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Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis (born October 18, 1961, New Orleans, United States), aged 65, is an American jazz musician and educator. Marsalis's honours include Order of Friendship, Pulitzer Prize for Music and NEA Jazz Masters.

Wynton Marsalis’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Metal Ox, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Wynton Marsalis’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Visionary

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

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outside the current top list

~547

Americans share it since 1960

1986

its peak year

Wynton is in US records from 1960, but 1961 is not one of the years it clears the SSA's five-birth reporting threshold. It was busiest in 1986.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Wynton’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

8

Soul Urge · achievement

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on W (5) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Wynton’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 1

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia

Amber · Blush · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Wynton apart

Zohran Mamdani (1991) and Ne-Yo (1979) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Wynton, according to the stars

Core essence

Wynton makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Wynton is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.

The vibe

Underneath, Wynton needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Wynton needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Wynton wants to be loved

Wynton wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Wynton gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Wynton creates

How Wynton 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. Wynton 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: Wynton is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Wynton is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Wynton runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

Computed from Wynton's birth date. Working below.

Where Wynton sits

Six lines

Wynton’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Wynton

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Wynton

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Wynton

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Wynton

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Wynton

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Wynton

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Wynton Marsalis

Three stars chosen from the real sky above New Orleans on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Wynton’s birth-night reference starAljanahwarm orange · CygnusAljanah, in Cygnus. A warm orange star, 75.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Aljanah →The warmest lightMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 26.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Mirfak →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over New Orleans that night

Computed for 29.98°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at New Orleans at 9 p.m. that evening: Aljanah of Cygnus, within 14.1° of the exact zenith.

Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 30.0°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −60.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 71% lit at waxing gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 34° below the horizon.

How unusual Wynton's chart is

Chart pattern score

35 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

A bowl chart · 2 planets at a critical degree

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.

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The quick version

Libra Sun

Fair to a fault, slow to pick.

Wynton Marsalis's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 18, 1961, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Libra means →

Metal Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Wynton Marsalis was born on October 18, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

Wynton Marsalis's birth date, October 18, 1961, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Wynton’s chart

Wynton’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 7° to 22° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.5° orbMars opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.2° orbVenus flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.4° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.2° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 3.4° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 4.4° orbSun in Libra · 25°05′☉25°Moon in Aquarius · 14°57′☽14°Mercury in Scorpio · 3°59′ · retrograde☿℞3°Venus in Libra · 0°43′♀0°Mars in Scorpio · 11°33′♂11°Jupiter in Capricorn · 28°20′♃28°Saturn in Capricorn · 23°36′♄23°Uranus in Leo · 29°30′♅29°Neptune in Scorpio · 10°27′♆10°Pluto in Virgo · 9°22′♇9°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMarsconjunctionNeptune0.8° to 1.4° orb

    Wynton’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn1.0° to 2.0° orb

    Wynton’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° orb

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

  • stableVenustrineJupiter1.8° to 3.0° orb

  • stableMarssextilePluto1.8° to 2.5° orb

  • stableSunsquareJupiter2.8° to 3.7° orb

  • stableSunsextileUranus3.9° to 4.9° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn4.7° orb

  • stableMercurysquareJupiter5.1° to 6.2° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune5.9° to 7.0° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.0° to 10.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 11.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Wynton’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 2°11′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 24°54′ (moves 0.16° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 25°11′ (moves 0.53° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 13°42′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 28°51′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros sextile Sun 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 0.6°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 1.3°
  • Chiron trine Mercury 1.8°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.7°

Wynton’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Mercury, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Wynton’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.

  • Mars quintile Saturn 0.1°
  • Mars quintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.1°
  • Sun semi-square Pluto 0.7°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.8°
  • Uranus quintile Neptune 1.0°
  • Saturn quintile Neptune 1.1°
  • Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.2°
  • Jupiter quincunx Uranus 1.2°

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Wynton’s cards

Computed from October 18, 1961. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Visionary

Western zodiac

Libra

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

9 · Healer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Wynton’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q273076 (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 Eric Delmar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Wynton Marsalis at Wikipedia, wyntonmarsalis.org, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Wynton Marsalis.

Quick answers about Wynton Marsalis’s chart

How old is Wynton Marsalis?
Wynton Marsalis is 65 years old, born October 18, 1961 in New Orleans, United States.
What zodiac sign is Wynton Marsalis?
Wynton Marsalis is a Libra: born October 18, 1961, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
What is Wynton Marsalis's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 18, 1961 birth.
What is Wynton Marsalis's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Wynton Marsalis's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Wynton Marsalis's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Wynton Marsalis's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun; 1 major aspect). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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