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Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller (born Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller; November 30, 1965, New York City, United States, 17:35), aged 60, is an American actor and comedian. Stiller is best known for Madagascar and Night at the Museum. Stiller's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.

Ben Stiller’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Ben Stiller’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Storyteller

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable 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 · 2 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Thursday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🌸 Green Orchid

Gold · Rose-gold · Botanical green

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 is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Ben is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.

The vibe

Underneath, Ben is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Ben needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Ben wants to be loved

Ben wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Ben you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

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 wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

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.

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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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 likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ben

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

PracticalVisionary
Ben

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ben

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

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Ben Stiller in 15 seconds

Sagittarius Sun

Blunt, cheerful, gone by morning.

Ben Stiller's Sun was in Sagittarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.

Wood Snake

Says less than it knows.

Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, which falls in a Wood Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.

Life Path 8

Turns effort into standing.

Ben Stiller's birth date, November 30, 1965, 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

Computed from the documented birth time (From the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Uranus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1° orbUranus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.1° orbMars opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 1.9° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.1° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 2.2° orbSun grinds against Moon · Square, 3.1° orbMercury grinds against Saturn · Square, 3.1° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.3° orbSun in Sagittarius · 8°32′ · house 7☉8°Moon in Pisces · 5°25′ · house 10☽5°Mercury in Sagittarius · 13°47′ · house 7 · retrograde☿℞13°Venus in Capricorn · 24°44′ · house 8♀24°Mars in Capricorn · 12°41′ · house 8♂12°Jupiter in Gemini · 28°32′ · house 1 · retrograde♃℞28°Saturn in Pisces · 10°44′ · house 10♄10°Uranus in Virgo · 19°21′ · house 4♅19°Neptune in Scorpio · 20°25′ · house 6♆20°Pluto in Virgo · 18°22′ · house 4♇18°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCGem 26°30′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCSgr 26°30′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCPsc 2°21′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICVir 2°21′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantGemini
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • UranusconjunctionPlutoseparating · 1.0° orb

    Ben’s need for freedom and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • UranussextileNeptuneseparating · 1.1° orb

    Ben’s need for freedom opens doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • MarssextileSaturnseparating · 1.9° orb

    Ben’s drive opens doors for their discipline.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 2.1° orb

    Ben’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • SunsquareSaturnapplying · 2.2° orb

    Ben’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • SunsquareMoonapplying · 3.1° orb

    Ben’s core identity grinds against their feelings.

  • MercurysquareSaturnapplying · 3.1° orb

    Ben’s mind grinds against their discipline.

  • VenussextileNeptuneseparating · 4.3° orb

    Ben’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • MercurysquarePlutoseparating · 4.6° orb

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

  • SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 5.3° orb

    Ben’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • MoonconjunctionSaturnapplying · 5.3° orb

    Ben’s feelings and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • VenustrineUranusseparating · 5.4° orb

    Ben’s affections flow straight into their need for freedom.

  • MercurysquareUranusseparating · 5.6° orb

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

  • MarstrinePlutoapplying · 5.7° orb

    Ben’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • VenustrinePlutoseparating · 6.4° orb

    Ben’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • MarstrineUranusapplying · 6.7° orb

    Ben’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • MoontrineJupiterseparating · 6.9° orb

    Ben’s feelings flow straight into their growth.

  • SaturnoppositionPlutoapplying · 7.6° orb

    Ben’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air1 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed1 of 10
  • Mutable7 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

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.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 17°58′ · House 10

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

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Ben absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 20°02′ · House 10

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Ben is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.

  • ♡ ErosPisces 11°02′ · House 10

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

    Eros in Pisces is read as desire as dissolving: the wish to merge, and the trouble that follows. Ben is read as easily moved and hard to pin.

  • ⚕ HygieaVirgo 24°23′ · House 4

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

    Hygiea in Virgo sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: health as maintenance. Ben is read as attentive to small signals and prone to over-attending.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 16°26′ · House 9

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Ben at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

  • Eros conjunction Saturn 0.3°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 0.4°
  • Ceres trine Neptune 0.4°
  • Hygiea trine Venus 0.4°
  • Ceres opposition Uranus 0.7°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 1.4°
  • Eros sextile Mars 1.6°
  • Ceres opposition Pluto 1.7°
  • Hygiea square Ascendant 2.1°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.5°
  • Eros square Sun 2.5°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 2.6°
  • Eros square Mercury 2.8°

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, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

  1. 1. ☿ Mercury11 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; angular in the seventh house; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter9.5 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; traditionally rules the Moon sign, Pisces; disposes Sun, Mercury; angular in the first house; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn9 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars; angular in the tenth house; 5 major aspects

A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Ben is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.

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.

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Saturn, 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.

  • Venus semi-square Saturn 1.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Mars 1.1°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 1.2°

Ben’s houses

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1GeminiMercury in Sagittarius, house 7Jupiterself, body, how you arrive
2CancerMoon in Pisces, house 10emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3LeoSun in Sagittarius, house 7emptymind, siblings, the local world
4VirgoMercury in Sagittarius, house 7Uranus, Plutohome, family, roots
5LibraVenus in Capricorn, house 8emptycreativity, romance, play
6ScorpioPluto in Virgo, house 4Neptunework, habits, health
7SagittariusJupiter in Gemini, house 1Sun, Mercurypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8CapricornSaturn in Pisces, house 10Venus, Marsshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9AquariusUranus in Virgo, house 4emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10PiscesNeptune in Scorpio, house 6Moon, Saturncareer, reputation, public life
11AriesMars in Capricorn, house 8emptyfriends, community, the future
12TaurusVenus in Capricorn, house 8emptythe inner world, rest, what is hidden

Ben’s family here

2 relatives of Ben Stiller also have charts on AsterNym, run through the same four engines.

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Ben’s cards

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The Steadfast Storyteller

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Western zodiac

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

you & partnership

Hour

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Ben’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q47100, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden A). 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 Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Ben Stiller at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X 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.

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Quick answers about Ben Stiller’s chart

How old is Ben Stiller?
Ben Stiller is 60 years old, born November 30, 1965 in New York City, United States.
What zodiac sign is Ben Stiller?
Ben Stiller is a Sagittarius: born November 30, 1965, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Snake.
What is Ben Stiller's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 30, 1965 birth.
What time was Ben Stiller born?
17:35 local time in New York City, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
What is Ben Stiller's rising sign?
Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 17:35 birth time in New York City, United States (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
How tall is Ben Stiller?
Ben Stiller is 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Ben Stiller's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the November 30, 1965 birth date.
What is Ben Stiller's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 17°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 30, 1965 birth time.
Where is Ben Stiller's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 16°, in the ninth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Ben Stiller's dominant planet?
Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto; angular in the seventh house; 4 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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