Ben Okri
Nigerian-born British poet and novelist
Born March 15, 1959 · Minna, Nigeria
Pisces
Earth Pig
Life Path 6Ben Okri’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Guardian
Fire gives Ben presence. Life Path 6 gives devotion. The Radiant Guardian is where the two meet — the guardian’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
6 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Aquamarine, Yellow Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌼 Daffodil · 🌸 Peony · 🌻 Zinnia
Sunlit yellow · Rose-gold · Terracotta
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print — one tradition, read for everyone
✦ A real star from their birth night
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No public birth time is available, so the sky is reconstructed for 9:00 p.m. local time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.
Ben Okri in 15 seconds
Pisces Sun
Pisces SunFeels everything. Owns none of it.
Empathy · imagination · porous boundaries
Pisces energy is read as imaginative and porous — you may absorb the feelings around you and turn them into empathy or art. The growth edge is boundaries: not every mood you feel is yours to carry.
Earth Pig
Earth PigTrusts easy. Rarely regrets it.
Generous · sincere · trusting
Pig years are linked to sincerity and generosity — you may assume good faith and usually create it. The tradition's caution is overgiving to people who only take.
Life Path 6
Life Path 6Everyone's person. Never off duty.
Care · duty · beauty at home
A 6 path suggests a life theme of care — family, friends and communities may keep placing themselves in your hands. The practice is caring without controlling, and receiving care back.
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
卯
Rabbit
Wood
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Ben Okri, 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 Q315362, 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 Okri.