Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981, Los Angeles, United States, 08:08), aged 45, is an American actor and filmmaker. Gordon-Levitt is best known for The Walk, Treasure Planet and Looper.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Rooster, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Rooster, with 
Life Path 11 in numerology.Your match with Joseph
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, 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
The SSA recorded 30,761 American boys and 186 girls named Joseph in 1981: 11th among boys and 841st among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Joseph’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
9
Expression · the bigger picture
1
Soul Urge · independence
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on J (1) and closes on H (8). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 6: movement against care.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Joseph’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
11 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Violet · Ivory · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1981, 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 Joseph apart
The record Joseph Gordon-Levitt is measured by: Inception, Looper and Treasure Planet.
Study took Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Columbia University School of General Studies and Van Nuys High School.
The family line: married Tasha McCauley and raised 2 children.
Paris Hilton shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for them both. What follows the chart is where they part.
- Known for
- Inception, Looper and Treasure Planet
- Educated at
- Columbia University School of General Studies, Van Nuys High School and Columbia University
- Working from
- 1988
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- Spanish and English
- Wikipedia editions
- 70
What the chart says
Joseph, according to the stars
Core essence
Joseph is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Joseph is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.
The vibe
Underneath, Joseph needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Joseph needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How Joseph wants to be loved
Joseph wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Joseph be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Joseph creates
How Joseph makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Joseph creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Joseph is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Joseph 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: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Joseph slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from Joseph's birth date. Working below.
Where Joseph sits
Six lines
Joseph’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
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Read from the sky above Los Angeles at 08:08, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Los Angeles that night
Computed for 34.05°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Los Angeles at the birth hour: Vega of Lyra, within 7.8° of the exact zenith.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 82 catalog stars above the horizon.
Los Angeles sits at 34.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Los Angeles at all: they sit past the −55.9° declination limit this latitude imposes.
The Moon, 98% lit at full moon, had already set; the Sun sat -17° below the horizon.
What Joseph's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
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Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Wealth
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
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Sacral authority · Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
55 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Aquarius · 1 unaspected planet · No Earth planets
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.
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Aquarius Sun
Aquarius SunAhead of the room by a decade.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time.
What Aquarius means →Metal Rooster
Metal RoosterSharp eye, sharper tongue.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was born on February 17, 1981, which falls in a Metal Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 11
Life Path 11Receives more than it reasons.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's birth date, February 17, 1981, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 11 means →What stands out in Joseph’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's timed chart: Jupiter in the 7th house, Saturn in the 7th house and Pluto in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's timed chart is Neptune sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Aquarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
Joseph’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 0.3° orb
Joseph’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SunconjunctionMercuryseparating · 0.4° orb
Joseph’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
JupiterconjunctionSaturnapplying · 0.5° orb
Joseph’s growth and discipline act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
SunsquareUranusapplying · 1.1° orb
MercurysquareUranusseparating · 1.5° orb
MoonoppositionVenusapplying · 3.1° orb
MercurysextileNeptuneapplying · 4.0° orb
MoonsextileJupiterseparating · 4.2° orb
MercurytrinePlutoapplying · 4.3° orb
SunsextileNeptuneseparating · 4.5° orb
SuntrinePlutoseparating · 4.7° orb
MoonsextileSaturnseparating · 4.7° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air6 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Joseph’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironTaurus 13°45′ · House 2
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Cancer 13°55′ · House 4
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 3°53′ · House 11
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaTaurus 25°09′ · House 2
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 5°35′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron square Moon 0.1°
- Eros sextile Ascendant 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 2.9°
Joseph’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Leo; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter5 pts
disposes Uranus, Neptune; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Joseph’s chart
Stellium in Aquarius · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mars quincunx Saturn 0.5°
- Mars sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.7°
- Mars quincunx Jupiter 1.0°
- Moon quintile Pluto 1.5°
Joseph’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aries | Mars in Pisces, house 12 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Taurus | Venus in Aquarius, house 11 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 11 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Cancer | Moon in Leo, house 5 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Leo | Sun in Aquarius, house 11 | Moon | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 11 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Libra | Venus in Aquarius, house 11 | Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 7 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 7 | Uranus, Neptune | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Capricorn | Saturn in Libra, house 7 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aquarius | Uranus in Sagittarius, house 9 | Sun, Mercury, Venus | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 9 | Mars | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Joseph
Paris Hilton was born on February 17, 1981 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. Los Angeles sits at 34.1°N, far enough north that Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never clear the horizon. Same sky, different lives.
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More charts like Joseph’s
Fellow Aquarius suns
- Michael JordanAmerican basketball player and businessman
- Oprah WinfreyAmerican talk show host, actress, producer, and author
- Toni MorrisonAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic
Born in Rooster years
- Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaPresident of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023
- Britney SpearsAmerican singer, songwriter, actress and model
- Ariana GrandeAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress
Also born on February 17
- Paris Hilton1981
- Billie Joe Armstrong1972
- Bonnie Wright1991
- Denise Richards1971
- Jensen Huang1963
- Sasha Pieterse1996
Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- Robert BlyAmerican poet, author, and activist
- Justin HammAmerican poet
- John StefflerCanadian poet
Other Aquarius Rooster charts
- Owen DavisAmerican dramatist
- Douglas HofstadterAmerican physicist, computer scientist and professor of cognitive science
- William Rose BenétAmerican writer
- Natalie AngierAmerican writer
Other Radiant Lightkeepers
- Artem ChigvintsevRussian dancer
- Hugh DancyEnglish actor (born 1975)
- Omarosa Manigault NewmanAmerican reality television personality and political aide (born 1974)
- Dina ManzoAmerican television personality and entrepreneur
Other Aries risings with documented times
- Eva PerónArgentine actress and politician
- Joan RiversAmerican comedian, actress, and television host
- Gabriel BoricPresident of Chile from 2022 to 2026
- Lucy LawlessNew Zealand actress
Famous people with Life Path 11
- Demi BurnettAmerican television personality
- Kathy BatesAmerican film actress and director
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Joseph’s cards
Computed from February 17, 1981. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The High PriestessAsterNym identity card
The Radiant LightkeeperWestern zodiac
AquariusChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
11 · Visionary♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
壬
yang Water
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Joseph’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q177311 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Quick answers about Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s chart
- How old is Joseph Gordon-Levitt?
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 45 years old, born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Joseph Gordon-Levitt?
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an Aquarius: born February 17, 1981, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time.
- What is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 17, 1981 birth.
- What time was Joseph Gordon-Levitt born?
- 08:08 local time in Los Angeles, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's rising sign?
- Aries rising, calculated from the documented 08:08 birth time in Los Angeles, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
- What is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 13°, in the second house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 5°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Moon sign, Leo; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
