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Steven Naifeh

Steven Naifeh (born June 19, 1952, Tehran, Iran), aged 74, is an American writer. Naifeh's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

Steven Naifeh’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Water Dragon, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Steven Naifeh’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Healer

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#271

US rank in 2025

~1,297,590

Americans share it since 1880

1956

its peak year

The SSA recorded 32,037 American boys and 49 girls named Steven in 1952: 11th among boys and 1,399th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Steven’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

11

Expression · sensing what is coming

7

Soul Urge · understanding

4

Personality · steady, dependable

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

Steven’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 7

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily

Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Steven apart

Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) and Boris Johnson (1964) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Steven, according to the stars

Core essence

Steven is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Steven needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Steven is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Steven needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Steven wants to be loved

Steven wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Steven like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Steven creates

How Steven makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Steven creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: Steven is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Steven 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: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Steven 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 Steven's birth date. Working below.

Where Steven sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Steven

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Steven

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Steven

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Steven

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Steven

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Steven

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 Steven Naifeh

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

Steven’s birth-night reference starIzarwarm orange · BoötesIzar, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 81.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Izar →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 23.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

The sky over Tehran that night

Computed for 35.69°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Tehran was Izar, in Boötes, 81.5° up.

Of the 82 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

Tehran sits at 35.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −54.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Tehran on any night.

Sun 16° below the horizon, Moon down and 7% lit at waning crescent.

How unusual Steven's chart is

Chart pattern score

22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

A bowl chart

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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Steven Naifeh at a glance

Gemini Sun

Fascinating, then gone.

Steven Naifeh's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 19, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Gemini means →

Water Dragon

Big energy, bigger plans.

Steven Naifeh was born on June 19, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 6

Everyone's person. Never off duty.

Steven Naifeh's birth date, June 19, 1952, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Steven’s chart

Steven’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 16° to 29° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.7° orbSun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 1.5° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 1.5° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.7° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.8° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 3.2° orbSun flows with Mars · Trine, 3.7° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.7° orbSun in Gemini · 27°59′☉27°Moon in Taurus · 23°22′☽23°Mercury in Cancer · 10°02′☿10°Venus in Gemini · 26°27′♀26°Mars in Scorpio · 1°43′♂1°Jupiter in Taurus · 11°32′♃11°Saturn in Libra · 8°15′♄8°Uranus in Cancer · 13°11′♅13°Neptune in Libra · 18°58′ · retrograde♆℞18°Pluto in Leo · 19°38′♇19°

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

  • stableMercurysextileJupiter0.6° to 2.4° orb

    Steven’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.7° orb

    Steven’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysquareSaturn0.8° to 2.8° orb

    Steven’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus1.4° to 1.7° orb

  • stableJupitersextileUranus1.6° to 1.7° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus2.2° to 4.1° orb

  • stableSuntrineMars3.3° to 4.2° orb

  • stableVenustrineMars4.7° to 5.8° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus4.9° to 5.0° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune5.7° to 5.8° orb

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.0° to 10.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 3.8° to 16.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Capricorn 10°17′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 18°51′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 10°08′ (moves 0.82° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 11°46′ (moves 0.29° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 9°09′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros sextile Mercury 0.1°
  • Hygiea conjunction Jupiter 0.2°
  • Chiron opposition Mercury 0.3°
  • Ceres square Pluto 0.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 0.9°
  • Chiron trine Jupiter 1.2°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 1.4°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.4°
  • Hygiea sextile Mercury 1.7°
  • Chiron square Saturn 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 2.4°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.9°

Steven’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus4 pts

    4 major aspects

Configurations in Steven’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.

  • Venus semi-square Jupiter 0.1°
  • Mars quintile Pluto 0.1°
  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.5°

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Steven’s cards

Computed from June 19, 1952. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Healer

Western zodiac

Gemini

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

6 · Guardian

☿ Ruled by Mercury

Quicksilver Hg

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Steven’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q16935142 (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 Robert Clark, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Steven Naifeh at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Steven Naifeh.

Quick answers about Steven Naifeh’s chart

How old is Steven Naifeh?
Steven Naifeh is 74 years old, born June 19, 1952 in Tehran, Iran.
What zodiac sign is Steven Naifeh?
Steven Naifeh is a Gemini: born June 19, 1952, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
What is Steven Naifeh's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 19, 1952 birth.
What is Steven Naifeh's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Steven Naifeh's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Steven Naifeh's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Steven Naifeh's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Venus; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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