Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington (born December 28, 1954, Mount Vernon, United States, 00:09), aged 71, is an American actor. Notable films include Philadelphia, American Gangster and Training Day. Washington's honours include Academy Award for Best Actor, Presidential Medal of Freedom and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
Denzel Washington’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Horse, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
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Denzel Washington’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Pioneer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.
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US rank in 2025
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its peak year
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Denzel’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern
Frost white · Ivory · Forest
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What the chart says
Denzel, according to the stars
Core essence
Denzel is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Denzel is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Denzel 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 Denzel 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 Denzel wants to be loved
Denzel 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 Denzel even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Denzel creates
How Denzel makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Denzel creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Denzel is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Denzel is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Denzel 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 Denzel's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Denzel sits
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunWorking while you were asleep.
Denzel Washington's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.
Wood Horse
Wood HorseRuns free, catches feelings anyway.
Denzel Washington was born on December 28, 1954, which falls in a Wood Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 5
Life Path 5Can't sit still. Won't try.
Denzel Washington's birth date, December 28, 1954, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.
What stands out in Denzel’s chart
- Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Denzel Washington's timed chart: Sun in the 4th house, Mercury in the 4th house, Jupiter in the 10th house, Uranus in the 10th house and Neptune in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Denzel Washington's timed chart is Jupiter square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Denzel Washington combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Pioneer.
Denzel’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
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
JupitersquareNeptuneseparating · 0.6° orb
Denzel’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
JupiterconjunctionUranusapplying · 0.8° orb
Denzel’s growth and need for freedom act as one. Each makes the other louder.
MarstrineSaturnapplying · 0.9° orb
Denzel’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.3° orb
Denzel’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
UranussquareNeptuneseparating · 1.5° orb
Denzel’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 1.6° orb
Denzel’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
VenustrineUranusapplying · 3.3° orb
Denzel’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.
VenussquarePlutoapplying · 3.5° orb
Denzel’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
VenustrineJupiterapplying · 4.2° orb
Denzel’s affections flow straight into their growth.
VenusconjunctionSaturnseparating · 5.1° orb
Denzel’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
VenustrineMarsapplying · 6.0° orb
Denzel’s affections flow straight into their drive.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water5 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.
Denzel’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.
⚷ ChironCapricorn 27°23′ · House 4
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. Denzel is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 16°20′ · House 3
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Denzel is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosAquarius 8°01′ · House 5
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Aquarius is read as desire for the unusual and the friend-first bond. Denzel is read as needing a shared idea before a shared bed.
⚕ HygieaLibra 13°39′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Denzel is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 21°51′ · House 2
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Denzel is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Chiron opposition Jupiter 0.1°
- Eros trine Ascendant 0.4°
- Chiron square Neptune 0.5°
- Ceres square Mars 0.8°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 0.9°
- Eros conjunction Moon 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 1.3°
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°).
Denzel’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Ascendant, Libra; disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus9 pts
rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Moon; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects
3. ♄ Saturn8.5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Moon sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 2 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Denzel 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 Denzel’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
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.
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.1°
- Mercury semi-square Venus 0.6°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Pluto 0.7°
- Sun quintile Mars 0.8°
- Moon semi-sextile Mercury 1.5°
Denzel’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 2 | Neptune | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 11 | Venus, Saturn | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Cancer, house 10 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Capricorn | Saturn in Scorpio, house 2 | Sun, Mercury | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 10 | Moon | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 1 | Mars | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aries | Mars in Pisces, house 6 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 2 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 4 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Cancer | Moon in Aquarius, house 5 | Jupiter, Uranus | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 4 | Pluto | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 4 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Denzel’s cards
Every card is computed from December 28, 1954, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
甲
yang Wood
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
you & partnership
Hour
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Denzel’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q42101, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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 Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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.
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Quick answers about Denzel Washington’s chart
- How old is Denzel Washington?
- Denzel Washington is 71 years old, born December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Denzel Washington?
- Denzel Washington is a Capricorn: born December 28, 1954, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Horse.
- What is Denzel Washington's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 28, 1954 birth.
- What time was Denzel Washington born?
- 00:09 local time in Mount Vernon, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Denzel Washington's rising sign?
- Libra rising, calculated from the documented 00:09 birth time in Mount Vernon, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Denzel Washington?
- Denzel Washington is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Denzel Washington's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the December 28, 1954 birth date.
- What is Denzel Washington's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Capricorn at 27°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 28, 1954 birth time.
- Where is Denzel Washington's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 21°, in the second house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Denzel Washington's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Ascendant, Libra; disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects). Uranus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
