Warren Buffett Is a Virgo. Of Course He Is.
The man spent seventy years reading annual reports for fun, and the sky filed him under the sign of the spreadsheet. Warren Buffett was born August 30, 1930, in Omaha at a recorded 3:00 pm, birth data that carries a Rodden A rating, which in astrology circles is the good china. Most billionaires come with a shrug for a birth time. Buffett comes with receipts, which is the most Buffett thing about him.
The birth certificate astrologers dream about
Astro-Databank, the reference library astrologers actually use, lists Buffett's data as August 30, 1930, 3:00 pm, Omaha, Nebraska, rated A for accuracy. That means his full chart can be computed without apology, houses and all. From the recorded time, astrologers publish his rising sign as Sagittarius, the sign of the genial storyteller. Keep that one in your pocket. It matters later.
What the chart claims
The date alone gives you three clean reads, no improvisation required.
The Sun. August 30 lands squarely in Virgo, the zodiac's analyst. The Virgo brief: detail obsession, service, patience, a suspicion of anything flashy, and a filing system where other people keep feelings.
The Life Path. Sum the birth date digit by digit: 8 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 0 = 24, and 2 + 4 = 6. Life Path 6 is the number numerologists call the steward, associated with care, home, and slow dependable money. The archetype buys the boring thing and holds it forever.
The Chinese zodiac. 1930 is a Horse year, and years ending in zero take the Metal stem, so Buffett is a Metal Horse. In the classical five-element industry map, Metal is the element of banking, finance, and precious metals. The sexagenary calendar assigned the future face of American finance to the finance element. Somewhere a BaZi master is refusing to act surprised.
The reality check
Now put the archetypes next to the documented life, which is the whole sport here.
Virgo the analyst versus the record: at age 11, in 1942, Buffett bought his first shares, Cities Service Preferred at around $38, splitting six shares with his sister Doris. The stock promptly sank to $27 before recovering, and he has retold the patience lesson ever since. A child who saves up, buys preferred stock, and files away the moral. Virgo could sue for likeness rights.
Life Path 6 the steward versus the record: starting in 1988 he poured roughly $593 million into Coca-Cola, kept buying, and by 1994 held 400 million split-adjusted shares that Berkshire has never sold. A caretaker number holding the world's most domestic beverage for nearly four decades. The lens rarely lands this flush.
And the clash, because there is always a clash: the loud Sagittarius rising astrologers publish for him belongs to a showman, and the folksy quips at the annual meeting fit, yet the actual operation is insurance float and patience, which is about as Sagittarian as a filing cabinet. The chart got the costume right and the engine wrong.
The honest close
Set the cosmic portrait next to the actual record and the two lists mostly go their separate ways, with one delicious exception in the soda aisle. The most successful investor of the century has, by the sky's accounting, a thoroughly ordinary chart. Which is quietly the best news on this page: whatever Buffett has, it was never in the stars, so it is presumably learnable.
Run your own chart next to Buffett's in the app and see whether your Virgo percentage beats his.
FAQ
What is Warren Buffett's zodiac sign? Buffett is a Virgo, born August 30, 1930. His birth time of 3:00 pm in Omaha carries a Rodden A accuracy rating, and astrologers publish his rising sign as Sagittarius.
What is Warren Buffett's life path number? Life Path 6. The arithmetic: 8 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 0 = 24, and 2 + 4 = 6. Numerologists read 6 as the steward, a caretaker of steady money, which rhymes nicely with his 400 million never-sold Coca-Cola shares.
Is Warren Buffett still the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway? No. Greg Abel took over as CEO on January 1, 2026, after the board formally separated the chairman and CEO roles. Buffett remains chairman and, by all accounts, remains in the office.