Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981, Basel, Switzerland, 08:40), aged 45, is a Swiss tennis player. Federer has served as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Federer's honours include Swiss Sports Personality of the Year, ITF World Champions and Time 100.
Roger Federer’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rooster, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
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Metal Rooster, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Roger
Roger Federer’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 Roger in the U.S.?
#834
US rank in 2025
~443,830
Americans share it since 1880
1953
its peak year
The SSA recorded 2,244 American boys and 15 girls named Roger in 1981: 120th among boys and 4,904th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Roger’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
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Expression · depth and research
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Soul Urge · achievement
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Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on R (9) and closes on R (9). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 9: movement against empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Roger’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 5 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🤍 White Magnolia
Coral · Gold · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1981, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Roger apart
The Swiss Sports Personality of the Year came in 2003, when Roger Federer was 22.
Roger Federer was 17 when the work began in 1998.
Roger Federer was born to Lynette Federer and Robert Federer, married Mirka Federer and raised 4 children.
Meagan Good shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Awards
- Swiss Sports Personality of the Year (2003), ITF World Champions (2004) and BBC World Sport Star of the Year (2004)
- Working from
- 1998
- Sport
- tennis
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Languages
- French, German and English
- Wikipedia editions
- 159
What the chart says
Roger, according to the stars
Core essence
Roger is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Roger 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Roger feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Roger needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.
How Roger wants to be loved
Roger wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Roger and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Roger creates
How Roger 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. Roger 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: Roger 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 8 is the powerhouse. Roger 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: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Roger 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 Roger's birth date. Working below.
Where Roger sits
Six lines
Roger’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Basel on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Basel at 08:40, Roger Federer’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Basel that night
Computed for 47.56°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Basel was Mirfak, in Perseus, 80.8° up.
Of the 108 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 47.6°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Nothing below −42.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Basel on any night.
Sun -23° below the horizon, Moon down and 55% lit at first quarter.
What Roger's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Strategist 天機, The Elder 天梁 in 辰
Bureau 水二局 · Body Palace in Wealth
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 3/5
Sacral authority · Single definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
A bowl chart
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.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
Leo Sun
Leo SunLoves an audience. Earns one.
Roger Federer's Sun was in Leo at the documented birth time.
What Leo means →Metal Rooster
Metal RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Roger Federer was born on August 8, 1981, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Roger Federer's birth date, August 8, 1981, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Roger’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Roger Federer's timed chart: Venus in the 1st house and Neptune in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Roger Federer's timed chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Roger Federer combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Scholar.
Roger’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 0.3° orb
Roger’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
JupiterconjunctionSaturnseparating · 1.1° orb
Roger’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 2.2° orb
Roger’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MoonsextileVenusseparating · 3.1° orb
VenussextileMarsseparating · 3.7° orb
VenussquareNeptuneapplying · 4.6° orb
SunsquareMoonseparating · 5.1° orb
MoonconjunctionUranusapplying · 5.3° orb
SuntrineNeptuneapplying · 6.6° orb
MarssquareJupiterseparating · 6.6° orb
MoontrineMarsseparating · 6.8° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Roger’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironTaurus 22°40′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 5°06′ · House 1
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 5°19′ · House 9
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 14°51′ · House 11
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 24°42′ · House 3
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea conjunction Mars 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 1.4°
- Chiron opposition Moon 1.9°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 2.8°
Roger’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus8 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto6 pts
rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; disposes Moon, Uranus; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Roger’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Moon semi-square Saturn 0.5°
- Mercury semi-sextile Mars 0.5°
- Moon semi-sextile Pluto 1.2°
- Moon semi-sextile Neptune 1.5°
- Moon semi-square Jupiter 1.6°
- Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.7°
Roger’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgo | Mercury in Leo, house 12 | Venus | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Virgo, house 1 | Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 2 | Moon, 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 Virgo, house 1 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Leo, house 12 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Scorpio, house 3 | Mars | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Leo, house 12 | Sun, Mercury | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Roger
Meagan Good was born on August 8, 1981 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Basel, at 47.6°N, Capella and Deneb never set at all. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign · Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal
Roger’s cards
Computed from August 8, 1981. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast ScholarWestern zodiac
LeoChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
8 · Achiever☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Hour
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Roger’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1426 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Roger Federer at Wikipedia, rogerfederer.com, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Roger Federer.
Quick answers about Roger Federer’s chart
- How old is Roger Federer?
- Roger Federer is 45 years old, born August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland.
- What zodiac sign is Roger Federer?
- Roger Federer is a Leo: born August 8, 1981, which puts the Sun in Leo at the documented birth time.
- What is Roger Federer's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 8, 1981 birth.
- What time was Roger Federer born?
- 08:40 local time in Basel, Switzerland, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Roger Federer's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 08:40 birth time in Basel, Switzerland (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- How tall is Roger Federer?
- Roger Federer is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Roger Federer's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Roger Federer's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 22°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Roger Federer's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 24°, in the third house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Roger Federer's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
