Astrology Cat Names {Based on Your Cat’s Zodiac Sign!}

Are you looking for an out of this world name for your new fur baby? Whether you know your cat’s true birthday–or you’re just making a good guess (like us!)–we’ve compiled a long list of astrology cat names for a unique and special name.

Tied to your cat’s zodiac sign, these names include:

• Astrological cat names based on astrological elements
• Astrological terms that make fun names
• Names of Famous Astrologers that Make Good Cat Names
• Cat Names by Zodiac Sign

Astrological cat names based on astrological elements

The zodiac is divided into four elements: fire, earth, air and water. Each of these elements is shared by three signs of the zodiac.

Air

The Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

• Aria: air in Italian
• Aura: soft breeze
• Coro: northwest wind (Spanish)
• Ilma: air (Finnish)
• Makani: wind (Hawaiian)
• Keanu: breeze (Hawaiian)
• Viento: wind (Spanish)
• Zephyr: west wind

Earth

The earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

• Gaia: Greek goddess of Earth
• George: farmer or earth worker
• Hermione: earthly
• Maia: Roman goddess of Earth
• Terra: land (Spanish)
• Tierra: Earth (Spanish)

Fire

The Fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

• Agni: god of fire in Hindu mythology
• Brigit: Irish goddess of fire
• Enya: little fire
• Vesta: Roman goddess of the hearth and its fire
• Vulcan: Roman god of fire

Water

The Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

• Ceto: Greek goddess of sea monsters
• Kai: sea
• Kendra: clear water
• Neptune: Roman god of the sea
• Poseidon: Greek god of the sea

Astrological Terms and Related Words

• Aspect
• Astro
• Celestial
• Cusp
• Earth
• Eclipse
• Element
• Equinox
• Fire
• House
• Lunar
• Retrograde
• Solstice
• Starry
• Stella
• Transit
• Water
• Zodiac

Names of Famous Astrologers that Make Good Cat Names

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born.

Carl Jung

• Aliza: Aliza Kelly is co-founder of Align, an astrology-based dating app
• Jeanne Dixon
• Joyce Jillson: author of Astrology for Cats
• Nostradamus
• Ptolemy: Modern astrologers consider Ptolemy, an astronomer, as the author of one of the oldest complete manuals of astrology, the Tetrabiblos, Greek for Four Books.

Zodiac Cat Names

What’s your cat’s sign? Here are some suggested names based on your cat’s zodiac sign! Don’t know when your cat was born? (We don’t either!) You can celebrate your cat’s gotcha day–or the zodiac that best describes your cat’s purrsonality.

Aries

• Arians or Ariens: those born under the sign of Aries
• Aries: Latin for Ram
• Hamal: brightest star in the Aries constellation
• Kriós: Aries in Greek
• Meṣa, or Mesha: the equivalent to Aries in Hindu astrology and Hindu solar calendar
• Ram

Taurus

• Aldebaran: the brightest star in the Taurus constellation (the eye of the bull)
• Bull
• Elnath: the blue-white giant star that marks the tip of the northern horn of Taurus
• Taurean (those born under the sign of Taurus)
• Taurus: Latin for bull

Gemini

• Castor: the 2nd brightest star in the Gemini constellation
• Gemini: Latin for twins
• Leda: mother of Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology
• Pollux: the brightest star in the Gemini constellation

Cancer

• Beta Cancri: brightest star in the Cancer constellation
• Cancer: Latin for crab
• Crab
• Karka: sign of Cancer in Hindu astrology

Leo

• Beta Leonis or Denebola: a star in the Taurus constellation; it means “the lion’s tail.”
• Knem: Name for the Leo constellation as given by the ancient Egyptians
• Leo: Latin for lion
• Lion
• Regulus: a star in the Taurus constellation; Regulus means little king.

Virgo

• Kore or Cora: Another name for Persephone
• Kanya: Virgo in Hindu astrology; Kanya means maiden
• Persephone: the Greek goddess of spring who lived in the underworld during the summer is often associated with Virgo
• Spica: brightest star in the Virgo constellation
• Virgo: Latin for maiden

Libra

• Alpha Librae: a double star in the Libra constellation
• Libra: Latin name for weighing scales
• Shamash: the sun god in Babylonian mythology who was the patron of truth and justice

Scorpio

• Antares: a reddish star in the constellation of Scorpius (a fun name for a ginger cat!)
• Orion: in Greek mythology, a scorpion was sent to kill Orion after he boasted he would kill every animal on Earth
• Scorpio: Latin for scorpion
• Scorpion
• Scorpius: the constellation of Scorpio

Sagittarius

• Archer
• Arrow
• Ascella: a double star in the Sagittarius constellation
• Chiron: Greek centaur often associated with Sagittarius
• Nunki: the second brightest star in the Sagittarius constellation; thought to be the oldest star name in use

Capricorn

• Algedi: a star in the constellation of Capricorn; Algedi is the Arabic name for “the kid”
• Capricornus: the constellation of Capricorn; Latin for horned goat
• Deneb: Deneb Algedi is a star in the Capricorn constellation; deneb is Arabic for tail. The star is in the tail of the goat.
• Makara: the equivalent of Capricorn in Hindu mythology; Makara is represented by a Crocodile.

Aquarius

• Aquarius: Latin for “water-carrier” or “cup-carrier”
• Ganymede: the water carrier in the constellation Aquarius; he served as cupbearer to the gods
• GU.LA “The Great One”: the name of Aquarius constellation by ancient Babylonians

Pisces

• Alrescha: a star in the constellation Pisces; Alreascha means “the cord”
• Aphrodite: Greek myth stated that Aphrodite and her son Eros either transformed into fishes or were rescued by a pair of fish from the monster Typhon
• Cupid: in the Roman version of the myth, Cupid and Venus were rescued by–or transformed into–a pair of fish
• Eros: son of Aphrodite
• Pisces: Latin for fishes
• Venus

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