Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934, Richmond, United States, 15:57), aged 92, is an American actress. Notable films include The Apartment, Downton Abbey and Terms of Endearment. MacLaine's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special, Kennedy Center Honors and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Shirley MacLaine’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Wood Dog, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac is 
Wood Dog, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Shirley
Shirley MacLaine’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Lightkeeper
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive 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
The SSA recorded 22,841 American girls and 288 boys named Shirley in 1934: 4th among girls and 319th among boys for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Shirley’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Shirley MacLean Beaty, not the name they published under.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
9
Soul Urge · meaning
9
Personality · generous, worldly
The name opens on S (1) and closes on Y (7). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against 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
9 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern
White · Blush · Forest
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 4, trigram Xun 巽, East group. Best direction North, worst Northwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1934, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Shirley apart
The Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year, Actress came in 1955, when Shirley MacLaine was 21.
Study took Shirley MacLaine to Washington-Liberty High School.
Shirley MacLaine was 21 when the work began in 1955.
Shirley MacLaine was born to Kathlyn Corinne Maclean and Ira Owens Beaty, married Steve Parker and raised one child.
Wikipedia files Shirley MacLaine under American spiritual writers, Baptists from Virginia and Actresses from Virginia.
Barbra Streisand (1942) and Kelly Clarkson (1982) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Washington-Liberty High School
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress (1984), Silver Bear for Best Actress (1959) and AFI Life Achievement Award (2012)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and Academy Award for Best Actress
- Working from
- 1955
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 96
What the chart says
Shirley, according to the stars
Core essence
Shirley is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Shirley is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, Shirley is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Shirley needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Shirley wants to be loved
Shirley wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Shirley, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Shirley creates
How Shirley makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Shirley creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Shirley 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 9 is the humanitarian. Shirley 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Shirley is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
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.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
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 sky
Dedicate a star to Shirley MacLaine
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Richmond on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Richmond at 15:57, Shirley MacLaine’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Richmond that night
Computed for 37.54°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Richmond at the birth hour: Menkalinan of Auriga, within 7.4° of the exact zenith.
Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.
Richmond sits at 37.5°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Richmond at all: they sit past the −52.5° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waxing gibbous, 77% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun -34° down.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Shirley MacLean Beaty
- Known as
- Shirley MacLaine
- Born in
- Richmond, United States
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Shirley's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
No major star sits in the Life Palace, which the tradition calls 空宮, an empty palace. The branch is 申.
Bureau 金四局 · Body Palace in Career
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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.
Score your own chart →Taurus Sun
Taurus SunStubborn is the polite word.
Shirley MacLaine's Sun was in Taurus at the documented birth time.
What Taurus means →Wood Dog
Wood DogWorries so you don't have to.
Shirley MacLaine was born on April 24, 1934, which falls in a Wood Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Endings come naturally.
Shirley MacLaine's birth date, April 24, 1934, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Shirley’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Shirley MacLaine's timed chart: Moon in the 1st house, Venus in the 7th house and Neptune in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Shirley MacLaine's timed chart is Mercury opposition Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Shirley MacLaine combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Lightkeeper.
Shirley’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MercuryoppositionJupiterapplying · 0.9° orb
Shirley’s mind pulls against their growth from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
SaturnsextileUranusapplying · 1.2° orb
Shirley’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.
SunconjunctionMarsseparating · 2.3° orb
Shirley’s core identity and drive act as one.
MoonconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 2.8° orb
SuntrineMoonseparating · 3.0° orb
MarsconjunctionUranusseparating · 3.9° orb
VenustrinePlutoapplying · 4.7° orb
UranussquarePlutoseparating · 5.2° orb
MoontrineMarsseparating · 5.3° orb
SuntrineNeptuneapplying · 5.8° orb
SunconjunctionUranusseparating · 6.2° orb
JupitersquarePlutoseparating · 6.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 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.
⚷ ChironGemini 1°56′ · House 10
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresTaurus 19°29′ · House 9
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosTaurus 11°19′ · House 9
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius 24°06′ · House 6
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 20°29′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros trine Neptune 1.5°
- Ceres sextile Venus 1.6°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 2.1°
- Hygiea conjunction Saturn 2.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 2.6°
- Chiron trine Ascendant 2.8°
Shirley’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Moon, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter; angular in the seventh house; 1 major aspect
3. ☽ Moon6 pts
disposes Pluto; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects
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 biquintile Neptune 0.4°
- Moon semi-square Pluto 0.6°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
- Venus semi-square Mars 1.3°
- Venus quincunx Jupiter 1.6°
Shirley’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgo | Mercury in Aries, house 8 | Moon, Neptune | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Libra | Venus in Pisces, house 7 | Jupiter | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Scorpio | Pluto in Cancer, house 11 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 2 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Capricorn | Saturn in Aquarius, house 6 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Aquarius | Uranus in Aries, house 8 | Saturn | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Pisces | Neptune in Virgo, house 1 | Venus | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aries | Mars in Taurus, house 9 | Mercury, Uranus | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Taurus | Venus in Pisces, house 7 | Sun, Mars | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Gemini | Mercury in Aries, house 8 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 1 | Pluto | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Leo | Sun in Taurus, house 9 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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One relative of Shirley MacLaine also has a chart on AsterNym.
More people like Shirley
Other writers
- Gene Roberts1932
- Fred Chappell1936
- V. S. Naipaul1932
- Mario Vargas Llosa1936
- Saul Friedländer1932
- Kenneth Silverman1936
Born in United States
- Gordon S. WoodAmerican history teacher, university and college faculty member, historian
- Herb SimonAmerican businessman (born 1934)
- Marilyn HorneAmerican mezzo-soprano opera singer (born 1934)
- Norman Charles MillerAmerican journalist
- Richard WernickAmerican composer
- Wilford BrimleyAmerican actor and singer
More charts like Shirley’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Barbara StrauchAmerican writer
- Steve Breencartoonist
- Jodi KantorAmerican journalist
Born in Dog years
- Bad BunnyPuerto Rican rapper, singer, and record producer
- Javier MileiEconomist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
- Jennifer ConnellyAmerican actress
Also born on April 24
- Barbra Streisand1942
- Kelly Clarkson1982
- Josep Borrell1947
- Djimon Hounsou1964
- Jean-Paul Gaultier1952
- Ashleigh Barty1996
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Joseph Kingsbury SmithAmerican journalist
- Roy Franklin NicholsAmerican historian
- Kai BirdAmerican journalist
Other Taurus Dog charts
- Rob RiggleAmerican actor
- Tony ParkerFrench basketball player (born 1982)
- Alexander GouldAmerican actor, voice artist, producer, director, and screenwriter
- Maureen LipmanBritish actress, columnist and comedian
Other Evergreen Lightkeepers
- Jack OakieAmerican actor
- Corin RedgraveBritish actor
- Laura LinneyAmerican actress
- Imogen PootsBritish actress
Other Virgo risings with documented times
- Kathy BatesAmerican film actress and director
- Yvette Nicole BrownAmerican actress
- Elizabeth BanksAmerican actress and director
- Marion CotillardFrench actress (born 1975)
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Coco RochaCanadian fashion model
- Halima AdenAmerican-Somali fashion model
- Lauren ConradAmerican television personality, author, and fashion designer
From the journal: Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal · Astrology vs astronomy: when and why they separated
Shirley’s cards
Computed from April 24, 1934. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen LightkeeperWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
9 · Healer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Shirley’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q95026 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by movie studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Shirley MacLaine at Wikipedia, shirleymaclaine.com, IMDb, X 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 MacLaine.
Quick answers about Shirley MacLaine’s chart
- How old is Shirley MacLaine?
- Shirley MacLaine is 92 years old, born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Shirley MacLaine?
- Shirley MacLaine is a Taurus: born April 24, 1934, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time.
- What is Shirley MacLaine's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 24, 1934 birth.
- What time was Shirley MacLaine born?
- 15:57 local time in Richmond, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Shirley MacLaine's rising sign?
- Virgo rising, calculated from the documented 15:57 birth time in Richmond, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Shirley MacLaine's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Shirley MacLaine's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 1°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Shirley MacLaine's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 20°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Shirley MacLaine's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Virgo; disposes Moon, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
