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Sarah Vowell

Sarah Vowell (born December 27, 1969, Muskogee, United States), aged 56, is an American author, journalist, singing songs and social commentator. Vowell is best known for The Partly Cloudy Patriot and The Incredibles.

Sarah Vowell’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rooster, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Sarah Vowell’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Strategist

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental 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

US Social Security Administration public records

Sarah’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

1 · 5 · 7 · 8

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Frost white · Ivory · Gold

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Sarah, according to the stars

Core essence

Sarah is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Sarah is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Sarah needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Sarah needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Sarah wants to be loved

Sarah wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Sarah and watch them fall for you again.

How Sarah creates

How Sarah makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Sarah creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: Sarah is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Sarah is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Sarah leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Sarah slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from Sarah's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Sarah sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Sarah

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Sarah

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Sarah

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Sarah

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Sarah

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Sarah

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Sarah Vowell

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Muskogee on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Sarah’s birth-night reference starAlgolblue-white · PerseusAlgol, in Perseus. A blue-white star, 84.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Algol →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 63.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Capricorn Sun

Plays the long game. Wins it.

Sarah Vowell's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 27, 1969, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Earth Rooster

Prepared for everything, twice.

Sarah Vowell was born on December 27, 1969, which falls in a Earth Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.

Life Path 1

Leads because nobody else moved.

Sarah Vowell's birth date, December 27, 1969, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in Sarah’s chart

Sarah’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Sarah Vowell, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 13° to 25° Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 0.4° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.7° orbMercury flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.9° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.4° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.6° orbSun grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.8° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 3° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.2° orbSun in Capricorn · 5°50′☉5°Moon in Leo · 19°30′☽19°Mercury in Capricorn · 25°31′☿25°Venus in Sagittarius · 29°06′♀29°Mars in Pisces · 9°04′♂9°Jupiter in Scorpio · 1°44′♃1°Saturn in Taurus · 2°06′ · retrograde♄℞2°Uranus in Libra · 8°40′♅8°Neptune in Scorpio · 29°45′♆29°Pluto in Virgo · 27°24′♇27°

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.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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.

  • stableJupiteroppositionSaturn0.3° to 0.5° orb

    Sarah’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenussquarePluto1.1° to 2.3° orb

    Sarah’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercurytrinePluto1.4° to 2.4° orb

    Sarah’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableVenussextileJupiter2.1° to 3.2° orb

    Sarah’s affections open doors for their growth.

  • stableSunsquareUranus2.3° to 3.3° orb

    Sarah’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° to 2.4° orb

    Sarah’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn2.4° to 3.6° orb

    Sarah’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunsextileMars3.1° to 3.4° orb

    Sarah’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • stableSuntrineSaturn3.2° to 4.2° orb

    Sarah’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunsextileJupiter3.7° to 4.5° orb

    Sarah’s core identity opens doors for their growth.

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune3.7° to 4.7° orb

    Sarah’s mind opens doors for their imagination.

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter5.8° to 6.7° orb

    Sarah’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

Sarah’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 2°28′ (moves 0.01° 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: Sarah may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 19°37′ (moves 0.35° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Sarah is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 13°50′ (moves 0.79° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Sarah is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 1°43′ (moves 0.13° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Sarah needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 2°10′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Sarah is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith square Saturn 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 0.4°
  • Hygiea opposition Neptune 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 2.4°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.7°

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°).

Sarah’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. 1. ♄ Saturn8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Saturn, Uranus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun5 pts

    5 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Sarah is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Sarah’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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.

  • Mars quincunx Uranus 0.4°
  • Venus semi-sextile Neptune 0.6°
  • Saturn biquintile Pluto 1.3°
  • Mercury semi-square Mars 1.5°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 2.0°
  • Saturn quincunx Neptune 2.4°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Sarah Vowell, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Sarah’s cards

Every card is computed from December 27, 1969, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

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Wheel of Fortune

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The Radiant Strategist

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Rooster 酉

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

酉

Rooster

Metal

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Sarah Vowell, 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

Sarah’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q452147, 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.

Portrait by Tammy Lo (tammylo), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Sarah Vowell at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sarah Vowell.

Quick answers about Sarah Vowell’s chart

How old is Sarah Vowell?
Sarah Vowell is 56 years old, born December 27, 1969 in Muskogee, United States.
What zodiac sign is Sarah Vowell?
Sarah Vowell is a Capricorn: born December 27, 1969, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rooster.
What is Sarah Vowell's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rooster, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 27, 1969 birth.
What time was Sarah Vowell 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 Sarah Vowell's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the December 27, 1969 birth date.
What is Sarah Vowell's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 27, 1969 birth date.
Where is Sarah Vowell's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Sarah Vowell's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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