Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942, San Francisco, United States), aged 83, is an American poet. Olds's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, T. S. Eliot Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Sharon Olds’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Horse, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Horse, with 
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Sharon Olds’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Scholar
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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Sharon in the U.S.?
#1256
US rank in 2025
~726,130
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Sharon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Crimson · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Sharon, according to the stars
Core essence
Sharon does not do surface. The core of Sharon is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Sharon is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Sharon runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Sharon needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.
How Sharon wants to be loved
Sharon 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 Sharon even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Sharon creates
How Sharon 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. Sharon 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: Sharon is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Sharon 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 Sharon leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Sharon runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Sharon's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Sharon sits
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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 may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunDeep water, no shallow end.
Sharon Olds's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 19, 1942, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Water Horse
Water HorseOpen road, open heart.
Sharon Olds was born on November 19, 1942, which falls in a Water Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Sharon Olds's birth date, November 19, 1942, 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 Sharon’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Sharon Olds' date-only chart is Sun conjunction Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, sit together in Scorpio, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Sharon Olds combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Scholar.
Sharon’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Sharon Olds, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 15° to 28° Aries 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
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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.
stableSunconjunctionVenus0.7° to 0.9° orb
Sharon’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableSuntrineJupiter1.2° to 2.2° orb
Sharon’s core identity flows straight into their growth.
stableUranustrineNeptune1.3° orb
Sharon’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenustrineJupiter1.8° to 3.1° orb
Sharon’s affections flow straight into their growth.
stableSaturnsextilePluto2.7° to 2.8° orb
Sharon’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextileNeptune3.2° to 4.5° orb
Sharon’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurytrineJupiter4.0° to 5.6° orb
Sharon’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableUranussextilePluto4.4° orb
Sharon’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenusoppositionUranus4.5° to 5.8° orb
Sharon’s affections pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableMarssquarePluto4.5° to 5.2° orb
Sharon’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSunoppositionUranus5.5° to 6.5° orb
Sharon’s core identity pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
stableSunconjunctionMercury6.2° to 6.7° orb
Sharon’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Sharon’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.
⚷ ChironLeo 28°51′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Leo is read as a sore spot around being seen. The tradition has Sharon performing through the doubt rather than waiting for it to lift.
⚳ CeresPisces 20°03′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Sharon is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.
♡ ErosAquarius 19°58′ (moves 0.45° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Sharon is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaLeo 13°28′ (moves 0.10° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Sharon at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 9°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Sharon guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
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 trine Mercury 0.3°
- Eros square Mercury 0.4°
- Chiron square Venus 1.2°
- Hygiea square Mars 1.4°
- Chiron square Sun 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 2.8°
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°).
Sharon’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. ♇ Pluto10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Sharon is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Sharon’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.
Stellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, Venus, MarsThree 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 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-square Saturn 0.1°
- Mars quincunx Saturn 2.1°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Sharon Olds, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Sharon
Calvin Klein was born on November 19, 1942 too, the same date with the same year. With no birth time recorded for any of them, this is the same chart, not a similar one. Same sky, different lives.
More people like Sharon
Other writers
- James Alan McPherson1943
- Terry Bisson1942
- Doris Kearns Goodwin1943
- Les Payne1941
- Joseph Ellis1943
- Joe Mayhew1942
Born in United States
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- Jerry JonesAmerican businessman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys
- Jimi HendrixAmerican guitarist
- Patricia McBrideAmerican ballet dancer
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- Michael CrichtonAmerican author, screenwriter, film director
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Born in Horse years
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Also born on November 19
- Indira Gandhi1917
- Jodie Foster1962
- Mette Frederiksen1977
- Ted Turner1938
- Adam Driver1983
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Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- Jesse OwensAmerican track and field athlete
- Kevin Rudd26th Prime Minister of Australia
- Alan RickmanBritish actor and director
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Other Radiant Scholars
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- Mario PuzoAmerican author, screenwriter, and journalist
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Sharon’s cards
Every card is computed from November 19, 1942, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Sharon Olds, 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
Sharon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3180469, 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 Csabalete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Sharon Olds at Wikipedia 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 Sharon Olds.
Quick answers about Sharon Olds’s chart
- How old is Sharon Olds?
- Sharon Olds is 83 years old, born November 19, 1942 in San Francisco, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Sharon Olds?
- Sharon Olds is a Scorpio: born November 19, 1942, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Horse.
- What is Sharon Olds's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 19, 1942 birth.
- What time was Sharon Olds 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 Sharon Olds's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the November 19, 1942 birth date.
- What is Sharon Olds's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 19, 1942 birth date.
- Where is Sharon Olds's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Sharon Olds's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
