Brandon Som
Brandon Som (born August 13, 1975, Phoenix, United States), aged 51, is an American poet. Som's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, fellowship award and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Brandon Som’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Wood Rabbit, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Leo, Chinese zodiac is 
Wood Rabbit, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Brandon
Brandon Som’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Lightkeeper
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Brandon in the U.S.?
#261
US rank in 2025
~774,654
Americans share it since 1914
1992
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1975, Brandon came 44th among boys and 1,192nd among girls, carried by 7,090 American boys and 97 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Brandon’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
4
Soul Urge · solid ground
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on B (2) and closes on N (5).
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Brandon’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 3 · 4 · 6
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌿 Fern
Coral · Gold · Forest
The record
What sets Brandon apart
Sebastian Stan (1982) and Domenico Dolce (1958) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Brandon, according to the stars
Core essence
Brandon is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Brandon is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
The vibe
Underneath, Brandon 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 Brandon 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 Brandon wants to be loved
Brandon wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Brandon and they will quietly make your whole life run better.
How Brandon creates
How Brandon makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Brandon creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Brandon is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Brandon 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: being rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Brandon is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.
Computed from Brandon's birth date. Working below.
Where Brandon sits
Six lines
Brandon’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Brandon Som
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Phoenix 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 Phoenix that night
Computed for 33.45°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Phoenix at 9 p.m. that evening: Vega of Lyra, within 9.1° of the exact zenith.
Of the 82 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 33.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Phoenix at all: they sit past the −56.6° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun 20° below the horizon, Moon up and 51% lit at first quarter.
How unusual Brandon's chart is
Chart pattern score
42 / 100 · Quietly distinctive
T-square onto Saturn · Venus retrograde · 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.
Score your own chart →Brandon Som at a glance
Leo Sun
Leo SunWarm, loud, hard to ignore.
Brandon Som's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 13, 1975, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Leo means →Wood Rabbit
Wood RabbitSoft voice, sharp read.
Brandon Som was born on August 13, 1975, which falls in a Wood Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rabbit means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Digs under every answer.
Brandon Som's birth date, August 13, 1975, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Brandon’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Brandon Som's date-only chart is Jupiter square Saturn, with an orb of about 2°.
- This chart has an even Fire/Earth emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Brandon Som combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Lightkeeper.
Brandon’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 23° Scorpio depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenussquareNeptune1.4° to 1.7° orb
Brandon’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersquareSaturn1.5° to 1.6° orb
Brandon’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° orb
Brandon’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturnsquareUranus2.7° to 2.8° orb
stableMercurysquareMars2.9° to 4.1° orb
stableMercurysextileUranus2.9° to 4.7° orb
stableMarssextileSaturn2.9° to 3.4° orb
stableSuntrineJupiter3.8° to 4.8° orb
stableJupiteroppositionUranus4.2° to 4.3° orb
possibleSunsquareMoonorb from 0.1° to 10.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileVenusorb from 0.1° to 12.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 3.0° to 16.5° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Brandon’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 28°06′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresGemini 5°51′ (moves 0.28° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 8°47′ (moves 0.57° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 27°06′ (moves 0.26° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 21°07′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron opposition Uranus 0.9°
- Ceres trine Pluto 1.5°
- Eros sextile Venus 1.8°
- Chiron square Saturn 1.9°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 1.9°
- Hygiea sextile Jupiter 2.4°
Brandon’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; 1 major aspect
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Venus; 2 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Brandon’s chart
T-square onto Saturn · Jupiter, Uranus, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars quincunx Uranus 0.4°
- Venus semi-square Saturn 0.6°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.7°
- Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.9°
- Saturn quintile Pluto 0.9°
- Sun semi-square Pluto 2.0°
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More charts like Brandon’s
Fellow Leo suns
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Born in Rabbit years
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- Janja GarnbretSlovenian sport climber
Also born on August 13
- Sebastian Stan1982
- Domenico Dolce1958
- Fidel Castro1926
- Na Jaemin2000
- Corey Fogelmanis1999
- Bert Lahr1895
Fellow Yin Metal day masters
- A. J. McLeanAmerican pop singer
- Luke MacfarlaneCanadian and American actor
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Other Leo Rabbit charts
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Other Gilded Lightkeepers
- James LapineAmerican stage director and librettist. (born 1949)
- Elliot G. JaspinAmerican journalist
- Frank ConniffAmerican journalist
- Robert ColesAmerican psychiatrist
Famous people with Life Path 7
- Matthew FoxAmerican actor (born 1966)
- Ginnifer GoodwinAmerican actress
- James HardenAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
From the journal: The modern vs traditional rulers debate · 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign
Brandon’s cards
Computed from August 13, 1975. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Gilded LightkeeperWestern zodiac
LeoChinese zodiac
Rabbit 卯Life Path
7 · Seeker☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
乙
yin Wood
卯
Rabbit
Wood
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Brandon’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q117222900 (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 National Book Foundation, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Brandon Som at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Brandon Som.
Quick answers about Brandon Som’s chart
- How old is Brandon Som?
- Brandon Som is 51 years old, born August 13, 1975 in Phoenix, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Brandon Som?
- Brandon Som is a Leo: born August 13, 1975, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day.
- What is Brandon Som's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rabbit, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 13, 1975 birth.
- What is Brandon Som's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What is Brandon Som's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 28°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Brandon Som's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Brandon Som's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
