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Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea (born October 31, 1946, Belfast, United Kingdom), aged 80, is an Irish actor. Rea has served as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Rea's honours include Theatre World Award, honorary doctorate and Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award.

Stephen Rea’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Fire Dog, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Stephen Rea’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#383

US rank in 2025

~867,669

Americans share it since 1880

1952

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1946, Stephen came 24th among boys and 1,505th among girls, carried by 11,832 American boys and 35 girls.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Stephen’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

7

Soul Urge · understanding

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

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

Stephen’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy

Amber · Crimson · Flame orange

The record

What sets Stephen apart

Peter Jackson (1961) and Dunga (1963) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Stephen, according to the stars

Core essence

Stephen does not do surface. The core of Stephen is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Stephen is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Stephen 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 Stephen needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Stephen wants to be loved

Stephen wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Stephen and watch them fall for you again.

How Stephen creates

How Stephen 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. Stephen 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: Stephen 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Stephen is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Stephen runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

Computed from Stephen's birth date. Working below.

Where Stephen sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Stephen

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Stephen

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Stephen

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Stephen

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Stephen

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Stephen

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

The sky over Belfast that night

Computed for 54.60°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Caph stood nearest the zenith over Belfast at 9 p.m. that evening, 81.7° above the horizon in Cassiopeia.

Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 98 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 54.6°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −35.4° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at first quarter, 38% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 35° down.

How unusual Stephen's chart is

Chart pattern score

66 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Scorpio · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet

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

Scorpio Sun

Deep water, no shallow end.

Stephen Rea's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 31, 1946, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Fire Dog

Guards the gate all night.

Stephen Rea was born on October 31, 1946, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 7

Asks the better question.

Stephen Rea's birth date, October 31, 1946, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Stephen’s chart

Stephen’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 24° Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.2° orbJupiter grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.8° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.9° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 1° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.9° orbSaturn fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 4.8° orbMercury fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 5.5° orbSun in Scorpio · 7°28′☉7°Moon in Capricorn · 18°43′☽18°Mercury in Sagittarius · 1°03′☿1°Venus in Sagittarius · 2°17′ · retrograde♀℞2°Mars in Scorpio · 25°31′♂25°Jupiter in Scorpio · 7°42′♃7°Saturn in Leo · 8°31′♄8°Uranus in Gemini · 21°20′ · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Libra · 9°25′♆9°Pluto in Leo · 13°19′♇13°

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

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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

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Stephen’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn0.6° to 1.5° orb

    Stephen’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.7° to 1.8° orb

    Stephen’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn0.7° to 0.9° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune0.9° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto4.8° orb

  • stableSunsquarePluto5.4° to 6.4° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.4° to 5.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto5.5° to 5.7° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn6.2° to 6.3° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars6.3° to 7.2° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironLibra 28°37′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 3°48′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 4°10′ (moves 0.94° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Aries 22°34′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 19°54′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Uranus 1.4°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 1.5°
  • Eros square Venus 1.9°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 2.8°

Stephen’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Stephen’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mars, JupiterThree 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.

Minor aspects

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

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.1°
  • Mars semi-square Neptune 1.1°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.4°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 1.7°
  • Sun semi-sextile Neptune 2.0°

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From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13

Stephen’s cards

Computed from October 31, 1946. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

7 · Seeker

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Stephen’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q313042 (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 BackPacKer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Stephen Rea 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 Stephen Rea.

Quick answers about Stephen Rea’s chart

How old is Stephen Rea?
Stephen Rea is 80 years old, born October 31, 1946 in Belfast, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Stephen Rea?
Stephen Rea is a Scorpio: born October 31, 1946, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What is Stephen Rea's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 31, 1946 birth.
What is Stephen Rea's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What is Stephen Rea's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Stephen Rea's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Stephen Rea's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mars, Jupiter; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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