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Tom Brady

Tom Brady (born August 3, 1977, San Mateo, United States, 11:48), aged 49, is an American football player. Brady has played for Michigan Wolverines football, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots. Brady's honours include Time 100 and Associated Press Athlete of the Year.

Tom Brady’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Fire Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Tom Brady’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Scholar

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#2206

US rank in 2025

~140,370

Americans share it since 1880

1959

its peak year

In 1977, 285 American boys were registered Tom — 480th on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Tom’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

7

Soul Urge · understanding

1

Personality · self-directed

The name opens on T (2) and closes on M (4). Two values tie for most repeated, 2 and 4: tact against craft.

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

Tom’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Peridot, Ruby, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌺 Poppy

Coral · Gold · Flame orange

The record

What sets Tom apart

The Associated Press Athlete of the Year came in 2007, when Tom Brady was 30.

The schooling ran through Junípero Serra High School and University of Michigan.

Tom Brady was 23 when the work began in 2000.

On the family side, Tom Brady was married Gisele Bündchen and raised 3 children.

Martha Stewart (1941) and Karlie Kloss (1992) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
Junípero Serra High School and University of Michigan
Awards
Time 100 (2017) and Associated Press Athlete of the Year (2007)
Working from
2000
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Tom, according to the stars

Core essence

Tom is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Tom 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, Tom runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What Tom needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Tom wants to be loved

Tom 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. Tom gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.

How Tom creates

How Tom makes things happen: they keep moving. A Yang Water day master is the river, curious, restless, going somewhere even when nobody knows where. Tom 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: Tom is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Tom 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 bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Tom scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

Computed from Tom's birth date. Working below.

Where Tom sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Tom

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Tom

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Tom

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Tom

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Tom

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Tom

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

✦ A real star from their birth sky

Dedicate a star to Tom Brady

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

Read from the sky above San Mateo at 11:48, Tom Brady’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over San Mateo that night

Computed for 37.55°N, at the documented birth time.

At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at San Mateo was Castor, in Gemini, 84.3° up.

Of the 104 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

San Mateo sits at 37.6°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −52.4° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waning gibbous, 79% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun -62° down.

The name and the places

Born in
San Mateo, United States
Lives in
Boston · Indian Creek

Wikidata records Boston and Indian Creek as Tom Brady's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.

Against San Mateo, Shared Places reads Boston as weak for this chart: 44 of 100, 74th of 152 cities scored. The chart's own strongest is Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at 100.

Scored by Shared Places, which overlays astrocartography maps for a whole household. The tradition has no verified predictive validity, and a real move turns on work, visas and family rather than a chart line.

What Tom's birth time unlocks

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

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

No major star sits in the Life Palace, which the tradition calls 空宮, an empty palace. The branch is 丑.

Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Self

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Generator, profile 4/1

Sacral authority · Split definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

49 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

Yod onto Moon · T-square onto Mercury

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.

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Leo Sun

Warm, loud, hard to ignore.

Tom Brady's Sun was in Leo at the documented birth time.

What Leo means →

Fire Snake

Calm surface, fast strike.

Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 8

Ambition with a spreadsheet.

Tom Brady's birth date, August 3, 1977, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Tom’s chart

Tom’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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars flows with Pluto · Trine, 0.2° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.3° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 0.4° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.6° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.6° orbMars faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.7° orbSun flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.2° orbSun grinds against Uranus · Square, 3.5° orbSun in Leo · 11°18′ · house 11☉11°Moon in Aries · 6°23′ · house 7☽6°Mercury in Virgo · 8°08′ · house 12☿8°Venus in Cancer · 1°07′ · house 10♀1°Mars in Gemini · 11°45′ · house 9♂11°Jupiter in Gemini · 26°56′ · house 9♃26°Saturn in Leo · 19°11′ · house 11♄19°Uranus in Scorpio · 7°50′ · house 2♅7°Neptune in Sagittarius · 13°30′ · house 3 · retrograde♆℞13°Pluto in Libra · 11°55′ · house 1♇11°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCLib 17°53′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCAri 17°53′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCCnc 20°16′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICCap 20°16′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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

Placements

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

Aspects, tightest first

  • MarstrinePlutoapplying · 0.2° orb

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

  • MercurysextileUranusseparating · 0.3° orb

    Tom’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • SunsextileMarsapplying · 0.4° orb

    Tom’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • SunsextilePlutoapplying · 0.6° orb

  • NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.6° orb

  • MarsoppositionNeptuneapplying · 1.7° orb

  • SuntrineNeptuneapplying · 2.2° orb

  • SunsquareUranusseparating · 3.5° orb

  • MercurysquareMarsapplying · 3.6° orb

  • VenusconjunctionJupiterseparating · 4.2° orb

  • SuntrineMoonapplying · 4.9° orb

  • MoonsquareVenusseparating · 5.3° orb

  • MercurysquareNeptuneapplying · 5.4° orb

  • MoonoppositionPlutoapplying · 5.5° orb

  • SaturntrineNeptuneseparating · 5.7° orb

  • VenustrineUranusapplying · 6.7° orb

  • SunconjunctionSaturnapplying · 7.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

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

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 5°46′ · House 8

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

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 15°36′ · House 1

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Sagittarius 21°01′ · House 3

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

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 29°56′ · House 12

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithGemini 11°26′ · House 9

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 0.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Mars 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 0.5°
  • Hygiea square Venus 1.2°
  • Eros trine Saturn 1.8°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 2.1°
  • Ceres sextile Neptune 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Neptune 2.1°
  • Ceres conjunction Ascendant 2.3°
  • Chiron trine Mercury 2.4°

Tom’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☉ Sun12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Saturn; 6 major aspects

  2. 2. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Libra; disposes Pluto; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars8 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Aries; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Tom’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Mars, Neptune, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Moon · Mercury, Uranus, MoonTwo 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun semi-square Jupiter 0.6°
  • Mercury quintile Jupiter 0.8°
  • Moon quincunx Uranus 1.4°
  • Moon quincunx Mercury 1.8°

Tom’s houses

Tom’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1LibraVenus in Cancer, house 10Plutoself, body, how you arrive
2ScorpioPluto in Libra, house 1Uranusmoney, possessions, self-worth
3SagittariusJupiter in Gemini, house 9Neptunemind, siblings, the local world
4CapricornSaturn in Leo, house 11emptyhome, family, roots
5AquariusUranus in Scorpio, house 2emptycreativity, romance, play
6PiscesNeptune in Sagittarius, house 3emptywork, habits, health
7AriesMars in Gemini, house 9Moonpartnership, marriage, open rivals
8TaurusVenus in Cancer, house 10emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9GeminiMercury in Virgo, house 12Mars, Jupiterbelief, travel, higher learning
10CancerMoon in Aries, house 7Venuscareer, reputation, public life
11LeoSun in Leo, house 11Sun, Saturnfriends, community, the future
12VirgoMercury in Virgo, house 12Mercurythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

Tom’s family here

One relative of Tom Brady also has a chart on AsterNym.

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Tom’s cards

Computed from August 3, 1977. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Strength

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Scholar

Western zodiac

Leo

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

8 · Achiever

☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Water.

Year

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

you & partnership

Hour

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Tom’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q313381 (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 Congressman Charlie Crist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Tom Brady.

Quick answers about Tom Brady’s chart

How old is Tom Brady?
Tom Brady is 49 years old, born August 3, 1977 in San Mateo, United States.
What zodiac sign is Tom Brady?
Tom Brady is a Leo: born August 3, 1977, which puts the Sun in Leo at the documented birth time.
What is Tom Brady's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 3, 1977 birth.
What time was Tom Brady born?
11:48 local time in San Mateo, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Tom Brady's rising sign?
Libra rising, calculated from the documented 11:48 birth time in San Mateo, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
How tall is Tom Brady?
Tom Brady is 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Tom Brady's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is Tom Brady's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 5°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Tom Brady's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Gemini at 11°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Tom Brady's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Saturn; 6 major aspects). Venus is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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