Bruce Lee Birth Chart

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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Bruce Lee’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.

ARIES ♈︎TAURUS ♉︎GEMINI ♊︎CANCER ♋︎LEO ♌︎VIRGO ♍︎LIBRA ♎︎SCORPIO ♏︎SAGITTARIUS ♐︎CAPRICORN ♑︎AQUARIUS ♒︎PISCES ♓︎123456789101112Sun trine PlutoSun trine South NodeSun sextile North NodeMoon conjunction MercuryMoon conjunction MarsMoon opposition JupiterMoon opposition SaturnMercury opposition JupiterMercury opposition SaturnVenus conjunction MarsVenus opposition JupiterVenus square PlutoMars opposition JupiterMars opposition SaturnMars square PlutoJupiter conjunction SaturnJupiter square PlutoSaturn square PlutoUranus trine NeptunePluto trine South NodePluto sextile North NodeChiron trine SunChiron square VenusChiron square MarsChiron square JupiterChiron sextile NeptuneChiron conjunction PlutoChiron trine South NodeSun: 5°14′ Sagittarius5°5°Moon: 11°23′ Scorpio11°11°Mercury: 15°16′ Scorpio15°15°Venus: 1°21′ Scorpio1°1°Mars: 4°33′ Scorpio4°4°Jupiter: 7°32′ Taurus, retrograde7°7°Saturn: 9°29′ Taurus, retrograde9°9°Uranus: 23°40′ Taurus, retrograde23°23°Neptune: 27°24′ Virgo27°27°Pluto: 4°13′ Leo, retrograde4°4°Chiron: 1°19′ Leo, retrograde1°1°North Node: 7°59′ Libra, retrograde7°7°South Node: 7°59′ Aries, retrograde7°7°Lilith: 18°47′ Aries18°18°Compact chart: body glyphs and whole degrees. Full positions, retrograde status and houses are in the tables below.ACDCMCIC
Ascendant
Sagittarius 6°12′
Midheaven
Virgo 21°14′
Descendant
Gemini 6°12′
Imum Coeli
Pisces 21°14′
Planet positions
BodySign and degreeHouse
SunSagittarius 5°14′12
MoonScorpio 11°23′11
MercuryScorpio 15°16′11
VenusScorpio 1°21′11
MarsScorpio 4°33′11
JupiterTaurus 7°32′Retrograde5
SaturnTaurus 9°29′Retrograde5
UranusTaurus 23°40′Retrograde6
NeptuneVirgo 27°24′10
PlutoLeo 4°13′Retrograde8
North NodeLibra 7°59′Retrograde10
South NodeAries 7°59′Retrograde4
LilithAries 18°47′4
ChironLeo 1°19′Retrograde8

Bruce Lee · local time · San Francisco, California

Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden AA; Bruce Lee: official biography; Bruce Lee: teaching scene discussion; Bruce Lee official estate — Jeet Kune Do; Bruce Lee official podcast — simplicity, directness, freedom; Criterion — The Way of the Dragon; AFI — Enter the Dragon catalogue record

Bruce Lee's Sun, Moon and Rising

A Sagittarius Sun is commonly associated with exploration, learning and looking beyond one fixed approach. Lee's estate presents Jeet Kune Do as a martial practice and an approach to life. Its podcast discusses simplicity, directness and freedom. That gives the Sagittarius association a particular body of public work. A practical method sits alongside ideas about how to use it.

A Scorpio Moon is often linked with concentration and staying with what lies beneath the first impression. Martial movement has timing, distance and a situation around it. A familiar screen image shows only one part of that work. Scorpio's interest in depth invites a closer look at what a practice involves. The estate's preserved explanation gives the reader a definite starting point.

Sagittarius rising is commonly described as open to a wider view and willing to explore. Lee's chart places the Sagittarius Sun near that Sagittarius Ascendant. The AA-rated record supplies the time used here. His teaching and film work give the broader outlook more than one public form. An explanation, a demonstration and a film scene reach their audiences differently.

Lee has Sagittarius at both the Sun and the rising angle. Scorpio adds concentration to the reading. Together they offer curiosity beyond a fixed category and attention within a particular task. That mix becomes more useful beside the named work than beside a general image of strength. Start with the teaching, then notice how a film presents movement. Each gives the same familiar person another job.

Jeet Kune Do: a movement has a reason behind it

Sagittarius is often associated with searching for principles and asking what a practice means. Lee's estate connects Jeet Kune Do with a wider philosophical approach. The public explanation and the podcast preserve that interest in different forms. A written account, a symbol and a conversation are separate ways to communicate.

The practical movement also has its own demands. Distance changes what an action needs to do. Timing changes when it becomes useful. The situation around the movement matters as well. Those are concrete things beside the broader ideas in the teaching. Sagittarius's larger view and Scorpio's concentration give us a simple way to hold both in mind.

The estate materials are a preserved public account of Lee's work. Their actual words supply the teaching discussed here. A reader is able to compare how an explanation and a demonstration communicate. One names an idea, while the other makes something visible. That comparison gives Mercury's general association with communication a practical place beside the Sun and Moon.

Mars square Pluto: effort meets something deeper

Mars in Scorpio is commonly associated with concentrated effort and staying with a demanding task. Pluto in Leo is linked with deeper changes around expression and a visible centre. They square at 0.33°. A square often suggests adjustment between two styles. Here effort meets a stronger demand to examine or change something.

The estate's discussion of Lee's approach gives that pairing a named subject. A method and its underlying principles are explored together. The movement does something, and the teaching asks how it is understood. Scorpio's sustained attention makes the relationship worth considering in detail.

The Sagittarius Sun trines Pluto at 1.02°. A trine is generally read as a helpful exchange. The wider outlook now connects with the same theme of deeper change. Mars and Sun bring different things to Pluto. One concerns effort, and the other the central expression. The smaller Mars orb gives that contact priority in the reading.

The filmmaker shapes what the viewer sees

Leo is commonly associated with visible expression, making the Pluto placement useful beside screen work. Criterion records Lee writing, producing and directing The Way of the Dragon. He also appears in it. AFI's catalogue records Enter the Dragon as another film role. These credits give the reading actual kinds of work to compare.

A performer moves within a scene. A filmmaker also makes decisions about the scene around that movement. Distance between people and a camera's position affect what an audience sees. A pause before a move changes its dramatic impact. The named films give us a place to watch those ordinary choices.

Moon opposite Saturn at 1.91° adds a wider theme of response meeting a limit. Saturn is commonly linked with discipline and a definite boundary. That relationship belongs beside the closer Mars and Sun contacts. The chart contains a broader view, concentrated effort and the conditions around action. The teaching and filmmaking keep those meanings tied to particular public work.

Lee's screen work gives the larger ideas a visible place to begin. Watch the distance before a movement, then notice its timing. Those small choices make the filmed action readable. The teaching and the performance invite different kinds of attention.

Reading this chart respectfully

Lee's published teaching and film credits are the evidence here; planetary placements do not measure martial skill or reveal private motives.

Birth record

Rodden rating AA.

Historical local-time rules determine the chart; ten-planet totals weight Sun/Moon 3 and other planets 1. Sign scores add rising +2; planet scores add +2 in houses 1, 4, 7 or 10 and each major planet-to-planet aspect +max(0, 1 − orb/10). Ties follow zodiac, planet and house order. Compare with your own chart for reflection, never prediction.

Major aspects

The orb measures distance from the exact angle: a smaller number means a tighter aspect.

All calculated major aspects, ordered by orb
Bodies and aspectOrb
Chiron square Venus0.04°
Mars square Pluto0.33°
Sun conjunction Ascendant0.96°
Sun trine Pluto1.02°
North Node sextile Ascendant1.79°
South Node trine Ascendant1.79°
Moon opposition Saturn1.91°
Jupiter conjunction Saturn1.95°
Pluto trine Ascendant1.97°
Uranus trine Midheaven2.43°
Sun sextile North Node2.75°
Sun trine South Node2.75°
Venus square Pluto2.87°
Chiron conjunction Pluto2.91°
Mars opposition Jupiter2.98°
Venus conjunction Mars3.19°
Chiron square Mars3.23°
Jupiter square Pluto3.31°
Uranus trine Neptune3.72°
Pluto sextile North Node3.76°
Pluto trine South Node3.76°
Moon opposition Jupiter3.86°
Moon conjunction Mercury3.88°
Chiron sextile Neptune3.92°
Chiron trine Sun3.92°
Chiron trine Ascendant4.88°
Mars opposition Saturn4.93°
Saturn square Pluto5.26°
Mercury opposition Saturn5.78°
Mercury sextile Midheaven5.98°
Neptune conjunction Midheaven6.15°
Venus opposition Jupiter6.17°
Chiron square Jupiter6.22°
Chiron trine South Node6.67°
Moon conjunction Mars6.84°
Mercury opposition Jupiter7.73°

Chart dominants

These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.

Top signs
Scorpio (6) · Sagittarius (5) · Taurus (3).
Scorpio: looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material; Sagittarius: exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly; Taurus: building steadily and valuing tangible results.
Top planets
Moon (5.35) · Pluto (4.72) · Jupiter (4.40).
Moon: emotional habits; Pluto: intensity and transformation; Jupiter: growth and perspective.
Top houses
House 11 (6) · House 12 (3) · House 5 (2).
House 11: groups and networks; House 12: privacy and reflection; House 5: creativity and play.
Dominant element
Water (6 points).
Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
Dominant modality
Fixed (10 points).
Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.

Placements at a glance

  • Sun in Sagittarius: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
  • Moon in Scorpio: in astrology, emotional habits is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
  • Mercury in Scorpio: in astrology, communication and learning is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
  • Venus in Scorpio: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
  • Mars in Scorpio: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
  • Jupiter in Taurus: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
  • Saturn in Taurus: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
  • Uranus in Taurus: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
  • Neptune in Virgo: in astrology, imagination and ideals is read through improving details through practical work.
  • Pluto in Leo: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
  • North Node in Libra: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through balancing different perspectives and noticing presentation.
  • South Node in Aries: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
  • Lilith in Aries: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
  • Chiron in Leo: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
  • Sagittarius rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.

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