David Benioff
David Benioff (born September 25, 1970, New York City, United States), aged 56, is an American writer and producer (born 1970). Benioff's honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.
David Benioff’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dog, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with David
David Benioff’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Diplomat
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name David in the U.S.?
#35
US rank in 2025
~3,689,613
Americans share it since 1880
1955
its peak year
David ranked 3rd among boys and 600th among girls in 1970, the year of this birth, with 61,728 American boys and 290 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What David’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
7
Expression · depth and research
3
Soul Urge · being heard
4
Personality · steady, dependable
The name opens on D (4) and closes on D (4). Two values tie for most repeated, 4 and 6: craft against care.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
David’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Blush · Silver
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1970, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets David apart
David Benioff took the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form in 2012, at 42.
The classrooms behind this chart: Collegiate School and University of California, Irvine.
The working life starts in 2002, at 32.
On the family side, David Benioff was born to Stephen Friedman and married Amanda Peet.
Wikipedia's editors put David Benioff under Film people from Beverly Hills, California, American male dramatists and playwrights and Collegiate School (New York) alumni.
Will Smith (1968) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Collegiate School, University of California, Irvine and Trinity College, Dublin
- Awards
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (2012) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (2016)
- Working from
- 2002
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 41
What the chart says
David, according to the stars
Core essence
David makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of David is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, David needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What David needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.
How David wants to be loved
David wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with David even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How David creates
How David 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. David 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: David 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. David is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means David channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from David's birth date. Working below.
Where David sits
Six lines
David’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to David Benioff
Three stars chosen from the real sky above New York City on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over New York City that night
Computed for 40.71°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at New York City was Sadr, in Cygnus, 89.4° up.
Of the 89 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 40.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −49.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from New York City on any night.
Sun 25° below the horizon, Moon down and 18% lit at waning crescent.
How unusual David's chart is
Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
No Fire planets · A leaning bowl
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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →Libra Sun
Libra SunMakes the peace, keeps the peace.
David Benioff's Sun was in Libra for the whole of September 25, 1970, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Libra means →Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
David Benioff was born on September 25, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Care is the whole job.
David Benioff's birth date, September 25, 1970, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in David’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in David Benioff's date-only chart is Mercury sextile Venus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Mars and Pluto, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- David Benioff combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Diplomat.
David’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 14° Leo depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableMercurysextileVenus0.3° to 0.4° orb
David’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryconjunctionMars0.6° orb
David’s mind and drive act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableVenussextileMars1.0° orb
David’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.3° orb
stableSunsextileNeptune3.0° to 4.0° orb
stableSunconjunctionPluto4.3° to 5.2° orb
stableSaturntrinePluto5.1° to 5.2° orb
stableSunconjunctionUranus6.1° to 7.0° orb
stableSaturnoppositionNeptune6.4° to 6.5° orb
stableVenusoppositionSaturn6.6° to 7.3° orb
possibleMoonsquareJupiterorb from 0.0° to 7.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsextileUranusorb from 0.0° to 6.2° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
David’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 8°21′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 6°22′ (moves 0.13° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 7°32′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 5°05′ (moves 0.27° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 2°28′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron opposition Uranus 0.4°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 0.5°
- Ceres opposition Jupiter 0.6°
- Eros square Uranus 1.2°
- Hygiea square Jupiter 1.9°
- Hygiea sextile Sun 2.9°
David’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto6 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects
Configurations in David’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.5°
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 1.7°
- Sun semi-square Venus 1.9°
David’s family here
One relative of David Benioff also has a chart on AsterNym.
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Born in Dog years
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From the journal: Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time · What is a birth chart? How the chart is calculated
David’s cards
Computed from September 25, 1970. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The LoversAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast DiplomatWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
6 · Guardian♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
乙
yin Wood
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
David’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q503997 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. 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, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same David Benioff at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by David Benioff.
Quick answers about David Benioff’s chart
- How old is David Benioff?
- David Benioff is 56 years old, born September 25, 1970 in New York City, United States.
- What zodiac sign is David Benioff?
- David Benioff is a Libra: born September 25, 1970, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day.
- What is David Benioff's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 25, 1970 birth.
- What is David Benioff's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What is David Benioff's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is David Benioff's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 2°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is David Benioff's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Saturn, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
