Zhang Xiaolong
Zhang Xiaolong (born December 3, 1969, Shaoyang, China), aged 56, is a Chinese computer programmer, known for creating WeChat and Foxmail.
Zhang Xiaolong’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rooster, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rooster, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Zhang
Zhang Xiaolong’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
What Zhang’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
5
Soul Urge · freedom
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on Z (8) and closes on G (7). The value it repeats most is 6, which numerology reads as care.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Zhang’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Rose-gold · Gold
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1969, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Zhang apart
What keeps Zhang Xiaolong in print: WeChat.
Training came by way of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Julianne Moore (1960) and Ozzy Osbourne (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Known for
- Educated at
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China
- Wikipedia editions
- 4
What the chart says
Zhang, according to the stars
Core essence
Zhang is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Zhang is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Zhang 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 Zhang needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Zhang wants to be loved
Zhang 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 Zhang even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Zhang creates
How Zhang makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Zhang creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.
Instinct
Instinct: Zhang is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Zhang 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 told "because that's how it's done." Mars in Aquarius fights for the idea, the group, the principle, rarely for themselves. Zhang 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 Zhang's birth date. Working below.
Where Zhang sits
Six lines
Zhang’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 weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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 Zhang Xiaolong
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Shaoyang 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 Shaoyang that night
Computed for 27.24°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Shaoyang at 9 p.m. that evening: Mirach of Andromeda, within 8.3° of the exact zenith.
Of the 98 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
From 27.2°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 −62.8° declination ever rises from here, which puts Acrux permanently out of view.
The Moon, 37% lit at last quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 43° below the horizon.
How unusual Zhang's chart is
Chart pattern score
10 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
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 →Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunBlunt, cheerful, gone by morning.
Zhang Xiaolong's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 3, 1969, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Sagittarius means →Earth Rooster
Earth RoosterPrepared for everything, twice.
Zhang Xiaolong was born on December 3, 1969, which falls in a Earth Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Plans, then plans the plan.
Zhang Xiaolong's birth date, December 3, 1969, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Zhang’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Zhang Xiaolong's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Zhang Xiaolong combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Zhang’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 15° to 28° Virgo 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
stableVenusconjunctionNeptune0.1° to 1.3° orb
Zhang’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysextileMars0.2° to 1.0° orb
Zhang’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableVenussextilePluto0.4° to 1.6° orb
Zhang’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° orb
stableSunsextileUranus2.3° to 3.3° orb
stableJupiteroppositionSaturn5.2° to 5.4° orb
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.5° to 11.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.6° to 12.9° depending on birth time
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 5.6° to 17.0° depending on birth time
possibleMercurysquarePlutoorb from 6.3° to 7.8° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Zhang’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 2°26′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAquarius 11°27′ (moves 0.31° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosLibra 23°42′ (moves 0.85° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 5°56′ (moves 0.20° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 29°26′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 0.5°
- Ceres sextile Sun 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 1.8°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 2.1°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 2.3°
- Eros trine Mars 3.0°
Zhang’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
2. ♀ Venus5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto4 pts
disposes Venus, Neptune; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Zhang’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.
- Mercury quintile Uranus 0.1°
- Mars quintile Saturn 0.2°
- Saturn biquintile Pluto 0.2°
- Mars biquintile Pluto 0.4°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 0.4°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 0.6°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 1.3°
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.8°
More people like Zhang
Born in People's Republic of China
- He XiaopengChinese entrepreneur
- Woo Kwong Ching PeterHong Kong politician and businessman; Former chairman; Founding patron, Wheelock; Project WeCan
- Jeannette NgBritish fantasy writer
- Cheng Kar ShunHong Kong businessman
- Du YunChinese-born American composer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist
- Shing-Tung YauAmerican mathematician from Hong Kong
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Born in Rooster years
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- Drew StarkeyAmerican actor
- Pat CumminsAustralian cricketer
Also born on December 3
- Julianne Moore1960
- Ozzy Osbourne1948
- Brendan Fraser1968
- Holly Marie Combs1973
- Lil Baby1994
- Tiffany Haddish1979
Fellow Yang Water day masters
- Alex WassabiAmerican actor and YouTuber
- Brittany RennerAmerican fitness model
- Corbin BleuAmerican actor
Other Sagittarius Rooster charts
- Kenneth RobertsAmerican writer
- David Lindsay-AbaireAmerican playwright
- Alix M. FreedmanPulitzer Prize–winning journalist
- James AgeeAmerican author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic
Other Tidal Explorers
- Marc GuéhiIvorian-English footballer (born 2000)
- Eric GarcíaSpanish association football player
- Mo AbualnadiJordanian footballer
- Malik NabersAmerican football player
Famous people with Life Path 4
- María Corina MachadoVenezuelan politician, activist and Nobel laureate
- Javier MileiEconomist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
- Mark Carney24th prime minister of Canada since 2025
From the journal: Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time · What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated
Zhang’s cards
Computed from December 3, 1969. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Water.
Year
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Zhang’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q30942410 (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.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Zhang Xiaolong.
Quick answers about Zhang Xiaolong’s chart
- How old is Zhang Xiaolong?
- Zhang Xiaolong is 56 years old, born December 3, 1969 in Shaoyang, China.
- What zodiac sign is Zhang Xiaolong?
- Zhang Xiaolong is a Sagittarius: born December 3, 1969, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day.
- What is Zhang Xiaolong's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 3, 1969 birth.
- What is Zhang Xiaolong's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Zhang Xiaolong's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Zhang Xiaolong's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Zhang Xiaolong's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
