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Jack Kruschen

Jack Kruschen (born March 20, 1922, Winnipeg, Canada; died 2002), was a Canadian actor.

Jack Kruschen’s zodiac sign was Pisces, Chinese zodiac was Water Dog, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Jack Kruschen’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Storyteller

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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.

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

#15

US rank in 2025

~759,677

Americans share it since 1880

1927

its peak year

The SSA recorded 10,847 American boys and 65 girls named Jack in 1922: 18th among boys and 912th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Jack’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

9

Soul Urge · meaning

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on J (1) and closes on K (2). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Jack’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

1 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🪷 Lotus

Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Soft pink

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 1922, 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 Jack apart

Jack Kruschen was 27 when the work began in 1949.

Wikipedia files Jack Kruschen under Jewish Canadian male actors, Canadian Baptists and Baptists from the United States.

Chester Bennington (1976) and Fred Rogers (1928) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Working from
1949
Citizenship
Canada
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
20

What the chart says

Jack, according to the stars

Core essence

Jack feels everything, and it is the best and hardest thing about them. The core of Jack 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.

How Jack wants to be loved

Jack 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 Jack creates

How Jack makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Jack creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Jack is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Jack 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 Jack leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Jack has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.

Computed from Jack's birth date. Working below.

Where Jack sits

Six lines

Jack’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Jack

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jack

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Jack

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jack

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Jack

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jack

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Jack Kruschen

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Winnipeg on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Winnipeg that night

Computed for 49.90°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Talitha stood nearest the zenith over Winnipeg at 9 p.m. that evening, 84.7° above the horizon in Ursa Major.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 107 catalog stars were up in all.

From 49.9°N, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Winnipeg at all: they sit past the −40.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at last quarter, 43% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 22° down.

The name and the places

Born in
Winnipeg, Canada

The death is recorded at Kelowna, Regional District of Central Okanagan in 2002.

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Jack Kruschen: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Jack's chart is

Chart pattern score

80 / 100 · Rare

Grand cross · 3-planet stellium in Pisces · Grand trine

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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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Pisces Sun

Dreams in full colour.

Jack Kruschen's Sun was in Pisces for the whole of March 20, 1922, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Pisces means →

Water Dog

Fair, direct, dependable.

Jack Kruschen was born on March 20, 1922, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 1

Independent to the core.

Jack Kruschen's birth date, March 20, 1922, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Jack’s chart

Jack’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 27° to 10° Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.4° orbMoon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 0.7° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.8° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.1° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2° orbJupiter opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 2.4° orbUranus flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.8° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 3.2° orbSun in Pisces · 29°21′☉29°Moon in Capricorn · 3°50′☽3°Mercury in Pisces · 3°06′☿3°Venus in Aries · 9°03′♀9°Mars in Sagittarius · 13°53′♂13°Jupiter in Libra · 15°52′ · retrograde♃℞15°Saturn in Libra · 4°39′ · retrograde♄℞4°Uranus in Pisces · 10°43′♅10°Neptune in Leo · 13°30′ · retrograde♆℞13°Pluto in Cancer · 7°56′ · retrograde♇℞7°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMarstrineNeptune0.2° to 0.6° orb

    Jack’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussquarePluto0.5° to 1.7° orb

    Jack’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter1.7° to 2.2° orb

    Jack’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupitersextileNeptune2.3° to 2.4° orb

  • stableUranustrinePluto2.7° to 2.8° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus3.0° to 3.3° orb

  • stableSaturnsquarePluto3.3° orb

  • stableVenusoppositionSaturn3.7° to 5.1° orb

  • stableVenustrineNeptune3.8° to 5.1° orb

  • stableMercurytrinePluto4.2° to 5.5° orb

  • stableVenustrineMars4.4° to 5.3° orb

  • stableSunoppositionSaturn4.8° to 5.8° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart.

Jack’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 12°34′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio 8°48′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosGemini 2°33′ (moves 0.90° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaSagittarius 12°56′ (moves 0.14° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 8°17′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 0.4°
  • Eros square Mercury 0.6°
  • Hygiea trine Neptune 0.6°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 0.9°
  • Ceres trine Pluto 0.9°
  • Hygiea conjunction Mars 0.9°
  • Chiron trine Mars 1.3°
  • Ceres trine Uranus 1.9°
  • Eros trine Saturn 2.1°
  • Hygiea square Uranus 2.2°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Uranus 2.4°
  • Hygiea sextile Jupiter 2.9°

Jack’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♆ Neptune9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus7 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♃ Jupiter5.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Mars; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Jack’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Pisces · Sun, Mercury, UranusThree 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.
  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Venus, Mars, Neptune, JupiterA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Pluto · Venus, Saturn, PlutoAn 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 sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.8°
  • Jupiter biquintile Uranus 0.8°
  • Mercury quincunx Saturn 1.5°
  • Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.7°

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From the journal: Compatibility triangles: the four trines explained · Your Kua number, and why it splits households

Jack’s cards

Computed from March 20, 1922. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Storyteller

Western zodiac

Pisces

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♃ Ruled by Jupiter

Tin Sn

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Jack’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1374376 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. 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, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jack Kruschen at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jack Kruschen.

Quick answers about Jack Kruschen’s chart

What zodiac sign was Jack Kruschen?
Jack Kruschen was a Pisces: born March 20, 1922, which puts the Sun in Pisces for the whole of that day.
What was Jack Kruschen's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 20, 1922 birth.
What was Jack Kruschen's Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
What was Jack Kruschen's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 12°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Jack Kruschen's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Jack Kruschen's dominant planet?
Neptune, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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