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Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky (born May 24, 1940, Saint Petersburg, Russia; died 1996), was a Russian-American poet. Brodsky is best remembered for Gorbunov and Gorchakov. Brodsky's honours include Nobel Prize in Literature, honorary degree and MacArthur Fellows Program.

Joseph Brodsky’s zodiac sign was Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dragon, with Life Path 7 in numerology.

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Joseph Brodsky’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Seeker

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.

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

#29

US rank in 2025

~2,680,213

Americans share it since 1880

1956

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Joseph’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

7 · 1 · 6

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Emerald, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia

Ivory · Lilac · Silver

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What the chart says

Joseph, according to the stars

Core essence

Joseph is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Joseph needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Joseph is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Joseph needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.

How Joseph wants to be loved

Joseph wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Joseph gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Joseph creates

How Joseph 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. Joseph 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: Joseph is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Joseph is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.

Triggers

Triggers: feeling unsafe, or seeing their people treated badly. Mars in Cancer means Joseph does not fight for themselves easily but will go to war for someone they love. The anger comes out sideways at first, then all at once. Protectiveness is the whole engine.

Computed from Joseph's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Joseph sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Joseph

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Joseph

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

PrivateExpressive
Joseph

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Joseph

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

PracticalVisionary
Joseph

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Joseph

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 Joseph Brodsky

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

Joseph’s birth-night reference starMegrezwhite · Ursa MajorMegrez, in Ursa Major. A white star, 87.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Megrez →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 32.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Joseph Brodsky in 15 seconds

Gemini Sun

Two minds, both talking.

Joseph Brodsky's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of May 24, 1940, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.

Metal Dragon

Ambition with charisma attached.

Joseph Brodsky was born on May 24, 1940, which falls in a Metal Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.

Life Path 7

Asks the better question.

Joseph Brodsky's birth date, May 24, 1940, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.

What stands out in Joseph’s chart

Joseph’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Joseph Brodsky, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Capricorn depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Uranus flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.1° orbJupiter grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.8° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.1° orbMoon faces off with Venus · Opposition, 1.5° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.1° orbMars opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.5° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.6° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 3.1° orbSun in Gemini · 3°02′☉3°Moon in Capricorn · 9°13′☽9°Mercury in Gemini · 6°08′☿6°Venus in Cancer · 10°43′♀10°Mars in Cancer · 4°22′♂4°Jupiter in Taurus · 1°49′♃1°Saturn in Taurus · 8°05′♄8°Uranus in Taurus · 22°39′♅22°Neptune in Virgo · 22°45′ · retrograde♆℞22°Pluto in Leo · 0°58′♇0°

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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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

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.

  • stableUranustrineNeptune0.1° orb

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

  • stableJupitersquarePluto0.7° to 0.9° orb

    Joseph’s growth grinds against their depths.

  • stableSunsextilePluto1.6° to 2.5° orb

    Joseph’s core identity opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssextileJupiter2.3° to 2.8° orb

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

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury2.5° to 3.7° orb

    Joseph’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableVenussextileSaturn2.5° to 2.8° orb

    Joseph’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMarssextileSaturn3.5° to 4.0° orb

    Joseph’s drive opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars6.2° to 6.5° orb

    Joseph’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn6.2° to 6.3° orb

    Joseph’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 7.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 0.1° to 8.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.1° to 11.1° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

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

Joseph’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 17°12′ (moves 0.09° 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. Joseph is read as someone who learnt to make a home for others before finding one.

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 10°26′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has Joseph caring in practical detail rather than in words.

  • ♡ Eros ℞Capricorn 4°37′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Joseph is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 25°45′ (moves 0.26° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Joseph needing solitude to reset.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 27°58′ (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. Joseph 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.

  • Ceres sextile Venus 0.3°
  • Eros opposition Mars 0.3°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 2.4°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 2.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 3.0°

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°).

Joseph’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. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♀ Venus5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun3 pts

    disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Joseph 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 Joseph’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 quintile Neptune 0.0°
  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.3°
  • Sun semi-sextile Jupiter 1.2°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.3°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.8°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Saturn 2.0°

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

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Joseph’s cards

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The Chariot

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The Radiant Seeker

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Western zodiac

Gemini

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Dragon 辰

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Joseph Brodsky, 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

Joseph’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q862, 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 Anefo / Croes, R.C., CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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 Joseph Brodsky’s chart

What zodiac sign was Joseph Brodsky?
Joseph Brodsky was a Gemini: born May 24, 1940, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Dragon.
What was Joseph Brodsky's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 24, 1940 birth.
What time was Joseph Brodsky 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 Joseph Brodsky's Life Path number?
Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the May 24, 1940 birth date.
What was Joseph Brodsky's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Cancer at 17°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 24, 1940 birth date.
Where was Joseph Brodsky's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 27°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Joseph Brodsky's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Venus is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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