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Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973, Albuquerque, United States), aged 53, is an American actor. Harris is best known for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, How I Met Your Mother and Glee. Harris's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and Drama League Award.

Neil Patrick Harris’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Ox, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Neil Patrick Harris’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Explorer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

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

#851

US rank in 2025

~105,254

Americans share it since 1880

1954

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Neil’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

5 · 1 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Pearl, Emerald, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 💠 Water Lily

Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white

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

What the chart says

Neil, according to the stars

Core essence

Neil is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Neil needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.

The vibe

Underneath, Neil is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Neil needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Neil wants to be loved

Neil wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Neil gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Neil creates

How Neil makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Neil creates by exploring, by talking to everyone, by carrying ideas from one place to another. Hard to pin down, impossible to dam, and the best person to have on a long trip.

Instinct

Instinct: Neil 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Neil is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Neil slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from Neil's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Neil sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Neil

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Neil

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Neil

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Neil

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Neil

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Neil

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 Neil Patrick Harris

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

Neil’s birth-night reference starCor Caroliblue-white · Canes VenaticiCor Caroli, in Canes Venatici. A blue-white star, 82.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Cor Caroli →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 15.7° 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.

The quick version

Gemini Sun

Never finishes a book. Reads everything.

Neil Patrick Harris's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 15, 1973, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.

Water Ox

Says little. Finishes everything.

Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15, 1973, which falls in a Water 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 5

Freedom over comfort, always.

Neil Patrick Harris's birth date, June 15, 1973, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in Neil’s chart

Neil’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Neil Patrick Harris, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 29° Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0.3° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.7° orbMoon faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 0.9° orbSun faces off with Moon · Opposition, 1.2° orbSun grinds against Mars · Square, 2.1° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.4° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 3.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.9° orbSun in Gemini · 24°28′☉24°Moon in Sagittarius · 23°19′☽23°Mercury in Cancer · 18°17′☿18°Venus in Cancer · 12°10′♀12°Mars in Pisces · 26°37′♂26°Jupiter in Aquarius · 11°44′ · retrograde♃℞11°Saturn in Gemini · 24°10′♄24°Uranus in Libra · 18°59′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Sagittarius · 5°33′ · retrograde♆℞5°Pluto in Libra · 1°41′♇1°

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.

  • stableSunoppositionMoon0.0° to 6.6° orb

    Neil’s core identity pulls against their feelings from across the wheel.

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn0.0° to 0.7° orb

    Neil’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableMercurysquareUranus0.0° to 1.4° orb

    Neil’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMoonoppositionSaturn0.1° to 6.7° orb

    Neil’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableSunsquareMars2.0° to 2.3° orb

    Neil’s core identity grinds against their drive.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn2.2° to 2.7° orb

    Neil’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto3.9° orb

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

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto4.7° to 5.4° orb

    Neil’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableSuntrineUranus5.0° to 6.0° orb

    Neil’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableSaturntrineUranus5.1° to 5.2° orb

    Neil’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus6.1° to 6.2° orb

    Neil’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 8.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable5 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.

Neil’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.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 20°16′ (moves 0.03° 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: Neil may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 7°45′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Neil is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.

  • ♡ ErosLeo 11°26′ (moves 0.91° over the day)

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

    Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has Neil loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 25°53′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Neil is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 23°13′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Neil leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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.

  • Eros opposition Jupiter 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Saturn 1.0°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Sun 1.3°
  • Hygiea trine Sun 1.4°
  • Hygiea trine Saturn 1.7°
  • Chiron square Mercury 2.0°
  • Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.2°

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°).

Neil’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. ☿ Mercury7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☽ Moon4 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus; 2 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Neil is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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 Neil’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.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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.

  • Mars semi-square Jupiter 0.1°
  • Venus quincunx Jupiter 0.4°
  • Venus biquintile Neptune 0.6°
  • Mercury quintile Pluto 1.4°
  • Uranus semi-square Neptune 1.6°

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

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Neil’s cards

Every card is computed from June 15, 1973, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Explorer

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Western zodiac

Gemini

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Chinese zodiac

Ox 丑

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☿ Ruled by Mercury

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Neil Patrick Harris, 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

Neil’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q485310, 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 PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Neil Patrick Harris at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X 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 Neil Patrick Harris’s chart

How old is Neil Patrick Harris?
Neil Patrick Harris is 53 years old, born June 15, 1973 in Albuquerque, United States.
What zodiac sign is Neil Patrick Harris?
Neil Patrick Harris is a Gemini: born June 15, 1973, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Ox.
What is Neil Patrick Harris's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Ox, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 15, 1973 birth.
What time was Neil Patrick Harris 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 Neil Patrick Harris's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the June 15, 1973 birth date.
What is Neil Patrick Harris's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 20°. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 15, 1973 birth date.
Where is Neil Patrick Harris's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Neil Patrick Harris's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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