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Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel (born April 9, 1982, Ottawa, Canada), aged 44, is a Canadian actor. Baruchel's honours include Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production and Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male – Film.

Jay Baruchel’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Water Dog, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Jay Baruchel’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Diplomat

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

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

#392

US rank in 2025

~198,132

Americans share it since 1880

1960

its peak year

In 1982, 1,667 American boys and 18 girls were registered Jay — 164th among boys and 4,235th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Jay’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

7

Expression · depth and research

1

Soul Urge · independence

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on J (1) and closes on Y (7). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 3: drive against voice.

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

Jay’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

6 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 💠 Water Lily

White · Crimson · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Jay apart

Hugh Hefner (1926) and Elle Fanning (1998) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Jay, according to the stars

Core essence

Jay leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Jay is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

How Jay wants to be loved

Jay wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Jay, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How Jay creates

How Jay makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Jay creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Jay 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 6 is the nurturer. Jay is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Jay fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Jay's birth date. Working below.

Where Jay sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Jay

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Jay

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Jay

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Jay

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Jay

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Jay

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Jay Baruchel

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

Jay’s birth-night reference starTania Australisdeep red · Ursa MajorTania Australis, in Ursa Major. A deep red star, 85.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Tania Australis →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 33.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

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

The sky over Ottawa that night

Computed for 45.42°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Ottawa was Tania Australis, in Ursa Major, 85.6° up.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.

Ottawa sits at 45.4°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

Nothing below −44.6° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Ottawa on any night.

The Moon, 97% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 22° below the horizon.

How unusual Jay's chart is

Chart pattern score

55 / 100 · Unusual

6 planets retrograde · No Earth planets · Mars retrograde

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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The quick version

Aries Sun

Impatient, and usually right to be.

Jay Baruchel's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 9, 1982, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Water Dog

Worries so you don't have to.

Jay Baruchel was born on April 9, 1982, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dog means →

Life Path 6

Home is the project.

Jay Baruchel's birth date, April 9, 1982, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 6 means →

What stands out in Jay’s chart

Jay’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 28° to 10° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 0.6° orbVenus grinds against Uranus · Square, 1° orbMoon flows with Venus · Trine, 1.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.3° orbMercury faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 1.6° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 2.2° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 2.6° orbMoon fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 3.1° orbSun in Aries · 19°31′☉19°Moon in Scorpio · 4°25′☽4°Mercury in Aries · 17°18′☿17°Venus in Pisces · 3°16′♀3°Mars in Libra · 6°50′ · retrograde♂℞6°Jupiter in Scorpio · 7°28′ · retrograde♃℞7°Saturn in Libra · 18°52′ · retrograde♄℞18°Uranus in Sagittarius · 4°13′ · retrograde♅℞4°Neptune in Sagittarius · 27°00′ · retrograde♆℞27°Pluto in Libra · 25°43′ · retrograde♇℞25°

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

  • stableMoontrineVenus0.0° to 6.8° orb

    Jay’s feelings flow straight into their affections. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • stableSunoppositionSaturn0.1° to 1.2° orb

    Jay’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableVenussquareUranus0.4° to 1.5° orb

    Jay’s affections grind against their need for freedom.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn0.5° to 2.6° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury1.7° to 2.7° orb

  • stableMarssextileUranus2.4° to 2.8° orb

  • stableVenustrineJupiter3.6° to 4.8° orb

  • stableSunoppositionPluto5.7° to 6.7° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionPluto6.8° to 6.9° orb

  • possibleMoonconjunctionJupiterorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 1.1° to 13.6° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 20°25′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Scorpio 25°19′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCancer 28°15′ (moves 0.90° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 26°21′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 21°56′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea square Pluto 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 2.4°
  • Eros square Pluto 2.5°

Jay’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus6 pts

    disposes Mars, Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♂ Mars6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Jay’s chart

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.3°
  • Saturn semi-square Uranus 0.3°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.6°
  • Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 0.6°
  • Mercury semi-square Venus 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.2°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.9°

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Jay’s cards

Computed from April 9, 1982. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Lovers

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Diplomat

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

Life Path

6 · Guardian

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Jay’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q316756 (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 Scott Saldukas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Jay Baruchel at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jay Baruchel.

Quick answers about Jay Baruchel’s chart

How old is Jay Baruchel?
Jay Baruchel is 44 years old, born April 9, 1982 in Ottawa, Canada.
What zodiac sign is Jay Baruchel?
Jay Baruchel is an Aries: born April 9, 1982, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What is Jay Baruchel's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 9, 1982 birth.
What is Jay Baruchel's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
What is Jay Baruchel's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Jay Baruchel's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Jay Baruchel's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: disposes Mars, Saturn, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Mars is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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