Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe (born William James Dafoe; July 22, 1955, Appleton, United States, 19:30), aged 71, is an American actor. Notable films include Spider-Man, The English Patient and Spider-Man 2. Dafoe's honours include Honorary Golden Bear, Film Independent Spirit Awards and Donostia Award.
Willem Dafoe’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
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Willem Dafoe’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Pioneer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Willem in the U.S.?
#2601
US rank in 2025
~2,840
Americans share it since 1880
2003
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Willem’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Green Orchid
Sky blue · Pearl · Botanical green
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What the chart says
Willem, according to the stars
Core essence
Willem feels the room before entering it. The core of Willem is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Willem, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Willem is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Willem needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Willem wants to be loved
Willem 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. Willem gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Willem creates
How Willem 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. Willem 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: Willem is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Willem 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 Willem 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 Willem's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Willem sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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.
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Cancer Sun
Cancer SunHard shell, soft centre.
Willem Dafoe's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Wood Goat
Wood GoatMakes everything a bit more beautiful.
Willem Dafoe was born on July 22, 1955, which falls in a Wood Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Willem Dafoe's birth date, July 22, 1955, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Willem’s chart
- Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Willem Dafoe's timed chart: Sun in the 7th house, Mercury in the 7th house, Venus in the 7th house, Uranus in the 7th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Willem Dafoe's timed chart is Mercury trine Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Uranus, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Willem Dafoe combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Pioneer.
Willem’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.
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MercurytrineSaturnseparating · 0.1° orb
Willem’s mind flows straight into their discipline.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.1° orb
Willem’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarsconjunctionJupiterapplying · 0.9° orb
Willem’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunconjunctionUranusseparating · 1.3° orb
Willem’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.
MoonsextileMercuryseparating · 1.6° orb
Willem’s feelings open doors for their mind.
MoonsextileSaturnseparating · 1.8° orb
Willem’s feelings open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MoonsextileVenusapplying · 2.1° orb
Willem’s feelings open doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
UranussquareNeptuneseparating · 2.5° orb
Willem’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 3.7° orb
Willem’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunsquareNeptuneseparating · 3.9° orb
Willem’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
VenustrineSaturnseparating · 3.9° orb
Willem’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
JupitersquareSaturnapplying · 6.1° orb
Willem’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air1 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.
Willem’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 2°57′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Willem making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 15°43′ · House 1
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Willem caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosCancer 7°14′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Willem is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaLibra 16°45′ · House 10
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Willem is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 14°53′ · House 12
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Willem leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Ceres trine Moon 0.6°
- Ceres opposition Mercury 1.0°
- Ceres sextile Saturn 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith square Moon 1.4°
- Hygiea square Venus 1.6°
- Ceres conjunction Ascendant 2.0°
- Hygiea square Mercury 2.1°
- Ceres opposition Venus 2.7°
- Hygiea square Ascendant 3.0°
Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).
Willem’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☽ Moon10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn7 pts
rules the Ascendant, Capricorn; 4 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Willem is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
How the score is built
- Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
- Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
- Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
- Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
- Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.
Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.
Configurations in Willem’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Cancer · Sun, Mercury, Venus, UranusThree 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 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated.
- Sun semi-square Moon 1.9°
Willem’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capricorn | Saturn in Scorpio, house 11 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 7 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 10 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 8 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Taurus | Venus in Cancer, house 7 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Gemini | Mercury in Cancer, house 7 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 9 | Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Leo | Sun in Cancer, house 7 | Mars, Jupiter, Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Virgo | Mercury in Cancer, house 7 | Moon | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Libra | Venus in Cancer, house 7 | Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 8 | Saturn | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Leo, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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From the journal: Fixed, cardinal, mutable: the modality cheat sheet · Why there are 12 signs and not 13
Willem’s cards
Every card is computed from July 22, 1955, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
乙
yin Wood
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Willem’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q188772, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Portrait by Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
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Quick answers about Willem Dafoe’s chart
- How old is Willem Dafoe?
- Willem Dafoe is 71 years old, born July 22, 1955 in Appleton, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Willem Dafoe?
- Willem Dafoe is a Cancer: born July 22, 1955, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Goat.
- What is Willem Dafoe's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 22, 1955 birth.
- What time was Willem Dafoe born?
- 19:30 local time in Appleton, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Willem Dafoe's rising sign?
- Capricorn rising, calculated from the documented 19:30 birth time in Appleton, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Willem Dafoe's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the July 22, 1955 birth date.
- What is Willem Dafoe's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 2°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 22, 1955 birth time.
- Where is Willem Dafoe's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 14°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Willem Dafoe's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
