Samantha Power
Samantha Power (born September 21, 1970, London, United Kingdom), aged 56, is an Irish-American academic, author and diplomat. Power is best known for A Problem from Hell and Screamers. Power's honours include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Order of Princess Olga, 1st class and Time 100.
Samantha Power’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Dog, with 
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Samantha Power’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Healer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Samantha in the U.S.?
#151
US rank in 2025
~594,052
Americans share it since 1880
1990
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Samantha’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
2 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Lilac · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Samantha, according to the stars
Core essence
Samantha notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Samantha is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Samantha processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Samantha needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
How Samantha wants to be loved
Samantha wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Samantha even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Samantha creates
How Samantha makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Samantha builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Samantha is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Samantha is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Samantha channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Samantha'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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunHelps by correcting.
Samantha Power's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 21, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
Samantha Power was born on September 21, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 2
Life Path 2Quiet power, real power.
Samantha Power's birth date, September 21, 1970, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 2 readings associate the number with cooperation, diplomacy and mediation: working alongside others and holding a group together. Numerologists describe it as the path of the partner, and read its influence as quiet rather than visible. The corresponding tension is self-effacement, with the caution that influence exercised through others can go uncounted, including by the person exercising it.
What stands out in Samantha’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Samantha Power's date-only chart is Sun sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Samantha Power combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Healer.
Samantha’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Samantha Power, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Gemini depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableSunsextileNeptune0.1° to 1.0° orb
Samantha’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableSunconjunctionPluto0.3° to 1.3° orb
Samantha’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenussextileMars0.5° to 0.7° orb
Samantha’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.2° to 2.1° orb
Samantha’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° orb
Samantha’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.9° to 2.6° orb
Samantha’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSaturntrinePluto4.9° orb
Samantha’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSuntrineSaturn5.2° to 6.2° orb
Samantha’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter5.7° to 6.3° orb
Samantha’s affections and growth act as one.
stableSaturnoppositionNeptune6.2° orb
Samantha’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.0° to 11.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
Samantha’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 8°33′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Samantha may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 6°53′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
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. Samantha is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosCapricorn 6°15′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Samantha is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaLeo 3°56′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Samantha at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 1°60′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Samantha exacting with themselves first.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Chiron opposition Uranus 0.1°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 0.1°
- Ceres opposition Jupiter 0.7°
- Eros square Uranus 2.2°
- Hygiea square Jupiter 2.2°
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°).
Samantha’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Samantha 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 Samantha’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
Stellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, Mars, PlutoThree 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. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.1°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.9°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Samantha Power, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Samantha’s cards
Every card is computed from September 21, 1970, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Samantha Power, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Samantha’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q454970, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
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Quick answers about Samantha Power’s chart
- How old is Samantha Power?
- Samantha Power is 56 years old, born September 21, 1970 in London, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is Samantha Power?
- Samantha Power is a Virgo: born September 21, 1970, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Dog.
- What is Samantha Power's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 21, 1970 birth.
- What time was Samantha Power born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- What is Samantha Power's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the September 21, 1970 birth date.
- What is Samantha Power's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 21, 1970 birth date.
- Where is Samantha Power's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 1°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Samantha Power's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
