Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from New Jersey, nicknamed the Boss. His first album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., appeared in January 1973, and Born to Run (1975) made him famous worldwide. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), The River (1980), the solo acoustic Nebraska (1982) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984) followed with the E Street Band. He won an Academy Award for "Streets of Philadelphia", from the film Philadelphia, and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. His autobiography Born to Run came out in 2016, and Springsteen on Broadway ran from 2017 to 2018. Wikipedia counts 20 Grammy Awards.
A certificate and a hospital record, both at 10:50 p.m.
The Source Notes name "Contemporary American Horoscopes, Gauquelin Book of American Charts", then add: "On 8 December 2014, Sy Scholfield forwarded a copy of the birth certificate and the hospital record of birth both found online and both stating 10:50pm".
In November 2024 Astro-Databank corrected the birthplace to Long Branch, in line with records naming Monmouth Medical Center. No other hour is listed, so 10:50 p.m. carries the whole chart.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♊︎ Gemini | 9:25 p.m. to 11:19 p.m. | Taurus before, Cancer after |
| Midheaven | ♒︎ Aquarius | 8:55 p.m. to 10:53 p.m. | Capricorn before, Pisces after |
| Moon | ♎︎ Libra | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Long Branch, New Jersey, Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
The Sun crossed into Libra at 5:06 a.m. that morning
Libra opens at the autumn equinox, and the Sun reached it at 5:06 a.m., 17.7 hours before the recorded minute. In the tradition an opening degree is a sign in its plainest form. The 4th house holds the Sun by Placidus, the 5th by Whole Sign.
It squares Uranus within 4°10′, a pairing that goes with a need to break routine, and trines Jupiter in Capricorn at a wider 8°21′.
Our pages: Libra · 4th house · 5th house · Jupiter in Capricorn.
Moon, Mercury and Neptune in the 5th house, with the Sun beside them
The Moon at 23°25′, Mercury at 18°37′ and Neptune at 14°23′ stand in Libra and in the 5th house under both systems, and Whole Sign adds the Sun. The 5th is the traditional house of play, performance and anything made to be shown.
The Moon entered Libra at 9:42 a.m. on September 22 and leaves at 9:21 a.m. on September 24. It meets Mercury, retrograde here, within 4°48′ and Neptune at a looser 9°03′, a grouping that points to feeling carried by voice and image.
Our pages: Moon in Libra · Mercury in Libra · Neptune in Libra · 5th house · moon sign calculator.
Gemini in the east, ruled by a Mercury that stands in Libra
Gemini held the Long Branch horizon from 9:25 p.m. to 11:19 p.m., so the birth falls 85 minutes in, with 29 left.
Gemini rising points to a curious, quick-speaking first impression, and its ruler Mercury sits in Libra, another air sign. Uranus at 4°53′ of Cancer lies just under the horizon, and tradition links a planet there with a sudden, restless presence.
Our pages: Gemini rising · 1st house · rising sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Scorpio Venus against Leo Mars, the tightest square
Venus at 11°04′ of Scorpio squares Mars at 10°31′ of Leo, 0°32′ from exact, closer than any other aspect in the chart. Both signs are fixed, so astrologers describe a standoff between desire and drive in which neither side gives way easily.
Mars takes the 3rd house either way, the house of speech and short trips, and it is joined to Pluto in Leo within 6°58′. Venus sextiles Saturn within 1°13′, a steadier link.
Our pages: Venus in Scorpio · Mars in Leo · Pluto in Leo · 3rd house · 6th house.
Moon square Jupiter, under an Aquarius midheaven near its end
The Moon squares Jupiter at 22°23′ of Capricorn, 1°02′ from exact. Jupiter is an 8th-house body in both systems, and a Moon-Jupiter square suggests emotion given more room than the moment asks for.
The midheaven at 28°59′ Aquarius is 1°01′ from the end of Aquarius, and the sign held the top of the chart from 8:55 p.m. to 10:53 p.m. Pisces takes it at 10:54 p.m., 4 minutes after the recorded time.
Our pages: Jupiter in Capricorn · Midheaven in Aquarius · 8th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Bruce Springsteen's chart
- Venus square Mars orb 0°32′
- Moon square Jupiter orb 1°02′
- Mercury sextile Pluto orb 1°08′
- Venus sextile Saturn orb 1°13′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 3°06′
- Mercury square Jupiter orb 3°46′
- Mars sextile Neptune orb 3°52′
- Sun square Uranus orb 4°10′
- Mercury conjunction Neptune orb 4°14′
- Moon conjunction Mercury orb 4°48′
- Moon sextile Pluto orb 5°56′
- Venus trine Uranus orb 6°10′
- Venus square Pluto orb 6°25′
- Mars conjunction Pluto orb 6°58′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 8°21′
- Moon conjunction Neptune orb 9°03′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Bruce Springsteen's chart
What is the ascendant of Bruce Springsteen?
Gemini, at 23°07′ Gemini, with the sign on the horizon from 9:25 p.m. to 11:19 p.m.
Is Bruce Springsteen a Libra?
Yes, with the Sun at 0°43′, having entered the sign at 5:06 a.m. that morning.
Which sign holds his Moon?
Libra again, at 23°25′, for the whole of September 23.
When and where was he born?
At 10:50 p.m. on September 23, 1949, in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Which aspect is tightest?
Venus square Mars, 0°32′ from exact.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Bruce Springsteen's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.