Serge Merlin
Serge Merlin (born December 29, 1932, Oued Tlélat, Algeria; died 2019), was a French actor. Merlin's honours include Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
Serge Merlin’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Monkey, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Monkey, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.How compatible are you with Serge Merlin?
Your birthday, just below, gives your match percentage with Serge. Under a minute.
Your AsterNym Match
?%Your score is waiting.
Two details and you have your number with Serge. Under a minute, and it is real astrology, not a quiz.
Your result includes:
- · Your compatibility percentage
- · What attracts you to each other
- · What you would bring to the match
- · Where you might clash
- · Whether you share lucky numbers, colours, stones or seasons
Serge Merlin’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Diplomat
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Serge in the U.S.?
#8794
US rank in 2025
~1,628
Americans share it since 1880
1972
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Serge’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
2 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Serge, according to the stars
Core essence
Serge is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Serge 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.
How Serge wants to be loved
Serge 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 Serge and watch them fall for you again.
How Serge creates
How Serge makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Serge builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Serge is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Serge is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Serge sits
Six lines. Tap where you sit on each.
Serge’s dot is placed from the chart. Yours is wherever you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Serge Merlin
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Oued Tlélat on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
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.
The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunAmbition wearing a plain coat.
Serge Merlin's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of December 29, 1932, 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.
Water Monkey
Water MonkeyWit is the tool.
Serge Merlin was born on December 29, 1932, which falls in a Water Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 2
Life Path 2Diplomat by instinct.
Serge Merlin's birth date, December 29, 1932, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 2 readings associate the number with cooperation, diplomacy and mediation: working alongside others and holding a group together. Numerologists describe it as the path of the partner, and read its influence as quiet rather than visible. The corresponding tension is self-effacement, with the caution that influence exercised through others can go uncounted, including by the person exercising it.
What stands out in Serge’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Serge Merlin's date-only chart is Venus square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Serge Merlin combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Diplomat.
Serge’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Serge Merlin, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 27° to 12° Capricorn or Aquarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
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.
stableVenussquareNeptune0.0° to 0.7° orb
Serge’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersextilePluto0.4° to 0.5° orb
Serge’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableMercurysquareMars0.5° to 1.5° orb
Serge’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSuntrineNeptune2.0° to 3.0° orb
Serge’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurytrineUranus2.4° to 3.6° orb
Serge’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableUranussquarePluto3.2° orb
Serge’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter5.6° to 5.8° orb
Serge’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysquareNeptune5.7° to 7.0° orb
Serge’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus6.3° orb
Serge’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarsconjunctionNeptune7.2° to 7.4° orb
Serge’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.4° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Serge’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 24°11′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Serge building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresAquarius 10°48′ (moves 0.37° 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. Serge is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosScorpio 11°45′ (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. Serge is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaScorpio 11°01′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Serge carrying stress in the body until it is named.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 26°52′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Serge is read as immovable on those points.
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.
- Ceres sextile Venus 0.6°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 0.9°
- Chiron trine Jupiter 1.1°
- Chiron sextile Pluto 1.5°
- Eros sextile Neptune 1.6°
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°).
Serge’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars4 pts
disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Serge 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 Serge’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.
- Mercury biquintile Pluto 0.2°
- Saturn biquintile Neptune 0.4°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.3°
- Mars quincunx Uranus 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Serge Merlin, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
More people like Serge
Other actors
- Kim Novak1933
- Peter O'Toole1932
- Fred Willard1933
- Anthony Perkins1932
- Jacques d'Amboise1934
- George Chakiris1932
Born in Algeria
- Saadi YacefAlgerian guerilla
- Claude Cohen-TannoudjiFrench physicist (1933-)
- Albert CamusFrench philosopher, author, and journalist
- Yves Saint LaurentFrench fashion designer
- KhaledAlgerian musician
- Imane KhelifAlgerian boxer
More charts like Serge’s
Fellow Capricorn suns
- Austin StowellAmerican actor
- Fatima Sana ShaikhIndian film and television actress
- Halit AkçatepeTurkish actor
Born in Monkey years
- Zac PosenAmerican fashion designer
- FeidColombian singer, songwriter, and record producer
- MinjiSouth Korean singer, songwriter and model, born 2004
Also born on December 29
- Jude Law1972
- Victor Osimhen1998
- Wynton Rufer1962
- Diego Luna1979
- Alison Brie1982
- Ross Lynch1995
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- Joshua BassettAmerican actor and singer-songwriter
- Camila CabelloCuban-Mexican-American singer
- Taron EgertonBritish actor
Other Capricorn Monkey charts
- David LangAmerican composer
- Junot Díazauthor
- Bernard DeVotoAmerican historian and author
- Ola Elizabeth WinslowAmerican colonial historian, professor of English
Other Evergreen Diplomats
- Kali UchisAmerican singer and songwriter
- Lena SituationsFrench vlogger and Internet influencer
- Rita OraEnglish-Albanian singer and actress
- Angela BassettAmerican actress (born 1958)
Famous people with Life Path 2
- Juan GuarnizoColombian YouTuber
- Kendall JennerAmerican media personality and model
- Sydney SweeneyAmerican actress
From the journal: Is Western astrology outdated? · Reading your chart in order: a step-by-step method
Serge’s cards
Every card is computed from December 29, 1932, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
Tap to flip
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Serge Merlin, 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
Serge’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3479446, 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.
The same Serge Merlin at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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 Serge Merlin.
Quick answers about Serge Merlin’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Serge Merlin?
- Serge Merlin was a Capricorn: born December 29, 1932, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Monkey.
- What was Serge Merlin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 29, 1932 birth.
- What time was Serge Merlin 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 was Serge Merlin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the December 29, 1932 birth date.
- What was Serge Merlin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 29, 1932 birth date.
- Where was Serge Merlin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 26°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Serge Merlin's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Mars, Jupiter, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Mars is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
