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Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967, Kenosha, United States, 07:33), aged 58, is an American actor. Ruffalo is best known for Spotlight. Ruffalo's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie and MTV Movie Award for Best Fight.

Mark Ruffalo’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Fire Goat, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Mark Ruffalo’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Lightkeeper

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#245

US rank in 2025

~1,366,672

Americans share it since 1880

1960

its peak year

In 1967, 34,910 American boys and 144 girls were registered Mark — 7th among boys and 844th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Mark’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

5

Expression · versatility

2

Soul Urge · closeness

3

Personality · bright, quick

The name opens on M (4) and closes on K (2). The value it repeats most is 6, which numerology reads as care.

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

Mark’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

11 · 2 · 7

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Topaz, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Gold · Crimson · Scarlet

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1967, 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 Mark apart

Spotlight. That is the work the name is attached to.

Mark Ruffalo was taught at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and First Colonial High School.

Mark Ruffalo was 22 when the work began in 1989.

On the family side, Mark Ruffalo was married Sunrise Coigney and raised 2 children.

On Wikipedia the categories read American democracy activists, Anti-fracking movement and Actors with dyslexia.

Scarlett Johansson (1984) and Jamie Lee Curtis (1958) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
Spotlight
Educated at
Stella Adler Studio of Acting and First Colonial High School
Awards
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (2013), Theatre World Award (1997) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (2020)
Nominated for
MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo and Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
Working from
1989
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
88

What the chart says

Mark, according to the stars

Core essence

Mark does not do surface. The core of Mark is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Mark is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Mark is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Mark needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Mark wants to be loved

Mark wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Mark gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Mark creates

How Mark makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Mark creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.

Instinct

Instinct: Mark is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Mark 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Mark does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Mark's birth date. Working below.

Where Mark sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Mark

You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Mark

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Mark

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Mark

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Mark

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Mark

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

✦ A real star from their birth sky

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Read from the sky above Kenosha at 07:33, Mark Ruffalo’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Kenosha that night

Computed for 42.58°N, at the documented birth time.

Phecda stood nearest the zenith over Kenosha at the birth hour, 78.6° above the horizon in Ursa Major.

Of the 92 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.

Kenosha sits at 42.6°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −47.4° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Kenosha on any night.

Sun -6° below the horizon, Moon up and 75% lit at waning gibbous.

The name and the places

Born in
Kenosha, United States
Lives in
Virginia Beach · San Diego

Wikidata records Virginia Beach and San Diego as Mark Ruffalo's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.

What Mark's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Warrior 武曲, The Charmer 貪狼 in 未

Bureau 水二局 · Body Palace in Wealth

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Generator, profile 6/2

Emotional authority · Single definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

66 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Scorpio · Grand trine · 2 planets at a critical degree

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.

Score your own chart →

Scorpio Sun

Trusts slowly. Forgets nothing.

Mark Ruffalo's Sun was in Scorpio at the documented birth time.

What Scorpio means →

Fire Goat

Gentle hands, strong opinions.

Mark Ruffalo was born on November 22, 1967, which falls in a Fire Goat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Goat means →

Life Path 11

Nervy, gifted, tuned high.

Mark Ruffalo's birth date, November 22, 1967, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 11 means →

What stands out in Mark’s chart

Mark’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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun flows with Moon · Trine, 0.3° orbMars flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.3° orbSun opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.2° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.4° orbMoon opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.7° orbUranus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.1° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 4.9° orbSun in Scorpio · 29°33′ · house 12☉29°Moon in Cancer · 29°53′ · house 8☽29°Mercury in Scorpio · 11°00′ · house 12☿11°Venus in Libra · 13°29′ · house 11♀13°Mars in Capricorn · 22°52′ · house 2♂22°Jupiter in Virgo · 4°27′ · house 10♃4°Saturn in Aries · 5°54′ · house 5 · retrograde♄℞5°Uranus in Virgo · 28°23′ · house 10♅28°Neptune in Scorpio · 24°17′ · house 12♆24°Pluto in Virgo · 22°33′ · house 10♇22°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCSgr 6°54′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCGem 6°54′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCVir 25°55′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICPsc 25°55′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantSagittarius
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • SuntrineMoonseparating · 0.3° orb

    Mark’s core identity flows straight into their feelings.

  • MarstrinePlutoseparating · 0.3° orb

    Mark’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • SunsextileUranusseparating · 1.2° orb

    Mark’s core identity opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • MarssextileNeptuneapplying · 1.4° orb

  • MoonsextileUranusseparating · 1.5° orb

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.7° orb

  • UranussextileNeptuneseparating · 4.1° orb

  • SunsquareJupiterapplying · 4.9° orb

  • SunconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 5.3° orb

  • MarstrineUranusapplying · 5.5° orb

  • MoontrineNeptuneseparating · 5.6° orb

  • UranusconjunctionPlutoseparating · 5.8° orb

  • MoontrineSaturnapplying · 6.0° orb

  • SuntrineSaturnapplying · 6.3° orb

  • MoonoppositionMarsseparating · 7.0° orb

  • SaturnoppositionUranusapplying · 7.5° orb

  • VenusoppositionSaturnseparating · 7.6° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Pisces 25°23′ · House 4

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 10°11′ · House 11

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

  • ♡ ErosLeo 15°29′ · House 9

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

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 22°51′ · House 2

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 6°49′ · House 6

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea conjunction Mars 0.0°
  • Hygiea trine Pluto 0.3°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 1.1°
  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.4°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 2.4°
  • Chiron sextile Mars 2.5°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 2.8°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 3.0°

Mark’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto11 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☽ Moon10 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus8 pts

    angular in the tenth house; 6 major aspects

Configurations in Mark’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Scorpio · Sun, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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.
  • kite, the shape it makesKite · Sun, Moon, Saturn, UranusA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.

Minor aspects

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

  • Mercury quintile Mars 0.1°
  • Mercury biquintile Saturn 0.9°
  • Mars quintile Saturn 1.0°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.1°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 1.5°

Mark’s houses

Mark’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1SagittariusJupiter in Virgo, house 10emptyself, body, how you arrive
2CapricornSaturn in Aries, house 5Marsmoney, possessions, self-worth
3AquariusUranus in Virgo, house 10emptymind, siblings, the local world
4PiscesNeptune in Scorpio, house 12emptyhome, family, roots
5AriesMars in Capricorn, house 2Saturncreativity, romance, play
6TaurusVenus in Libra, house 11emptywork, habits, health
7GeminiMercury in Scorpio, house 12emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8CancerMoon in Cancer, house 8Moonshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9LeoSun in Scorpio, house 12emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10VirgoMercury in Scorpio, house 12Jupiter, Uranus, Plutocareer, reputation, public life
11LibraVenus in Libra, house 11Venusfriends, community, the future
12ScorpioPluto in Virgo, house 10Sun, Mercury, Neptunethe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Mark’s cards

Computed from November 22, 1967. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The High Priestess

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Goat 未

Life Path

11 · Visionary

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

丁

yin Fire

未

Goat

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

寅

Tiger

Wood

you & partnership

Hour

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Mark’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q41422 (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 Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Mark Ruffalo at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Mark Ruffalo.

Quick answers about Mark Ruffalo’s chart

How old is Mark Ruffalo?
Mark Ruffalo is 58 years old, born November 22, 1967 in Kenosha, United States.
What zodiac sign is Mark Ruffalo?
Mark Ruffalo is a Scorpio: born November 22, 1967, which puts the Sun in Scorpio at the documented birth time.
What is Mark Ruffalo's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Goat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 22, 1967 birth.
What time was Mark Ruffalo born?
07:33 local time in Kenosha, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Mark Ruffalo's rising sign?
Sagittarius rising, calculated from the documented 07:33 birth time in Kenosha, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
How tall is Mark Ruffalo?
Mark Ruffalo is 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Mark Ruffalo's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
What is Mark Ruffalo's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 25°, in the fourth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Mark Ruffalo's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 6°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Mark Ruffalo's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury, Neptune; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects). Moon is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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