Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born April 28, 1878, Philadelphia, United States; died 1954), was an American actor, director and screenwriter. Barrymore's honours include Academy Award for Best Actor and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Lionel Barrymore’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Tiger, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an 
Earth Tiger, with 
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Lionel Barrymore’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 Lionel in the U.S.?
#659
US rank in 2025
~33,833
Americans share it since 1880
2023
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Lionel’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
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Diamond, Diamond, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
White · Blush · Gold
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Lionel, according to the stars
Core essence
Lionel 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 Lionel 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.
How Lionel wants to be loved
Lionel 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 Lionel, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.
How Lionel creates
How Lionel 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. Lionel 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: Lionel 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Lionel 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: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Lionel scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.
Computed from Lionel's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Lionel 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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Lionel Barrymore at a glance
Taurus Sun
Taurus SunComfort first, then everything else.
Lionel Barrymore's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of April 28, 1878, so no birth time is needed to settle it. 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.
Earth Tiger
Earth TigerLeads by moving.
Lionel Barrymore was born on April 28, 1878, which falls in a Earth 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 11Intuition before evidence.
Lionel Barrymore's birth date, April 28, 1878, 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 Lionel’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Lionel Barrymore's date-only chart is Mars sextile Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Sun, Mercury, Neptune and Pluto, sit together in Taurus, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Lionel Barrymore 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.
Lionel’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Lionel Barrymore, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 19° to 1° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
stableMoonsquareMars0.0° to 6.1° orb
Lionel’s feelings grind against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarssextileUranus0.0° to 0.4° orb
Lionel’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunconjunctionNeptune0.5° to 1.4° orb
Lionel’s core identity and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableUranussquarePluto0.7° orb
Lionel’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupitersquareNeptune1.2° to 1.3° orb
Lionel’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurysextileVenus1.7° to 2.9° orb
Lionel’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsquareJupiter1.8° to 2.7° orb
Lionel’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableVenussextilePluto2.0° to 2.9° orb
Lionel’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussquareMars2.9° to 3.2° orb
Lionel’s affections grind against their drive.
stableMarssquareSaturn2.9° to 3.5° orb
Lionel’s drive grinds against their discipline.
stableSaturnsextilePluto3.8° to 3.9° orb
Lionel’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercuryconjunctionPluto4.6° to 4.8° orb
Lionel’s mind and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal0 of 10
- Fixed6 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Lionel’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 4°21′ (moves 0.06° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Lionel building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresAries 9°35′ (moves 0.38° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aries is read as nurture through action: Lionel looks after people by pushing them forward and expects the same in return.
♡ ErosCancer 13°45′ (moves 0.94° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Lionel is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 26°12′ (moves 0.15° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Lionel is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 22°22′ (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. Lionel 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.
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 0.2°
- Hygiea trine Pluto 1.6°
- Chiron square Jupiter 1.7°
- Hygiea sextile Saturn 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.4°
- Chiron conjunction Neptune 2.9°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 2.9°
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°).
Lionel’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. ♀ Venus11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Mars; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars4 pts
4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Lionel is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Lionel’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.
Stellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, Neptune, PlutoThree 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. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Venus semi-square Neptune 0.1°
- Mars semi-sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.1°
- Sun semi-square Mars 2.0°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Lionel Barrymore, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Lionel’s cards
Every card is computed from April 28, 1878, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Lionel Barrymore, 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
Lionel’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q295593, 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 George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Lionel Barrymore at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lionel Barrymore.
Quick answers about Lionel Barrymore’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Lionel Barrymore?
- Lionel Barrymore was a Taurus: born April 28, 1878, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Tiger.
- What was Lionel Barrymore's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 28, 1878 birth.
- What time was Lionel Barrymore 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.
- How tall was Lionel Barrymore?
- Lionel Barrymore was 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Lionel Barrymore's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the April 28, 1878 birth date.
- What was Lionel Barrymore's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 4°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 28, 1878 birth date.
- Where was Lionel Barrymore's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 22°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Lionel Barrymore's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
