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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, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 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

US Social Security Administration public records

Laurence’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

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, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Laurence sits

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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 →

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.

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. Traditional Leo readings associate the sign with warmth, visibility and generosity: a natural claim on attention and a habit of handing it back as encouragement. Astrologers describe it as the fixed fire sign, ruled by the Sun. The corresponding tension is pride, with the classical caution that the need to be seen can crowd out people who would rather not be.

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. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.

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. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.

What stands out in Laurence’s chart

Laurence’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Laurence Fishburne, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 9° to 24° Pisces depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

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. 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.

  • 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

    Laurence’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMercuryoppositionSaturn3.0° to 4.9° orb

    Laurence’s mind pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • stableSunoppositionJupiter5.1° to 6.2° orb

    Laurence’s core identity pulls against their growth from across the wheel.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn5.8° to 5.9° orb

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

  • stableVenussquareMars6.1° to 6.6° orb

    Laurence’s affections grind against their drive.

  • stableMarstrineSaturn6.3° to 6.9° orb

    Laurence’s drive flows straight into their discipline.

  • 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

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.

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

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Laurence absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

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

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

    Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Laurence is read as someone who shows care by providing.

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

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

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Laurence is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

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

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

    Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Laurence carrying stress in the body until it is named.

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

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Laurence is read as most dangerous when underestimated.

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 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°

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°).

Laurence’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. ☉ 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

A Sun-led chart is read as identity out front: Laurence is read as someone whose sense of self organises everything else.

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 Laurence’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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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°

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

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Laurence’s cards

Every card is computed from July 30, 1961, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

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AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Leo

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

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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

No birth time is on public record for Laurence Fishburne, 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

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

The same Laurence Fishburne at Wikipedia, IMDb 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 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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Ox.
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 time was Laurence Fishburne 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 is Laurence Fishburne's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the July 30, 1961 birth date.
What is Laurence Fishburne's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 30, 1961 birth date.
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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