Richard Branson
Richard Branson (born July 18, 1950, Blackheath, United Kingdom, 07:00), aged 76, is a British business magnate. Branson's honours include Knight Bachelor, Berliner Bär and Sergio Vieira de Mello Citizen of the World.
Richard Branson’s zodiac sign is Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Tiger, with Life Path 22 in numerology.
Cancer, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Tiger, with 
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Richard Branson’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Pioneer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 22 is traditionally called a master path. It represents large-scale building: combining ambitious ideas with practical structure.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 22, on the physical 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
22 · 1 · 3 · 4
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🤍 White Camellia
Sky blue · Pearl · Silver
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What the chart says
Richard, according to the stars
Core essence
Richard feels the room before entering it. The core of Richard is care, the practical kind that remembers what you said in March and has already made the tea. They protect their people with a fierceness that surprises anyone who only knew the soft exterior. Home is not a place for Richard, it is whoever they have decided to keep.
The vibe
Underneath, Richard is quietly running a checklist, and half of it is about you. The Moon in Virgo feels care as responsibility: did you eat, did you get home, is the thing you were worried about handled. What Richard needs to feel safe is order and the sense of being useful. Let them help, and thank them properly.
How Richard wants to be loved
Richard wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Richard like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.
How Richard creates
How Richard makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Richard builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
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 22 is the master builder. Richard is here to turn a big vision into something that actually stands, at a scale most people would not attempt. Practical and visionary at once, patient, and learning that even the largest things are built one day at a time.
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.
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
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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Cancer Sun
Cancer SunHard shell, soft centre.
Richard Branson's Sun was in Cancer at the documented birth time. Traditional Cancer readings associate the sign with protectiveness, memory and attention to the emotional temperature of a room. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal water sign, ruled by the Moon, and read it for loyalty to family and home. The corresponding tension is guardedness: the tradition describes a sign that looks after others more readily than it lets itself be looked after.
Metal Tiger
Metal TigerLeaps first, apologises never.
Richard Branson was born on July 18, 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 22
Life Path 22Builds what others only dream about.
Richard Branson's birth date, July 18, 1950, reduces to Life Path 22 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 22 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with large-scale building: ambitious ideas combined with the practical structure to realise them. Numerologists read it as an intensified 4, the builder working at the scale of institutions. The corresponding tension is the gap between vision and execution, with the caution that a plan this large can stall on its own weight.
What stands out in Richard’s chart
- Two of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Richard Branson's timed chart: Mercury in the 1st house and Pluto in the 1st house.
- The tightest major aspect in Richard Branson's timed chart is Jupiter trine Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Air/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Richard Branson combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Pioneer.
Richard’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.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
JupitertrineUranusapplying · 0.3° orb
Richard’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarssextilePlutoapplying · 0.4° orb
Richard’s drive opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MarsconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 2.0° orb
Richard’s drive and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 2.4° orb
Richard’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonsextileUranusapplying · 4.8° orb
Richard’s feelings open doors for their need for freedom.
MoonoppositionJupiterapplying · 5.1° orb
Richard’s feelings pull against their growth from across the wheel.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 16°20′ · House 5
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 6°02′ · House 5
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.
♡ ErosLeo 21°13′ · House 1
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Leo is read as desire that wants to be adored and to adore in return. The reading has Richard loving with an audience in mind, even an audience of one.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 10°57′ · House 5
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 20°56′ · House 10
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.
- Chiron sextile Mars 0.3°
- Chiron square Saturn 0.5°
- Ceres square Jupiter 0.7°
- Chiron trine Pluto 0.8°
- Chiron sextile Neptune 1.6°
- Chiron trine Ascendant 1.6°
- Ceres trine Mercury 2.9°
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, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon, Venus, Saturn; angular in the first house
2. ☽ Moon7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Cancer; disposes Sun, Uranus; 2 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun5 pts
rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Mercury, Pluto
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Richard 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 Richard’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
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 semi-square Mars 0.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.4°
- Mercury quintile Neptune 0.4°
- Mars semi-sextile Saturn 0.8°
- Saturn semi-sextile Neptune 1.1°
- Saturn semi-sextile Pluto 1.3°
- Moon semi-sextile Mercury 1.5°
- Moon semi-square Neptune 1.9°
Richard’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.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
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| 1 | Leo | Sun in Cancer, house 12 | Mercury, Pluto | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Virgo | Mercury in Leo, house 1 | Moon, Saturn | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Libra | Venus in Gemini, house 11 | Mars, Neptune | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 1 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Pisces, house 8 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Capricorn | Saturn in Virgo, house 2 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aquarius | Uranus in Cancer, house 12 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 3 | Jupiter | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aries | Mars in Libra, house 3 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Taurus | Venus in Gemini, house 11 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Gemini | Mercury in Leo, house 1 | Venus | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Cancer | Moon in Virgo, house 2 | Sun, Uranus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Richard
Shahid Khan was born on July 18, 1950 too, the same date with the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. Same sky, different lives.
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Richard’s cards
Every card is computed from July 18, 1950, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☾ Ruled by Moon
Silver Ag
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Richard’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q194419, 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 User:David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Branson’s chart
- How old is Richard Branson?
- Richard Branson is 76 years old, born July 18, 1950 in Blackheath, United Kingdom.
- What zodiac sign is Richard Branson?
- Richard Branson is a Cancer: born July 18, 1950, which puts the Sun in Cancer at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Tiger.
- What is Richard Branson's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Tiger, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the July 18, 1950 birth.
- What time was Richard Branson born?
- 07:00 local time in Blackheath, United Kingdom, per Astro-Databank (Rodden A) (Rodden rating A).
- What is Richard Branson's rising sign?
- Leo rising, calculated from the documented 07:00 birth time in Blackheath, United Kingdom (Rodden rating A: from the person, their family, or a contemporaneous account.).
- What is Richard Branson's Life Path number?
- Life Path 22, calculated in numerology from the July 18, 1950 birth date.
- What is Richard Branson's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Sagittarius at 16°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the July 18, 1950 birth time.
- Where is Richard Branson's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 20°, in the tenth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Richard Branson's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Moon sign, Virgo; disposes Moon, Venus, Saturn; angular in the first house). Moon is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
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