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Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz; October 29, 1971, Winona, United States, 11:00), aged 54, is an American actress. Notable films include Stranger Things, Black Swan and Star Trek. Ryder's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Jupiter Awards.

Winona Ryder’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Pig, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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Winona Ryder’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Guardian

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.

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

#627

US rank in 2025

~12,953

Americans share it since 1880

2025

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Winona’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

3 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🤍 White Magnolia

Amber · Crimson · Moonlight white

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What the chart says

Winona, according to the stars

Core essence

Winona does not do surface. The core of Winona is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Winona is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Winona is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Winona needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Winona wants to be loved

Winona wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Winona even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.

How Winona creates

How Winona makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Winona creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Winona 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Winona is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: being told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Winona goes cool and distant rather than hot, and then does the surprising thing. Point them at a cause and they will rewrite the rules around it.

Computed from Winona's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Winona sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Winona

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Winona

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Winona

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Winona

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Winona

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Winona

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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The quick version

Scorpio Sun

Intense, private, loyal.

Winona Ryder's Sun was in Scorpio at the documented birth time. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.

Metal Pig

Assumes the best. Usually right.

Winona Ryder was born on October 29, 1971, which falls in a Metal Pig year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Pig readings emphasise generosity, sincerity and an appetite for the good things, shared. The Chinese almanacs describe the Pig as the most open-handed sign in the cycle, trusting and hard to anger. The corresponding caution in the tradition is naivety, and a difficulty believing that anyone would take advantage of that trust.

Life Path 3

Charm with a deadline problem.

Winona Ryder's birth date, October 29, 1971, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.

What stands out in Winona’s chart

Winona’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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.9° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 1° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.4° orbMoon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.8° orbJupiter faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.2° orbSaturn faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.3° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.4° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 3.9° orbSun in Scorpio · 5°34′ · house 12☉5°Moon in Pisces · 6°33′ · house 4☽6°Mercury in Scorpio · 18°42′ · house 12☿18°Venus in Scorpio · 22°05′ · house 12♀22°Mars in Aquarius · 26°01′ · house 3♂26°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 8°20′ · house 1♃8°Saturn in Gemini · 5°07′ · house 7 · retrograde♄℞5°Uranus in Libra · 15°18′ · house 11♅15°Neptune in Sagittarius · 1°48′ · house 1♆1°Pluto in Libra · 0°52′ · house 11♇0°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCSgr 13°33′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCGem 13°33′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCLib 6°12′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICAri 6°12′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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AscendantSagittarius
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.9° orb

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

  • SuntrineMoonseparating · 1.0° orb

    Winona’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.

  • MoonsquareSaturnseparating · 1.4° orb

    Winona’s feelings grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • MoonsquareJupiterapplying · 1.8° orb

    Winona’s feelings grind against their growth.

  • JupiteroppositionSaturnseparating · 3.2° orb

    Winona’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • SaturnoppositionNeptuneapplying · 3.3° orb

    Winona’s discipline pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 3.4° orb

    Winona’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • VenussquareMarsapplying · 3.9° orb

    Winona’s affections grind against their drive.

  • SaturntrinePlutoapplying · 4.3° orb

    Winona’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • MoonsquareNeptuneseparating · 4.7° orb

    Winona’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • MarssquareNeptuneapplying · 5.8° orb

    Winona’s drive grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • JupiterconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 6.5° orb

    Winona’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Earth signs.

Winona’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 ℞Aries 10°31′ · House 5

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

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Winona may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 14°02′ · House 9

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

    Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Winona is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.

  • ♡ ErosLibra 29°20′ · House 11

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

    Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Winona is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.

  • ⚕ HygieaLibra 8°57′ · House 11

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

    Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Winona is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 16°55′ · House 11

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Winona that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

  • Ceres trine Ascendant 0.5°
  • Hygiea sextile Jupiter 0.6°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 1.6°
  • Chiron trine Jupiter 2.2°

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°).

Winona’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

  1. 1. ♃ Jupiter12.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Moon sign, Pisces; rules the Ascendant, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Neptune; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune11 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Pisces; disposes Moon; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects

A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Winona is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.

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 Winona’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Moon · Jupiter, Saturn, MoonAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Moon · Saturn, Neptune, MoonAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

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 quincunx Saturn 0.5°
  • Mars biquintile Pluto 1.2°
  • Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.5°

Winona’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.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1SagittariusJupiter in Sagittarius, house 1Jupiter, Neptuneself, body, how you arrive
2CapricornSaturn in Gemini, house 7emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3AquariusUranus in Libra, house 11Marsmind, siblings, the local world
4PiscesNeptune in Sagittarius, house 1Moonhome, family, roots
5AriesMars in Aquarius, house 3emptycreativity, romance, play
6TaurusVenus in Scorpio, house 12emptywork, habits, health
7GeminiMercury in Scorpio, house 12Saturnpartnership, marriage, open rivals
8CancerMoon in Pisces, house 4emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9LeoSun in Scorpio, house 12emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10VirgoMercury in Scorpio, house 12emptycareer, reputation, public life
11LibraVenus in Scorpio, house 12Uranus, Plutofriends, community, the future
12ScorpioPluto in Libra, house 11Sun, Mercury, Venusthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

Born the same day as Winona

Ma Huateng was born on October 29, 1971 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.

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Winona’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Empress

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AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Guardian

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Western zodiac

Scorpio

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Hour

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Winona’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q101797, 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.

The same Winona Ryder at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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 Winona Ryder’s chart

How old is Winona Ryder?
Winona Ryder is 54 years old, born October 29, 1971 in Winona, United States.
What zodiac sign is Winona Ryder?
Winona Ryder is a Scorpio: born October 29, 1971, which puts the Sun in Scorpio at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Pig.
What is Winona Ryder's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 29, 1971 birth.
What time was Winona Ryder born?
11:00 local time in Winona, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Winona Ryder's rising sign?
Sagittarius rising, calculated from the documented 11:00 birth time in Winona, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
How tall is Winona Ryder?
Winona Ryder is 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Winona Ryder's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the October 29, 1971 birth date.
What is Winona Ryder's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 10°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 29, 1971 birth time.
Where is Winona Ryder's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 16°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Winona Ryder's dominant planet?
Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (12.5 points: traditionally rules the Moon sign, Pisces; rules the Ascendant, Sagittarius; in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Neptune; angular in the first house; 3 major aspects). Neptune is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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