Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born September 23, 1920, Brooklyn, United States; died 2014), was an American actor. Rooney's honours include Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
Mickey Rooney’s zodiac sign was Virgo or Libra (the Sun changed sign that day, and no documented birth time settles which), and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Metal Monkey, with 
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How common is the name Mickey in the U.S.?
#2048
US rank in 2025
~34,173
Americans share it since 1880
1957
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Mickey’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
—
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Your planetary stone, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Silver
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Mickey, according to the stars
The vibe
Underneath, Mickey needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Mickey needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.
How Mickey wants to be loved
Mickey 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. Mickey gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Mickey creates
How Mickey 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. Mickey 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: Mickey is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Mickey is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Mickey has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Mickey's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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Virgo or Libra Sun
Mickey Rooney was born on a day when the Sun moved from Virgo into Libra. Without a documented birth time, the exact Sun sign cannot be determined reliably, so AsterNym shows both rather than choosing one.
Metal Monkey
Metal MonkeyTurns problems into games.
Mickey Rooney was born on September 23, 1920, which falls in a Metal Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
Mickey Rooney's birth date, September 23, 1920, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Mickey’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Mickey Rooney's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
Mickey’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Mickey Rooney, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 2° to 14° Aquarius 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.
stableMercurysextileMars0.2° to 1.1° orb
Mickey’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarstrineNeptune0.2° to 0.9° orb
Mickey’s drive flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysextileNeptune0.4° to 2.0° orb
Mickey’s mind opens doors for their imagination.
stableMercurysquarePluto2.1° to 3.7° orb
Mickey’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitersextilePluto2.9° to 3.1° orb
Mickey’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableJupiteroppositionUranus3.1° to 3.3° orb
Mickey’s growth pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMarssquareSaturn4.3° to 4.8° orb
Mickey’s drive grinds against their discipline.
stableUranustrinePluto6.2° orb
Mickey’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMarssquareJupiter6.3° to 6.8° orb
Mickey’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 9.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 0.1° to 8.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Mickey’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 ℞Aries 8°33′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Mickey may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresCancer 3°53′ (moves 0.24° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Cancer sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: care as instinct. Mickey is read as someone for whom looking after others is not a decision.
♡ ErosLibra 9°09′ (moves 0.82° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Mickey is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.
⚕ HygieaLeo 15°50′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Mickey at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 7°47′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Mickey is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.
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.
- Chiron square Pluto 0.3°
- Eros square Pluto 0.3°
- Black Moon Lilith opposition Pluto 1.1°
- Ceres trine Uranus 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Jupiter 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Jupiter 2.0°
- Eros conjunction Mercury 2.6°
- Hygiea conjunction Neptune 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°).
Mickey’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. ♀ Venus7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury
2. ☿ Mercury5 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars4 pts
4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Mickey 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 Mickey’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 Libra · 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 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.
- Sun quintile Mars 0.1°
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.5°
- Sun quincunx Uranus 2.3°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Mickey Rooney, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Mickey’s family here
One relative of Mickey Rooney also has a chart on AsterNym.
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Mickey’s cards
Every card is computed from September 23, 1920, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Mickey Rooney, 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
Mickey’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q104081, 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 Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Mickey Rooney 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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mickey Rooney.
Quick answers about Mickey Rooney’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Mickey Rooney?
- Mickey Rooney was born on a day when the Sun moved from Virgo into Libra. Without a documented birth time, the exact Sun sign cannot be determined reliably, so AsterNym shows both rather than choosing one. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Monkey.
- What was Mickey Rooney's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 23, 1920 birth.
- What time was Mickey Rooney 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 Mickey Rooney?
- Mickey Rooney was 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Mickey Rooney's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the September 23, 1920 birth date.
- What was Mickey Rooney's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 23, 1920 birth date.
- Where was Mickey Rooney's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 7°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Mickey Rooney's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
