RuPaul
RuPaul (born November 17, 1960, San Diego, United States, 18:52), aged 65, is an American drag performer, actor, and musician. Notable films include To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, EDtv and But I'm a Cheerleader. RuPaul's honours include Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.
RuPaul’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Rat, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with RuPaul
RuPaul’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.
RuPaul’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Camellia
Gold · Crimson · Silver
The record
What sets RuPaul apart
The Emmy Award came in 2016, when RuPaul was 56.
RuPaul was taught at North Atlanta High School and Patrick Henry High School.
RuPaul was 19 when the work began in 1979.
On the family side, RuPaul was married Georges LeBar.
Martin Scorsese (1942) and Cyril Ramaphosa (1952) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- North Atlanta High School, Patrick Henry High School and Gompers Preparatory Academy
- Instruments
- voice
- Awards
- Emmy Award (2016), MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year (2019) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (2020)
- Working from
- 1979
- Wikipedia editions
- 52
What the chart says
RuPaul, according to the stars
Core essence
RuPaul does not do surface. The core of RuPaul is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from RuPaul is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, RuPaul 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 RuPaul 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 RuPaul wants to be loved
RuPaul wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show RuPaul you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How RuPaul creates
How RuPaul 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. RuPaul 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: RuPaul 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. RuPaul 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 RuPaul 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 RuPaul's birth date. Working below.
Where RuPaul sits
Six lines
RuPaul’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to RuPaul
Three stars chosen from the real sky above San Diego on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above San Diego at 18:52, RuPaul’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over San Diego that night
Computed for 32.72°N, at the documented birth time.
Scheat stood nearest the zenith over San Diego at the birth hour, 84.7° above the horizon in Pegasus.
The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 86 catalog stars were up in all.
San Diego sits at 32.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from San Diego at all: they sit past the −57.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at new moon, 1% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 26° down.
What RuPaul's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Warrior 武曲, The Charmer 貪狼 in 丑
Bureau 火六局 · Body Palace in Outer world
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Projector, profile 2/4
Splenic authority · Triple Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
63 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Scorpio · A bowl chart · No Air planets
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
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunTrusts slowly. Forgets nothing.
RuPaul's Sun was in Scorpio at the documented birth time.
What Scorpio means →Metal Rat
Metal RatQuick, clever, never stuck.
RuPaul was born on November 17, 1960, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Turns effort into standing.
RuPaul's birth date, November 17, 1960, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in RuPaul’s chart
- One of the ten planets sits in angular houses in RuPaul's timed chart: Pluto in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in RuPaul's timed chart is Sun square Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Moon, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- RuPaul 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.
RuPaul’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
SunsquareUranusseparating · 0.0° orb
RuPaul’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
MercurysextilePlutoseparating · 0.2° orb
RuPaul’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonsextileSaturnapplying · 0.8° orb
RuPaul’s feelings open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
VenusconjunctionJupiterapplying · 1.0° orb
MercuryconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 1.3° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.5° orb
MarsoppositionSaturnapplying · 3.7° orb
JupitertrinePlutoapplying · 3.7° orb
MercurysextileJupiterseparating · 3.8° orb
MoontrineMarsapplying · 4.5° orb
MoonconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 4.6° orb
VenustrinePlutoapplying · 4.7° orb
MercurysextileVenusapplying · 4.8° orb
MoonconjunctionMercuryseparating · 5.9° orb
SaturntrinePlutoseparating · 6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
RuPaul’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironAquarius 27°28′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 20°10′ · House 9
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 29°38′ · House 3
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLibra 26°24′ · House 5
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 21°35′ · House 2
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Ascendant 0.4°
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 0.7°
- Chiron square Sun 1.7°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.7°
- Chiron trine Ascendant 1.8°
- Hygiea trine Ascendant 2.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 3.0°
RuPaul’s dominant planets
1. ♇ Pluto16 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Moon, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Pluto; 5 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn7 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Venus, Jupiter; 3 major aspects
Configurations in RuPaul’s chart
Stellium in Scorpio · Sun, Moon, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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.
- Mercury quintile Uranus 0.4°
RuPaul’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini | Mercury in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Cancer | Moon in Scorpio, house 6 | Mars | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Leo | Sun in Scorpio, house 6 | Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Virgo | Mercury in Scorpio, house 6 | Pluto | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 8 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 4 | Sun, Moon, Mercury, Neptune | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn, house 8 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Capricorn | Saturn in Capricorn, house 8 | Venus, Jupiter, Saturn | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 3 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aries | Mars in Cancer, house 2 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
RuPaul’s cards
Computed from November 17, 1960. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast ScholarWestern zodiac
ScorpioChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
8 · Achiever♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
RuPaul’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q705715 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same RuPaul at Wikipedia, rupaul.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by RuPaul.
Quick answers about RuPaul’s chart
- How old is RuPaul?
- RuPaul is 65 years old, born November 17, 1960 in San Diego, United States.
- What zodiac sign is RuPaul?
- RuPaul is a Scorpio: born November 17, 1960, which puts the Sun in Scorpio at the documented birth time.
- What is RuPaul's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 17, 1960 birth.
- What time was RuPaul born?
- 18:52 local time in San Diego, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is RuPaul's rising sign?
- Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 18:52 birth time in San Diego, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is RuPaul?
- RuPaul is 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is RuPaul's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is RuPaul's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 27°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is RuPaul's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 21°, in the second house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is RuPaul's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (16 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Moon, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
