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Amber Benson

Amber Benson (born January 8, 1977, Birmingham, United States), aged 49, is an American actress.

Amber Benson’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Dragon, with Life Path 6 in numerology.

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Amber Benson’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Diplomat

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Amber in the U.S.?

#520

US rank in 2025

~375,668

Americans share it since 1880

1986

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Amber’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

6 · 1 · 7

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Crimson · Ivory · Scarlet

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

The record

What sets Amber apart

Elvis Presley (1935) and Stephen Hawking (1942) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Amber, according to the stars

Core essence

Amber is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Amber is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

How Amber wants to be loved

Amber wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Amber, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

How Amber creates

How Amber makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Amber creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.

Instinct

Instinct: Amber is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Amber is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Amber does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.

Computed from Amber's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Amber sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Amber

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Amber

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Amber

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Amber

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Amber

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Amber

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Amber Benson

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Birmingham on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Amber’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 83.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 74.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Amber Benson in 15 seconds

Capricorn Sun

Dry wit, dead serious.

Amber Benson's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 8, 1977, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Fire Dragon

Confident before the proof.

Amber Benson was born on January 8, 1977, which falls in a Fire Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.

Life Path 6

Care is the whole job.

Amber Benson's birth date, January 8, 1977, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.

What stands out in Amber’s chart

Amber’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Amber Benson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 20° to 3° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.4° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.7° orbVenus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 1.1° orbSaturn opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.2° orbMercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.4° orbMercury opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1.6° orbSun flows with Jupiter · Trine, 2.9° orbSun grinds against Pluto · Square, 4.2° orbSun in Capricorn · 18°22′☉18°Moon in Leo · 27°01′☽27°Mercury in Capricorn · 12°43′ · retrograde☿℞12°Venus in Pisces · 4°40′♀4°Mars in Capricorn · 5°47′♂5°Jupiter in Taurus · 21°15′ · retrograde♃℞21°Saturn in Leo · 15°20′ · retrograde♄℞15°Uranus in Scorpio · 11°10′♅11°Neptune in Sagittarius · 14°55′♆14°Pluto in Libra · 14°10′♇14°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune0.4° to 0.5° orb

    Amber’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.7° orb

    Amber’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.8° to 2.1° orb

    Amber’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableMercurysextileUranus0.9° to 2.2° orb

    Amber’s mind opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableVenussextileMars0.9° to 1.3° orb

    Amber’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableSaturnsextilePluto1.1° to 1.2° orb

    Amber’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSuntrineJupiter2.4° to 3.4° orb

    Amber’s core identity flows straight into their growth.

  • stableSunsquarePluto3.7° to 4.7° orb

    Amber’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus4.1° to 4.2° orb

    Amber’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury4.5° to 6.8° orb

    Amber’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars5.9° to 7.9° orb

    Amber’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableJupitersquareSaturn5.9° orb

    Amber’s growth grinds against their discipline. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

Amber’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ ChironAries 27°18′

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Amber may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 7°44′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Amber is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.

  • ♡ ErosScorpio 17°14′ (moves 0.77° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Amber is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 20°53′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. Amber is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 18°22′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Amber is read as immovable on those points.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 0.0°
  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 0.4°
  • Eros sextile Sun 1.1°
  • Ceres square Mars 1.9°
  • Eros square Saturn 1.9°
  • Hygiea trine Sun 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 2.9°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Amber’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♄ Saturn10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Uranus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Amber is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Amber’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.5°
  • Jupiter biquintile Pluto 1.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.3°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Amber Benson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Amber’s cards

Every card is computed from January 8, 1977, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

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The Lovers

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AsterNym identity card

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Wood.

Year

丙

yang Fire

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Amber Benson, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Amber’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q456862, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Keith McDuffee from Northborough, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Amber Benson at Wikipedia, IMDb, X and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Amber Benson.

Quick answers about Amber Benson’s chart

How old is Amber Benson?
Amber Benson is 49 years old, born January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, United States.
What zodiac sign is Amber Benson?
Amber Benson is a Capricorn: born January 8, 1977, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Dragon.
What is Amber Benson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 8, 1977 birth.
What time was Amber Benson born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Amber Benson's Life Path number?
Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the January 8, 1977 birth date.
What is Amber Benson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 27°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 8, 1977 birth date.
Where is Amber Benson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Amber Benson's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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