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Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1941, Parma, Italy; died 2018), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Bertolucci served as President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival. Bertolucci's honours include Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director and BAFTA Award for Best Film.

Bernardo Bertolucci’s zodiac sign was Pisces, Chinese zodiac was Metal Snake, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Bernardo Bertolucci’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Seeker

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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#1347

US rank in 2025

~11,175

Americans share it since 1888

1995

its peak year

Bernardo ranked 1,154th in 1941, the year of this birth, with 33 American boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Bernardo’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

8

Soul Urge · achievement

33

Personality · warm authority

The name opens on B (2) and closes on O (6). Two values tie for most repeated, 3 and 9: voice against empathy.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Bernardo’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

7 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🤍 White Camellia

Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Silver

The record

What sets Bernardo apart

Mark Carney (1965) and Alexandra Daddario (1986) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Bernardo, according to the stars

Core essence

Bernardo feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Bernardo is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.

How Bernardo wants to be loved

Bernardo wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Bernardo, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How Bernardo creates

How Bernardo makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Bernardo 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: Bernardo is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Bernardo 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Bernardo does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Bernardo's birth date. Working below.

Where Bernardo sits

Six lines

Bernardo’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Bernardo

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Bernardo

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

PrivateExpressive
Bernardo

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Bernardo

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Bernardo

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Bernardo

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Bernardo Bertolucci

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Parma 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 Parma that night

Computed for 44.80°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Parma at 9 p.m. that evening: Castor of Gemini, within 13.1° of the exact zenith.

Of the 101 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Parma sits at 44.8°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −45.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 85% lit at waning gibbous, had already set; the Sun sat 17° below the horizon.

How unusual Bernardo's chart is

Chart pattern score

12 / 100 · Reassuringly normal

1 planet at a critical degree

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.

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If you only read one paragraph

Pisces Sun

Soft edges, deep pull.

Bernardo Bertolucci's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 16, 1941, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Pisces means →

Metal Snake

Wise, cool, hard to read.

Bernardo Bertolucci was born on March 16, 1941, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 7

Asks the better question.

Bernardo Bertolucci's birth date, March 16, 1941, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 7 means →

What stands out in Bernardo’s chart

Bernardo’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 28° to 13° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 0.9° orbVenus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.4° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.4° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 2.5° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.7° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 3.3° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 3.9° orbMars flows with Jupiter · Trine, 4.1° orbSun in Pisces · 25°26′☉25°Moon in Scorpio · 6°10′☽6°Mercury in Aquarius · 29°57′☿29°Venus in Pisces · 16°47′♀16°Mars in Capricorn · 18°12′♂18°Jupiter in Taurus · 14°03′♃14°Saturn in Taurus · 11°36′♄11°Uranus in Taurus · 23°01′♅23°Neptune in Virgo · 26°21′ · retrograde♆℞26°Pluto in Leo · 2°13′ · retrograde♇℞2°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune0.4° to 1.4° orb

    Bernardo’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenussextileMars1.1° to 1.7° orb

    Bernardo’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableSunsextileUranus1.9° to 2.9° orb

    Bernardo’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableVenussextileJupiter2.2° to 3.3° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn2.4° to 2.5° orb

  • stableUranustrineNeptune3.3° to 3.4° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter3.9° to 4.4° orb

  • stableMarstrineUranus4.5° to 5.2° orb

  • stableMarstrineSaturn6.3° to 6.9° orb

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 13.3° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 12.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 11.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

Bernardo’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Cancer 25°22′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresCapricorn 2°22′ (moves 0.24° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosAries 6°30′ (moves 0.71° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 18°39′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 0°57′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron trine Sun 0.1°
  • Hygiea square Mars 0.5°
  • Chiron sextile Neptune 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.3°
  • Chiron sextile Uranus 2.3°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 2.4°

Bernardo’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♆ Neptune7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter4.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Bernardo’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.

  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.2°
  • Mercury quintile Saturn 0.4°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.4°
  • Sun semi-square Saturn 1.2°
  • Mercury quincunx Pluto 2.3°

Bernardo’s family here

One relative of Bernardo Bertolucci also has a chart on AsterNym.

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From the journal: Polarities: why each sign has an opposite · How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan

Bernardo’s cards

Computed from March 16, 1941. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Tower

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Seeker

Western zodiac

Pisces

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

7 · Seeker

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Bernardo’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q53009 (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.

Portrait by © Elisa Caldana / Associazione Culturale Cinemazero from Pordenone, Italia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Bernardo Bertolucci at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Quick answers about Bernardo Bertolucci’s chart

What zodiac sign was Bernardo Bertolucci?
Bernardo Bertolucci was a Pisces: born March 16, 1941, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
What was Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 16, 1941 birth.
What was Bernardo Bertolucci's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
What was Bernardo Bertolucci's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Bernardo Bertolucci's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Bernardo Bertolucci's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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