Jay Leno
Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950, New Rochelle, United States, 02:03), aged 76, is an American television host and comedian (born 1950). Leno's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Jay Leno’s zodiac sign is Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Tiger, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
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Jay Leno’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Lightkeeper
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive 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
US Social Security Administration public records
Jay’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia
White · Blush · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets Jay apart
Penélope Cruz (1974) and Kurt Gödel (1906) 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 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 Jay 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, Jay is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Jay needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
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 seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Jay creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Jay is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Jay is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Jay channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Jay's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Jay sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunTry rushing a Taurus. Go on.
Jay Leno's Sun was in Taurus at the documented birth time. 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.
Metal Tiger
Metal TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
Jay Leno was born on April 28, 1950, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
Life Path 11
Life Path 11Sees what the rest missed.
Jay Leno's birth date, April 28, 1950, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in Jay’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Jay Leno's timed chart: Sun in the 4th house, Mercury in the 4th house and Pluto in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Jay Leno's timed chart is Moon conjunction Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Moon, Mars and Saturn, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Jay Leno combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.
Jay’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), 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
MoonconjunctionSaturnseparating · 0.2° orb
Jay’s feelings and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.
JupitertrineUranusseparating · 0.2° orb
Jay’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
VenusoppositionMarsapplying · 0.3° orb
Jay’s affections pull against their drive from across the wheel.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.4° orb
Jay’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercurytrineMarsseparating · 4.0° orb
Jay’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MercurysextileVenusapplying · 4.3° orb
Jay’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SuntrineSaturnapplying · 5.4° orb
Jay’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
SuntrineMoonseparating · 5.6° orb
Jay’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.
MercurysquareJupiterapplying · 6.0° orb
Jay’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Jay’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 21°12′ · House 11
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Sagittarius is read as a sore spot around belief and being taught. The reading has Jay building a philosophy from lived evidence rather than received one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 19°11′ · House 11
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Jay is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosGemini 7°23′ · House 5
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Jay is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 22°29′ · House 11
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Jay is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 11°55′ · House 4
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Jay is read as immovable on those points.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Hygiea square Mars 0.3°
- Hygiea sextile Ascendant 0.5°
- Hygiea square Venus 0.6°
- Chiron square Venus 0.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Saturn 0.9°
- Chiron square Mars 1.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Moon 1.1°
- Chiron sextile Ascendant 1.8°
- Ceres square Venus 2.7°
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°).
Jay’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon, Mars, Saturn; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects
2. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Pluto; angular in the fourth house; 2 major aspects
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Jay 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 Jay’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Virgo · Moon, Mars, 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.
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.
- Venus biquintile Pluto 0.1°
- Sun sesquiquadrate Mars 0.2°
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
- Moon quintile Uranus 0.9°
- Saturn quintile Uranus 1.2°
- Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.2°
- Jupiter sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.8°
Jay’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 |
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| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 6 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 9 | Venus, Jupiter | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Virgo, house 8 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Pisces, house 2 | Sun, Mercury | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Taurus, house 4 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 8 | Uranus | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Taurus, house 4 | Pluto | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Taurus, house 4 | Moon, Mars, Saturn | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Pisces, house 2 | Neptune | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 7 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Pisces, house 2 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Virgo, house 8 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Jay’s cards
Every card is computed from April 28, 1950, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
you & partnership
Hour
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Jay’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q218718, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 US mission to the European Union, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jay Leno at Wikipedia, IMDb, X, YouTube 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.
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Quick answers about Jay Leno’s chart
- How old is Jay Leno?
- Jay Leno is 76 years old, born April 28, 1950 in New Rochelle, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Jay Leno?
- Jay Leno is a Taurus: born April 28, 1950, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Tiger.
- What is Jay Leno's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 28, 1950 birth.
- What time was Jay Leno born?
- 02:03 local time in New Rochelle, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Jay Leno's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 02:03 birth time in New Rochelle, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Jay Leno's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the April 28, 1950 birth date.
- What is Jay Leno's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 21°, in the eleventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 28, 1950 birth time.
- Where is Jay Leno's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 11°, in the fourth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Jay Leno's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon, Mars, Saturn; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
