Ben McKenzie
American actor (born 1978)
Born September 12, 1978 · Austin, United States
Ben McKenzie’s zodiac sign is Virgo — and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Earth Horse, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Virgo
Earth Horse
Life Path 1How compatible are you with Ben McKenzie?
Virgo Earth Horse Life Path 1
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Ben McKenzie’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Pioneer
Fire gives Ben presence. Life Path 1 gives initiative. The Radiant Pioneer is where the two meet — the pioneer’s direction carried with fire’s texture.
The name Ben in the world
#843
US rank in 2025
~85,816
Americans share it since 1880
1918
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Ben’s luck
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia
Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print — one tradition, read for everyone
Who is Ben McKenzie?
Ben McKenzie (born 1978) is an American actor (born 1978), born in Austin, United States.
Every fact above comes from Ben McKenzie’s public Wikidata record — tap through and check any of it.
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Ben McKenzie in 15 seconds
Virgo Sun
Virgo SunFixes everything. Forgets to rest.
Precision · service · quiet mastery
Ben McKenzie — American actor (born 1978) — was born with the Sun in Virgo. Virgo energy is read as precise and quietly devoted — you may show love through fixing, planning and noticing. The growth edge is accepting good-enough, in others and in yourself.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseRuns free. Catches feelings anyway.
Free · energetic · always in motion
Ben McKenzie was born in 1978 — a year of the Earth Horse. Horse years are linked to freedom and momentum — you may be happiest mid-journey, literal or otherwise. The tradition's caution is restlessness when life asks you to stand still.
Life Path 1
Life Path 1Goes first. Figures it out.
Initiative · independence · first steps
For the American actor (born 1978), numerology reads 1978-09-12 as Life Path 1. A 1 path suggests a life theme of initiative — situations may keep asking you to go first, decide, begin. It can feel lonely at the front; the pattern's promise is that your starts give others permission. McKenzie's birth facts trace to public records — see how your own number compares.
Ben’s full placements
No documented birth time exists for Ben McKenzie, so these are the planets in their signs at local noon — the Moon can be off by up to 7°, and houses and the Ascendant need a time.
Tightest aspects: Neptune sextile Pluto (0.1°) · Mercury sextile Venus (0.2°) · Venus sextile Saturn (1.2°).
More charts like Ben’s
Fellow Virgo suns
- Jason PriestleyCanadian-American actor and director (born 1969)
- Doria RaglandAmerican social worker and mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
- Alex O'LoughlinAustralian film and television actor
Born in Horse years
- Balendra ShahNepalese rapper and politician; Prime Minister of Nepal since 2026
- Kiichirō ToyodaJapanese businessman
- Keely HodgkinsonEnglish athlete specialising in the 800 metres, born 2002
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Ben’s cards
Every one is calculated from the birth date, not chosen: the tarot card by reducing the digits of September 12, 1978, the identity card by combining the BaZi day-master element with the Life Path number, and the two zodiac cards from the sun’s position and the Chinese year branch, and the metal from the planet that traditionally rules that sign.
Birth tarot card
Wheel of Fortune
AsterNym identity card
The Radiant Pioneer
Western zodiac
Virgo
Chinese zodiac
Horse 午
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ben McKenzie, 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 Q314569, released under CC0. No documented birth time is available. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart.
These are traditional interpretations — not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ben McKenzie.
Quick answers about Ben McKenzie’s chart
- What zodiac sign is Ben McKenzie?
- Ben McKenzie is a Virgo — born September 12, 1978, which puts the Sun in Virgo. That is the Western star sign; in the Chinese zodiac they are a Earth Horse.
- What is Ben McKenzie's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, carrying the Earth element — from the Chinese lunar year of the September 12, 1978 birth.
- What time was Ben McKenzie born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public. This chart uses date-only positions, so houses and the Ascendant are left uncomputed rather than guessed from an unverified time.
- What is Ben McKenzie's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the September 12, 1978 birth date.
