What zodiac sign was Anthony Bourdain?

Anthony Bourdain was a Cancer: born June 25, 1956, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey.

What was Anthony Bourdain's Chinese zodiac animal?

The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 25, 1956 birth.

What time was Anthony Bourdain born?

08:35 local time in New York City, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).

What was Anthony Bourdain's rising sign?

Leo rising, calculated from the documented 08:35 birth time in New York City, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).

What was Anthony Bourdain's Life Path number?

Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the June 25, 1956 birth date.

What was Anthony Bourdain's Chiron sign?

Chiron in Aquarius at 10°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 25, 1956 birth time.

Where was Anthony Bourdain's Black Moon Lilith?

Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 22°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.

What was Anthony Bourdain's dominant planet?

Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain (born June 25, 1956, New York City, United States, 08:35; died 2018), was an American chef and television personality. Bourdain's honours include National Humanities Medal.

Anthony Bourdain’s zodiac sign was Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Anthony Bourdain’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Visionary

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

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US rank in 2025

~1,495,156

Americans share it since 1880

1990

its peak year

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Anthony’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

7 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Monday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Pearl, Pearl, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌺 Poppy

Rose pink · Pearl · Flame orange

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

What the chart says

Anthony, according to the stars

Core essence

Anthony feels the room before entering it. The core of Anthony is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Anthony, it is whoever they have decided to keep.

The vibe

Underneath, Anthony is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Anthony needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Anthony wants to be loved

Anthony wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Anthony like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Anthony creates

How Anthony makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Anthony creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Anthony is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Anthony is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Anthony slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

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

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Intimate circleWide network

Anthony

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DeliberateSpontaneous

Anthony

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive

Anthony

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately

Anthony

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary

Anthony

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry

Anthony

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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Anthony’s birth-sky starAlmachwarm orange · AndromedaAlmach, in Andromeda. A warm orange star, 88° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Almach →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 53.9° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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Cancer Sun

Hard shell, soft centre.

Anthony Bourdain's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.

Fire Monkey

Solved it, and made a joke.

Anthony Bourdain was born on June 25, 1956, which falls in a Fire Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.

Life Path 7

Thinks more than it says.

Anthony Bourdain's birth date, June 25, 1956, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Anthony’s chart

Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Anthony Bourdain's timed chart: Jupiter in the 1st house, Saturn in the 4th house, Uranus in the 1st house and Pluto in the 1st house.
The tightest major aspect in Anthony Bourdain's timed chart is Jupiter sextile Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
Three planets, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto, sit together in Leo, which astrologers call a stellium.
Anthony Bourdain combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.

Anthony’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°

Sextile 60°

Square 90°

Trine 120°

Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantLeo

The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

JupitersextileNeptuneseparating · 0.2° orb
Anthony’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
SaturnsquarePlutoapplying · 0.5° orb
Anthony’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MercurysquareMarsseparating · 0.7° orb
Anthony’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
JupitersquareSaturnseparating · 0.7° orb
Anthony’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoonsquareNeptuneseparating · 0.9° orb
Anthony’s feelings grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
VenussextileJupiterapplying · 0.9° orb
Anthony’s affections open doors for their growth.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.0° orb
Anthony’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenustrineNeptuneapplying · 1.1° orb
Anthony’s affections flow straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
JupiterconjunctionPlutoseparating · 1.2° orb
Anthony’s growth and depths act as one.
MoonsextileSaturnseparating · 1.5° orb
Anthony’s feelings open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
VenussextilePlutoapplying · 2.1° orb
Anthony’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonoppositionUranusapplying · 2.2° orb
Anthony’s feelings pull against their need for freedom from across the wheel.
UranussquareNeptuneseparating · 3.1° orb
Anthony’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
SaturntrineUranusseparating · 3.7° orb
Anthony’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
SunconjunctionVenusseparating · 5.1° orb
Anthony’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
SuntrineNeptuneseparating · 6.2° orb
Anthony’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

Chart signature

Elements

Fire3 of 10
Earth1 of 10
Air3 of 10
Water3 of 10

Modalities

Cardinal3 of 10
Fixed4 of 10
Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Anthony’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.

⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 10°53′ · House 7
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Anthony making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresAries 14°07′ · House 9
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Anthony looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ Eros ℞Aquarius 9°33′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Anthony is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Capricorn 28°02′ · House 6
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Anthony is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 22°36′ · House 6
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. Anthony 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.

Hygiea square Neptune 0.3°
Chiron opposition Ascendant 0.6°
Hygiea conjunction Moon 0.6°
Hygiea sextile Saturn 0.9°
Chiron trine Mercury 1.2°
Eros opposition Ascendant 1.9°
Ceres sextile Mercury 2.0°
Ceres trine Ascendant 2.6°
Eros trine Mercury 2.6°
Hygiea opposition Uranus 2.8°

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°).

Anthony’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

1. ♄ Saturn9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Anthony is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Anthony’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

T-square onto Neptune · Moon, Uranus, NeptuneAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Yod onto Moon · Venus, Jupiter, MoonTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.
Yod onto Venus · Moon, Saturn, VenusTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.
Yod onto Moon · Venus, Pluto, MoonTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

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 quincunx Venus 0.2°
Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.6°
Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 0.6°
Moon quincunx Jupiter 0.7°
Sun biquintile Saturn 0.8°
Mars sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.3°
Moon sesquiquadrate Mercury 1.5°
Venus quincunx Saturn 1.6°
Moon quincunx Pluto 1.9°

Anthony’s houses

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

House	Sign	Ruler	Planets	Themes
1	Leo	Sun in Cancer, house 12	Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto	self, body, how you arrive
2	Virgo	Mercury in Gemini, house 11	empty	money, possessions, self-worth
3	Libra	Venus in Gemini, house 11	Neptune	mind, siblings, the local world
4	Scorpio	Pluto in Leo, house 1	Saturn	home, family, roots
5	Sagittarius	Jupiter in Leo, house 1	empty	creativity, romance, play
6	Capricorn	Saturn in Scorpio, house 4	Moon	work, habits, health
7	Aquarius	Uranus in Leo, house 1	empty	partnership, marriage, open rivals
8	Pisces	Neptune in Libra, house 3	Mars	shared resources, intimacy, transformation
9	Aries	Mars in Pisces, house 8	empty	belief, travel, higher learning
10	Taurus	Venus in Gemini, house 11	empty	career, reputation, public life
11	Gemini	Mercury in Gemini, house 11	Mercury, Venus	friends, community, the future
12	Cancer	Moon in Capricorn, house 6	Sun	the inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Anthony’s cards

Every card is computed from June 25, 1956, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Chariot

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The Tidal Visionary

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Western zodiac

Cancer

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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☾ Ruled by Moon

Silver Ag

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

丙

yang Fire

申

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Hour

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Anthony’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q426582, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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.

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Quick answers about Anthony Bourdain’s chart

What zodiac sign was Anthony Bourdain?: Anthony Bourdain was a Cancer: born June 25, 1956, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Fire Monkey.
What was Anthony Bourdain's Chinese zodiac animal?: The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 25, 1956 birth.
What time was Anthony Bourdain born?: 08:35 local time in New York City, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What was Anthony Bourdain's rising sign?: Leo rising, calculated from the documented 08:35 birth time in New York City, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
What was Anthony Bourdain's Life Path number?: Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the June 25, 1956 birth date.
What was Anthony Bourdain's Chiron sign?: Chiron in Aquarius at 10°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 25, 1956 birth time.
Where was Anthony Bourdain's Black Moon Lilith?: Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 22°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Anthony Bourdain's dominant planet?: Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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What stands out in Anthony’s chart

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Anthony’s dominant planets

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