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Bono

Bono (born May 10, 1960, Dublin, Ireland), aged 66, is an Irish singer. Bono's honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Order of Liberty and Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Bono’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rat, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Bono’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Architect

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

Bono’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia

Ivory · Blush · Silver

The record

What sets Bono apart

Linda Evangelista (1965) and Miuccia Prada (1948) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Bono, according to the stars

Core essence

Bono is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Bono is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

The vibe

Underneath, Bono feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Bono needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Bono wants to be loved

Bono wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Bono is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Bono creates

How Bono makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Bono creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Bono is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Bono is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Bono 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 Bono's birth date. Working below.

Where Bono sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Bono

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Bono

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Bono

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Bono

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

PracticalVisionary
Bono

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Bono

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Bono

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

Computed for 53.35°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Merak stood nearest the zenith over Dublin at 9 p.m. that evening, 86.5° above the horizon in Ursa Major.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 103 catalog stars were up in all.

From 53.3°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Nothing below −36.7° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Dublin on any night.

The Moon, 100% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat -1° below the horizon.

How unusual Bono's chart is

Chart pattern score

62 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Taurus · Grand trine · No Air planets

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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The quick version

Taurus Sun

Slow to move, slower to leave.

Bono's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 10, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Metal Rat

Quick, clever, never stuck.

Bono was born on May 10, 1960, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 4

Plans, then plans the plan.

Bono's birth date, May 10, 1960, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Bono’s chart

Bono’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 1° to 16° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.6° orbVenus faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 0.7° orbMoon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 0.9° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.5° orbMoon fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.6° orbMoon faces off with Mercury · Opposition, 2.4° orbSun grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.7° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 3.2° orbSun in Taurus · 19°47′☉19°Moon in Scorpio · 9°01′☽9°Mercury in Taurus · 11°23′☿11°Venus in Taurus · 8°09′♀8°Mars in Pisces · 29°21′♂29°Jupiter in Capricorn · 2°59′ · retrograde♃℞2°Saturn in Capricorn · 18°18′ · retrograde♄℞18°Uranus in Leo · 17°03′♅17°Neptune in Scorpio · 7°26′ · retrograde♆℞7°Pluto in Virgo · 3°36′ · retrograde♇℞3°

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

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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

  • stableMoonoppositionVenus0.0° to 7.6° orb

    Bono’s feelings pull against their affections from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenusoppositionNeptune0.1° to 1.3° orb

    Bono’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitertrinePluto0.6° orb

    Bono’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableSuntrineSaturn1.0° to 2.0° orb

  • stableSunsquareUranus2.3° to 3.2° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus2.8° to 3.7° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionNeptune2.9° to 5.0° orb

  • stableMarssquareJupiter3.2° to 4.0° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.8° to 3.9° orb

  • stableVenustrinePluto3.9° to 5.2° orb

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune4.4° to 4.5° orb

  • stableVenustrineJupiter4.5° to 5.8° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth6 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 1°58′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 24°09′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAries 3°17′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 20°02′ (moves 0.17° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 0°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea square Sun 0.2°
  • Eros square Jupiter 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Mars 0.9°
  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.0°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Jupiter 2.8°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 3.0°

Bono’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Mars; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Bono’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Venus, Jupiter, Pluto, NeptuneA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.3°
  • Mars quintile Saturn 0.9°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.9°
  • Saturn quintile Neptune 1.1°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.2°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.8°

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Bono’s cards

Computed from May 10, 1960. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Architect

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

4 · Architect

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Bono’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q834621 (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 Daniel Hazard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Bono 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 Bono.

Quick answers about Bono’s chart

How old is Bono?
Bono is 66 years old, born May 10, 1960 in Dublin, Ireland.
What zodiac sign is Bono?
Bono is a Taurus: born May 10, 1960, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Bono's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 10, 1960 birth.
How tall is Bono?
Bono is 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Bono's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is Bono's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 1°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Bono's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 0°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Bono's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 5 major aspects). Neptune is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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