Ben E. King’s birth chart
Born 28 September 1938, in Henderson, North Carolina. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Libra Sun · Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Ben E. King’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Ben E. King was born in Henderson, North Carolina, on 28 September 1938, a Wednesday. That made them a Libra. The Moon was in Scorpio until about 04:00 and in Sagittarius afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. They died on 30 April 2015, aged 76. No verified birth time is on file for them; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is four earth, two fire, two air and one water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. By modality the count is four fixed, three mutable and two cardinal. Three planets stand together in Virgo: Mercury, Mars and Neptune. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Venus and Neptune: a sextile, about 1.7° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 25 other people born on 28 September, among them Brigitte Bardot, Marcello Mastroianni and Naomi Watts.
Ben E. King’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Libra
about 4° Libra at midday
A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Ben E. King's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.
Moon sign
Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 04:00, then Sagittarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 04:00: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Ben E. King that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
Born after about 04:00: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Ben E. King, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Henderson, North Carolina, at each hour of the day.
Ben E. King’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Ben E. King yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 28 September 1938, computed for Henderson, North Carolina.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:55 | Cancer rising |
| 00:55 to 03:20 | Leo rising |
| 03:20 to 05:50 | Virgo rising |
| 05:50 to 08:15 | Libra rising |
| 08:15 to 10:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 10:40 to 13:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 13:00 to 15:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 15:00 to 16:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 16:30 to 17:45 | Pisces rising |
| 17:45 to 19:05 | Aries rising |
| 19:05 to 20:35 | Taurus rising |
| 20:35 to 22:30 | Gemini rising |
| 22:30 to 24:00 | Cancer rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 28 September 1938, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 4° Libra 54' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio until about 04:00, then Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 25° Virgo 31' |
| Venus | 19° Scorpio 41' |
| Mars | 13° Virgo 13' |
| Jupiter | 23° Aquarius 05'℞ |
| Saturn | 15° Aries 21'℞ |
| Uranus | 17° Taurus 18'℞ |
| Neptune | 21° Virgo 24' |
| Pluto | 1° Leo 15' |
| North Node | 18° Scorpio 33' |
| South Node | 18° Taurus 33' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Ben E. King’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Ben E. King’s private life.
Sun in Libra
4° Libra 54' at midday
purpose and vitality
With the Sun in Libra, Ben E. King's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.
Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 04:00, then Sagittarius
needs and habits
Born before about 04:00: Moon in Scorpio
For Ben E. King, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
Born after about 04:00: Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Ben E. King edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Mercury in Virgo
25° Virgo 31' at midday
mind and voice
For Ben E. King, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
Venus in Scorpio
19° Scorpio 41' at midday
love and values
Venus in Scorpio loves intensely and privately, and Ben E. King is likely to value depth and total honesty over ease. Testing loyalty can create the very distance this placement fears most. There is an all-or-nothing quality to how this Venus commits, with little interest in anything in between.
Mars in Virgo
13° Virgo 13' at midday
drive and anger
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Ben E. King is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Aquarius
23° Aquarius 05' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aquarius grows through community, ideas and causes bigger than one life. Ben E. King may put so much trust in a theory or a group that its practical flaws are overlooked. Optimism about the future can make them a natural organiser of other people's efforts.
Saturn in Aries
15° Aries 21' at midday ℞
discipline and doubt
Saturn in Aries builds discipline around learning to act with patience instead of pure impulse. For Ben E. King, that suggests a doubt that takes the form of second-guessing: too fast, or not fast enough? Confidence in their own initiative tends to come slowly, once the rush goes out of every decision.
Uranus in Taurus
17° Taurus 18' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Taurus is a generational placement that Ben E. King shares with many people born within a few years. That generation rethinks ownership, land and what security means, often through technology that unsettles older arrangements. Personally, that may be a reluctance to prize things simply because an older generation did.
Neptune in Virgo
21° Virgo 24' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune moves slowly, so Ben E. King shares its place in Virgo with people born years either side. The imagination of this generation turns towards service, craft and idealised routines of self-improvement. In one life it can mean chasing an impossibly perfect daily practice.
Pluto in Leo
1° Leo 15' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Ben E. King, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Ben E. King’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 1.7° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Ben E. King, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
Venus opposition Uranus
about 2.4° at midday
Ben E. King may want intimacy and still feel a reflex to protect their freedom the moment things seem too certain; that is the tension of Venus opposite Uranus. Naming the need for space early tends to work better than acting on it as sudden distance.
Venus square Jupiter
about 3.4° at midday
Under this square, Ben E. King's generosity can run past what is sustainable, whether in time, affection or promises made in a warm moment. The warmth is sincere; the work is matching it to a scale that can be kept up over the months that follow the excitement, not only the first one.
Sun sextile Pluto
about 3.7° at midday
Ben E. King's identity and depth are allies, which gives them resilience without constant upheaval. They probably handle intensity better than most, and it takes less out of them than it looks from outside, especially once they trust their own steadiness.
Mars trine Uranus
about 4.1° at midday
Ben E. King's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
Mercury conjunction Neptune
about 4.1° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Neptune, Ben E. King's thinking is likely to be imaginative and impressionistic, working through images and instinct as much as straight logic. It is a creative and intuitive strength, at its best when a compelling idea has been held up against the facts before being embraced.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Uranus trine Neptuneabout 4.1°
- Jupiter square Uranusabout 5.8°
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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