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Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939, Brooklyn, United States), aged 87, is an American actor. Keitel is best known for The Irishman, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Who's That Knocking at My Door.

Harvey Keitel’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rabbit, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Harvey Keitel’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Architect

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#251

US rank in 2025

~128,792

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Harvey’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

4 · 3 · 6

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌻 Zinnia

Ivory · Blush · Terracotta

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What the chart says

Harvey, according to the stars

Core essence

Harvey 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 Harvey 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, Harvey is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Harvey needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Harvey wants to be loved

Harvey 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 Harvey creates

How Harvey makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Harvey creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Harvey is gentle and diplomatic, a Rabbit year, and their gut reaction is to keep the peace and read the room. Graceful, kind, quietly discerning, and much tougher than the soft manners suggest. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Harvey 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 Harvey 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 Harvey's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Harvey sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Harvey

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Harvey

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

PrivateExpressive
Harvey

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Harvey

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Harvey

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Harvey

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

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If you only read one paragraph

Taurus Sun

Stubborn is the polite word.

Harvey Keitel's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 13, 1939, 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.

Earth Rabbit

Keeps the peace, keeps the plan.

Harvey Keitel was born on May 13, 1939, which falls in a Earth Rabbit year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rabbit readings emphasise tact, grace and the ability to settle a room without seeming to try. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rabbit as the diplomat of the cycle, alert to subtleties and fond of comfort. The corresponding caution in the tradition is avoidance: the tendency to slip away from a conflict that needed to happen.

Life Path 4

Slow, solid, lasting.

Harvey Keitel's birth date, May 13, 1939, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.

What stands out in Harvey’s chart

Harvey’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Harvey Keitel, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 10° to 22° Pisces depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.8° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 1° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.2° orbSun flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.3° orbMoon opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.7° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 2.5° orbUranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.6° orbVenus fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 3.3° orbSun in Taurus · 22°00′21°Moon in Pisces · 16°25′16°Mercury in Aries · 28°38′28°Venus in Aries · 21°40′21°Mars in Capricorn · 26°06′26°Jupiter in Aries · 0°24′Saturn in Aries · 24°57′24°Uranus in Taurus · 18°05′18°Neptune in Virgo · 20°39′ · retrograde20°Pluto in Cancer · 29°26′29°

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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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.

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.0° to 1.5° orb

    Harvey’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSuntrineNeptune0.9° to 1.8° orb

    Harvey’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableJupitertrinePluto0.9° to 1.1° orb

    Harvey’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn1.0° to 1.3° orb

    Harvey’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableMercurysquareMars2.0° to 3.1° orb

    Harvey’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableUranustrineNeptune2.5° to 2.6° orb

    Harvey’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableVenusconjunctionSaturn2.7° to 3.8° orb

    Harvey’s affections and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionSaturn3.0° to 4.4° orb

    Harvey’s mind and discipline act as one.

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto3.1° to 3.5° orb

    Harvey’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSunconjunctionUranus3.5° to 4.4° orb

    Harvey’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableSuntrineMars3.8° to 4.4° orb

    Harvey’s core identity flows straight into their drive.

  • stableVenussquareMars4.0° to 4.8° orb

    Harvey’s affections grind against their drive.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Air signs.

Harvey’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.

  • ChironCancer 6°56′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Cancer is read as a wound around belonging and being looked after. Harvey is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.

  • CeresGemini 20°05′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Harvey feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.

  • ErosAries 19°33′ (moves 0.68° 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. Harvey is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.

  • HygieaCapricorn 13°02′ (moves 0.01° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Harvey is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.

  • Black Moon LilithAquarius 16°00′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Harvey at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

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

  • Ceres square Neptune 0.6°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 1.6°
  • Eros conjunction Venus 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Uranus 2.1°

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°).

Harvey’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. Mars11 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; 7 major aspects

  2. 2. Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. Mercury5 pts

    disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Harvey is read as acting first and reflecting after.

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 Harvey’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 Aries · Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, SaturnThree 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.
  • grand trine, the shape it makesGrand trine · Sun, Mars, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Mars, Pluto, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Saturn · Mars, Pluto, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

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.

  • Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.3°
  • Uranus quintile Pluto 0.7°
  • Venus quincunx Neptune 1.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.8°

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

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Harvey’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Fool

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Architect

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Rabbit 卯

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

yin Earth

Rabbit

Wood

roots & early life

Month

yin Earth

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

yang Metal

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Harvey Keitel, 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

Harvey’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q191132, 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 David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Harvey Keitel at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

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 Harvey Keitel.

Quick answers about Harvey Keitel’s chart

How old is Harvey Keitel?
Harvey Keitel is 87 years old, born May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, United States.
What zodiac sign is Harvey Keitel?
Harvey Keitel is a Taurus: born May 13, 1939, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rabbit.
What is Harvey Keitel's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rabbit, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 13, 1939 birth.
What time was Harvey Keitel 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.
How tall is Harvey Keitel?
Harvey Keitel is 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Harvey Keitel's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the May 13, 1939 birth date.
What is Harvey Keitel's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 6°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 13, 1939 birth date.
Where is Harvey Keitel's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Harvey Keitel's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: disposes Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn; 7 major aspects). Venus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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