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Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni (born October 27, 1952, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy), aged 74, is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director (born 1952). Benigni is best known for Life Is Beautiful, The Monster and Nothing Left to Do But Cry. Benigni's honours include BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Award for Best Actor and David di Donatello for Best Actor.

Roberto Benigni’s zodiac sign is Scorpio, Chinese zodiac is Water Dragon, with Life Path 9 in numerology.

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Roberto Benigni’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Lightkeeper

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.

How common is the name Roberto in the U.S.?

#570

US rank in 2025

~113,477

Americans share it since 1897

1991

its peak year

Roberto ranked 261st in 1952, the year of this birth, with 691 American boys on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Roberto’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

9

Expression · the bigger picture

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

5

Personality · restless, adaptable

The name opens on R (9) and closes on O (6). Two values tie for most repeated, 5 and 9: movement against empathy.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Roberto’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

9 · 1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Opal, Red Coral, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 💠 Water Lily

Amber · Crimson · Moonlight white

The record

What sets Roberto apart

Theodore Roosevelt (1858) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Roberto, according to the stars

Core essence

Roberto does not do surface. The core of Roberto is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Roberto is earned slowly and never given lightly.

The vibe

Underneath, Roberto needs air. The Moon in Aquarius feels things at a slight distance, thinks them over, and comes back with an answer that is kinder than the reaction would have been. What Roberto needs to feel safe is space, friendship first, and to be accepted as exactly the odd shape they are. Then they are the most loyal person you know.

How Roberto wants to be loved

Roberto wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Roberto and watch them fall for you again.

How Roberto creates

How Roberto makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Roberto creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.

Instinct

Instinct: Roberto is larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Roberto is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.

Triggers

Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Roberto 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 Roberto's birth date. Working below.

Where Roberto sits

Six lines

Roberto’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Roberto

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Roberto

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Roberto

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Roberto

You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.

PracticalVisionary
Roberto

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Roberto

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Roberto Benigni

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Castiglion Fiorentino on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Roberto’s birth-night reference starScheatdeep red · PegasusScheat, in Pegasus. A deep red star, 74.3° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Scheat →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 29.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Castiglion Fiorentino that night

Computed for 43.34°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Castiglion Fiorentino at 9 p.m. that evening: Scheat of Pegasus, within 15.7° of the exact zenith.

Of the 91 catalog stars above the horizon, Vega was the brightest.

From 43.3°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Nothing below −46.7° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Castiglion Fiorentino on any night.

The Moon, 69% lit at first quarter, was still up; the Sun sat 41° below the horizon.

How unusual Roberto's chart is

Chart pattern score

69 / 100 · Unusual

Grand cross · 2 unaspected planets

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.

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Roberto Benigni in 15 seconds

Scorpio Sun

All in or nowhere near.

Roberto Benigni's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of October 27, 1952, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Scorpio means →

Water Dragon

Big energy, bigger plans.

Roberto Benigni was born on October 27, 1952, which falls in a Water Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 9

Carries the whole room's weight.

Roberto Benigni's birth date, October 27, 1952, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 9 means →

What stands out in Roberto’s chart

Roberto’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 13° to 27° Aquarius depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mercury grinds against Pluto · Square, 0.5° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 1° orbMoon flows with Neptune · Trine, 1° orbJupiter opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.2° orbSaturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.4° orbSaturn fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 2° orbMoon faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 2.2° orbSun in Scorpio · 3°58′☉3°Moon in Aquarius · 20°53′☽20°Mercury in Scorpio · 23°34′☿23°Venus in Sagittarius · 6°25′♀6°Mars in Capricorn · 11°02′♂11°Jupiter in Taurus · 17°31′ · retrograde♃℞17°Saturn in Libra · 19°55′♄19°Uranus in Cancer · 18°32′ · retrograde♅℞18°Neptune in Libra · 21°55′♆21°Pluto in Leo · 23°05′♇23°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMercurysquarePluto0.0° to 1.2° orb

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

  • stableJupitersextileUranus1.0° to 1.1° orb

    Roberto’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.2° orb

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

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus1.3° to 1.4° orb

  • stableSaturnconjunctionNeptune2.0° orb

  • stableSaturnsextilePluto3.1° to 3.2° orb

  • stableUranussquareNeptune3.4° orb

  • stableMercurytrineUranus4.3° to 5.7° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionJupiter5.3° to 6.8° orb

  • stableJupitersquarePluto5.5° to 5.6° orb

  • stableMarstrineJupiter6.0° to 6.9° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionUranus7.1° to 7.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Roberto’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 8°04′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 16°59′ (moves 0.08° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 10°30′ (moves 0.62° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 24°07′ (moves 0.17° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 23°38′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith square Mercury 0.1°
  • Hygiea opposition Mercury 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Pluto 0.6°
  • Hygiea square Pluto 1.0°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Neptune 1.7°
  • Ceres trine Saturn 2.9°
  • Chiron conjunction Mars 3.0°

Roberto’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♇ Pluto9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter5 pts

    disposes Venus; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♅ Uranus5 pts

    5 major aspects

Configurations in Roberto’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Pluto · Mercury, Jupiter, PlutoAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Venus semi-square Neptune 0.5°
  • Sun quintile Pluto 1.1°
  • Venus semi-square Saturn 1.5°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 1.7°
  • Jupiter quincunx Saturn 2.4°

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Roberto’s cards

Computed from October 27, 1952. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hermit

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Lightkeeper

Western zodiac

Scorpio

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

9 · Healer

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Fire.

Year

壬

yang Water

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

庚

yang Metal

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Roberto’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q23301 (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 Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Roberto Benigni 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 Roberto Benigni.

Quick answers about Roberto Benigni’s chart

How old is Roberto Benigni?
Roberto Benigni is 74 years old, born October 27, 1952 in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy.
What zodiac sign is Roberto Benigni?
Roberto Benigni is a Scorpio: born October 27, 1952, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day.
What is Roberto Benigni's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 27, 1952 birth.
What is Roberto Benigni's Life Path number?
Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
What is Roberto Benigni's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Roberto Benigni's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 23°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Roberto Benigni's dominant planet?
Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Mercury; 4 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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