How old is Sam Heughan?

Sam Heughan is 46 years old, born April 30, 1980 in Balmaclellan, United Kingdom.

What zodiac sign is Sam Heughan?

Sam Heughan is a Taurus: born April 30, 1980, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey.

What is Sam Heughan's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 30, 1980 birth.

What time was Sam Heughan born?

05:25 local time in Balmaclellan, United Kingdom, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).

What is Sam Heughan's rising sign?

Aries rising, calculated from the documented 05:25 birth time in Balmaclellan, United Kingdom (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).

What is Sam Heughan's Life Path number?

Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the April 30, 1980 birth date.

What is Sam Heughan's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Taurus at 13°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 30, 1980 birth time.

Where is Sam Heughan's Black Moon Lilith?

Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 2°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.

What is Sam Heughan's dominant planet?

Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: disposes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects). Mars is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

Sam Heughan

Sam Heughan (born April 30, 1980, Balmaclellan, United Kingdom, 05:25), aged 46, is a Scottish actor. Notable films include Outlander, Bloodshot and The Spy Who Dumped Me. Heughan's honours include Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television.

Sam Heughan’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Sam Heughan’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

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US rank in 2025

~128,810

Americans share it since 1880

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Sam’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

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia

White · Blush · Moonlight white

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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 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 Sam 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 Sam wants to be loved

Sam wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Sam like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Sam creates

How Sam makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Sam creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Sam 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. Sam 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.

Triggers

Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Sam fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.

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Intimate circleWide network

Sam

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DeliberateSpontaneous

Sam

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive

Sam

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately

Sam

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

PracticalVisionary

Sam

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

Sam

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

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Sam’s birth-sky starGrumiumwarm orange · DracoGrumium, in Draco. A warm orange star, 83° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Grumium →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 12.8° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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Taurus Sun

Stubborn is the polite word.

Sam Heughan'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.

Metal Monkey

Wit is the tool.

Sam Heughan was born on April 30, 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.

Sam Heughan's birth date, April 30, 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 Sam’s chart

Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Sam Heughan's timed chart: Mercury in the 1st house and Pluto in the 7th house.
The tightest major aspect in Sam Heughan's timed chart is Venus opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
This chart has an even Fire/Earth emphasis, with three planets in each.
Sam Heughan combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.

Sam’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.

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Conjunction 0°

Sextile 60°

Square 90°

Trine 120°

Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantAries

The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

VenusoppositionNeptuneseparating · 0.5° orb
Sam’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MarsconjunctionJupiterapplying · 1.3° orb
Sam’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunoppositionMoonapplying · 1.5° orb
Sam’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.
SaturnsquareNeptuneseparating · 1.7° orb
Sam’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussquareSaturnseparating · 2.3° orb
Sam’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 2.5° orb
Sam’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercurysextileVenusseparating · 2.8° orb
Sam’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenustrinePlutoseparating · 3.0° orb
Sam’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurytrineMarsapplying · 3.3° orb
Sam’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MercurytrineNeptuneseparating · 3.3° orb
Sam’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
SaturnsextileUranusapplying · 3.5° orb
Sam’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
MercurytrineJupiterapplying · 4.6° orb
Sam’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarssquareUranusseparating · 4.8° orb
Sam’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercuryoppositionPlutoseparating · 5.8° orb
Sam’s mind pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
JupitersquareUranusseparating · 6.1° orb
Sam’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MarstrineNeptuneseparating · 6.7° orb
Sam’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire3 of 10
Earth3 of 10
Air2 of 10
Water2 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal2 of 10
Fixed4 of 10
Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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.

⚷ ChironTaurus 13°21′ · House 2
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 Sam building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresTaurus 20°04′ · House 2
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Sam is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosGemini 21°02′ · House 3
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Sam is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 2°04′ · House 2
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Sam is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 2°53′ · House 7
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Sam that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

Eros square Saturn 0.4°
Ceres trine Saturn 0.6°
Eros trine Pluto 1.2°
Eros opposition Neptune 1.3°
Eros conjunction Venus 1.8°
Hygiea trine Jupiter 1.8°

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. ☿ Mercury10 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars9.5 pts
traditionally rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; rules the Ascendant, Aries; disposes Mercury; 4 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Pluto; 4 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Sam is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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.

Grand trine · Mercury, Mars, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
T-square onto Saturn · Venus, Neptune, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Yod onto Uranus · Mercury, Venus, UranusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

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 sesquiquadrate Venus 0.6°
Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 0.8°
Mercury biquintile Saturn 1.0°
Moon semi-square Neptune 1.2°
Venus quincunx Uranus 1.3°
Mercury quincunx Uranus 1.5°
Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 1.8°

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	Aries	Mars in Leo, house 5	Mercury	self, body, how you arrive
2	Taurus	Venus in Gemini, house 3	Sun	money, possessions, self-worth
3	Gemini	Mercury in Aries, house 1	Venus	mind, siblings, the local world
4	Cancer	Moon in Scorpio, house 8	empty	home, family, roots
5	Leo	Sun in Taurus, house 2	Mars	creativity, romance, play
6	Virgo	Mercury in Aries, house 1	Jupiter, Saturn	work, habits, health
7	Libra	Venus in Gemini, house 3	Pluto	partnership, marriage, open rivals
8	Scorpio	Pluto in Libra, house 7	Moon, Uranus	shared resources, intimacy, transformation
9	Sagittarius	Jupiter in Virgo, house 6	Neptune	belief, travel, higher learning
10	Capricorn	Saturn in Virgo, house 6	empty	career, reputation, public life
11	Aquarius	Uranus in Scorpio, house 8	empty	friends, community, the future
12	Pisces	Neptune in Sagittarius, house 9	empty	the inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Sam’s cards

Every card is computed from April 30, 1980, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

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The Tidal Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

乙

yin Wood

卯

Rabbit

Wood

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Sam’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5804278, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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.

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Quick answers about Sam Heughan’s chart

How old is Sam Heughan?: Sam Heughan is 46 years old, born April 30, 1980 in Balmaclellan, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Sam Heughan?: Sam Heughan is a Taurus: born April 30, 1980, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Monkey.
What is Sam Heughan's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 30, 1980 birth.
What time was Sam Heughan born?: 05:25 local time in Balmaclellan, United Kingdom, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Sam Heughan's rising sign?: Aries rising, calculated from the documented 05:25 birth time in Balmaclellan, United Kingdom (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Sam Heughan's Life Path number?: Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the April 30, 1980 birth date.
What is Sam Heughan's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Taurus at 13°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 30, 1980 birth time.
Where is Sam Heughan's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 2°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Sam Heughan's dominant planet?: Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: disposes Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects). Mars is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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