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Bruce Norris

Bruce Norris (born May 16, 1960, Texas, United States), aged 66, is an American playwright and actor. Norris is best known for Clybourne Park. Norris's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.

Bruce Norris’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rat, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Bruce Norris’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Scholar

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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#536

US rank in 2025

~388,275

Americans share it since 1880

1956

its peak year

In 1960, 10,972 American boys and 33 girls were registered Bruce — 39th among boys and 1,982nd among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Bruce’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

5

Soul Urge · freedom

11

Personality · perceptive

The name opens on B (2) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

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

Bruce’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 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 Bruce apart

Pierce Brosnan (1953) and Janet Jackson (1966) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Bruce, according to the stars

Core essence

Bruce 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 Bruce 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, Bruce needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Bruce needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Bruce wants to be loved

Bruce 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 Bruce is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Bruce creates

How Bruce makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Bruce builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Bruce 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 1 is the pioneer. Bruce 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 Bruce leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Bruce gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Bruce's birth date. Working below.

Where Bruce sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Bruce

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Bruce

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

PrivateExpressive
Bruce

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Bruce

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

PracticalVisionary
Bruce

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Bruce

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Bruce Norris

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

Bruce’s birth-night reference starZosmawhite · LeoZosma, in Leo. A white star, 79.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Zosma →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 44.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Texas that night

Computed for 31.00°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Zosma stood nearest the zenith over Texas at 9 p.m. that evening, 79.3° above the horizon in Leo.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 104 catalog stars were up in all.

Texas sits at 31.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Texas at all: they sit past the −59.0° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at last quarter, 58% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 6° down.

How unusual Bruce's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Taurus · T-square onto Venus · 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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Bruce Norris at a glance

Taurus Sun

Slow to move, slower to leave.

Bruce Norris's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 16, 1960, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Metal Rat

Quick, clever, never stuck.

Bruce Norris was born on May 16, 1960, which falls in a Metal Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 1

Leads because nobody else moved.

Bruce Norris's birth date, May 16, 1960, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Bruce’s chart

Bruce’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 4° to 18° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 1° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1.1° orbVenus grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.3° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.6° orbVenus flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.7° orbMoon grinds against Neptune · Square, 4.1° orbMoon grinds against Venus · Square, 4.5° orbSun in Taurus · 25°48′☉25°Moon in Aquarius · 11°21′☽11°Mercury in Taurus · 24°40′☿24°Venus in Taurus · 15°49′♀15°Mars in Aries · 4°07′♂4°Jupiter in Capricorn · 2°33′ · retrograde♃℞2°Saturn in Capricorn · 18°08′ · retrograde♄℞18°Uranus in Leo · 17°09′♅17°Neptune in Scorpio · 7°16′ · retrograde♆℞7°Pluto in Virgo · 3°35′♇3°

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.5° to 1.7° orb

    Bruce’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenussquareUranus0.7° to 1.9° orb

    Bruce’s affections grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableJupitertrinePluto1.0° to 1.1° orb

    Bruce’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableMarssquareJupiter1.2° to 2.0° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn1.7° to 2.9° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.7° orb

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune4.7° to 4.8° orb

  • possibleMoonoppositionUranusorb from 0.0° to 12.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareVenusorb from 0.1° to 10.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 11.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.5° to 13.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMercurytrineSaturnorb from 5.4° to 7.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth6 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 2°06′ (moves 0.02° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 25°24′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAries 7°06′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 21°11′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 0°55′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 0.4°
  • Ceres square Sun 0.4°
  • Ceres square Mercury 0.7°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 1.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Jupiter 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 2.7°
  • Eros conjunction Mars 3.0°

Bruce’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♄ Saturn4 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; disposes Jupiter; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♂ Mars3 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; 1 major aspect

Configurations in Bruce’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.

Minor aspects

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

  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.4°
  • Mars quincunx Pluto 0.5°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.5°
  • Sun biquintile Jupiter 0.7°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.0°
  • Saturn quintile Neptune 1.1°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.7°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 2.0°

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Bruce’s cards

Computed from May 16, 1960. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Scholar

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

庚

yang Metal

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Bruce’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q991754 (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 GümsGrammatiçus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Bruce Norris at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Bruce Norris.

Quick answers about Bruce Norris’s chart

How old is Bruce Norris?
Bruce Norris is 66 years old, born May 16, 1960 in Texas, United States.
What zodiac sign is Bruce Norris?
Bruce Norris is a Taurus: born May 16, 1960, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Bruce Norris's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 16, 1960 birth.
What is Bruce Norris's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What is Bruce Norris's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Bruce Norris'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 Bruce Norris's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects). Saturn is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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