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Steve Benson

Steve Benson (born January 2, 1954, Sacramento, United States; died 2025), was an American cartoonist. Benson's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, Sigma Delta Chi Award and Emperor Has No Clothes Award.

Steve Benson’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Snake, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Steve Benson’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Pioneer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#1617

US rank in 2025

~242,131

Americans share it since 1880

1959

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Steve’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus

Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Steve, according to the stars

Core essence

Steve is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Steve is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Steve is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Steve needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.

How Steve wants to be loved

Steve wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Steve you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.

How Steve creates

How Steve 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. Steve 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: Steve is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Steve is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Steve runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

Computed from Steve's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Steve sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Steve

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Steve

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

PrivateExpressive
Steve

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Steve

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Steve

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Steve

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Steve Benson

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

Steve’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 86.1° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 71.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Capricorn Sun

Working while you were asleep.

Steve Benson's Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 2, 1954, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Water Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

Steve Benson was born on January 2, 1954, which falls in a Water Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.

Life Path 4

Builds it properly or not at all.

Steve Benson's birth date, January 2, 1954, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.

What stands out in Steve’s chart

Steve’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Steve Benson, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 8° to 20° Sagittarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 0.4° orbMercury fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.5° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.2° orbVenus opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.2° orbVenus opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2.6° orbMercury opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 2.8° orbMercury opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.2° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 3.9° orbSun in Capricorn · 11°55′☉11°Moon in Sagittarius · 14°25′☽14°Mercury in Capricorn · 4°52′☿4°Venus in Capricorn · 5°24′♀5°Mars in Scorpio · 8°01′♂8°Jupiter in Gemini · 18°48′ · retrograde♃℞18°Saturn in Scorpio · 7°37′♄7°Uranus in Cancer · 21°27′ · retrograde♅℞21°Neptune in Libra · 25°53′♆25°Pluto in Leo · 24°42′ · retrograde♇℞24°

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.

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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

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.

  • stableMarsconjunctionSaturn0.1° to 0.7° orb

    Steve’s drive and discipline act as one.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionVenus0.4° to 0.7° orb

    Steve’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.2° orb

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

  • stableVenussextileSaturn1.6° to 2.8° orb

    Steve’s affections open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableMercurysextileSaturn2.0° to 3.5° orb

    Steve’s mind opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableVenussextileMars2.3° to 2.9° orb

    Steve’s affections open doors for their drive.

  • stableMercurysextileMars2.7° to 3.6° orb

    Steve’s mind opens doors for their drive. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSunsextileMars3.7° to 4.1° orb

    Steve’s core identity opens doors for their drive.

  • stableSunsextileSaturn3.8° to 4.8° orb

    Steve’s core identity opens doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableUranussquareNeptune4.4° to 4.5° orb

    Steve’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus6.4° to 6.6° orb

    Steve’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury6.8° to 7.3° orb

    Steve’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal5 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

Steve’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.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 21°10′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

    Chiron in Capricorn is read as a wound around recognition and authority. Steve is read as someone who earns standing the long way and does not fully trust it when it arrives.

  • ⚳ CeresLibra 8°30′ (moves 0.23° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Steve is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.

  • ♡ ErosLibra 22°32′ (moves 0.84° over the day)

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

    Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Steve is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 26°25′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Steve is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 11°49′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Libra is read as the part of Steve that will not keep the peace at the price of the self. Fairness, on these terms, is not the same as niceness.

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.

  • Black Moon Lilith square Sun 0.1°
  • Chiron opposition Uranus 0.3°
  • Hygiea square Neptune 0.5°
  • Eros square Uranus 1.1°
  • Eros sextile Pluto 2.2°

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°).

Steve’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. 1. ♄ Saturn10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun5 pts

    disposes Pluto; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Steve is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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 Steve’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.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Capricorn · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.

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.

  • Saturn quintile Pluto 0.9°
  • Mars quintile Pluto 1.3°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Steve Benson, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Steve’s cards

Every card is computed from January 2, 1954, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

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AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Pioneer

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

子

Rat

Water

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

午

Horse

Fire

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Steve Benson, 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

Steve’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2346847, 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.

Portrait by Chitrapa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Steve Benson at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.

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.

These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Steve Benson.

Quick answers about Steve Benson’s chart

What zodiac sign was Steve Benson?
Steve Benson was a Capricorn: born January 2, 1954, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Snake.
What was Steve Benson's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 2, 1954 birth.
What time was Steve Benson 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 Steve Benson's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the January 2, 1954 birth date.
What was Steve Benson's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 21°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 2, 1954 birth date.
Where was Steve Benson's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 11°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Steve Benson's dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; 4 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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