Ben Harper
Ben Harper (born October 28, 1969, Pomona, United States), aged 56, is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Ben Harper’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rooster, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Rooster, with 
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Ben Harper’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, 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
9 · 5 · 7 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Opal, Red Coral, Citrine
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Amber · Crimson · Gold
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets Ben apart
Bill Gates (1955) and Julia Roberts (1967) 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 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.
The vibe
Underneath, Ben processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Ben needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.
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 light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Ben creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Ben is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Ben is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Ben 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 Ben's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Ben sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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 likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunTrusts slowly. Forgets nothing.
Ben Harper's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 28, 1969, 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.
Earth Rooster
Earth RoosterPrepared for everything, twice.
Ben Harper was born on October 28, 1969, which falls in a Earth Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 9
Life Path 9Gives without keeping score.
Ben Harper's birth date, October 28, 1969, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 9 readings associate the number with compassion, generosity and completion: a wide view that takes in more than one person's experience. Numerologists describe it as the path of the humanitarian, the last single digit and the one that closes cycles. The corresponding tension is diffuseness, with the caution that caring about everyone can be easier than showing up for someone.
What stands out in Ben’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Ben Harper's date-only chart is Sun opposition Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Ben Harper combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
Ben’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Ben Harper, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 9° to 22° Gemini 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.
stableSunoppositionSaturn0.0° to 0.8° orb
Ben’s core identity pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableMercurysquareMars1.0° to 1.9° orb
Ben’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMarstrinePluto1.0° to 1.6° orb
Ben’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.2° orb
Ben’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarssextileNeptune2.2° to 2.9° orb
Ben’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMercuryconjunctionJupiter2.4° to 3.8° orb
Ben’s mind and growth act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarssquareJupiter4.3° to 4.8° orb
Ben’s drive grinds against their growth. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter6.0° to 7.1° orb
Ben’s affections and growth act as one.
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.1° to 7.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.1° to 10.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineMercuryorb from 2.1° to 12.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineUranusorb from 3.7° to 15.9° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
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 ℞Aries 3°17′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Ben may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresAquarius 2°10′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Ben is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosVirgo 22°27′ (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.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Gemini 12°08′ (moves 0.12° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Ben needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 25°30′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Ben guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
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 opposition Mars 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Pluto 0.9°
- Hygiea trine Venus 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Neptune 2.1°
- Eros trine Mars 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. ♀ Venus7 pts
in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ♂ Mars5.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 4 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Ben is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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.
Stellium in Libra · Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, UranusThree 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.
- Saturn quincunx Uranus 0.8°
- Sun semi-sextile Uranus 1.1°
- Venus semi-square Neptune 1.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ben Harper, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
Ben’s family here
One relative of Ben Harper also has a chart on AsterNym.
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Ben’s cards
Every card is computed from October 28, 1969, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ben Harper, 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 Q380849, 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 Victor Diaz Lamich, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ben Harper at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube 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 Harper.
Quick answers about Ben Harper’s chart
- How old is Ben Harper?
- Ben Harper is 56 years old, born October 28, 1969 in Pomona, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Ben Harper?
- Ben Harper is a Scorpio: born October 28, 1969, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rooster.
- What is Ben Harper's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 28, 1969 birth.
- What time was Ben Harper 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 Ben Harper's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology from the October 28, 1969 birth date.
- What is Ben Harper's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 3°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 28, 1969 birth date.
- Where is Ben Harper's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Ben Harper's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Libra; disposes Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
