Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen (born September 23, 1949, Long Branch, United States, 22:50), aged 77, is an American rock singer. Best-known releases include Born in the U.S.A., Born to Run and Nebraska. Springsteen's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Bruce Springsteen’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Earth Ox, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Ox, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Bruce
Bruce Springsteen’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Strategist
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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
Of the names registered in 1949, Bruce came 26th among boys and 1,633rd among girls, carried by 12,265 American boys and 33 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Bruce’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
33
Expression · lifting other people
9
Soul Urge · meaning
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on B (2) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
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 · 9
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Blush · Terracotta
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1949, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Bruce apart
Bruce Springsteen took the MTV Video Music Award, Viewer's Choice in 1985, at 36.
Freehold High School and The Center for Early Education shaped the training.
The working life starts in 1969, at 20.
On the family side, Bruce Springsteen was married Patti Scialfa and Julianne Phillips and raised one child.
The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Bruce Springsteen: Activists from New Jersey and American harmonica players.
Ray Charles (1930) and Julio Iglesias (1943) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Freehold High School and The Center for Early Education
- Instruments
- piano, guitar and harmonica
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016), Academy Award for Best Original Song (1994) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- Working from
- 1969
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 107
What the chart says
Bruce, according to the stars
Core essence
Bruce makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Bruce is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Bruce cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Bruce needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Bruce wants to be loved
Bruce wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Bruce even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Bruce creates
How Bruce makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Bruce creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Bruce is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
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 ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Bruce fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
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.
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 may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Bruce Springsteen
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Long Branch on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Long Branch at 22:50, Bruce Springsteen’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Long Branch that night
Computed for 40.30°N, at the documented birth time.
Deneb stood nearest the zenith over Long Branch at the birth hour, 73.8° above the horizon in Cygnus.
Of the 91 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.
From 40.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −49.7° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Long Branch on any night.
Sun 41° below the horizon, Moon down and 4% lit at waxing crescent.
What Bruce's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Enforcer 廉貞, The Treasurer 天府 in 戌
Bureau 火六局 · Body Palace in Relationships
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
51 / 100 · Unusual
4-planet stellium in Libra · 1 planet at a critical degree · A leaning bowl
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.
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Libra Sun
Libra SunBeauty matters. So does balance.
Bruce Springsteen's Sun was in Libra at the documented birth time.
What Libra means →Earth Ox
Earth OxStubborn, and usually right.
Bruce Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949, which falls in a Earth Ox year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Ox means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Bruce Springsteen's birth date, September 23, 1949, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in Bruce’s chart
- One of the ten planets sits in angular houses in Bruce Springsteen's timed chart: Saturn in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Bruce Springsteen's timed chart is Venus square Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Moon, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Bruce Springsteen combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Strategist.
Bruce’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
VenussquareMarsseparating · 0.5° orb
Bruce’s affections grind against their drive.
MoonsquareJupiterseparating · 1.0° orb
Bruce’s feelings grind against their growth.
MercurysextilePlutoapplying · 1.1° orb
Bruce’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
VenussextileSaturnapplying · 1.2° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 3.1° orb
MercurysquareJupiterseparating · 3.8° orb
MarssextileNeptuneapplying · 3.9° orb
SunsquareUranusapplying · 4.2° orb
MercuryconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 4.2° orb
MoonconjunctionMercuryseparating · 4.8° orb
VenustrineUranusseparating · 6.2° orb
VenussquarePlutoapplying · 6.4° orb
MarsconjunctionPlutoapplying · 7.0° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal6 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Bruce’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironSagittarius 4°55′ · House 7
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresLibra 11°44′ · House 5
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 27°21′ · House 8
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLibra 16°11′ · House 5
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 17°50′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 0.8°
- Ceres sextile Mars 1.2°
- Hygiea sextile Pluto 1.3°
- Hygiea conjunction Neptune 1.8°
- Hygiea conjunction Mercury 2.4°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.6°
Bruce’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus14 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Moon, Mercury, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Saturn; 4 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto5 pts
disposes Venus; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Bruce’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Moon, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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.
- Venus quintile Jupiter 0.7°
- Moon quintile Mars 0.9°
- Sun semi-square Pluto 1.8°
- Mars semi-sextile Saturn 1.8°
Bruce’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 5 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Cancer | Moon in Libra, house 5 | Uranus | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Leo | Sun in Libra, house 5 | Mars, Pluto | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 5 | Saturn | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 6 | Sun, Moon, Mercury, Neptune | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 3 | Venus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn, house 8 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Capricorn | Saturn in Virgo, house 4 | Jupiter | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 2 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 5 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 3 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 6 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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From the journal: The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works · Your Sun, Moon and rising signs: the Big Three explained
Bruce’s cards
Computed from September 23, 1949. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Radiant StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Ox 丑Life Path
1 · Pioneer♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Bruce’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1225 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Bruce Springsteen at Wikipedia, brucespringsteen.net, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Bruce Springsteen.
Quick answers about Bruce Springsteen’s chart
- How old is Bruce Springsteen?
- Bruce Springsteen is 77 years old, born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Bruce Springsteen?
- Bruce Springsteen is a Libra: born September 23, 1949, which puts the Sun in Libra at the documented birth time.
- What is Bruce Springsteen's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 23, 1949 birth.
- What time was Bruce Springsteen born?
- 22:50 local time in Long Branch, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Bruce Springsteen's rising sign?
- Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 22:50 birth time in Long Branch, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Bruce Springsteen?
- Bruce Springsteen is 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Bruce Springsteen's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What is Bruce Springsteen's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 4°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Bruce Springsteen's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 17°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Bruce Springsteen's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (14 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Moon, Mercury, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
