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Ben Saraf

Ben Saraf (born April 14, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa), aged 20, is an Israeli basketball player (born 2006). Saraf has played for Ratiopharm Ulm.

Ben Saraf’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Dog, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Ben Saraf’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Strategist

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental 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

8 · 3 · 4 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy

White · Crimson · Flame orange

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 leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Ben is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

How Ben wants to be loved

Ben wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Ben, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

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 loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Ben is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

Computed from Ben's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Ben sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Ben

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ben

You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.

PrivateExpressive
Ben

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ben

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Ben

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ben

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Ben Saraf

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Johannesburg on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Ben’s birth-night reference starAlphardwarm orange · HydraAlphard, in Hydra. A warm orange star, 68.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alphard →The warmest lightRigil Kentaurusyellow · CentaurusRigil Kentaurus, in Centaurus. A yellow star, 35.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Rigil Kentaurus →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Ben Saraf in 15 seconds

Aries Sun

Fires first. Thinks later.

Ben Saraf's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 14, 2006, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.

Fire Dog

The first call when it's bad.

Ben Saraf was born on April 14, 2006, which falls in a Fire Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

Ben Saraf's birth date, April 14, 2006, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.

What stands out in Ben’s chart

Ben’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Ben Saraf, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 26° to 8° Libra or Scorpio depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.7° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.9° orbMoon flows with Mars · Trine, 2.3° orbSun flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.4° orbMercury grinds against Mars · Square, 2.9° orbJupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 3° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 3.4° orbMars faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 3.5° orbSun in Aries · 24°19′☉24°Moon in Scorpio · 2°30′☽2°Mercury in Pisces · 27°21′☿27°Venus in Pisces · 8°55′♀8°Mars in Cancer · 0°13′♂0°Jupiter in Scorpio · 16°27′ · retrograde♃℞16°Saturn in Leo · 4°27′♄4°Uranus in Pisces · 13°05′♅13°Neptune in Aquarius · 19°26′♆19°Pluto in Sagittarius · 26°41′ · retrograde♇℞26°

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.

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Sextile 60°
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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.

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.1° to 1.3° orb

    Ben’s mind grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSuntrinePluto1.9° to 2.9° orb

    Ben’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMercurysquareMars2.5° to 3.2° orb

    Ben’s mind grinds against their drive. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune2.9° to 3.1° orb

    Ben’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto3.2° to 3.8° orb

    Ben’s drive pulls against their depths from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableJupitertrineUranus3.3° to 3.4° orb

    Ben’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenusconjunctionUranus3.6° to 4.7° orb

    Ben’s affections and need for freedom act as one.

  • possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 8.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.1° to 12.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.7° to 12.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunoppositionMoonorb from 2.5° to 13.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water6 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth 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.

  • ⚷ ChironAquarius 9°13′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Ben making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 15°57′ (moves 0.28° 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.

  • ♡ ErosAries 10°14′ (moves 0.68° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Ben is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.

  • ⚕ HygieaCapricorn 22°22′ (moves 0.21° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. Ben is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 9°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Virgo is read as a refusal of the standard of good enough, turned both outward and inward. The modern reading has Ben exacting with themselves first.

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 Venus 0.1°
  • Ceres square Jupiter 0.5°
  • Hygiea square Sun 1.9°

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. 1. ♂ Mars6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ♆ Neptune4 pts

    disposes Mercury, Venus, Uranus; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 3 major aspects

A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Ben is read as acting first and reflecting after.

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.

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Mars, Pluto, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

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.

  • Venus quintile Pluto 0.2°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.4°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.2°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Ben Saraf, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Ben’s cards

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Birth tarot card

Strength

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Strategist

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Western zodiac

Aries

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Chinese zodiac

Dog 戌

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♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

丙

yang Fire

戌

Dog

Earth

roots & early life

Month

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Ben Saraf, 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 Q117359974, 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 Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Ben Saraf at Wikipedia and Instagram.

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 Saraf.

Quick answers about Ben Saraf’s chart

How old is Ben Saraf?
Ben Saraf is 20 years old, born April 14, 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
What zodiac sign is Ben Saraf?
Ben Saraf is an Aries: born April 14, 2006, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Dog.
What is Ben Saraf's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dog, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 14, 2006 birth.
What time was Ben Saraf 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.
How tall is Ben Saraf?
Ben Saraf is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Ben Saraf's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the April 14, 2006 birth date.
What is Ben Saraf's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 9°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 14, 2006 birth date.
Where is Ben Saraf's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 9°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Ben Saraf's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Neptune is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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