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, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Tiger, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Tiger, with 
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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
US Social Security Administration public records
Richard’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
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 same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
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, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Richard sits
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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.
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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. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.
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. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.
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. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
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
No documented birth time exists for Richard Ben Cramer, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 12° to 24° Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
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.
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.
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
Richard’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableVenussquarePluto2.9° to 4.0° orb
Richard’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarssquareUranus3.9° to 4.2° orb
Richard’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSuntrineNeptune6.0° to 7.0° orb
Richard’s core identity flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupiteroppositionSaturn6.1° orb
Richard’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
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
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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 18°29′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Sagittarius is read as a sore spot around belief and being taught. The reading has Richard building a philosophy from lived evidence rather than received one.
⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 10°51′ (moves 0.21° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Richard is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosCancer 18°39′ (moves 0.92° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Cancer is read as desire bound up with safety and memory. Richard is read as drawn to people who feel like somewhere to come back to.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 15°47′ (moves 0.19° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Richard is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 16°58′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus is read as an unbargained appetite: for pleasure, for ownership, for a body that answers to nobody. Richard is read as immovable on those points.
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.
- 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°
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°).
Richard’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. ♀ 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
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Richard is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
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 Richard’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.
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.
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.
- Mars semi-square Pluto 0.9°
- Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 1.4°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.8°
- Venus quincunx Neptune 1.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Richard Ben Cramer, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Richard’s cards
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☿ Ruled by Mercury
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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
No birth time is on public record for Richard Ben Cramer, 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
Richard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2790963, 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.
The same Richard Ben Cramer at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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 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. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Tiger.
- 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 time was Richard Ben Cramer 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.
- What was Richard Ben Cramer's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the June 12, 1950 birth date.
- What was Richard Ben Cramer's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 18°. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 12, 1950 birth date.
- 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.
