Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson (born December 17, 1974, Tampa, United States, 23:05), aged 51, is an American actress. Notable films include 12 Years a Slave, Grey's Anatomy and American Horror Story. Paulson's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.
Sarah Paulson’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Wood Tiger, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Wood Tiger, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Sarah
Sarah Paulson’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Sarah in the U.S.?
#90
US rank in 2025
~1,101,838
Americans share it since 1880
1982
its peak year
Sarah ranked 20th among girls and 1,612th among boys in 1974, the year of this birth, with 9,788 American girls and 31 boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Sarah’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
3
Soul Urge · being heard
7
Personality · composed, private
The name opens on S (1) and closes on H (8). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Sarah’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌿 Fern
Frost white · Rose-gold · Forest
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1974, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Sarah apart
Pope Francis (1936) and Milla Jovovich (1975) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Sarah, according to the stars
Core essence
Sarah is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Sarah is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Sarah needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Sarah needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Sarah wants to be loved
Sarah 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 Sarah you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Sarah creates
How Sarah makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Sarah creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Sarah is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Sarah is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Sarah has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Sarah's birth date. Working below.
Where Sarah sits
Six lines
Sarah’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Sarah Paulson
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Tampa on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Tampa at 23:05, Sarah Paulson’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Tampa that night
Computed for 27.95°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Tampa at the birth hour: Alcyone of Taurus, within 8.7° of the exact zenith.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 100 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 27.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −62.1° declination ever rises from here, which puts Acrux permanently out of view.
The Moon, 18% lit at waxing crescent, had already set; the Sun sat 71° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Tampa, United States
- Lives in
- Los Angeles
Wikidata records Los Angeles as Sarah Paulson's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Sarah's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Solar Star 太陽 in 子
Bureau 水二局 · Body Palace in Self
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
57 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 1 unaspected planet
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 →The quick version
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Sarah Paulson's Sun was in Sagittarius at the documented birth time.
What Sagittarius means →Wood Tiger
Wood TigerLeads by moving.
Sarah Paulson was born on December 17, 1974, which falls in a Wood Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Sarah Paulson's birth date, December 17, 1974, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Sarah’s chart
- Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Sarah Paulson's timed chart: Sun in the 4th house, Mercury in the 4th house, Mars in the 4th house, Jupiter in the 7th house and Neptune in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Sarah Paulson's timed chart is Sun conjunction Mercury, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Mars and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Sarah Paulson combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Sarah’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.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 0.9° orb
Sarah’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.9° orb
Sarah’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 1.3° orb
Sarah’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenussquarePlutoapplying · 3.1° orb
MarssextilePlutoapplying · 4.0° orb
VenussextileUranusseparating · 4.7° orb
MarsconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 4.8° orb
JupitertrineSaturnapplying · 5.8° orb
MarssquareJupiterapplying · 6.1° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Sarah’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 20°02′ · House 8
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresPisces 9°37′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 20°59′ · House 11
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAries 25°30′ · House 8
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 24°32′ · House 6
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres square Neptune 0.3°
- Hygiea trine Sun 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.4°
- Hygiea trine Mercury 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 1.3°
- Ceres opposition Ascendant 1.5°
- Ceres conjunction Jupiter 1.6°
Sarah’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
rules the Ascendant, Virgo; angular in the fourth house; 1 major aspect
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Sarah’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, Mars, 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.
- Moon quincunx Saturn 0.9°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 0.9°
- Moon quintile Mars 1.0°
- Saturn biquintile Neptune 1.0°
- Jupiter quincunx Pluto 2.1°
Sarah’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgo | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 4 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Capricorn, house 5 | Pluto | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 2 | Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Pisces, house 7 | Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Cancer, house 11 | Venus | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 3 | Moon | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 4 | Jupiter | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 4 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Capricorn, house 5 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 4 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Aquarius, house 6 | Saturn | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Sagittarius, house 4 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Fellow Sagittarius suns
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- Leo ØstigårdNorwegian footballer (born 1999)
- Gregor KobelSwiss footballer (born 1997)
Born in Tiger years
- Phil CollinsEnglish drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951)
- Sheryl CrowAmerican musician (born 1962)
- Kristin CavallariAmerican actress
Also born on December 17
- Pope Francis1936
- Milla Jovovich1975
- Manny Pacquiao1978
- David Rudisha1988
- Nat Wolff1994
- Martin Ødegaard1998
Fellow Yang Water day masters
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- Rico DowdleAmerican football running back
- Jaquan BriskerAmerican football player (born 1999)
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Other Tidal Explorers
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- Dave FrancoAmerican actor
Other Virgo risings with documented times
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- Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFrench writer and aviator
- Roger FedererSwiss tennis player
- Wilhelm RöntgenGerman physicist
Famous people with Life Path 5
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From the journal: Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time · What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated
Sarah’s cards
Computed from December 17, 1974. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
5 · Explorer♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Sarah’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q257442 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. From Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Sarah Paulson at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Sarah Paulson.
Quick answers about Sarah Paulson’s chart
- How old is Sarah Paulson?
- Sarah Paulson is 51 years old, born December 17, 1974 in Tampa, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Sarah Paulson?
- Sarah Paulson is a Sagittarius: born December 17, 1974, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius at the documented birth time.
- What is Sarah Paulson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 17, 1974 birth.
- What time was Sarah Paulson born?
- 23:05 local time in Tampa, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Sarah Paulson's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 23:05 birth time in Tampa, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Sarah Paulson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Sarah Paulson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 20°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Sarah Paulson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 24°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Sarah Paulson's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
