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Serge Ibaka

Serge Ibaka (born September 18, 1989, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo), aged 37, is a Congolese-Spanish basketball player. Ibaka has played for Bàsquet Manresa, Real Madrid Baloncesto and Toronto Raptors.

Serge Ibaka’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Snake, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Serge Ibaka’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Seeker

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

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

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

#8794

US rank in 2025

~1,628

Americans share it since 1914

1972

its peak year

In 1989, 20 American boys were registered Serge — 3,071st on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Serge’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

3

Soul Urge · being heard

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on S (1) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Serge’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 8

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia

Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1989, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Serge apart

Serge Ibaka was 18 when the work began in 2007.

On Wikipedia the categories read NBA players from the Republic of the Congo, CB L'Hospitalet players and FC Bayern Munich basketball players.

Ronaldo (1976) and James Gandolfini (1961) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Working from
2007
Sport
basketball
Citizenship
Spain and Republic of the Congo
Languages
French, Spanish and English
Wikipedia editions
41

What the chart says

Serge, according to the stars

Core essence

Serge 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 Serge is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Serge wants to be loved

Serge 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 Serge even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Serge creates

How Serge makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Serge creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.

Instinct

Instinct: Serge is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Serge 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: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Serge 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 Serge's birth date. Working below.

Where Serge sits

Six lines

Serge’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Serge

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Serge

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

PrivateExpressive
Serge

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Serge

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

PracticalVisionary
Serge

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Serge

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Serge Ibaka

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Brazzaville 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 Brazzaville that night

Computed for 4.27°S, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Brazzaville was Sadalsuud, in Aquarius, 80.2° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Rigil Kentaurus in Centaurus, and 72 catalog stars were up in all.

Brazzaville sits at 4.3°S, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The Moon was at waning gibbous, 84% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 46° down.

How unusual Serge's chart is

Chart pattern score

46 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

T-square onto Mercury · No Fire planets · 1 planet at a critical degree

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.

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Serge Ibaka at a glance

Virgo Sun

Standards nobody else can meet.

Serge Ibaka's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 18, 1989, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Virgo means →

Earth Snake

Private by design.

Serge Ibaka was born on September 18, 1989, which falls in a Earth Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 9

Endings come naturally.

Serge Ibaka's birth date, September 18, 1989, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Serge’s chart

Serge’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 29° to 14° Aries or Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Saturn · Trine, 0.1° orbMercury grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.1° orbMoon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 0.3° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.4° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.8° orbJupiter faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 1° orbMoon opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.1° orbJupiter faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.3° orbSun in Virgo · 25°30′☉25°Moon in Taurus · 7°15′☽7°Mercury in Libra · 8°10′ · retrograde☿℞8°Venus in Scorpio · 6°54′♀6°Mars in Virgo · 29°15′♂29°Jupiter in Cancer · 8°18′♃8°Saturn in Capricorn · 7°21′♄7°Uranus in Capricorn · 1°22′♅1°Neptune in Capricorn · 9°37′ · retrograde♆℞9°Pluto in Scorpio · 13°16′♇13°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
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

  • stableMoonoppositionVenus0.0° to 7.2° orb

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

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter0.0° to 0.6° orb

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

  • stableVenussextileSaturn0.0° to 1.0° orb

    Serge’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.4° to 1.2° orb

  • stableVenustrineJupiter0.9° to 1.9° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionSaturn0.9° to 1.0° orb

  • stableMercurysquareNeptune1.1° to 1.8° orb

  • stableJupiteroppositionNeptune1.2° to 1.4° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus1.8° to 2.4° orb

  • stableVenussextileNeptune2.1° to 3.3° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune2.3° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMars3.6° to 3.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire0 of 10
  • Earth6 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.

Serge’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCancer 15°32′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 29°21′ (moves 0.24° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 19°01′ (moves 0.63° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 17°53′ (moves 0.26° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 24°48′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Mars 0.1°
  • Ceres opposition Uranus 2.0°
  • Chiron trine Pluto 2.3°

Serge’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn9 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Uranus, Neptune; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Mercury; 5 major aspects

Configurations in Serge’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Jupiter, Saturn, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Jupiter, Neptune, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Mars semi-square Pluto 1.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.3°

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From the journal: Why there are 12 signs and not 13 · Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained

Serge’s cards

Computed from September 18, 1989. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Seeker

Western zodiac

Virgo

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

9 · Healer

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Serge’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q313389 (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.

Portrait by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Serge Ibaka at Wikipedia, sergeibaka.com, Instagram, X, YouTube and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Serge Ibaka.

Quick answers about Serge Ibaka’s chart

How old is Serge Ibaka?
Serge Ibaka is 37 years old, born September 18, 1989 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
What zodiac sign is Serge Ibaka?
Serge Ibaka is a Virgo: born September 18, 1989, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day.
What is Serge Ibaka's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 18, 1989 birth.
How tall is Serge Ibaka?
Serge Ibaka is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Serge Ibaka's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Serge Ibaka's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Serge Ibaka's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Serge Ibaka's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Uranus, Neptune; 5 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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