Ben Bova
Ben Bova (born November 8, 1932, Philadelphia, United States; died 2020), was an American writer. Bova's honours include John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Inkpot Award and Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor.
Ben Bova’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Monkey, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Monkey, with 
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Ben Bova’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Lightkeeper
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Ben in the U.S.?
#843
US rank in 2025
~85,816
Americans share it since 1880
1918
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Ben’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
7 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Crimson · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Ben, according to the stars
Core essence
Ben does not do surface. The core of Ben is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Ben is earned slowly and never given lightly.
How Ben wants to be loved
Ben wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Ben gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Ben creates
How Ben makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Ben creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Ben is witty and inventive, a Monkey year, and their gut reaction is to play with the problem. Clever, funny, curious, a little mischievous, and quick to land on their feet. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Ben is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Ben fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
Computed from Ben's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Ben sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunReads the room. Says nothing.
Ben Bova's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 8, 1932, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Water Monkey
Water MonkeyWit is the tool.
Ben Bova was born on November 8, 1932, which falls in a Water Monkey year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Monkey readings emphasise ingenuity, wit and the ability to find unconventional solutions to problems others have given up on. The Chinese almanacs describe the Monkey as the cleverest sign in the cycle, playful and quick. The corresponding caution in the tradition is mischief, and a trick played one time too many on the wrong person.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Solitary, curious, deep.
Ben Bova's birth date, November 8, 1932, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 7 readings associate the number with inquiry, analysis and solitude: the need to understand what others simply accept. Numerologists describe it as the path of the seeker, reflective and private. The corresponding tension is withdrawal, with the caution that a mind at home in its own company can forget to come out.
What stands out in Ben’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ben Bova's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Ben Bova combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Lightkeeper.
Ben’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Ben Bova, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 19° to 1° Pisces or Aries depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
Placements
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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.
stableMercurysextileVenus0.1° orb
Ben’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSunsextileJupiter1.5° to 2.4° orb
Ben’s core identity opens doors for their growth.
stableMercurysquareNeptune1.6° to 2.8° orb
Ben’s mind grinds against their imagination.
stableUranussquarePluto3.0° orb
Ben’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturnoppositionPluto5.8° to 5.9° orb
Ben’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.0° to 9.6° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.1° to 8.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionJupiterorb from 1.7° to 13.7° depending on birth time
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 4.1° to 15.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 6.5° to 17.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionVenusorb from 6.6° to 17.6° depending on birth time
possibleMarstrineUranusorb from 6.7° to 7.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Ben’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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 26°39′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Ben building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresCapricorn 23°44′ (moves 0.29° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Ben caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosVirgo 28°21′ (moves 0.91° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. Ben is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ HygieaLibra 21°33′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Ben is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 21°12′ (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. Ben 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.
- Ceres opposition Pluto 0.3°
- Chiron square Mars 0.8°
- Eros trine Saturn 0.9°
- Hygiea opposition Uranus 1.1°
- Hygiea square Pluto 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 2.2°
- Chiron trine Saturn 2.6°
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°).
Ben’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. ♇ Pluto6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus3 pts
in its own sign, Libra; 1 major aspect
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Ben is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Ben’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.7°
- Sun quintile Saturn 1.1°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.5°
- Mars quincunx Saturn 1.8°
- Jupiter quincunx Uranus 2.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ben Bova, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Ben’s cards
Every card is computed from November 8, 1932, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ben Bova, 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
Ben’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q436664, 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 Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ben Bova 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 Ben Bova.
Quick answers about Ben Bova’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Ben Bova?
- Ben Bova was a Scorpio: born November 8, 1932, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Monkey.
- What was Ben Bova's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 8, 1932 birth.
- What time was Ben Bova 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 was Ben Bova's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the November 8, 1932 birth date.
- What was Ben Bova's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 26°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 8, 1932 birth date.
- Where was Ben Bova's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 21°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Ben Bova's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
