Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier (born February 20, 1927, Miami, United States; died 2022), was a Bahamian and American actor and diplomat. Poitier served as ambassador of the Bahamas. Poitier's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Sidney Poitier’s zodiac sign was Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rabbit, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Pisces, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Fire Rabbit, with 
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Sidney Poitier’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Explorer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Sidney in the U.S.?
#1327
US rank in 2025
~108,987
Americans share it since 1880
1918
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Sidney’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 3 · 4 · 6
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Amethyst, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🌸 Peony · 🌺 Poppy
Violet · Rose-gold · Flame orange
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Sidney, according to the stars
Core essence
Sidney feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Sidney is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.
The vibe
Underneath, Sidney cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Sidney needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Sidney wants to be loved
Sidney 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 Sidney, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Sidney creates
How Sidney 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. Sidney 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: Sidney is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Sidney is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Sidney 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 Sidney's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Sidney sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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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The quick version
Pisces Sun
Pisces SunDreams in full colour.
Sidney Poitier's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of February 20, 1927, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Pisces readings associate the sign with imagination, empathy and permeable boundaries: absorbing the mood of a place and turning it into something. Astrologers describe it as the mutable water sign, traditionally ruled by Jupiter and in modern practice by Neptune. The corresponding tension is drift, described in the tradition as a difficulty telling one's own feelings from everyone else's.
Fire Rabbit
Fire RabbitSoft voice, sharp read.
Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1927, which falls in a Fire Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rabbit readings emphasise tact, grace and the ability to settle a room without seeming to try. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rabbit as the diplomat of the cycle, alert to subtleties and fond of comfort. The corresponding caution in the tradition is avoidance: the tendency to slip away from a conflict that needed to happen.
Life Path 5
Life Path 5Freedom over comfort, always.
Sidney Poitier's birth date, February 20, 1927, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
What stands out in Sidney’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Sidney Poitier's date-only chart is Jupiter square Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus, sit together in Pisces, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Sidney Poitier combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Explorer.
Sidney’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Sidney Poitier, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 9° to 20° Libra 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.
stableMoonsquarePluto0.1° to 7.0° orb
Sidney’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersquareSaturn0.5° to 0.7° orb
Sidney’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarssextileUranus1.3° to 1.7° orb
Sidney’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsquareMars1.5° to 2.0° orb
Sidney’s core identity grinds against their drive.
stableMercurytrinePluto3.1° to 4.6° orb
Sidney’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableMarssquareNeptune3.6° to 4.1° orb
Sidney’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableVenusconjunctionUranus4.5° to 5.7° orb
Sidney’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus4.7° to 5.0° orb
Sidney’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunoppositionNeptune5.1° to 6.1° orb
Sidney’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableSunsquareSaturn5.6° to 6.5° orb
Sidney’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupitertrinePluto6.1° to 6.4° orb
Sidney’s growth flows straight into their depths.
stableSunconjunctionJupiter6.3° to 7.1° orb
Sidney’s core identity and growth act as one.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water6 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Sidney’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.
⚷ ChironAries 28°24′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Sidney may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 12°43′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Sidney is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosPisces 28°48′ (moves 0.70° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. Sidney is read as easily moved and hard to pin.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Libra 15°17′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Sidney is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 28°35′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Sidney exacting with themselves first.
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.
- Eros sextile Mars 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Uranus 0.8°
- Eros conjunction Uranus 1.0°
- Hygiea square Pluto 1.3°
- Chiron sextile Sun 2.7°
- Chiron trine Neptune 2.9°
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°).
Sidney’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. ♆ Neptune10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus; 2 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects
A Neptune-led chart is read as imagination and porousness leading: Sidney is read as tuned to what is not said.
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 Sidney’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 Pisces · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, UranusThree 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.
T-square onto Mars · Sun, Neptune, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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.
- Mars semi-square Pluto 0.3°
- Mercury quintile Mars 0.6°
- Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.9°
- Uranus quincunx Neptune 2.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Sidney Poitier, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Born the same day as Sidney
Hubert de Givenchy was born on February 20, 1927 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.
More people like Sidney
Other actors
- Donald O'Connor1925
- Nancy Marchand1928
- Charles Gordone1925
- Shirley Temple1928
- Julie Harris1925
- James Garner1928
Born in United States
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- F. Sherwood RowlandAmerican chemist
- Poul AndersonAmerican science fiction writer
- Martin Lewis PerlAmerican scientist
- Lawrence TurmanAmerican film producer
- Jerry StillerAmerican actor and comedian
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Fellow Pisces suns
- Chelsea PerettiAmerican comedian and actress
- Whitney PortAmerican fashion designer
- Mikaela ShiffrinAmerican alpine skier (born 1995)
Born in Rabbit years
- Samira WileyAmerican actor and model
- Jill ZarinAmerican socialite and television personality (born 1963)
- Alexander IsakSwedish footballer (born 1999)
Also born on February 20
- Kurt Cobain1967
- Mitch McConnell1942
- Cindy Crawford1966
- Trevor Noah1984
- Hubert de Givenchy1927
- Shepherd Bushiri1983
Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Arthur HendersonBritish politician
- Ludwig QuiddeGerman politician
- Adam RiessAmerican astrophysicist
Other Pisces Rabbit charts
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Other Evergreen Explorers
- Mitchell StarcAustralian international cricketer
- Princess Louise of BelgiumBelgian princess (born 2004)
- Emily BearAmerican composer and pianist
- Caleb WilliamsAmerican football player (born 2002)
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Mena SuvariAmerican actress, fashion designer, model (born 1979)
- Emily VanCampCanadian actress
- Tori SpellingAmerican actress
From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?
Sidney’s cards
Every card is computed from February 20, 1927, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
丁
yin Fire
卯
Rabbit
Wood
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Sidney Poitier, 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
Sidney’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q104049, 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 Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Sidney Poitier at Wikipedia, IMDb 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.
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Quick answers about Sidney Poitier’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Sidney Poitier?
- Sidney Poitier was a Pisces: born February 20, 1927, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Rabbit.
- What was Sidney Poitier's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rabbit, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 20, 1927 birth.
- What time was Sidney Poitier 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.
- How tall was Sidney Poitier?
- Sidney Poitier was 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Sidney Poitier's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the February 20, 1927 birth date.
- What was Sidney Poitier's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 20, 1927 birth date.
- Where was Sidney Poitier's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Sidney Poitier's dominant planet?
- Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus; 2 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
