Stephen King
Stephen King (born September 21, 1947, Portland, United States, 01:30), aged 79, is an American novelist and writer. King is best known for Misery, Doctor Sleep and Needful Things. King's honours include O. Henry Award, Bram Stoker Award for Novel and National Book Award.
Stephen King’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Pig, with 
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Stephen King’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 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Stephen in the U.S.?
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US rank in 2025
~867,669
Americans share it since 1880
1952
its peak year
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Stephen’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Carnelian
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌸 Hibiscus
Lavender · Lilac · Scarlet
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What the chart says
Stephen, according to the stars
Core essence
Stephen notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Stephen is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Stephen 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 Stephen 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 Stephen wants to be loved
Stephen wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Stephen gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Stephen creates
How Stephen makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Stephen creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Stephen is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Stephen is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Stephen does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.
Computed from Stephen's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Stephen King at a glance
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunOrder first. Then rest, in theory.
Stephen King's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Fire Pig
Fire PigGives more than it gets.
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Responsible before asked.
Stephen King's birth date, September 21, 1947, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Stephen’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Stephen King's timed chart: Mercury in the 4th house, Venus in the 4th house, Mars in the 1st house and Neptune in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Stephen King's timed chart is Mars trine Jupiter, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Neptune, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Stephen King combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Healer.
Stephen’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MarstrineJupiterseparating · 0.4° orb
Stephen’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysextilePlutoseparating · 0.8° orb
Stephen’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonsextileMercuryseparating · 1.2° orb
Stephen’s feelings open doors for their mind.
SunsquareUranusseparating · 1.3° orb
Stephen’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.
MoontrineSaturnapplying · 1.9° orb
Stephen’s feelings flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MoontrinePlutoseparating · 2.0° orb
Stephen’s feelings flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysextileSaturnapplying · 3.1° orb
Stephen’s mind opens doors for their discipline.
SunsextileMarsseparating · 3.2° orb
Stephen’s core identity opens doors for their drive.
SunsextileJupiterseparating · 3.6° orb
Stephen’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
SaturnconjunctionPlutoseparating · 3.9° orb
Stephen’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 4.2° orb
Stephen’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SunconjunctionVenusseparating · 4.8° orb
Stephen’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MercuryconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 5.0° orb
Stephen’s mind and imagination act as one.
JupitersquareSaturnseparating · 5.7° orb
Stephen’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
VenussquareUranusseparating · 6.0° orb
Stephen’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
VenusconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 7.9° orb
Stephen’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Stephen’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.
⚷ ChironScorpio 7°42′ · House 5
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Stephen carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 8°25′ · House 11
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Stephen is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosSagittarius 21°25′ · House 6
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Stephen attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaCancer 1°13′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Stephen is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 26°04′ · House 7
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Stephen is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Hygiea square Venus 0.9°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mars 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.3°
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°).
Stephen’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Uranus; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus8 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mercury, Neptune; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon7 pts
rules the Ascendant, Cancer; disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Stephen is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Stephen’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Venus semi-square Saturn 1.0°
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 1.2°
- Sun semi-square Pluto 1.9°
- Mars semi-sextile Uranus 1.9°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 2.3°
Stephen’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancer | Moon in Sagittarius, house 6 | Mars | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Leo | Sun in Virgo, house 3 | Saturn, Pluto | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 4 | Sun | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Libra | Venus in Libra, house 4 | Mercury, Venus, Neptune | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 2 | Jupiter | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Scorpio, house 5 | Moon | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Capricorn | Saturn in Leo, house 2 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Aquarius | Uranus in Gemini, house 12 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 4 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Aries | Mars in Cancer, house 1 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Taurus | Venus in Libra, house 4 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 4 | Uranus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Marsha Norman was born on September 21, 1947 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.
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Stephen’s cards
Every card is computed from September 21, 1947, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Stephen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q39829, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Stephen King at Wikipedia, stephenking.com, IMDb, Instagram, X 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 Stephen King’s chart
- How old is Stephen King?
- Stephen King is 79 years old, born September 21, 1947 in Portland, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Stephen King?
- Stephen King is a Virgo: born September 21, 1947, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
- What is Stephen King's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 21, 1947 birth.
- What time was Stephen King born?
- 01:30 local time in Portland, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Stephen King's rising sign?
- Cancer rising, calculated from the documented 01:30 birth time in Portland, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Stephen King's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the September 21, 1947 birth date.
- What is Stephen King's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 7°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 21, 1947 birth time.
- Where is Stephen King's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 26°, in the seventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Stephen King's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Uranus; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects). Venus is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
