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, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dog, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.Your match with Samantha
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
In 1970, 2,295 American girls and 9 boys were registered Samantha — 149th among girls and 3,480th among boys on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Samantha’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
5
Soul Urge · freedom
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on S (1) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Samantha’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
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 record
What sets Samantha apart
Kwame Nkrumah (1909) and Stephen King (1947) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
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. Working below.
Where Samantha sits
Six lines
Samantha’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 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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Samantha Power
Three stars chosen from the real sky above London on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over London that night
Computed for 51.51°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at London was Fawaris, in Cygnus, 83.0° up.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 89 catalog stars were up in all.
From 51.5°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from London at all: they sit past the −38.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at last quarter, 56% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 18° down.
How unusual Samantha's chart is
Chart pattern score
60 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Virgo · 1 unaspected planet · No Fire 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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →If you only read one paragraph
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.
What Virgo means →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.
What the Dog means →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.
What Life Path 2 means →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
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Gemini depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
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
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.9° to 2.6° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto4.9° orb
stableSuntrineSaturn5.2° to 6.2° orb
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter5.7° to 6.3° orb
stableSaturnoppositionNeptune6.2° orb
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
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 8°33′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 6°53′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 6°15′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 3°56′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 1°60′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- 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°
Samantha’s dominant planets
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
Configurations in Samantha’s chart
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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.1°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.9°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.1°
More people like Samantha
Other writers
- Elliott Smith1969
- Kristi Yamaguchi1971
- Junot Díaz1968
- Marlon James1970
- Kelly Link1969
- Jessica Seinfeld1971
Born in United Kingdom
- Minnie DriverBritish-American actress (born 1970)
- Natascha McElhoneBritish actress
- Alexander McQueenBritish fashion designer
- Rupert SandersBritish film director
- Gerard ButlerScottish actor and film producer
- Catherine McCormackBritish actress
More charts like Samantha’s
Fellow Virgo suns
- Brandon IngramAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
- Caris LeVertAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Bones HylandAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Born in Dog years
- Handré PollardSouth African rugby union footballer
- Maro ItojeEnglish rugby union player
- Babar AzamPakistani cricketer
Also born on September 21
- Kwame Nkrumah1909
- Stephen King1947
- Leonard Cohen1934
- Kevin Rudd1957
- Donald Arthur Glaser1926
- Liam Gallagher1972
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- James MiddletonEnglish entrepreneur and younger brother of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- Billie LourdAmerican actress
- Janelle MonáeAmerican singer and actress (born 1985)
Other Virgo Dog charts
- Misty CopelandAmerican ballet dancer
- Whitney CummingsAmerican actress, comedian and writer (born 1982)
- Terry DubrowAmerican plastic surgeon and television personality
- Tamron HallAmerican journalist, talk show host (born 1970)
Other Evergreen Healers
- He XiaopengChinese entrepreneur
- MadonnaAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress
- Tim BurtonAmerican filmmaker and artist
- Max VerstappenDutch and Belgian racing driver
Famous people with Life Path 2
- Jonathan TahGerman footballer (born 1996)
- Denzel DumfriesDutch association football player (born 1996)
- Fredrik André BjørkanNorwegian footballer (born 1998)
From the journal: The Lo Shu square: the oldest magic square there is · What if you don't know your birth time?
Samantha’s cards
Computed from September 21, 1970. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The High PriestessAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen HealerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
2 · Diplomat☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Samantha’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q454970 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. 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, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Samantha Power.
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.
- 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 is Samantha Power's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
- What is Samantha Power's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- 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.
