.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 10.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

Richie’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 ℞Taurus 13°40′ (moves 0.02° 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 Richie building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 23°08′ (moves 0.22° 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. Richie is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 4°37′ (moves 0.62° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Richie is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 22°54′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Richie is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 0°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    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. Richie 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. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.1°
  • Ceres square Pluto 1.0°

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°).

Richie’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. ♄ Saturn8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Venus, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto; 1 major aspect

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Richie is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Richie’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.

  • Venus semi-square Mars 0.8°

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

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Richie’s cards

Every card is computed from December 31, 1980, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Visionary

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Richie McCaw, 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

Richie’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q726148, 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 New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Richie McCaw at Wikipedia and Instagram.

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 Richie McCaw.

Quick answers about Richie McCaw’s chart

How old is Richie McCaw?
Richie McCaw is 45 years old, born December 31, 1980 in Oamaru, New Zealand.
What zodiac sign is Richie McCaw?
Richie McCaw is a Capricorn: born December 31, 1980, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey.
What is Richie McCaw's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 31, 1980 birth.
What time was Richie McCaw 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.
How tall is Richie McCaw?
Richie McCaw is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Richie McCaw's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the December 31, 1980 birth date.
What is Richie McCaw's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 13°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 31, 1980 birth date.
Where is Richie McCaw's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Richie McCaw's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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