Serena Williams
Serena Williams (born September 26, 1981, Saginaw, United States, 20:28), aged 45, is an American tennis player. Williams has played for Washington Kastles and United States Billie Jean King Cup team. Williams's honours include Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year, Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year and California Hall of Fame.
Serena Williams’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rooster, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Rooster, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Serena
Serena Williams’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Visionary
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Serena in the U.S.?
#325
US rank in 2025
~47,466
Americans share it since 1880
2000
its peak year
The SSA recorded 535 American girls named Serena in 1981: 411th for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Serena’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on S (1) and closes on A (1). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Serena’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 6, trigram Qian 乾, West group. Best direction West, worst Southeast.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1981, 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 Serena apart
The Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year came in 2000, when Serena Williams was 19.
Study took Serena Williams to Isenberg School of Management and The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.
Serena Williams was 14 when the work began in 1995.
On the family side, Serena Williams was born to Oracene Price and Richard A Williams Jr, married Alexis Ohanian and raised one child.
Christina Milian shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Educated at
- Isenberg School of Management, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and homeschooling
- Awards
- Associated Press Athlete of the Year (2009), Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year (2007) and Time 100 (2025)
- Nominated for
- Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award and Best Moment ESPY Award
- Working from
- 1995
- Sport
- tennis
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- French and English
- Wikipedia editions
- 125
What the chart says
Serena, according to the stars
Core essence
Serena makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Serena is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Serena is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Serena needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Serena wants to be loved
Serena 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 Serena even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Serena creates
How Serena makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Serena creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Serena 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Serena 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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Serena fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Serena's birth date. Working below.
Where Serena sits
Six lines
Serena’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 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 be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
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Read from the sky above Saginaw at 20:28, Serena Williams’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Saginaw that night
Computed for 43.42°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Saginaw at the birth hour: Fawaris of Cygnus, within 5.5° of the exact zenith.
Of the 89 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Saginaw sits at 43.4°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −46.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 2% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 12° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Saginaw, United States
- Lives in
- Compton · Palm Beach Gardens
Wikidata records Compton and Palm Beach Gardens as Serena Williams'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 Serena's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Elder 天梁 in 亥
Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Wealth
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Projector, profile 6/3
Self Projected authority · Single definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
75 / 100 · Rare
5-planet stellium in Libra · A bowl chart · 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 →Libra Sun
Libra SunEvery side of every argument.
Serena Williams's Sun was in Libra at the documented birth time.
What Libra means →Metal Rooster
Metal RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Serena Williams was born on September 26, 1981, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Endings come naturally.
Serena Williams's birth date, September 26, 1981, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Serena’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Serena Williams' timed chart: Venus in the 7th house, Mars in the 4th house and Uranus in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Serena Williams' timed chart is Venus square Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five planets, Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Serena Williams combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Visionary.
Serena’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), 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
VenussquareMarsseparating · 0.7° orb
Serena’s affections grind against their drive.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.2° orb
Serena’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarssextileJupiterapplying · 1.5° orb
Serena’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonsquareNeptuneapplying · 1.8° orb
MarssextileSaturnseparating · 3.9° orb
MoonsextileVenusseparating · 4.1° orb
JupiterconjunctionSaturnseparating · 5.3° orb
MercuryconjunctionPlutoseparating · 6.2° orb
JupiterconjunctionPlutoapplying · 6.4° orb
MarstrineNeptuneapplying · 6.7° orb
SunconjunctionSaturnapplying · 7.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Serena’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 22°25′ · House 1
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 27°50′ · House 5
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 23°59′ · House 1
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 29°03′ · House 3
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 0°14′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Uranus 0.6°
- Hygiea square Mercury 0.6°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 1.8°
- Chiron trine Moon 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 3.0°
Serena’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus14 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; rules the Ascendant, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon; 1 major aspect
3. ♂ Mars5 pts
angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Serena’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, 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.
- Saturn semi-square Uranus 0.5°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.7°
- Saturn quintile Neptune 1.5°
Serena’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 7 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 6 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 5 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Leo | Sun in Libra, house 6 | Mars | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 6 | Moon | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 7 | Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 6 | Venus, Uranus | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 6 | Neptune | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Capricorn | Saturn in Libra, house 6 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 7 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 8 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 4 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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2 relatives of Serena Williams also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.
Born the same day as Serena
Christina Milian was born on September 26, 1981 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Saginaw, at 43.4°N, nothing below −46.6° declination ever rises, which keeps Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of sight. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained · Your Kua number, and why it splits households
Serena’s cards
Computed from September 26, 1981. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HermitAsterNym identity card
The Radiant VisionaryWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Serena’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q11459 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Edwin Martinez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Serena Williams.
Quick answers about Serena Williams’s chart
- How old is Serena Williams?
- Serena Williams is 45 years old, born September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Serena Williams?
- Serena Williams is a Libra: born September 26, 1981, which puts the Sun in Libra at the documented birth time.
- What is Serena Williams's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 26, 1981 birth.
- What time was Serena Williams born?
- 20:28 local time in Saginaw, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Serena Williams's rising sign?
- Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 20:28 birth time in Saginaw, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Serena Williams?
- Serena Williams is 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Serena Williams's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Serena Williams's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 22°, in the first house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Serena Williams's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 0°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Serena Williams's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (14 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; rules the Ascendant, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
