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Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch (born May 31, 1962, Karlsruhe, Germany), aged 64, is a German actor. Koch's honours include Bavarian TV Awards.

Sebastian Koch’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Tiger, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Sebastian Koch’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Seeker

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#16

US rank in 2025

~218,463

Americans share it since 1880

2016

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Sebastian’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

North

Season

winter

Stones

Emerald, Emerald, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🪷 Lotus

Ivory · Lilac · Soft pink

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What the chart says

Sebastian, according to the stars

Core essence

Sebastian is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Sebastian needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Sebastian is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Sebastian needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Sebastian wants to be loved

Sebastian wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Sebastian gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Sebastian creates

How Sebastian makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Sebastian creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.

Instinct

Instinct: Sebastian 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Sebastian is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Sebastian is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

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

Where Sebastian sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Sebastian

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Sebastian

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

PrivateExpressive
Sebastian

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Sebastian

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

PracticalVisionary
Sebastian

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Sebastian

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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If you only read one paragraph

Gemini Sun

Four conversations, one person.

Sebastian Koch's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 31, 1962, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.

Water Tiger

Brave, bright, burns fast.

Sebastian Koch was born on May 31, 1962, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

Sebastian Koch's birth date, May 31, 1962, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Sebastian’s chart

Sebastian’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Sebastian Koch, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 4° to 18° Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.1° orbJupiter flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.3° orbMoon faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 0.4° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.5° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 0.7° orbVenus flows with Jupiter · Trine, 1.1° orbVenus flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.4° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.6° orbSun in Gemini · 9°31′Moon in Taurus · 11°49′11°Mercury in Gemini · 19°28′ · retrograde19°Venus in Cancer · 10°01′10°Mars in Taurus · 1°51′Jupiter in Pisces · 11°06′11°Saturn in Aquarius · 11°20′ · retrograde11°Uranus in Leo · 26°43′26°Neptune in Scorpio · 11°23′ · retrograde11°Pluto in Virgo · 7°33′

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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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.

  • stableMoonoppositionNeptune0.1° to 7.6° orb

    Sebastian’s feelings pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSaturnsquareNeptune0.1° orb

    Sebastian’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableJupitertrineNeptune0.2° to 0.4° orb

    Sebastian’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenustrineJupiter0.5° to 1.6° orb

    Sebastian’s affections flow straight into their growth.

  • stableVenustrineNeptune0.8° to 2.0° orb

    Sebastian’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunsquareJupiter1.2° to 2.0° orb

    Sebastian’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • stableSuntrineSaturn1.3° to 2.3° orb

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

  • stableSunsquarePluto1.5° to 2.4° orb

    Sebastian’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableVenussextilePluto1.9° to 3.1° orb

    Sebastian’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupiteroppositionPluto3.5° to 3.6° orb

    Sebastian’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.8° orb

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

  • stableMarstrineUranus4.8° to 5.5° orb

    Sebastian’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Sebastian’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.

  • ChironPisces 10°48′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Sebastian absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • CeresGemini 26°52′ (moves 0.42° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Sebastian feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ErosTaurus 16°37′ (moves 0.78° over the day)

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

    Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Sebastian wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.

  • HygieaPisces 4°15′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Sebastian needing solitude to reset.

  • Black Moon LilithVirgo 23°53′ (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 Sebastian exacting with themselves first.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Ceres sextile Uranus 0.1°
  • Chiron conjunction Jupiter 0.3°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 0.6°
  • Chiron trine Venus 0.8°
  • Chiron square Sun 1.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 2.4°

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°).

Sebastian’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. Mercury7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto

  2. 2. Neptune6 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. Pluto6 pts

    disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Sebastian 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 Sebastian’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.

  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, PlutoA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Sun · Jupiter, Pluto, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

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.

  • Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 0.2°
  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.5°
  • Venus quincunx Saturn 1.3°
  • Venus semi-square Uranus 1.7°
  • Sun quincunx Neptune 1.9°

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

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Sebastian’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Hermit

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Seeker

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Western zodiac

Gemini

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Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Earth.

Year

yang Water

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

yin Wood

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

yin Earth

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Sebastian Koch, 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

Sebastian’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q63187, 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 Till Brönner, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Sebastian Koch at Wikipedia, IMDb, YouTube 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 Sebastian Koch.

Quick answers about Sebastian Koch’s chart

How old is Sebastian Koch?
Sebastian Koch is 64 years old, born May 31, 1962 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
What zodiac sign is Sebastian Koch?
Sebastian Koch is a Gemini: born May 31, 1962, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Tiger.
What is Sebastian Koch's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 31, 1962 birth.
What time was Sebastian Koch 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 Sebastian Koch's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the May 31, 1962 birth date.
What is Sebastian Koch's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 31, 1962 birth date.
Where is Sebastian Koch's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Sebastian Koch's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto). Neptune is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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