Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt (born July 12, 1948, Jamesville, United States), aged 78, is an American sound designer and film director. Burtt's honours include Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and Special Achievement Academy Award.
Ben Burtt’s zodiac sign is Cancer, Chinese zodiac is Earth Rat, with Life Path 5 in numerology.
Cancer, Chinese zodiac is 
Earth Rat, with 
Life Path 5 in numerology.Your match with Ben
Ben Burtt’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Pioneer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical 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
The SSA recorded 874 American boys named Ben in 1948: 214th for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Ben’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
3
Expression · expression and voice
8
Soul Urge · achievement
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on B (2) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 2, which numerology reads as tact.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Ben’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
5 · 2 · 3
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Citrine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌻 Zinnia
Sky blue · Pearl · Terracotta
The record
What sets Ben apart
Pablo Neruda (1904) and Vinícius Júnior (2000) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Ben, according to the stars
Core essence
Ben feels the room before entering it. The core of Ben is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Ben, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Ben cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Ben needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.
How Ben wants to be loved
Ben wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Ben like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Ben creates
How Ben makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Ben creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.
Instinct
Instinct: Ben is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Ben is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Ben channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Ben's birth date. Working below.
Where Ben sits
Six lines
Ben’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Ben Burtt
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Jamesville on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Jamesville that night
Computed for 42.99°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Jamesville was Edasich, in Draco, 73.8° up.
Of the 84 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
Jamesville sits at 43.0°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −47.0° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon, 45% lit at first quarter, was still up; the Sun sat 3° below the horizon.
How unusual Ben's chart is
Chart pattern score
68 / 100 · Unusual
1 unaspected planet · T-square onto Mars · A bowl chart
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →Ben Burtt at a glance
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunMoody, and loyal past reason.
Ben Burtt's Sun was in Cancer for the whole of July 12, 1948, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Cancer means →Earth Rat
Earth RatCharming, and counting the exits.
Ben Burtt was born on July 12, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rat means →Life Path 5
Life Path 5Five doors open at once.
Ben Burtt's birth date, July 12, 1948, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 5 means →What stands out in Ben’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ben Burtt's date-only chart is Mars square Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Ben Burtt combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Pioneer.
Ben’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 16° Libra depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMoonconjunctionNeptune0.1° to 7.7° orb
Ben’s feelings and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarssquareUranus0.1° to 0.7° orb
Ben’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableJupitertrineSaturn0.5° to 0.8° orb
Ben’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableVenussquareMars2.1° to 2.8° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionUranus2.4° to 3.0° orb
stableVenusconjunctionUranus2.8° to 3.0° orb
stableMercurysquareMars3.1° orb
stableVenussextileSaturn3.3° to 3.5° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.5° orb
stableVenusoppositionJupiter4.0° to 4.1° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus5.2° to 6.0° orb
stableMarssquareJupiter6.2° to 6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Ben’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 18°26′ (moves 0.01° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresCancer 3°44′ (moves 0.43° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 5°56′ (moves 0.90° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCancer 27°23′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 28°59′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea sextile Mars 0.0°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mercury 1.5°
- Chiron trine Sun 1.7°
Ben’s dominant planets
1. ☽ Moon6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
disposes Venus, Mars, Uranus; 3 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus6 pts
disposes Neptune; 5 major aspects
Configurations in Ben’s chart
T-square onto Mars · Venus, Jupiter, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Mars · Jupiter, Uranus, MarsAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun quincunx Jupiter 0.7°
- Uranus semi-square Pluto 1.0°
- Sun semi-sextile Saturn 1.3°
- Mars semi-square Pluto 1.4°
- Jupiter quintile Neptune 1.5°
- Mercury semi-square Pluto 1.6°
More people like Ben
Other screenwriters
- Lawrence Wright1947
- William H. Macy1950
- John Varley1947
- Jeffrey Price1949
- Sam Neill1947
- A. Scott Berg1949
Born in United States
- William GibsonAmerican-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)
- John BoltonAmerican lawyer and diplomat (born 1948)
- Steven TylerAmerican singer
- Glenn FreyAmerican rock musician
- Dianne WiestAmerican actress
- William Daniel Phillipsphysics Nobel laureate
More charts like Ben’s
Fellow Cancer suns
- Markéta VondroušováCzech tennis player
- Pop SmokeAmerican rapper
- Choi SanSouth Korean singer (1999-)
Born in Rat years
- George H. W. BushPresident of the United States from 1989 to 1993
- Alan TuringEnglish computer scientist
- EminemAmerican rapper, record producer and actor
Also born on July 12
- Pablo Neruda1904
- Vinícius Júnior2000
- Tupou VI of Tonga1959
- Phoebe Tonkin1989
- Hilary Knight1989
- Bill Cosby1937
Fellow Yang Earth day masters
- Anthony PadillaAmerican YouTuber, actor and producer
- Roelof BothaSouth African businessman
- Yang Jung-wonSouth Korean singer
Other Cancer Rat charts
- Khloé KardashianAmerican media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
- Aubrey PlazaAmerican actress, producer, comedian
- Yann Le CunFrench computer scientist
- Lele PonsVenezuelan–American YouTuber
Other Steadfast Pioneers
- Robert SpillaneAmerican football linebacker
- Asante Samuel Jr.American football cornerback
- Rashan GaryAmerican football player (1997-)
- Nick AllegrettiAmerican football player
Famous people with Life Path 5
- Alan HollinghurstEnglish writer, translator and poet
- Graham SwiftEnglish writer (born 1949)
- P. H. NewbyEnglish novelist and broadcasting administrator
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Ben’s cards
Computed from July 12, 1948. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HierophantAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast PioneerWestern zodiac
CancerChinese zodiac
Rat 子Life Path
5 · Explorer☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
戊
yang Earth
子
Rat
Water
roots & early life
Month
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Ben’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q816456 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Jo!Hannes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ben Burtt at Wikipedia and IMDb.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Ben Burtt.
Quick answers about Ben Burtt’s chart
- How old is Ben Burtt?
- Ben Burtt is 78 years old, born July 12, 1948 in Jamesville, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Ben Burtt?
- Ben Burtt is a Cancer: born July 12, 1948, which puts the Sun in Cancer for the whole of that day.
- What is Ben Burtt's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 12, 1948 birth.
- What is Ben Burtt's Life Path number?
- Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
- What is Ben Burtt's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Scorpio at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Ben Burtt's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Ben Burtt's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Mercury; 1 major aspect). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
