Richard Ben Cramer
Richard Ben Cramer (born June 12, 1950, Rochester, United States; died 2013), was an American journalist. Cramer's honours include Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
Richard Ben Cramer’s zodiac sign was Gemini, Chinese zodiac was Metal Tiger, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Gemini, Chinese zodiac was 
Metal Tiger, with 
Life Path 6 in numerology.Your match with Richard
Richard Ben Cramer’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Healer
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) × mutable Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Richard in the U.S.?
#234
US rank in 2025
~2,587,082
Americans share it since 1880
1946
its peak year
Of the names registered in 1950, Richard came 7th among boys and 912th among girls, carried by 51,003 American boys and 96 girls.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Richard’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
5
Expression · versatility
3
Soul Urge · being heard
11
Personality · perceptive
The name opens on R (9) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Richard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
6 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Magnolia
Rose pink · Lilac · Moonlight white
The record
What sets Richard apart
George H. W. Bush (1924) and Anne Frank (1929) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Richard, according to the stars
Core essence
Richard is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Richard needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Richard is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Richard needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Richard wants to be loved
Richard wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Richard is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.
How Richard creates
How Richard 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. Richard 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: Richard is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Richard 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: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Richard fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.
Computed from Richard's birth date. Working below.
Where Richard sits
Six lines
Richard’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 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 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 Richard Ben Cramer
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Rochester 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 Rochester that night
Computed for 43.17°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Cor Caroli stood nearest the zenith over Rochester at 9 p.m. that evening, 84.2° above the horizon in Canes Venatici.
Arcturus was the brightest thing up that night, one of 87 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 43.2°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 −46.8° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
Sun 2° below the horizon, Moon down and 6% lit at waning crescent.
How unusual Richard's chart is
Chart pattern score
12 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
1 planet 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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Gemini Sun
Gemini SunFascinating, then gone.
Richard Ben Cramer's Sun was in Gemini for the whole of June 12, 1950, so no birth time is needed to settle it.
What Gemini means →Metal Tiger
Metal TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
Richard Ben Cramer was born on June 12, 1950, which falls in a Metal Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Tiger means →Life Path 6
Life Path 6Everyone's person. Never off duty.
Richard Ben Cramer's birth date, June 12, 1950, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 6 means →What stands out in Richard’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Richard Ben Cramer's date-only chart is Venus trine Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Richard Ben Cramer combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Healer.
Richard’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 24° Taurus depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
stableVenustrineSaturn0.0° to 1.1° orb
Richard’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableNeptunesextilePluto1.6° orb
Richard’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercurytrineMars2.2° to 2.9° orb
Richard’s mind flows straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitertrineUranus2.8° orb
stableVenussquarePluto2.9° to 4.0° orb
stableMarssquareUranus3.9° to 4.2° orb
stableSuntrineNeptune6.0° to 7.0° orb
stableJupiteroppositionSaturn6.1° orb
possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 0.0° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.1° to 10.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 7.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionMercuryorb from 4.3° to 15.0° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire1 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Richard’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 18°29′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 10°51′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 18°39′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 15°47′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 16°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea trine Pluto 0.4°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 0.7°
- Hygiea sextile Neptune 1.2°
- Chiron trine Pluto 2.2°
- Ceres square Saturn 2.4°
- Hygiea square Saturn 2.5°
- Chiron opposition Sun 2.6°
Richard’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus7 pts
in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury6 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; disposes Sun, Saturn; 1 major aspect
3. ♆ Neptune3 pts
disposes Jupiter; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Richard’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.
- Mars semi-square Pluto 0.9°
- Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 1.4°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.8°
- Venus quincunx Neptune 1.9°
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Born in Tiger years
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Also born on June 12
- George H. W. Bush1924
- Anne Frank1929
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From the journal: The 12 animals and how the race story goes · The Lo Shu square: the oldest magic square there is
Richard’s cards
Computed from June 12, 1950. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The LoversAsterNym identity card
The Steadfast HealerWestern zodiac
GeminiChinese zodiac
Tiger 寅Life Path
6 · Guardian☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Earth.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
戊
yang Earth
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Richard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2790963 (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.
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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 Richard Ben Cramer.
Quick answers about Richard Ben Cramer’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Richard Ben Cramer?
- Richard Ben Cramer was a Gemini: born June 12, 1950, which puts the Sun in Gemini for the whole of that day.
- What was Richard Ben Cramer's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 12, 1950 birth.
- What was Richard Ben Cramer's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology.
- What was Richard Ben Cramer's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Richard Ben Cramer's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Richard Ben Cramer's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Mars, Neptune; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
