Max Gilardi's Birth Chart: Aquarius Sun

Animator and YouTuber as hotdiggedydemon; Jerry, PONY.MOV, Brain Dump

"A sharp satirist built on inventive friction and technical independence"

The life of Max Gilardi

Who is Max Gilardi?

Max Gilardi began posting animation as hotdiggedydemon in 2007, starting with the five-episode Jerry series about one man's mundane and miserable life. His PONY.MOV series, a crude parody of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, ran from October 2011 to February 2013 and became his best-known work. He later made the review series Brain Dump and the shorts Spookyville USA and Adam Android.

Max Gilardi's defining moments, and the transits behind them

2011 · 11 October

APPLE.MOV posted, opening the PONY.MOV series

“Jupiter square Sun formed one day before the release, reflecting an urge toward bold, exaggerated creative expansion just ahead of launching the series.”

The Career Milestone in the timeline ↓

Max Gilardi's birth chart

This is how a birth chart reads: the wheel plots Max Gilardi's placements at the moment of birth, and the three below anchor everything else on this page. Try it on your own chart to run the same read on a chart of your own.

3 things stand out

☾ Born Jan 28, 1988 · time unknown · Gloucester · The rising sign is not shown because this birth time is not recorded to the minute.Birth data: X See sources

1 placement that explains this chart

Max Gilardi channels the detached, observational perspective of an Aquarius Sun into acerbic, subversive web animation. His chart leans heavily on the structural tension of a tight Saturn-Uranus conjunction, balancing meticulous draftsmanship with boundary-pushing parody.

☉

Aquarius Sun

Aquarius Sun marks his sharp, detached observational style, animating cynical character studies like Jerry and surreal web parodies.

Elements, modalities and chart signature

Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with Max Gilardi's.

This is what a whole chart looks like at once, before it breaks into individual placements: where the element and modality weight sits, and how the four quadrants divide.

Elements and modalities

Chart Signature

10 of 10 bodies mapped

Fire-led and mutable by a slight margin.

Elements × modalities

Elements × modalities
	Cardinal	Fixed	Mutable	Total
	1	0	3	4
	1	0	0	1
	0	2	1	3
	0	1	1	2
Total	2	3	5	10

Elements

🜂1.6× expected

🜃0.4× expected

🜁1.2× expected

🜄0.8× expected

Modalities

Cardinal0.6× expected

Fixed0.9× expected

Mutable1.5× expected

Dominant planet

Pluto

Quadrant emphasis is not shown because house positions need a birth time recorded to the minute.

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Some charts hold a recognizable shape across several placements at once. This is what a pattern reading looks like when one is present.

Chart patterns that stand out

Angle-based patterns are not shown because this birth time is not recorded to the minute.

Mars & Jupiter in Mutual Reception

Mars & Jupiter in mutual reception: each at home in the other's sign

2 bodies0.0° orbin 1% of charts

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First Quarter Phase

Sun and Moon in a notable lunation phase

2 bodies7.6° orbin 10% of charts

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Uranus Out-of-Bounds

Uranus out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules

1 body0.2° orbin 11% of charts

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Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.

Max Gilardi in twelve systems: Human Design, Vedic, Gene Keys and more

the full reading

13 placements in the chart signature →

The same birth data, read through each system in turn: this is what a full multi-system reading looks like on one chart.

Natal Chart

placidus houses

Natal Chart snapshot

Sun decan

Aquarius

1st decan

Moon phase

First Quarter

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Exact planetary positions

● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde

Exact planetary positions
Body	Position	Motion	Theme	Sabian
Jupiter	♈︎ Aries 22°55'	-Direct	—	Fruition
● Moon	♊︎ Gemini 7°50'	-Direct	—	Rebellion
Chiron	♊︎ Gemini 23°44'	℞	—	Play
Lilith	♌︎ Leo 18°11'	-Direct	—	Community
Pluto	♏︎ Scorpio 12°30'	-Direct	—	Innovation
Mars	♐︎ Sagittarius 13°14'	-Direct	—	Mystery
Saturn	♐︎ Sagittarius 28°28'	-Direct	—	Industry
Uranus	♐︎ Sagittarius 29°12'	-Direct	—	Benediction
Neptune	♑︎ Capricorn 8°47'	-Direct	—	Inspiration
● Sun	♒︎ Aquarius 7°44'	-Direct	—	Elegance
Mercury	♒︎ Aquarius 26°03'	-Direct	—	Continuity
Venus	♓︎ Pisces 15°32'	-Direct	—	Creativity
North node	♓︎ Pisces 24°18'	℞	—	Purification
South node	♍︎ Virgo 24°18'	-Direct	—	—

Full aspects · 33

Moon Semi square Jupiter
0.1°
Sun Trine Moon
0.1°
North node Square Chiron
0.6°
Mars Semi sextile Pluto
0.7°
Saturn Conjunction Uranus
0.7°
Jupiter Sextile Chiron
0.8°
Moon Quincunx Neptune
0.9°
Saturn Semi square Pluto
1.0°
Sun Sesquiquadrate Chiron
1.0°
Sun Semi sextile Neptune
1.1°
Jupiter Semi sextile North node
1.4°
Sun Semi square North node
1.6°
Uranus Semi square Pluto
1.7°
Mercury Semi sextile North node
1.8°
Venus Square Mars
2.3°
Mercury Trine Chiron
2.3°
Mercury Sextile Saturn
2.4°
Venus Quincunx Lilith
2.7°
Venus Trine Pluto
3.0°
Mercury Sextile Jupiter
3.1°
Mercury Sextile Uranus
3.1°
Neptune Sextile Pluto
3.7°
Saturn Square North node
4.2°
Jupiter Trine Lilith
4.7°
Saturn Opposition Chiron
4.7°
Sun Square Pluto
4.8°
Uranus Square North node
4.9°
Mars Trine Lilith
5.0°
Moon Opposition Mars
5.4°
Uranus Opposition Chiron
5.5°
Jupiter Trine Saturn
5.5°
Pluto Square Lilith
5.7°
Mercury Opposition Lilith
7.9°

Chart patterns

Out-of-Bounds PlanetsMoon out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules

Out-of-Bounds PlanetsUranus out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules

Splay ShapesSplay shape: planets breaking into several irregular clusters

Element SingletonsNeptune standing alone in its element

Heavy ModalitiesMoon, Venus, Mars, Saturn & Uranus loading up one modality

Lunation PhasesSun and Moon in a notable lunation phase

Mutual ReceptionsMars & Jupiter in mutual reception: each at home in the other's sign

House system: placidus · Birth time: estimated · Angles not used

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Transits

Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows

Birth time unknown: the transits below are Sun and planet-to-planet only, never Ascendant, Midheaven, house, or Moon placements.

200721 JuneCareer Milestone
Jerry, his first web animation, posted
The self-titled opening episode of the five-part Jerry series, the start of his work as hotdiggedydemon.Source (opens in new tab)
Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 2
Editorial note · Chiron sextile Mars
Chiron sextile Mars formed 42 days after the release, during a power window that helped him heal creative doubts and build active confidence in his craft.
Max Gilardi's chart on a career milestone, 2007ExpandCollapse
Apr 3Jun 21Sep 8
Apr 3 – Sep 8, 2007 · 158 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
Chiron sextile Marsslow0.02°2/3Aug 2
Pluto sextile Mercuryslow0.25°2/2Sep 8
Jupiter square Venusfast0.01°2/3Jun 1
Jupiter conjunction Marsfast0.05°2/3Jun 19
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Max Gilardi, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
4 QUIET YEARS
201111 OctoberCareer MilestoneDefining moment
APPLE.MOV posted, opening the PONY.MOV series
The first entry in the parody series that became his best-known work, running until February 2013.Source (opens in new tab)
Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 2
Editorial note · Jupiter square Sun
Jupiter square Sun formed one day before the release, reflecting an urge toward bold, exaggerated creative expansion just ahead of launching the series.
Max Gilardi's chart on a career milestone, 2011ExpandCollapse
Jun 28Oct 11Jan 24
Jun 28, 2011 – Jan 24, 2012 · 210 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow2.08°2/2Nov 10
North Node square Venusfast0.01°1/1Oct 14
Jupiter square Sunfast0.02°1/2Oct 10
North Node conjunction Marsfast0.04°1/1Jan 24
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Max Gilardi, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.

Human Design

Splenic Projector operating on instinct and self-guided mastery

As a 1/3 Splenic Projector, Gilardi thrives on deep investigative practice and sharp, spontaneous aesthetic decisions in his solo work.

Human Design snapshot

Type

projector

Strategy

to_wait_for_invitation

Authority

splenic

Profile

1/3

The Right Angle Cross of The Four Ways

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Bodygraph

Centers · 3 defined / 6 open

Centers · 3 defined / 6 open
Centre	State	What it governs
Head	Open	—
Ajna	Open	—
Throat	Open	—
G identity	Defined	—
Heart will	Defined	—
Sacral	Open	—
Solar plexus	Open	—
Spleen	Defined	—
Root	Open	—

Chart properties

Signature

When the strategy is working

—

Not-self theme

When it isn't

—

Personality activations · 12

Personality activations · 12
Planet	Gate.Line
☉︎ Sun	19.1
· Earth	33.1
☽︎ Moon	16.3
☊ North node	36.2
☋ South node	6.2
☿︎ Mercury	30.2
♀︎ Venus	63.5
♂︎ Mars	5.2
♃︎ Jupiter	42.3
♄︎ Saturn	10.1
♆︎ Neptune	58.6
♇︎ Pluto	44.6

Design activations · 11

Design activations · 11
Planet	Gate.Line
☉︎ Sun	44.3
· Earth	24.3
☽︎ Moon	25.5
☋ South node	46.4
☿︎ Mercury	50.3
♀︎ Venus	14.5
♂︎ Mars	57.2
♃︎ Jupiter	42.3
♄︎ Saturn	26.2
♅︎ Uranus	11.2
♆︎ Neptune	58.3

Defined channels · 2

10–5726–44

Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.

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Gene Keys

Gene Key 19 and Gene Key 24 turn hyper-awareness into inventive humor

His Life's Work in Gene Key 19 shifts acute social sensitivity into inventive parody, supported by the restless ingenuity of Gene Key 24.

Gene Keys snapshot

Activation Sequence

Key 19 · Sensitivity

Co-dependence

Venus Sequence

Key 25 · Acceptance

Constriction

Pearl Sequence

Key 57 · Intuition

Unease

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Hologenetic Profile

Activation Sequence

Activation Sequence
Sphere	Key	Shadow → Gift → Siddhi
Life's Work	Gene Key 19 Conscious Sun	Co-dependence Sensitivity Sacrifice
Evolution	Gene Key 33 Conscious Earth	Forgetting Mindfulness Revelation
Radiance	Gene Key 44 Unconscious Sun	Interference Teamwork Synarchy
Purpose	Gene Key 24 Unconscious Earth	Addiction Invention Silence

Venus Sequence

Venus Sequence
Sphere	Key	Shadow → Gift → Siddhi
Attraction	Gene Key 25	Constriction Acceptance Universal Love
IQ	Gene Key 63	Doubt Inquiry Truth
EQ	Gene Key 5	Impatience Patience Timelessness
SQ	Gene Key 14	Compromise Competence Bounteousness

Pearl Sequence

Pearl Sequence
Sphere	Key	Shadow → Gift → Siddhi
Vocation	Gene Key 57	Unease Intuition Clarity
Culture	Gene Key 42	Expectation Detachment Celebration
Pearl	Gene Key 42	Expectation Detachment Celebration

Rings, codons & partners

Programming Partner Gene Key 35Amino Acid Glutamic acidCodon Ring Ring of light

Programming Partner Gene Key 8Amino Acid Glutamic acidCodon Ring Ring of fire

Programming Partner Gene Key 33Amino Acid LeucineCodon Ring Ring of gaia

Programming Partner Gene Key 44Amino Acid SerineCodon Ring Ring of seeking

Programming Partner Gene Key 46Amino Acid ThreonineCodon Ring Ring of humanity

Programming Partner Gene Key 19Amino Acid ProlineCodon Ring Ring of destiny

Programming Partner Gene Key 32Amino Acid Stop codonCodon Ring Ring of matter

Programming Partner Gene Key 24Amino Acid ProlineCodon Ring Ring of the whirlwind

Programming Partner Gene Key 51Amino Acid Aspartic acidCodon Ring Ring of matter

Programming Partner Gene Key 64Amino Acid GlutamineCodon Ring Ring of trials

Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.

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Vedic Nakshatras

Sidereal lunar mansions & dashas

Vedic Nakshatras snapshot

Moon nakshatra

—

Ruling planet

—

Current period

Jupiter

until 2035

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Nakshatra circle

Nakshatra placements · 14

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Nakshatra placements · 14
Body	Nakshatra	Pada	Sidereal	Ruler	Deity	Animal
● Moon	Rohini	2	Taurus 14°	Moon	Brahma	Male Serpent
Chiron	Mrigashira	3	Gemini 0°	Mars	Soma	Female Serpent
Lilith	Ashlesha	3	Cancer 24°	Mercury	Nagas	Male Cat
Pluto	Swati	4	Libra 18°	Rahu	Vayu	Male Buffalo
Mars	Jyeshtha	1	Scorpio 19°	Mercury	Indra	Male Deer
Saturn	Mula	2	Sagittarius 4°	Ketu	Nirrti	Male Dog
Uranus	Mula	2	Sagittarius 5°	Ketu	Nirrti	Male Dog
Neptune	Purva ashadha	1	Sagittarius 15°	Venus	Apas	Male Monkey
Ascendant	Purva ashadha	4	Sagittarius 23°	Venus	Apas	Male Monkey
Sun	Shravana	2	Capricorn 14°	Moon	Vishnu	Female Monkey
Mercury	Dhanishta	3	Aquarius 2°	Mars	Vasus	Female Lion
Venus	Purva bhadrapada	1	Aquarius 21°	Jupiter	Aja Ekapada	Male Lion
North node	Purva bhadrapada	4	Pisces 0°	Jupiter	Aja Ekapada	Male Lion
Jupiter	Revati	4	Pisces 29°	Mercury	Pushan	Male Elephant

Maha Dasha timeline · 9

Maha Dasha timeline · 9
Ruler	Span	Flag
Moon	Jan 28, 1988 → Dec 20, 1994	-
Mars	Dec 20, 1994 → Dec 20, 2001	-
Rahu	Dec 20, 2001 → Dec 20, 2019	-
Jupiter	Dec 20, 2019 → Dec 20, 2035	Now
Saturn	Dec 20, 2035 → Dec 20, 2054	-
Mercury	Dec 20, 2054 → Dec 20, 2071	-
Ketu	Dec 20, 2071 → Dec 20, 2078	-
Venus	Dec 20, 2078 → Dec 20, 2098	-
Sun	Dec 20, 2098 → Dec 20, 2104	-

Antardashas within Jupiter

Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.

Antardashas within Jupiter
Ruler	Span
Jupiter	Dec 20, 2019 → Feb 6, 2022
Saturn	Feb 6, 2022 → Aug 19, 2024
Mercury	Aug 19, 2024 → Nov 25, 2026
Ketu	Nov 25, 2026 → Nov 1, 2027
Venus	Nov 1, 2027 → Jul 2, 2030
Sun	Jul 2, 2030 → Apr 20, 2031
Moon	Apr 20, 2031 → Aug 19, 2032
Mars	Aug 19, 2032 → Jul 26, 2033
Rahu	Jul 26, 2033 → Dec 20, 2035

Ayanamsa: 23.6905 · Dasha system: Vimshottari · Ascendant nakshatra omitted: no trusted birth time

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Mayan Tzolkin

Kin 179 · Yellow Sun · Planetary

Mayan Tzolkin snapshot

179

Yellow Sun

Ahau · Planetary tone

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●Seal & tone

Solar seal

19 · Yellow Sun

Enlightenment and universal fire; the solar master of wholeness and ascension

Galactic tone

10 · Planetary

Perfects manifestation; produces and brings forth the ideal form

Oracle relations

Wavespell

Blue Monkey

Guide

Yellow Star

Analog

Blue Night

Antipode

White Dog

Occult

Blue Night

Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13

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Numerology

Life Path 1 drives solitary creative leadership

Life Path 1 reflects an innate drive to pioneer original creative projects independently rather than following conventional studio pipelines.

Numerology snapshot

Life path

Personal year

For 2026

Current pinnacle

to age 44

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Core numbers

Expression

Soul urge

Personality

Birthday

Maturity

Pinnacles

Pinnacle I2to 35

●Pinnacle II9to 44

Pinnacle III11to 53

Pinnacle IV9

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Chinese Zodiac

Fire Rabbit blends refined artistic taste with sharp wit

The Fire Rabbit brings an aesthetic polish to animation alongside a mischievous, expressive edge that shapes his distinctive cartooning.

Chinese Zodiac snapshot

Animal

rabbit

Element

fire

Day master

壬

The hour pillar and secret animal need a recorded birth time, so they aren't shown.

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Four Pillars (BaZi)

Four Pillars (BaZi)
Pillar	Stem	Branch
Year	丁	卯
Month	癸	丑
Day	壬	寅

Day master

壬 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.

Inner animals

Inner · month

Year, month and day pillars need only the birth date.

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Tarot Birth Cards

Wheel of Fortune & The Magician

Tarot Birth Cards snapshot

Personality

Wheel of Fortune

Soul

The Magician

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The reduction

Ruled by

Sun

The three cards

The three cards
Card	Title	Keywords	Description
● Personality	Wheel of Fortune	cycles, fate, change, turning points	The turning of circumstance — what rises will fall, and what falls will rise again.
● Soul	The Magician	willpower, manifestation, resourcefulness	Mastery of the tools at hand, turning intention into action through focused will.

Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027

The Empress

Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild

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Arabic Parts

Lots, formulas & sensitive points

Arabic Parts snapshot

Part of Fortune

Virgo

17°33'

Part of Spirit

Taurus

17°45'

Lots

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Lots on the wheel

Lots · 8

Houses aren't shown for this chart because the birth time is estimated.

Hermetic lots

Part of Fortune

Virgo

17°33'

Formula · Asc + ☽ − ☉

The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.

Part of Spirit

Taurus

17°45'

Formula · Asc + ☉ − ☽

The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.

Fortune and adversity

Part of Victory

Taurus

12°06'

Formula · Asc + ♃ − ♄

Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.

Part of Necessity

Virgo

23°12'

Formula · Asc + ♄ − ♃

Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.

Part of Nemesis

Sagittarius

8°23'

Formula · Asc + ♄ − ☉

Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.

Lineage and bonds

Part of Eros

Aries

19°57'

Formula · Asc + ♀ − ♂

Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.

Part of Marriage

Aries

4°43'

Formula · Asc + ♀ − ♄

Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.

Body and vitality

Part of Courage

Scorpio

4°49'

Formula · Asc + ♂ − ☿

Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.

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Sabian Symbols

Degree-by-degree archetypal imagery

Sabian Symbols snapshot

Sun · Aquarius 7°44'

Beautifully gowned wax figures on display

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Degree symbols · 14

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Feng Shui

Kua 3

Feng Shui snapshot

East group

Favorable: South, North, Southeast, East

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Directions

Supportive directions

SouthSheng Chibest

NorthTien Yihealth

SoutheastNien Yenrelationships

EastFu Weistability

Directions to avoid

SouthwestHo Haimishaps

NorthwestWu Kweifive ghosts

NortheastLui Shasix killings

WestChueh Mingtotal loss

Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender

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What is Max Gilardi's zodiac sign?

Max Gilardi's Sun sign is Aquarius.

When was Max Gilardi born?

Max Gilardi was born on Jan 28, 1988.

How reliable is this birth data?

This chart carries a Rodden rating of X: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. No birth time on record, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.

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Sources

No birth time on record, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.

Note on this rating: No birth time on record and no AstroTheme entry, Rodden X. Born Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Sources & further reading

Birth data

Max Gilardi on WikipediaEncyclopedia · en.wikipedia.orgBiography and works. Source for the birth date and Gloucester birthplace, since no astrology databank carries an entry.

IMDbDatabase · imdb.comWikidata P345 (IMDb).

Official websiteOfficial site · hotdiggedydemon.comWikidata P856 (official website).

PONY.MOV on WikipediaEncyclopedia · en.wikipedia.orgThe 2011 to 2013 series that became his best-known work.

hotdiggedydemon on YouTubeOfficial site · youtube.comHis own channel, where the animations were first posted.

Photo: Photo: Super Festivals / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) · CC-BY