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Brett Cullen

Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956, Houston, United States), aged 70, is an American actor (born 1956).

Brett Cullen’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Monkey, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Brett Cullen’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Storyteller

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#1382

US rank in 2025

~162,513

Americans share it since 1880

1986

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Brett’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

1 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

South

Season

summer

Stones

Peridot, Emerald, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 💜 Lavender · 🌺 Poppy

Coral · Lilac · Flame orange

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What the chart says

Brett, according to the stars

Core essence

Brett notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Brett is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

How Brett wants to be loved

Brett wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Brett gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Brett creates

How Brett makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Brett creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.

Instinct

Instinct: Brett 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 1 is the pioneer. Brett is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Brett leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Brett 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 Brett's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Brett sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Brett

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Brett

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

PrivateExpressive
Brett

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Brett

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

PracticalVisionary
Brett

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Brett

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Houston on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Brett Cullen at a glance

Virgo Sun

Fixes everything except the need to.

Brett Cullen's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of August 26, 1956, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.

Fire Monkey

Solved it, and made a joke.

Brett Cullen was born on August 26, 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 1

Goes first. Works it out.

Brett Cullen's birth date, August 26, 1956, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in Brett’s chart

Brett’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Brett Cullen, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 26° to 9° Aries or Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Neptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.2° orbSun flows with Moon · Trine, 0.4° orbMoon grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.5° orbSaturn grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.7° orbMercury opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 3.4° orbVenus flows with Mars · Trine, 4.3° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 4.4° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 4.6° orbSun in Virgo · 3°24′Moon in Taurus · 3°01′Mercury in Libra · 0°10′Venus in Cancer · 17°41′17°Mars in Pisces · 21°59′ · retrograde21°Jupiter in Virgo · 10°09′10°Saturn in Scorpio · 26°45′26°Uranus in Leo · 4°32′Neptune in Libra · 28°15′28°Pluto in Leo · 28°28′28°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSuntrineMoon0.1° to 6.3° orb

    Brett’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.2° orb

    Brett’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto1.7° orb

    Brett’s discipline grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn2.9° to 4.0° orb

    Brett’s mind opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableVenustrineMars3.7° to 4.9° orb

    Brett’s affections flow straight into their drive.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus3.8° to 4.9° orb

    Brett’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableSunconjunctionPluto4.5° to 5.4° orb

    Brett’s core identity and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMarstrineSaturn4.6° to 4.9° orb

    Brett’s drive flows straight into their discipline.

  • stableUranussquareNeptune6.3° orb

    Brett’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionJupiter6.4° to 7.1° orb

    Brett’s core identity and growth act as one.

  • possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.0° to 11.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 7.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Brett’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ChironAquarius 7°43′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Brett making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • CeresAries 20°46′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Brett looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.

  • ErosCapricorn 18°49′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Brett is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • HygieaCapricorn 18°24′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Brett is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.

  • Black Moon LilithCapricorn 29°31′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    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. Brett 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 orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 0.6°
  • Hygiea opposition Venus 0.7°
  • Eros opposition Venus 1.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Neptune 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 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°).

Brett’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. Mercury7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. Sun5 pts

    disposes Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. Pluto4 pts

    disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Brett is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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 Brett’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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 excluded without a birth time.

  • Mars biquintile Neptune 0.3°
  • Mercury quintile Venus 0.5°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.7°
  • Sun semi-sextile Uranus 1.1°
  • Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 1.5°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 1.9°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Brett Cullen, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Brett’s cards

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The Sun

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The Evergreen Storyteller

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Western zodiac

Virgo

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Chinese zodiac

Monkey 申

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

yang Fire

Monkey

Metal

roots & early life

Month

yang Fire

Monkey

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

yin Wood

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Brett Cullen, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Brett’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q176277, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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.

Portrait by Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Brett Cullen at Wikipedia, kalldasd1997.tribe.so, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Brett Cullen.

Quick answers about Brett Cullen’s chart

How old is Brett Cullen?
Brett Cullen is 70 years old, born August 26, 1956 in Houston, United States.
What zodiac sign is Brett Cullen?
Brett Cullen is a Virgo: born August 26, 1956, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Monkey.
What is Brett Cullen's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 26, 1956 birth.
What time was Brett Cullen born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Brett Cullen's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the August 26, 1956 birth date.
What is Brett Cullen's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons for the August 26, 1956 birth date.
Where is Brett Cullen's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 29°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Brett Cullen's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Jupiter; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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