Lenny Bruce’s birth chart
ComedianBorn October 13, 1925, Mineola, New York, United StatesDied August 3, 1966
Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonVirgoor Leo
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other. His restlessness kept testing his plans, so he changed course more than once to stay true to himself.
The Sun quincunx Uranus (close at 2.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo or Leo, the Mender
Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (almost exact at 0.2°) · For a birth before 6:44 a.m., his Moon was in Leo.
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.
How he thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Mercury sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Gets things done through people, charm and fairness. Prefers teamwork to a fight, and fights hardest for others. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Mars square Jupiter (wide at 4.8°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Lenny Bruce was born four days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 16% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, twenty days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Lenny Bruce, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1954, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Lenny Bruce
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Libra
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Lenny Bruce’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Lenny Bruce was born on October 13, 1925, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Gracious, sociable and keen on fairness. Has a gift for making people feel at ease with each other.
What is Lenny Bruce’s Moon sign?
Virgo or Leo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 6:44 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
What is Lenny Bruce’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on October 13, 1925. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Lenny Bruce’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.
How does your chart compare with Lenny Bruce’s?
Set your chart beside Lenny Bruce’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Lenny Bruce’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: New York World-Telegram & Sun, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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