Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro (born Benjamin Aaron Shapiro; January 15, 1984, Los Angeles, United States, 12:57), aged 42, is an American conservative political commentator. Shapiro is best known for The Right Side of History, The Ben Shapiro Show and Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future. Shapiro's honours include Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer.
Ben Shapiro’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Water Pig, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Pig, with 
Life Path 11 in numerology.Your match with Ben
Ben Shapiro’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Visionary
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, 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
Ben ranked 386th in 1984, the year of this birth, with 444 American boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Ben’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Benjamin Aaron Shapiro, not the name they published under.
5
Expression · versatility
3
Soul Urge · being heard
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Personality · warm, careful
The name opens on B (2) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
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
11 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus
Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink
The record
What sets Ben apart
The shelf Ben Shapiro is read from: Primetime Propaganda, The Daily Wire and The Ben Shapiro Show.
Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles and Walter Reed Middle School shaped the training.
The working life starts in 2001, at 17.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929) and Edward Teller (1908) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Known for
- Primetime Propaganda, The Daily Wire and The Ben Shapiro Show
- Educated at
- Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles, Walter Reed Middle School and University of California, Los Angeles
- Awards
- Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer (2025)
- Working from
- 2001
- Wikipedia editions
- 51
What the chart says
Ben, according to the stars
Core essence
Ben is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Ben is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
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 by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Ben and watch them fall for you again.
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 warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Ben is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Ben runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
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 likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
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 may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Ben Shapiro
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Read from the sky above Los Angeles at 12:57, Ben Shapiro’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Los Angeles that night
Computed for 34.05°N, at the documented birth time.
Aljanah stood nearest the zenith over Los Angeles at the birth hour, 89.3° above the horizon in Cygnus.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 91 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 34.1°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −55.9° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon was at waxing gibbous, 90% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun -33° down.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Benjamin Aaron Shapiro
- Known as
- Ben Shapiro
- Born in
- Los Angeles, United States
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Ben's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Warrior 武曲, The Charmer 貪狼 in 未
Bureau 火六局 · Body Palace in Self
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
70 / 100 · Rare
4-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 2 unaspected planets · 2 planets at a critical degree
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.
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Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunAmbition wearing a plain coat.
Ben Shapiro's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
What Capricorn means →Water Pig
Water PigWarm, sincere, easy company.
Ben Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984, which falls in a Water Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 11
Life Path 11Receives more than it reasons.
Ben Shapiro's birth date, January 15, 1984, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 11 means →What stands out in Ben’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Ben Shapiro's timed chart: Mars in the 7th house, Saturn in the 7th house and Pluto in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Ben Shapiro's timed chart is Mercury sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Four planets, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Ben Shapiro combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Visionary.
Ben’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MercurysextilePlutoapplying · 0.1° orb
Ben’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonoppositionVenusseparating · 0.4° orb
Ben’s feelings pull against their affections from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
MarsconjunctionPlutoseparating · 0.4° orb
Ben’s drive and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MercurysextileMarsapplying · 0.5° orb
JupiterconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 0.7° orb
MercuryconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 2.0° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 2.1° orb
MarssextileNeptuneseparating · 2.5° orb
MercuryconjunctionJupiterseparating · 2.7° orb
JupitersextilePlutoapplying · 2.8° orb
MarssextileJupiterseparating · 3.2° orb
VenusconjunctionUranusseparating · 6.0° orb
MoonoppositionUranusseparating · 6.4° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Ben’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 28°00′ · House 1
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresPisces 6°45′ · House 11
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosScorpio 15°28′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 5°13′ · House 9
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 3°55′ · House 11
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros conjunction Saturn 0.4°
- Chiron conjunction Ascendant 1.4°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Mars 1.5°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 1.9°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.0°
- Hygiea sextile Mars 2.8°
Ben’s dominant planets
1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts
in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus, Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto9 pts
in its own sign, Scorpio; disposes Mars, Saturn; angular in the seventh house; 4 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Gemini; disposes Moon; 4 major aspects
Configurations in Ben’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, NeptuneThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Saturn semi-square Neptune 0.2°
- Venus semi-square Mars 0.5°
- Sun biquintile Moon 0.6°
- Moon sesquiquadrate Mars 0.9°
- Venus semi-square Pluto 0.9°
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 0.9°
- Moon sesquiquadrate Pluto 1.3°
- Mercury semi-square Saturn 1.8°
Ben’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taurus | Venus in Sagittarius, house 8 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Gemini | Mercury in Capricorn, house 9 | Moon | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Cancer | Moon in Gemini, house 2 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 9 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Virgo | Mercury in Capricorn, house 9 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Libra | Venus in Sagittarius, house 8 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Scorpio | Pluto in Scorpio, house 7 | Mars, Saturn, Pluto | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Sagittarius, house 8 | Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Capricorn | Saturn in Scorpio, house 7 | Sun, Mercury | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Aquarius | Uranus in Sagittarius, house 8 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 8 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Aries | Mars in Scorpio, house 7 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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From the journal: The modern vs traditional rulers debate · 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign
Ben’s cards
Computed from January 15, 1984. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The High PriestessAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast VisionaryWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
11 · Visionary♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
癸
yin Water
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Ben’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q4886439 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Ben Shapiro.
Quick answers about Ben Shapiro’s chart
- How old is Ben Shapiro?
- Ben Shapiro is 42 years old, born January 15, 1984 in Los Angeles, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Ben Shapiro?
- Ben Shapiro is a Capricorn: born January 15, 1984, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
- What is Ben Shapiro's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 15, 1984 birth.
- What time was Ben Shapiro born?
- 12:57 local time in Los Angeles, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Ben Shapiro's rising sign?
- Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 12:57 birth time in Los Angeles, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Ben Shapiro's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology.
- What is Ben Shapiro's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 28°, in the first house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Ben Shapiro's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 3°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Ben Shapiro's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: in its own sign, Sagittarius; disposes Venus, Uranus, Neptune; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
