Henry Brant
Henry Brant (born September 15, 1913, Montreal, Canada; died 2008), was an American composer. Brant is best remembered for Ice Field. Brant's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Arts and Letters Award in Music.
Henry Brant’s zodiac sign was Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox, with Life Path 2 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Ox, with 
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Henry Brant’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Healer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.
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Henry’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
2 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🪷 Lotus
Lavender · Lilac · Soft pink
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What the chart says
Henry, according to the stars
Core essence
Henry notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Henry is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
How Henry wants to be loved
Henry wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore Henry openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.
How Henry creates
How Henry makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Henry creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Henry 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Henry is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.
Computed from Henry's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Henry sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Henry Brant in 15 seconds
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunSees the typo from across the room.
Henry Brant's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 15, 1913, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Water Ox
Water OxCarries the load without comment.
Henry Brant was born on September 15, 1913, which falls in a Water Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 2
Life Path 2Holds the room together.
Henry Brant's birth date, September 15, 1913, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 2 readings associate the number with cooperation, diplomacy and mediation: working alongside others and holding a group together. Numerologists describe it as the path of the partner, and read its influence as quiet rather than visible. The corresponding tension is self-effacement, with the caution that influence exercised through others can go uncounted, including by the person exercising it.
What stands out in Henry’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Henry Brant's date-only chart is Sun conjunction Mercury, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Henry Brant combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Healer.
Henry’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Henry Brant, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 18° to 0° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMoonoppositionMercury0.0° to 7.7° orb
Henry’s feelings pull against their mind from across the wheel.
stableSunoppositionMoon0.1° to 7.3° orb
Henry’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.
stableSunconjunctionMercury0.4° to 1.3° orb
Henry’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableVenussextileSaturn0.5° to 1.7° orb
Henry’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarsconjunctionPluto0.8° to 1.4° orb
Henry’s drive and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysquareSaturn2.5° to 4.4° orb
Henry’s mind grinds against their discipline.
stableSunsquareSaturn3.8° to 4.7° orb
Henry’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableUranusoppositionNeptune6.3° orb
Henry’s need for freedom pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableJupiteroppositionPluto7.1° orb
Henry’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.
possibleMoontrineNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.2° to 11.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.3° to 12.1° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Henry’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 12°17′ (moves 0.05° 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 Henry absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 0°54′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Henry is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosLibra 8°45′ (moves 0.82° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Henry is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.
⚕ HygieaTaurus 28°48′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Henry is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 22°02′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Henry is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
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.
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 0.2°
- Eros square Jupiter 0.6°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Mercury 0.6°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.1°
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°).
Henry’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. ☿ Mercury11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Venus; 3 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon4 pts
disposes Neptune, Pluto; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Henry is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
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 Henry’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.
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. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.8°
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.0°
- Venus semi-square Mars 1.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Henry Brant, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Henry’s cards
Every card is computed from September 15, 1913, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Henry Brant, 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
Henry’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1606553, 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.
The same Henry Brant 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 Henry Brant.
Quick answers about Henry Brant’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Henry Brant?
- Henry Brant was a Virgo: born September 15, 1913, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Ox.
- What was Henry Brant's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 15, 1913 birth.
- What time was Henry Brant 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 was Henry Brant's Life Path number?
- Life Path 2, calculated in numerology from the September 15, 1913 birth date.
- What was Henry Brant's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Pisces at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 15, 1913 birth date.
- Where was Henry Brant's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Henry Brant's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Mars, Saturn; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
