Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston (born March 7, 1956, Hollywood, United States, 10:52), aged 70, is an American actor. Notable films include Breaking Bad, The X-Files and How I Met Your Mother. Cranston's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and Theatre World Award.
Bryan Cranston’s zodiac sign is Pisces, Chinese zodiac is Fire Monkey, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Pisces, Chinese zodiac is 
Fire Monkey, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Bryan
Bryan Cranston’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Explorer
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Bryan in the U.S.?
#336
US rank in 2025
~391,306
Americans share it since 1883
1985
its peak year
The SSA recorded 2,438 American boys named Bryan in 1956: 132nd for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Bryan’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
11
Expression · sensing what is coming
8
Soul Urge · achievement
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on B (2) and closes on N (5). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 5: drive against movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Bryan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
4 · 9
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Hibiscus
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Scarlet
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1956, 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 Bryan apart
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series came in 2008, when Bryan Cranston was 52.
Study took Bryan Cranston to Los Angeles Valley College and Canoga Park High School.
Bryan Cranston was 24 when the work began in 1980.
On the family side, Bryan Cranston was born to Joseph Louis Cranston, married Mickey Middleton and Robin Dearden and raised one child.
Wikipedia files Bryan Cranston under Cranston family, Best Drama Actor Golden Globe (television) winners and Laurence Olivier Award winners.
Carol Guzy shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Educated at
- Los Angeles Valley College and Canoga Park High School
- Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2008), Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (2014) and Theatre World Award (2014)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Working from
- 1980
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 87
What the chart says
Bryan, according to the stars
Core essence
Bryan feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Bryan is imagination with a soft heart behind it: the daydream, the creative pull, the instinct that knows how someone is doing before they do. They absorb the mood of a room and give back something kinder. Their softness is not weakness, it is the whole point.
The vibe
Underneath, Bryan is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Bryan needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Bryan wants to be loved
Bryan wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Bryan creates
How Bryan makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Bryan creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Bryan 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 4 is the builder. Bryan is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Bryan does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Bryan's birth date. Working below.
Where Bryan sits
Six lines
Bryan’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 need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
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
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Read from the sky above Hollywood at 10:52, Bryan Cranston’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Hollywood that night
Computed for 34.10°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Hollywood at the birth hour: Scheat of Pegasus, within 14.5° of the exact zenith.
The brightest star above the horizon was Vega in Lyra, and 92 catalog stars were up in all.
Hollywood sits at 34.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −55.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Hollywood on any night.
Sun -47° below the horizon, Moon up and 21% lit at waning crescent.
What Bryan's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Warrior 武曲, The Commander 七殺 in 酉
Bureau 火六局 · Body Palace in Relationships
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
54 / 100 · Unusual
1 unaspected planet · T-square onto Uranus · 2 planets 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.
Score your own chart →Bryan Cranston at a glance
Pisces Sun
Pisces SunFeels it all, owns none of it.
Bryan Cranston's Sun was in Pisces at the documented birth time.
What Pisces means →Fire Monkey
Fire MonkeySolved it, and made a joke.
Bryan Cranston was born on March 7, 1956, which falls in a Fire Monkey year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Monkey means →Life Path 4
Life Path 4Builds it properly or not at all.
Bryan Cranston's birth date, March 7, 1956, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 4 means →What stands out in Bryan’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Bryan Cranston's timed chart: Sun in the 10th house and Saturn in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Bryan Cranston's timed chart is Venus opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets were retrograde on the birth date: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
- Bryan Cranston combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Explorer.
Bryan’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
VenusoppositionNeptuneapplying · 0.2° orb
Bryan’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MercuryoppositionJupiterseparating · 0.6° orb
Bryan’s mind pulls against their growth from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
VenussquareUranusseparating · 1.3° orb
Bryan’s affections grind against their need for freedom.
UranussquareNeptuneseparating · 1.5° orb
MercuryoppositionPlutoapplying · 2.4° orb
JupiterconjunctionPlutoseparating · 2.9° orb
VenustrinePlutoseparating · 3.0° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 3.2° orb
SaturntrineUranusseparating · 4.2° orb
VenustrineMarsapplying · 5.3° orb
MercurytrineNeptuneapplying · 5.5° orb
MoonoppositionUranusapplying · 5.8° orb
VenustrineJupiterseparating · 5.9° orb
SaturnsquarePlutoseparating · 5.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Bryan’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironAquarius 9°07′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresPisces 6°50′ · House 10
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 11°14′ · House 8
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 14°49′ · House 8
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 10°22′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Ceres sextile Mars 1.6°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 2.4°
Bryan’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon, Mars; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury6 pts
rules the Ascendant, Gemini; 3 major aspects
Configurations in Bryan’s chart
T-square onto Uranus · Venus, Neptune, UranusAn 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.
- Sun quintile Mars 0.0°
- Moon quincunx Jupiter 1.1°
- Moon semi-sextile Mercury 1.7°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 1.7°
Bryan’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 9 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Cancer | Moon in Capricorn, house 8 | Uranus | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Leo | Sun in Pisces, house 10 | Jupiter, Pluto | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 9 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Libra | Venus in Aries, house 11 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 3 | Neptune | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Leo, house 3 | Saturn | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Capricorn | Saturn in Sagittarius, house 7 | Moon, Mars | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 2 | Mercury | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 6 | Sun | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aries | Mars in Capricorn, house 8 | Venus | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Taurus | Venus in Aries, house 11 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Bryan
Carol Guzy was born on March 7, 1956 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. One thing a birthday twin cannot share is the latitude. At 34.1°N, the sky above Hollywood stops at −55.9° declination. Same sky, different lives.
More people like Bryan
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Fellow Pisces suns
- Sanae TakaichiJapanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
- Liza MinnelliAmerican actress and singer
- Alan RickmanBritish actor and director
Born in Monkey years
- Virgil AblohAmerican fashion designer
- Christy TurlingtonAmerican model
- Kit ConnorBritish actor
Also born on March 7
- Rachel Weisz1970
- Laura Prepon1980
- Jenna Fischer1974
- Valentina Shevchenko1988
- Pete Edochie1947
- Dina Manzo1972
Fellow Yin Water day masters
- Nick HoganAmerican actor (born 1990)
- Kimberly GuilfoyleAmerican attorney and political campaign advisor (born 1969)
- Justin GuariniAmerican singer
Other Pisces Monkey charts
- Ellie ZeilerAmerican dancer
- Elizabeth TaylorBritish-American actress
- Johnny CashAmerican country singer
- Daniel CraigEnglish actor
Other Tidal Explorers
- Steven AdamsNew Zealand basketball player (born 1993)
- Donte DiVincenzoAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
- Andre DrummondAmerican basketball player (born 1993)
- RJ BarrettCanadian basketball player (born 2000)
Other Gemini risings with documented times
- Amy WinehouseEnglish singer-songwriter
- Bradley WhitfordAmerican actor (born 1959)
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Famous people with Life Path 4
- Hodding CarterAmerican writer
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From the journal: Sect: day charts vs night charts · Why your Chinese sign might be wrong
Bryan’s cards
Computed from March 7, 1956. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The FoolAsterNym identity card
The Tidal ExplorerWestern zodiac
PiscesChinese zodiac
Monkey 申Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
丁
yin Fire
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Bryan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q23547 (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 PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Bryan Cranston.
Quick answers about Bryan Cranston’s chart
- How old is Bryan Cranston?
- Bryan Cranston is 70 years old, born March 7, 1956 in Hollywood, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Bryan Cranston?
- Bryan Cranston is a Pisces: born March 7, 1956, which puts the Sun in Pisces at the documented birth time.
- What is Bryan Cranston's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 7, 1956 birth.
- What time was Bryan Cranston born?
- 10:52 local time in Hollywood, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Bryan Cranston's rising sign?
- Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 10:52 birth time in Hollywood, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Bryan Cranston?
- Bryan Cranston is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Bryan Cranston's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
- What is Bryan Cranston's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 9°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Bryan Cranston's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 10°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Bryan Cranston's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; disposes Moon, Mars; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
