Sam Altman
Sam Altman (born Samuel Harris Altman; April 22, 1985, Chicago, United States, 05:00), aged 41, is an American venture capitalist. Altman is best known for Hydrazine Capital. Altman's honours include honorary doctorate and Axel Springer Award.
Sam Altman’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Ox, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Wood Ox, with 
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Sam Altman’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Architect
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Sam in the U.S.?
#647
US rank in 2025
~128,810
Americans share it since 1880
1918
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Sam’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
White · Blush · Forest
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What the chart says
Sam, according to the stars
Core essence
Sam 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 Sam 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Sam is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Sam needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Sam wants to be loved
Sam wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Sam creates
How Sam makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Sam creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Sam is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Sam is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Sam 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 Sam's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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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 may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunStubborn is the polite word.
Sam Altman's Sun was in Taurus at the documented birth time. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Wood Ox
Wood OxReliable to the bone.
Sam Altman was born on April 22, 1985, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Slow, solid, lasting.
Sam Altman's birth date, April 22, 1985, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Sam’s chart
- Six of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Sam Altman's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Moon in the 1st house, Mars in the 1st house, Jupiter in the 10th house, Saturn in the 7th house and Pluto in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Sam Altman's timed chart is Moon opposition Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Moon and Mars, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Sam Altman combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Architect.
Sam’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.
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MoonoppositionSaturnseparating · 0.0° orb
Sam’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.1° orb
Sam’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonconjunctionMarsapplying · 0.7° orb
Sam’s feelings and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MarsoppositionSaturnseparating · 0.8° orb
Sam’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
SunoppositionPlutoapplying · 1.1° orb
Sam’s core identity pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
SuntrineNeptuneapplying · 1.3° orb
Sam’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MercuryconjunctionVenusseparating · 1.7° orb
Sam’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
VenussquareNeptuneapplying · 2.6° orb
Sam’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
JupitersextileUranusapplying · 3.5° orb
Sam’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MercurysquareNeptuneseparating · 4.3° orb
Sam’s mind grinds against their imagination.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Sam’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.
⚷ ChironGemini 5°59′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Sam turning that into a careful, exact way with words.
⚳ CeresGemini 9°56′ · House 2
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Sam feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosTaurus 1°40′ · House 1
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 Sam wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaAries 5°20′ · House 12
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Aries is read as health kept through action and short bursts. The reading has Sam feeling well when moving and poorly when made to wait.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 25°27′ · House 12
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Sam carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Chiron sextile Venus 0.1°
- Eros conjunction Sun 0.6°
- Hygiea conjunction Venus 0.8°
- Eros conjunction Ascendant 1.0°
- Eros opposition Pluto 1.7°
- Hygiea square Neptune 1.8°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 1.9°
- Eros trine Neptune 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Mercury 2.1°
- Hygiea conjunction Mercury 2.5°
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°).
Sam’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♀ Venus14 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; rules the Moon sign, Taurus; rules the Ascendant, Taurus; disposes Sun, Moon, Mars; 2 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars6 pts
disposes Mercury, Venus; angular in the first house; 2 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto6 pts
in its own sign, Scorpio; disposes Saturn; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Sam is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Sam’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Taurus · Sun, Moon, MarsThree 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.
- Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.3°
- Mars biquintile Neptune 0.3°
- Uranus semi-square Pluto 0.8°
- Moon biquintile Neptune 1.0°
Sam’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taurus | Venus in Aries, house 12 | Sun, Moon, Mars | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Gemini | Mercury in Aries, house 12 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Cancer | Moon in Taurus, house 1 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Leo | Sun in Taurus, house 1 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Virgo | Mercury in Aries, house 12 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Libra | Venus in Aries, house 12 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Scorpio | Pluto in Scorpio, house 7 | Saturn, Pluto | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Aquarius, house 10 | Uranus | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Capricorn | Saturn in Scorpio, house 7 | Neptune | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Aquarius | Uranus in Sagittarius, house 8 | Jupiter | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Pisces | Neptune in Capricorn, house 9 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Aries | Mars in Taurus, house 1 | Mercury, Venus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Sam’s cards
Every card is computed from April 22, 1985, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Sam’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q7407093, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Quick answers about Sam Altman’s chart
- How old is Sam Altman?
- Sam Altman is 41 years old, born April 22, 1985 in Chicago, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Sam Altman?
- Sam Altman is a Taurus: born April 22, 1985, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Ox.
- What is Sam Altman's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 22, 1985 birth.
- What time was Sam Altman born?
- 05:00 local time in Chicago, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Sam Altman's rising sign?
- Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 05:00 birth time in Chicago, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Sam Altman's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the April 22, 1985 birth date.
- What is Sam Altman's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 5°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 22, 1985 birth time.
- Where is Sam Altman's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 25°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Sam Altman's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (14 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; rules the Moon sign, Taurus; rules the Ascendant, Taurus; disposes Sun, Moon, Mars; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
