Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames (born May 12, 1959, New York City, United States), aged 67, is an American actor. Rhames's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
Ving Rhames’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Taurus, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Pig, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Ving
Ving Rhames’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Architect
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
What Ving’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
8
Expression · direction and scale
6
Soul Urge · being needed
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on V (4) and closes on G (7).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Ving’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Ivory · Blush · Terracotta
The record
What sets Ving apart
Rishi Sunak (1980) and Dorothy Hodgkin (1910) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Ving, according to the stars
Core essence
Ving is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Ving is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, Ving is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Ving needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Ving wants to be loved
Ving wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Ving gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Ving creates
How Ving 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. Ving 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: Ving 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 5 is the free spirit. Ving is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Ving 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 Ving's birth date. Working below.
Where Ving sits
Six lines
Ving’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 think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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 Ving Rhames
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City 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 New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at New York City at 9 p.m. that evening: Tania Australis of Ursa Major, within 12.1° of the exact zenith.
Of the 101 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
New York City 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 New York City at all: they sit past the −49.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon, 23% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat 10° below the horizon.
How unusual Ving's chart is
Chart pattern score
55 / 100 · Unusual
Grand trine · 1 unaspected planet · No Air planets
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 →If you only read one paragraph
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
Ving Rhames's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 12, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Taurus means →Earth Pig
Earth PigTrusts easily. Rarely regrets it.
Ving Rhames was born on May 12, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Can't sit still. Won't try.
Ving Rhames's birth date, May 12, 1959, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Ving’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ving Rhames' date-only chart is Venus sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Five of the ten planets are in Water signs, and none in Air.
- Ving Rhames combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Architect.
Ving’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 8° to 20° Cancer 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
stableVenussextilePluto0.0° to 1.2° orb
Ving’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurytrinePluto1.1° to 2.7° orb
Ving’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune1.4° orb
Ving’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercurysextileVenus2.3° to 2.8° orb
stableVenustrineNeptune2.3° to 3.5° orb
stableSunsextileMars2.5° to 2.9° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.5° orb
stableVenusoppositionSaturn3.7° to 4.8° orb
stableJupitersquarePluto3.7° to 3.8° orb
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune4.6° to 6.2° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto4.8° to 4.9° orb
stableSunoppositionJupiter6.2° to 7.3° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
Ving’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ ChironAquarius 27°27′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio 21°18′ (moves 0.23° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 26°35′ (moves 0.93° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 28°45′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 19°42′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres opposition Sun 0.1°
- Chiron square Jupiter 0.5°
- Hygiea sextile Mercury 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mars 1.2°
- Eros trine Jupiter 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Sun 1.5°
- Chiron sextile Mercury 2.3°
- Ceres trine Mars 2.8°
- Hygiea sextile Pluto 2.9°
Ving’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 5 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn5 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Ving’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.
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.1°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.3°
- Mercury quincunx Jupiter 1.8°
- Mars semi-square Pluto 1.8°
More people like Ving
Other actors
- Joan Jett1958
- Jonathan Larson1960
- Tim Robbins1958
- Michael Hutchence1960
- Robert Patrick1958
- Gale Hansen1960
Born in United States
- Maureen F. McHughAmerican writer
- Drew WeissmanAmerican physician-scientist (born 1959)
- Kyle MacLachlanAmerican actor
- Linda HoganAmerican television personality
- Tom ArnoldAmerican stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)
- Michael KorsAmerican fashion designer
More charts like Ving’s
Fellow Taurus suns
- Rande GerberAmerican businessman and former model
- Teresa GiudiceAmerican reality show participant
- Melissa GilbertAmerican actress
Born in Pig years
- Terry McLaurinAmerican football player
- Shy TuttleAmerican football player (born 1995)
- Jeremy McNicholsAmerican football player (born 1995)
Also born on May 12
- Rishi Sunak1980
- Dorothy Hodgkin1910
- George Carlin1937
- Rami Malek1981
- Marcelo Vieira1988
- Jonah Lomu1975
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- Wynton MarsalisAmerican jazz musician and educator
- Nicholas DanteDancer, writer
- Oscar Griffin, Jr.American journalist
Other Taurus Pig charts
- Nicholas KristofAmerican journalist and political commentator
- Danish SiddiquiIndian photojournalist
- Duke EllingtonAmerican jazz pianist and composer
- Louise S. Phillipspoet laureate of Kentucky
Other Evergreen Architects
- Leon FleisherAmerican conductor and pianist
- Rui SilvaPortuguese footballer (born 1994)
- Alessandro SchöpfAustrian footballer (born 1994)
- Mark FlekkenDutch footballer (born 1993)
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Michael ColgrassCanadian musician and composer
- Alan M. KriegsmanAmerican dance critic
- Claude H. Van TyneAmerican historian
From the journal: Is astrology real or fake? · Sect: day charts vs night charts
Ving’s cards
Computed from May 12, 1959. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen ArchitectWestern zodiac
TaurusChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
5 · Explorer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Ving’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q310315 (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 Chris Yarzab, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ving Rhames 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 Ving Rhames.
Quick answers about Ving Rhames’s chart
- How old is Ving Rhames?
- Ving Rhames is 67 years old, born May 12, 1959 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Ving Rhames?
- Ving Rhames is a Taurus: born May 12, 1959, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
- What is Ving Rhames's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 12, 1959 birth.
- What is Ving Rhames's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Ving Rhames's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Ving Rhames's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Ving Rhames's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
