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.
- Ascendant
- Sagittarius 6°12′
- Midheaven
- Virgo 21°14′
- Descendant
- Gemini 6°12′
- Imum Coeli
- Pisces 21°14′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius 5°14′ | 12 |
| Moon | Scorpio 11°23′ | 11 |
| Mercury | Scorpio 15°16′ | 11 |
| Venus | Scorpio 1°21′ | 11 |
| Mars | Scorpio 4°33′ | 11 |
| Jupiter | Taurus 7°32′Retrograde | 5 |
| Saturn | Taurus 9°29′Retrograde | 5 |
| Uranus | Taurus 23°40′Retrograde | 6 |
| Neptune | Virgo 27°24′ | 10 |
| Pluto | Leo 4°13′Retrograde | 8 |
| North Node | Libra 7°59′Retrograde | 10 |
| South Node | Aries 7°59′Retrograde | 4 |
| Lilith | Aries 18°47′ | 4 |
| Chiron | Leo 1°19′Retrograde | 8 |
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.
| Bodies and aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Chiron square Venus | 0.04° |
| Mars square Pluto | 0.33° |
| Sun conjunction Ascendant | 0.96° |
| Sun trine Pluto | 1.02° |
| North Node sextile Ascendant | 1.79° |
| South Node trine Ascendant | 1.79° |
| Moon opposition Saturn | 1.91° |
| Jupiter conjunction Saturn | 1.95° |
| Pluto trine Ascendant | 1.97° |
| Uranus trine Midheaven | 2.43° |
| Sun sextile North Node | 2.75° |
| Sun trine South Node | 2.75° |
| Venus square Pluto | 2.87° |
| Chiron conjunction Pluto | 2.91° |
| Mars opposition Jupiter | 2.98° |
| Venus conjunction Mars | 3.19° |
| Chiron square Mars | 3.23° |
| Jupiter square Pluto | 3.31° |
| Uranus trine Neptune | 3.72° |
| Pluto sextile North Node | 3.76° |
| Pluto trine South Node | 3.76° |
| Moon opposition Jupiter | 3.86° |
| Moon conjunction Mercury | 3.88° |
| Chiron sextile Neptune | 3.92° |
| Chiron trine Sun | 3.92° |
| Chiron trine Ascendant | 4.88° |
| Mars opposition Saturn | 4.93° |
| Saturn square Pluto | 5.26° |
| Mercury opposition Saturn | 5.78° |
| Mercury sextile Midheaven | 5.98° |
| Neptune conjunction Midheaven | 6.15° |
| Venus opposition Jupiter | 6.17° |
| Chiron square Jupiter | 6.22° |
| Chiron trine South Node | 6.67° |
| Moon conjunction Mars | 6.84° |
| Mercury opposition Jupiter | 7.73° |
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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