Tim Van Patten
Tim Van Patten (born June 10, 1959, Brooklyn, United States), aged 67, is an American television director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. Patten's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award and Edgar Awards.
Tim Van Patten’s zodiac sign is Gemini, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Pig, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Tim
Tim Van Patten’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical 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 1959, 6,826 American boys and 13 girls were registered Tim — 60th among boys and 3,602nd 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 name as published, letter by letter.
11
Expression · sensing what is coming
7
Soul Urge · understanding
22
Personality · quietly formidable
The name opens on T (2) and closes on M (4). Two values tie for most repeated, 2 and 5: tact against movement.
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
4 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Rose pink · Lilac · Gold
The record
What sets Tim apart
Judy Garland (1922) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Tim, according to the stars
Core essence
Tim 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. Tim needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
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 seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Tim 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: Tim 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Tim is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Tim fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
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 may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Tim Van Patten
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Brooklyn on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Brooklyn that night
Computed for 40.65°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Brooklyn was Cor Caroli, in Canes Venatici, 84.8° up.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 88 catalog stars above the horizon.
Brooklyn sits at 40.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Brooklyn at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon was at waxing crescent, 19% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 6° down.
How unusual Tim's chart is
Chart pattern score
44 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
2 unaspected planets · A leaning bowl
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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFascinating, then gone.
Tim Van Patten's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 10, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Gemini means →Earth Pig
Earth PigTrusts easily. Rarely regrets it.
Tim Van Patten was born on June 10, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Tim Van Patten's birth date, June 10, 1959, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Tim’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Tim Van Patten's date-only chart is Saturn sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Venus, Mars and Uranus, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Tim Van Patten combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Tim’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 29° to 12° Cancer or Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMoonconjunctionMars0.1° to 6.4° orb
Tim’s feelings and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenussquareNeptune0.1° to 1.2° orb
Tim’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune0.3° to 0.4° orb
Tim’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarssquareNeptune0.9° to 1.5° orb
stableVenusconjunctionMars1.6° to 2.1° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.6° to 2.7° orb
stableMercurysextilePluto2.7° to 4.8° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto3.0° to 3.1° orb
stableMercuryoppositionSaturn5.7° to 7.9° orb
stableMarsconjunctionUranus7.4° to 7.9° orb
possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.0° to 7.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Tim’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 27°37′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio 15°49′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLeo 22°55′ (moves 0.88° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 7°59′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 22°56′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron trine Mercury 0.5°
- Eros square Jupiter 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Jupiter 1.5°
- Ceres square Uranus 2.5°
Tim’s dominant planets
1. ☿ Mercury9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn5 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 3 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 3 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.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.1°
- Mercury semi-square Uranus 0.3°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.5°
- Sun quintile Pluto 0.8°
- Mars quincunx Saturn 0.8°
- Venus quincunx Saturn 1.0°
- Sun semi-square Mars 1.7°
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More charts like Tim’s
Fellow Gemini suns
- Eric CantonaFrench footballer and actor (born 1966)
- Phil FodenEnglish footballer (born 2000)
- Benjamin ŠeškoSlovenian association football player (born 2003)
Born in Pig years
- Carol ShieldsAmerican/Canadian author
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- Sheryl WuDunnAmerican journalist and executive
Also born on June 10
- Judy Garland1922
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921
- Saul Bellow1915
- Sundar Pichai1972
- Kate Upton1992
- Elizabeth Hurley1965
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Tyrel DodsonAmerican football linebacker
- Tershawn WhartonAmerican football defensive tackle
- Stetson BennettAmerican football player (born 1997)
Other Gemini Pig charts
- Laquon TreadwellAmerican football player
- Garrett BradburyAmerican football Center
- E. J. SpeedAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Chidobe AwuzieAmerican football player (born 1995)
Other Tidal Explorers
- Dylan CardwellAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
- Shaedon SharpeCanadian basketball player (born 2003)
- Polina Nioly PushkarevaRussian influencer, model and actress
- JxdnAmerican singer, songwriter and TikTok personality
Famous people with Life Path 4
- Josh MetellusAmerican football defensive back
- Chauncey Gardner-JohnsonAmerican football player (born 1997)
- Julian LoveAmerican football player (born 1998)
From the journal: Is astrology real or fake? · Sect: day charts vs night charts
Tim’s cards
Computed from June 10, 1959. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
4 · Architect☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Tim’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q713066 (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.
The same Tim Van Patten 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 Tim Van Patten.
Quick answers about Tim Van Patten’s chart
- How old is Tim Van Patten?
- Tim Van Patten is 67 years old, born June 10, 1959 in Brooklyn, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Tim Van Patten?
- Tim Van Patten is a Gemini: born June 10, 1959, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
- What is Tim Van Patten's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 10, 1959 birth.
- What is Tim Van Patten's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Tim Van Patten's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Tim Van Patten's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Tim Van Patten's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Pluto; 2 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
