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Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson (born November 24, 1965, Forres, United Kingdom), aged 60, is a British actress.

Shirley Henderson’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Wood Snake, with Life Path 2 in numerology.

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Shirley Henderson’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Healer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.

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

#1586

US rank in 2025

~695,934

Americans share it since 1880

1935

its peak year

In 1965, 3,370 American girls and 31 boys were registered Shirley — 111th among girls and 1,402nd among boys on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Shirley’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

3

Soul Urge · being heard

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on S (1) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Shirley’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Green Orchid

Gold · Rose-gold · Botanical green

The record

What sets Shirley apart

Katherine Heigl (1978) and Hande Erçel (1993) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Shirley, according to the stars

Core essence

Shirley is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Shirley is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

The vibe

Underneath, Shirley is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Shirley needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Shirley wants to be loved

Shirley wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Shirley you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Shirley creates

How Shirley makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Shirley creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Shirley 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Shirley 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Shirley does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Shirley's birth date. Working below.

Where Shirley sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Shirley

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Shirley

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

PrivateExpressive
Shirley

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Shirley

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

PracticalVisionary
Shirley

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Shirley

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Shirley Henderson

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

Shirley’s birth-night reference starGamma Cassiopeiaeblue · CassiopeiaGamma Cassiopeiae, in Cassiopeia. A blue star, 87° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Gamma Cassiopeiae →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 50.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Forres that night

Computed for 57.61°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Forres was Gamma Cassiopeiae, in Cassiopeia, 87.0° up.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 102 catalog stars above the horizon.

At 57.6°N there are stars that never set at all. Vega, Capella and Deneb stay up year round.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −32.4° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 3% lit at new moon, had already set; the Sun sat 40° below the horizon.

How unusual Shirley's chart is

Chart pattern score

43 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

2 unaspected 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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The quick version

Sagittarius Sun

Blunt, cheerful, gone by morning.

Shirley Henderson's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of November 24, 1965, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Sagittarius means →

Wood Snake

Says less than it knows.

Shirley Henderson was born on November 24, 1965, which falls in a Wood Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 2

Holds the room together.

Shirley Henderson's birth date, November 24, 1965, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 2 means →

What stands out in Shirley’s chart

Shirley’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 11° to 23° Sagittarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.3° orbVenus flows with Uranus · Trine, 0.3° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.6° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.6° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.7° orbUranus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 0.9° orbUranus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1° orbMoon fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1.3° orbSun in Sagittarius · 2°00′☉2°Moon in Sagittarius · 17°38′☽17°Mercury in Sagittarius · 18°54′ · retrograde☿℞18°Venus in Capricorn · 18°51′♀18°Mars in Capricorn · 7°45′♂7°Jupiter in Gemini · 29°16′ · retrograde♃℞29°Saturn in Pisces · 10°35′♄10°Uranus in Virgo · 19°11′♅19°Neptune in Scorpio · 20°11′♆20°Pluto in Virgo · 18°17′♇18°

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

  • stableVenustrineUranus0.0° to 0.8° orb

    Shirley’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableMoonconjunctionMercury0.1° to 7.7° orb

    Shirley’s feelings and mind act as one.

  • stableMoonsquarePluto0.1° to 7.0° orb

    Shirley’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenustrinePluto0.1° to 1.0° orb

  • stableMercurysquareUranus0.2° to 0.4° orb

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.5° to 0.7° orb

  • stableVenussextileNeptune0.9° to 1.8° orb

  • stableUranusconjunctionPluto0.9° orb

  • stableUranussextileNeptune1.0° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.9° orb

  • stableMarssextileSaturn2.5° to 3.2° orb

  • stableSaturnoppositionPluto7.7° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable7 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 17°59′

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 19°19′ (moves 0.10° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosPisces 8°23′ (moves 0.38° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 22°41′ (moves 0.27° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 15°43′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres opposition Uranus 0.1°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 0.3°
  • Ceres square Mercury 0.4°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 0.5°
  • Eros sextile Mars 0.6°
  • Chiron square Mercury 0.9°
  • Chiron sextile Venus 0.9°
  • Ceres trine Neptune 0.9°
  • Ceres opposition Pluto 1.0°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.2°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.2°
  • Eros conjunction Saturn 2.2°
  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 2.5°

Shirley’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto7 pts

    disposes Neptune; 6 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury

Configurations in Shirley’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.

  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.1°
  • Sun quintile Uranus 0.8°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 1.3°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.9°

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Shirley’s cards

Computed from November 24, 1965. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The High Priestess

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Healer

Western zodiac

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

2 · Diplomat

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Shirley’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q232889 (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 nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Shirley Henderson at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Shirley Henderson.

Quick answers about Shirley Henderson’s chart

How old is Shirley Henderson?
Shirley Henderson is 60 years old, born November 24, 1965 in Forres, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Shirley Henderson?
Shirley Henderson is a Sagittarius: born November 24, 1965, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
What is Shirley Henderson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 24, 1965 birth.
What is Shirley Henderson's Life Path number?
Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
What is Shirley Henderson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Shirley Henderson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 15°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Shirley Henderson's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: disposes Neptune; 6 major aspects). Mercury is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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