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Yusef Komunyakaa

Yusef Komunyakaa (born April 29, 1947, Bogalusa, United States), aged 79, is an American poet and academic (born 1947). Komunyakaa's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award and Shelley Memorial Award.

Yusef Komunyakaa’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Yusef Komunyakaa’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Lightkeeper

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

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

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

#1904

US rank in 2025

~3,116

Americans share it since 1880

2024

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Yusef’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

9 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy

White · Blush · Flame orange

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Yusef, according to the stars

Core essence

Yusef 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 Yusef 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.

How Yusef wants to be loved

Yusef wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.

How Yusef creates

How Yusef makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Yusef creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Yusef 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Yusef 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: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Yusef gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

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

Where Yusef sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Yusef

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Yusef

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

PrivateExpressive
Yusef

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Yusef

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

PracticalVisionary
Yusef

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Yusef

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Yusef Komunyakaa

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

Yusef’s birth-night reference starAlgiebawarm orange · LeoAlgieba, in Leo. A warm orange star, 79° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Algieba →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 38.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Yusef Komunyakaa's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 29, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

Yusef Komunyakaa was born on April 29, 1947, which falls in a Fire 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 9

Compassion at scale.

Yusef Komunyakaa's birth date, April 29, 1947, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Yusef’s chart

Yusef’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Yusef Komunyakaa, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 24° to 8° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.3° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.5° orbMars flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.7° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.9° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 3.2° orbMars faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 5° orbVenus flows with Pluto · Trine, 5.5° orbSun in Taurus · 8°32′☉8°Moon in Virgo · 1°35′☽1°Mercury in Aries · 21°33′☿21°Venus in Aries · 5°29′♀5°Mars in Aries · 13°43′♂13°Jupiter in Scorpio · 24°31′ · retrograde♃℞24°Saturn in Leo · 2°33′♄2°Uranus in Gemini · 19°25′♅19°Neptune in Libra · 8°40′ · retrograde♆℞8°Pluto in Leo · 10°59′♇10°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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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

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus1.3° to 3.0° orb

    Yusef’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunsquarePluto2.0° to 2.9° orb

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

  • stableMarstrinePluto2.3° to 3.1° orb

    Yusef’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° orb

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

  • stableVenustrineSaturn2.4° to 3.5° orb

    Yusef’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenusoppositionNeptune2.6° to 3.8° orb

    Yusef’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableMarsoppositionNeptune4.7° to 5.4° orb

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

  • stableVenustrinePluto4.9° to 6.1° orb

    Yusef’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn5.5° to 6.4° orb

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

  • possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.1° to 14.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.6° to 13.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 4.0° to 16.0° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire5 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

Yusef’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 5°16′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has Yusef carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresAries 7°25′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Yusef looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 25°42′ (moves 0.13° over the day)

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

    Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Yusef attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 19°58′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Yusef is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 9°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Yusef is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Ceres opposition Neptune 1.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 1.4°
  • Ceres conjunction Venus 1.9°
  • Chiron square Saturn 2.7°

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°).

Yusef’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars6 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; disposes Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Yusef is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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 Yusef’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Sun quincunx Neptune 0.1°
  • Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.8°
  • Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.9°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Yusef Komunyakaa, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Yusef’s cards

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The Moon

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The Steadfast Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

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♀ Ruled by Venus

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Yusef Komunyakaa, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Yusef’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2601996, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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 David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Yusef Komunyakaa 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 Yusef Komunyakaa’s chart

How old is Yusef Komunyakaa?
Yusef Komunyakaa is 79 years old, born April 29, 1947 in Bogalusa, United States.
What zodiac sign is Yusef Komunyakaa?
Yusef Komunyakaa is a Taurus: born April 29, 1947, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Pig.
What is Yusef Komunyakaa's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 29, 1947 birth.
What time was Yusef Komunyakaa born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Yusef Komunyakaa's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the April 29, 1947 birth date.
What is Yusef Komunyakaa's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 29, 1947 birth date.
Where is Yusef Komunyakaa's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Yusef Komunyakaa's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Neptune; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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