Tim Burton
Tim Burton (born Timothy Walter Burton; August 25, 1958, Burbank, United States, 23:49), aged 68, is an American filmmaker and artist. Burton is best known for The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton's honours include Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Tim Burton’s zodiac sign is Virgo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Dog, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Virgo, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Dog, with 
Life Path 2 in numerology.Your match with Tim
Tim Burton’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Healer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Tim in the U.S.?
#3230
US rank in 2025
~83,546
Americans share it since 1880
1960
its peak year
In 1958, 5,540 American boys and 8 girls were registered Tim — 74th among boys and 4,865th among girls on the SSA's list that year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Tim’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Timothy Walter Burton, not the name they published under.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
3
Soul Urge · being heard
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on T (2) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 2, which numerology reads as tact.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Tim’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
2 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Peridot, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Coral · Lilac · Gold
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1958, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Tim apart
Claudia Schiffer (1970) and Blake Lively (1987) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Tim, according to the stars
Core essence
Tim 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 Tim is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
The vibe
Underneath, Tim 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 Tim needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Tim wants to be loved
Tim wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Tim openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Tim creates
How Tim makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Tim builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Tim 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Tim is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Triggers
Triggers: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Tim 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 Tim's birth date. Working below.
Where Tim sits
Six lines
Tim’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 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.
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 Tim Burton
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Burbank on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Burbank at 23:49, Tim Burton’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Burbank that night
Computed for 34.18°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at Burbank was Aljanah, in Cygnus, 84.4° up.
Of the 89 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Burbank sits at 34.2°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Burbank at all: they sit past the −55.8° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 42° below the horizon, Moon up and 91% lit at waxing gibbous.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Timothy Walter Burton
- Known as
- Tim Burton
- Born in
- Burbank, United States
- Lives in
- Burbank
Wikidata records Burbank as Tim Burton's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Tim'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 木三局 · Body Palace in Self
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 3/5
Sacral authority · Single definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
15 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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.
Score your own chart →Tim Burton at a glance
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunFixes everything except the need to.
Tim Burton's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time.
What Virgo means →Earth Dog
Earth DogThe first call when it's bad.
Tim Burton was born on August 25, 1958, which falls in a Earth Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 2
Life Path 2Better with someone at their back.
Tim Burton's birth date, August 25, 1958, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 2 means →What stands out in Tim’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Tim Burton's timed chart: Sun in the 4th house, Saturn in the 7th house and Pluto in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Tim Burton's timed chart is Sun sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Venus and Uranus, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Tim Burton combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Healer.
Tim’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
SunsextileNeptuneseparating · 0.0° orb
Tim’s core identity opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MoonsquareJupiterseparating · 0.1° orb
Tim’s feelings grind against their growth.
MercurysextileJupiterseparating · 0.2° orb
Tim’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 0.4° orb
SunconjunctionPlutoseparating · 0.5° orb
VenusconjunctionUranusapplying · 0.8° orb
JupitersextilePlutoapplying · 4.1° orb
MercuryconjunctionPlutoseparating · 4.3° orb
MoonsquareNeptuneapplying · 4.4° orb
SunsextileJupiterseparating · 4.6° orb
JupiterconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 4.6° orb
MercurysextileNeptuneseparating · 4.7° orb
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 4.8° orb
SaturntrineUranusapplying · 5.8° orb
VenustrineSaturnapplying · 6.6° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Tim’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 19°29′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresVirgo 14°27′ · House 4
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ Eros ℞Aries 5°15′ · House 11
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 17°39′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 20°48′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Ascendant 0.1°
- Chiron sextile Saturn 0.4°
- Chiron square Mars 0.8°
- Hygiea opposition Saturn 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Saturn 1.7°
Tim’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun8 pts
disposes Mercury, Venus, Uranus; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn7 pts
rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Tim’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.
- Moon quincunx Mercury 0.3°
- Mars quincunx Saturn 1.2°
- Saturn semi-square Neptune 1.6°
Tim’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini | Mercury in Leo, house 3 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Cancer | Moon in Capricorn, house 8 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Leo | Sun in Virgo, house 4 | Mercury, Venus, Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Virgo | Mercury in Leo, house 3 | Sun, Pluto | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Libra | Venus in Leo, house 3 | Jupiter | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 4 | Neptune | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 5 | Saturn | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Capricorn | Saturn in Sagittarius, house 7 | Moon | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aquarius | Uranus in Leo, house 3 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aries | Mars in Taurus, house 12 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Taurus | Venus in Leo, house 3 | Mars | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Other film directors
- David Furnish1962
- Billy Crystal1948
- Halle Berry1966
- Tommy Lee Jones1946
- Rick Salomon1968
- Frank Zappa1940
Born in United States
- Alec BaldwinAmerican actor (born 1958)
- David RemnickAmerican journalist, writer and editor (born 1958)
- Andie MacDowellAmerican actress
- Viggo MortensenAmerican actor
- Michelle PfeifferAmerican actress
- Tim RobbinsAmerican actor
More charts like Tim’s
Fellow Virgo suns
- Upton SinclairAmerican writer
- Dean BaquetAmerican journalist
- Douglas A. BlackmonAmerican 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 August 25
- Claudia Schiffer1970
- Blake Lively1987
- Alexander Skarsgård1976
- Salif Keita1949
- Rachel Bilson1981
- Hussain Al Jassmi1979
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- Jim PattisonCanadian businessman
- Harold HammAmerican businessman
- John C. MaloneAmerican billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist
Other Virgo Dog charts
- Leonard CohenCanadian singer, songwriter and poet
- Sophia LorenItalian actress
- Andrea BocelliItalian tenor and singer-songwriter
- Queen Rania of JordanQueen Consort of Jordan
Other Evergreen Healers
- Jorie GrahamAmerican poet
- Kevin CarterSouth African photojournalist
- Bob EggletonAmerican artist
- Tony BennettAmerican singer
Other Gemini risings with documented times
- Teresa GiudiceAmerican reality show participant
- Caleb FollowillAmerican singer
- Kris HumphriesAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
- Kathie Lee GiffordFrench-born American television presenter, singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author
Famous people with Life Path 2
- Woody HarrelsonAmerican actor
- Siti NurhalizaMalaysian singer, actress, and model
- Geoffrey RushAustralian actor
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Tim’s cards
Computed from August 25, 1958. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
JudgementAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen HealerWestern zodiac
VirgoChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
2 · Diplomat☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Tim’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q56008 (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 Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Tim Burton at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, 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 Tim Burton.
Quick answers about Tim Burton’s chart
- How old is Tim Burton?
- Tim Burton is 68 years old, born August 25, 1958 in Burbank, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Tim Burton?
- Tim Burton is a Virgo: born August 25, 1958, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time.
- What is Tim Burton's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 25, 1958 birth.
- What time was Tim Burton born?
- 23:49 local time in Burbank, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Tim Burton's rising sign?
- Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 23:49 birth time in Burbank, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Tim Burton's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
- What is Tim Burton's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 19°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Tim Burton's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries 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 Tim Burton's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
