Leonard Bernstein’s birth chart
ConductorBorn August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, United StatesDied October 14, 1990
Modest about a great deal of skill.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (wide at 3.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on. Steady feelings: he kept calm under strain, and he loved in ways that lasted.
The Moon trine Saturn (exact at 0.0°)
How he loved
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.7°)
How he thought
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
A careful, exact mind. Spots the flaw, fixes the plan and gets the wording just right.
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Determined, focused and private. Plans quietly and never forgets a goal. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his heart, his discipline and his imagination (Venus, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Leonard Bernstein was born three days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 83% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twenty-nine days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Leonard Bernstein was born, as it was on 80 days of 1918. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Leonard Bernstein, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1977, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1947 and 1948. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Leonard Bernstein
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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.
Leonard Bernstein’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Leonard Bernstein’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What is Leonard Bernstein’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
What is Leonard Bernstein’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 August 25, 1918. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Leonard Bernstein’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.
How does your chart compare with Leonard Bernstein’s?
Set your chart beside Leonard Bernstein’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 Leonard Bernstein’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Jack Mitchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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