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Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961, Augusta, United States), aged 65, is an American actor. Fishburne is best known for John Wick and The Matrix. Fishburne's honours include Tony Awards, Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

Laurence Fishburne’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Metal Ox, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Laurence Fishburne’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Lightkeeper

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

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

#1747

US rank in 2025

~40,215

Americans share it since 1880

1952

its peak year

Laurence ranked 338th among boys and 3,894th among girls in 1961, the year of this birth, with 540 American boys and 12 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Laurence’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

1

Expression · starting things

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on L (3) and closes on E (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Laurence’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 1

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Ruby, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

💠 Larkspur · 🌻 Sunflower · 🤍 White Camellia

Sky blue · Gold · Silver

The record

What sets Laurence apart

Henry Ford (1863) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Laurence, according to the stars

Core essence

Laurence is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Laurence is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.

The vibe

Underneath, Laurence is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Laurence needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Laurence wants to be loved

Laurence wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Laurence like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Laurence creates

How Laurence makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Laurence builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Laurence is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Laurence is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Laurence 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 Laurence's birth date. Working below.

Where Laurence sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Laurence

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Laurence

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

PrivateExpressive
Laurence

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Laurence

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

PracticalVisionary
Laurence

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Laurence

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 Laurence Fishburne

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

Laurence’s birth-night reference starAlpheccablue-white · Corona BorealisAlphecca, in Corona Borealis. A blue-white star, 80.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alphecca →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 30° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

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

The sky over Augusta that night

Computed for 33.47°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Augusta at 9 p.m. that evening: Alphecca of Corona Borealis, within 9.7° of the exact zenith.

Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 80 catalog stars above the horizon.

From 33.5°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −56.5° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Augusta on any night.

The Moon was at waning gibbous, 85% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 6° down.

How unusual Laurence's chart is

Chart pattern score

34 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

Yod onto Saturn

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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Leo Sun

Generous with the spotlight, mostly.

Laurence Fishburne's Sun was in Leo for the whole of July 30, 1961, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Leo means →

Metal Ox

Carries the load without comment.

Laurence Fishburne was born on July 30, 1961, which falls in a Metal Ox year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Ox means →

Life Path 9

Gives without keeping score.

Laurence Fishburne's birth date, July 30, 1961, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Laurence’s chart

Laurence’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 9° to 24° Pisces depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Venus opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.6° orbSun grinds against Neptune · Square, 1.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.8° orbMoon faces off with Mars · Opposition, 1.9° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.6° orbMercury faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 4° orbMoon flows with Mercury · Trine, 4.5° orbSun faces off with Jupiter · Opposition, 5.7° orbSun in Leo · 7°14′☉7°Moon in Pisces · 17°16′☽17°Mercury in Cancer · 21°45′☿21°Venus in Gemini · 25°31′♀25°Mars in Virgo · 19°08′♂19°Jupiter in Aquarius · 1°34′ · retrograde♃℞1°Saturn in Capricorn · 25°43′ · retrograde♄℞25°Uranus in Leo · 24°56′♅24°Neptune in Scorpio · 8°34′♆8°Pluto in Virgo · 6°48′♇6°

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

  • stableVenussextileUranus0.1° to 1.1° orb

    Laurence’s affections open doors for their need for freedom.

  • stableSunsquareNeptune0.9° to 1.8° orb

    Laurence’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.7° to 1.8° orb

    Laurence’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysextileMars2.1° to 3.2° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn3.0° to 4.9° orb

  • stableSunoppositionJupiter5.1° to 6.2° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn5.8° to 5.9° orb

  • stableVenussquareMars6.1° to 6.6° orb

  • stableMarstrineSaturn6.3° to 6.9° orb

  • possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 11.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonoppositionMarsorb from 0.1° to 9.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 1.1° to 15.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 5°33′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresTaurus 19°02′ (moves 0.25° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 16°48′ (moves 0.41° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaScorpio 21°09′ (moves 0.15° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 19°56′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres trine Mars 0.1°
  • Hygiea trine Mercury 0.6°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 1.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Mars 2.0°
  • Eros sextile Mars 2.3°
  • Ceres sextile Mercury 2.7°

Laurence’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☉ Sun8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    in its own sign, Capricorn; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Laurence’s chart

  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Saturn · Venus, Uranus, SaturnTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

Minor aspects

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

  • Mercury semi-square Pluto 0.0°
  • Venus biquintile Jupiter 0.0°
  • Venus quincunx Saturn 0.2°
  • Sun semi-sextile Pluto 0.4°
  • Venus quintile Pluto 0.7°
  • Jupiter biquintile Pluto 0.8°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.8°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 2.0°

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Laurence’s cards

Computed from July 30, 1961. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Leo

Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

Life Path

9 · Healer

☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Laurence’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q193048 (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 Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Laurence Fishburne.

Quick answers about Laurence Fishburne’s chart

How old is Laurence Fishburne?
Laurence Fishburne is 65 years old, born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, United States.
What zodiac sign is Laurence Fishburne?
Laurence Fishburne is a Leo: born July 30, 1961, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day.
What is Laurence Fishburne's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 30, 1961 birth.
What is Laurence Fishburne's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Laurence Fishburne's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Laurence Fishburne's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 19°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Laurence Fishburne's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Uranus; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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