Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952, Chicago, United States), aged 74, is an American screenwriter, film producer and director (born 1952). Zemeckis is best known for Back to the Future, A Christmas Carol and Pinocchio. Zemeckis's honours include Academy Awards, Academy Award for Best Director and Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
Robert Zemeckis’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Water Dragon, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Dragon, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Robert
Robert Zemeckis’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Lightkeeper
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Robert in the U.S.?
#92
US rank in 2025
~4,869,849
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
Robert ranked 2nd among boys and 641st among girls in 1952, the year of this birth, with 86,588 American boys and 193 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Robert’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on R (9) and closes on T (2).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Robert’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 1 · 6 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🪷 Lotus
Ivory · Blush · Soft pink
The record
What sets Robert apart
Mark Zuckerberg (1984) and George Lucas (1944) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Robert, according to the stars
Core essence
Robert is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Robert is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
How Robert wants to be loved
Robert wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Robert is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Robert creates
How Robert makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Robert creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Robert is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Robert is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Robert 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 Robert's birth date. Working below.
Where Robert sits
Six lines
Robert’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Robert Zemeckis
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Chicago on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Chicago that night
Computed for 41.88°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Chicago was Phecda, in Ursa Major, 77.8° up.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 94 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 41.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Chicago at all: they sit past the −48.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at last quarter, 67% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 9° down.
How unusual Robert's chart is
Chart pattern score
57 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Taurus · 1 planet at a critical degree · Mars retrograde
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
Robert Zemeckis's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 14, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Water Dragon
Water DragonBig energy, bigger plans.
Robert Zemeckis was born on May 14, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dragon means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Carries the whole room's weight.
Robert Zemeckis's birth date, May 14, 1952, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Robert’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Robert Zemeckis' date-only chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Robert Zemeckis combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Lightkeeper.
Robert’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 21° to 5° Capricorn or Aquarius depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableNeptunesextilePluto0.3° orb
Robert’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileUranus0.8° to 2.0° orb
Robert’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.
stableMarsoppositionJupiter1.7° to 2.3° orb
Robert’s drive pulls against their growth from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableSaturnsquareUranus2.5° to 2.6° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter3.0° to 4.2° orb
stableSunsquarePluto4.2° to 5.2° orb
stableMercuryoppositionMars4.7° to 6.5° orb
stableMarstrineUranus5.4° to 5.7° orb
stableVenusoppositionMars6.2° to 7.7° orb
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.1° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 14.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable0 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Robert’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 12°04′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresTaurus 5°08′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 9°13′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 0°44′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 5°11′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Saturn 0.4°
- Chiron trine Venus 0.6°
- Ceres opposition Mars 0.6°
- Hygiea conjunction Mercury 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.6°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 0.8°
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 1.4°
Robert’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 2 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars4 pts
4 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus3 pts
3 major aspects
Configurations in Robert’s chart
Stellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, Venus, JupiterThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.0°
- Mercury quintile Uranus 0.8°
More people like Robert
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- David Langford1953
- Oscar Hijuelos1951
- Hilary Mantel1952
- Michael Swanwick1950
- Rick Atkinson1952
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Born in United States
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More charts like Robert’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Morten ThorsbyNorwegian footballer (born 1996)
- Frenkie de JongDutch association football player (born 1997)
- Romelu LukakuBelgian footballer (born 1993)
Born in Dragon years
- Rumer WillisAmerican actress
- Dionne WarwickAmerican singer (born 1940)
- Jaleel WhiteAmerican actor (born 1976)
Also born on May 14
- Mark Zuckerberg1984
- George Lucas1944
- Cate Blanchett1969
- Miranda Cosgrove1993
- Martin Garrix1996
- Susie Wiles1957
Fellow Yang Metal day masters
- Bruce CattonAmerican historian and journalist
- James TateAmerican poet
- E. B. WhiteAmerican author
Other Taurus Dragon charts
- Ana de ArmasCuban actress
- Stephen ColbertAmerican comedian and writer
- Djimon HounsouBeninese actor
- Jean-Paul GaultierFrench fashion designer
Other Gilded Lightkeepers
- Andre Jackson Jr.American basketball player (born 2001)
- Tarris Reed Jr.American basketball player (born 2003)
- Derik QueenAmerican basketball player (born 2004)
- Jusuf NurkićBosnian basketball player
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Christian DarrisawAmerican football player
- Dallas TurnerAmerican football player
- Keon ColemanAmerican football player
From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
Robert’s cards
Computed from May 14, 1952. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Gilded LightkeeperWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Dragon 辰Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Robert’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q187364 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Robert Zemeckis at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Robert Zemeckis.
Quick answers about Robert Zemeckis’s chart
- How old is Robert Zemeckis?
- Robert Zemeckis is 74 years old, born May 14, 1952 in Chicago, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Robert Zemeckis?
- Robert Zemeckis is a Taurus: born May 14, 1952, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What is Robert Zemeckis's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 14, 1952 birth.
- What is Robert Zemeckis's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Robert Zemeckis's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Robert Zemeckis's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Robert Zemeckis's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
