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Sheldon Rankins

Sheldon Rankins (born April 2, 1994, Covington, United States), aged 32, is an American football player (born 1994). Rankins has played for Louisville Cardinals football.

Sheldon Rankins’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Wood Dog, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Sheldon Rankins’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Visionary

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#2788

US rank in 2025

~37,172

Americans share it since 1881

1992

its peak year

Sheldon ranked 438th among boys and 4,358th among girls in 1994, the year of this birth, with 520 American boys and 24 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Sheldon’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

3

Soul Urge · being heard

7

Personality · composed, private

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

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

Sheldon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

11 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌿 Fern

White · Crimson · Forest

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1994, 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 Sheldon apart

The classrooms behind this chart: Eastside High School and University of Louisville.

Wikipedia's editors put Sheldon Rankins under Sportspeople from Covington, Georgia, Players of American football from Newton County, Georgia and Louisville Cardinals football players.

The same date carries Pascal Siakam. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Educated at
Eastside High School and University of Louisville
Sport
American football
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Sheldon, according to the stars

Core essence

Sheldon leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Sheldon is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Sheldon is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Sheldon needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Sheldon wants to be loved

Sheldon wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Sheldon is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Sheldon creates

How Sheldon makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Sheldon creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Sheldon is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Sheldon is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Sheldon slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from Sheldon's birth date. Working below.

Where Sheldon sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Sheldon

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Sheldon

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Sheldon

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Sheldon

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Sheldon

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Sheldon

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Covington on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

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The sky over Covington that night

Computed for 33.60°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Covington was Alkaphrah, in Ursa Major, 76.4° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 103 catalog stars were up in all.

From 33.6°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Covington at all: they sit past the −56.4° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 25° below the horizon, Moon down and 51% lit at last quarter.

How unusual Sheldon's chart is

Chart pattern score

34 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · No Air planets

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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Sheldon Rankins in 15 seconds

Aries Sun

Runs at it head first.

Sheldon Rankins's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 2, 1994, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Wood Dog

Guards the gate all night.

Sheldon Rankins was born on April 2, 1994, which falls in a Wood Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 11

Bright signal, thin skin.

Sheldon Rankins's birth date, April 2, 1994, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 11 means →

What stands out in Sheldon’s chart

Sheldon’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 0° to 14° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.1° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1.6° orbUranus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.8° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.6° orbUranus fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 2.8° orbMercury opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.6° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 5.1° orbSun in Aries · 12°43′☉12°Moon in Capricorn · 7°35′☽7°Mercury in Pisces · 19°02′☿19°Venus in Taurus · 1°07′♀1°Mars in Pisces · 20°36′♂20°Jupiter in Scorpio · 13°00′ · retrograde♃℞13°Saturn in Pisces · 7°31′♄7°Uranus in Capricorn · 26°01′♅26°Neptune in Capricorn · 23°13′♆23°Pluto in Scorpio · 27°47′ · retrograde♇℞27°

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

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
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Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars1.2° to 1.9° orb

    Sheldon’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableUranussextilePluto1.8° orb

    Sheldon’s need for freedom opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssextileNeptune2.2° to 3.0° orb

    Sheldon’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableUranusconjunctionNeptune2.8° orb

  • stableMercurysextileNeptune3.4° to 4.9° orb

  • stableVenussquareUranus4.5° to 5.7° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto4.6° orb

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter5.3° to 6.8° orb

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn5.4° to 5.6° orb

  • possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.0° to 11.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 12.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 6.7° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water5 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Virgo 3°36′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 19°58′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosTaurus 12°29′ (moves 0.83° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Libra 17°25′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 29°26′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros opposition Jupiter 0.5°
  • Ceres sextile Mars 0.6°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 1.7°
  • Chiron trine Venus 2.5°

Sheldon’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♆ Neptune7 pts

    disposes Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    in its own sign, Scorpio; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Sheldon’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

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

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.1°
  • Sun quincunx Jupiter 0.3°
  • Saturn semi-square Neptune 0.7°
  • Jupiter quintile Uranus 1.0°

Born the same day as Sheldon

Pascal Siakam was born on April 2, 1994 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. At 33.6°N, the sky above Covington stops at −56.4° declination. Same sky, different lives.

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Sheldon’s cards

Computed from April 2, 1994. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The High Priestess

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Visionary

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Sheldon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q22095844 (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.

The same Sheldon Rankins at Wikipedia and X.

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

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Quick answers about Sheldon Rankins’s chart

How old is Sheldon Rankins?
Sheldon Rankins is 32 years old, born April 2, 1994 in Covington, United States.
What zodiac sign is Sheldon Rankins?
Sheldon Rankins is an Aries: born April 2, 1994, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What is Sheldon Rankins's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 2, 1994 birth.
How tall is Sheldon Rankins?
Sheldon Rankins is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Sheldon Rankins's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is Sheldon Rankins's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Virgo at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Sheldon Rankins's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Sheldon Rankins's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Mercury, Mars, Saturn; 4 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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