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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, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 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

US Social Security Administration public records

Bruce’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

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, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Bruce sits

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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 →

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.

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. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.

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. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

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. 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 Bruce’s chart

Bruce’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Bruce Norris, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 4° to 18° Aquarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

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. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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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

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.

  • 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

    Bruce’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableVenustrineSaturn1.7° to 2.9° orb

    Bruce’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.7° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune4.7° to 4.8° orb

    Bruce’s growth opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • 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

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.

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

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Bruce absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

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

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

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Bruce is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

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

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

    Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Bruce is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.

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

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

    Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Bruce at their best with something to be proud of.

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

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Bruce guarding a private self that family did not get to name.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • 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°

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°).

Bruce’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. ♀ 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

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Bruce is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

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 Bruce’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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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°

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

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Bruce’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Sun

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AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Scholar

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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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

No birth time is on public record for Bruce Norris, 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

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

The same Bruce Norris at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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 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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Rat.
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 time was Bruce Norris 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 Bruce Norris's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the May 16, 1960 birth date.
What is Bruce Norris's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 16, 1960 birth date.
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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