Celebrity StarMap · Musician

Ben Kingsley’s birth chart
Born December 31, 1943 in Snainton, birth time not public.
Capricorn Sun · Pisces Moon · Earth · Cardinal
Sun
♑Capricorn
8° Capricorn 53'
You endure. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour carry you up long slopes other people give up on. A Capricorn Sun learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon
♓Pisces
7° Pisces 41'
You feel what everyone in the room is feeling. Music, water, sleep and imagination restore you, and you need to be careful whose moods you carry home. Your empathy is a gift that needs a door.
Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.
Rising
Ben Kingsley’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.Placements
| ☉ | Sun | ♑ 8° Capricorn 53' | |
| ☽ | Moon | ♓ 7° Pisces 41' | |
| ☿ | Mercury | ♑ 24° Capricorn 48'℞ | |
| ♀ | Venus | ♏ 26° Scorpio 45' | |
| ♂ | Mars | ♊ 5° Gemini 29'℞ | |
| ♃ | Jupiter | ♌ 26° Leo 33'℞ | |
| ♄ | Saturn | ♊ 21° Gemini 53'℞ | |
| ♅ | Uranus | ♊ 5° Gemini 35'℞ | |
| ♆ | Neptune | ♎ 4° Libra 14' | |
| ♇ | Pluto | ♌ 8° Leo 12'℞ | |
| ☊ | North Node | ♌ 7° Leo 01' | |
| ☋ | South Node | ♒ 7° Aquarius 01' |
Ben Kingsley's full reading
Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.
☉Sun in Capricorn
♑ 8° Capricorn 53'
purpose and vitality
They find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast they, and their vitality is steady rather than showy. The tension is measuring their worth by output alone. It shows up as working through the tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
☽Moon in Pisces
♓ 7° Pisces 41'
needs and habits
Their daily mood is porous, picking up the emotional temperature of a room without they choosing to. Ben is restored by quiet, music or time near water more than by talking things out. The tension is not noticing how much of what they feel actually belongs to someone else.
☿Mercury in Capricorn
♑ 24° Capricorn 48' ℞
mind and voice
They think methodically and communicate in a measured, practical way that people tend to trust. The tension is being so focused on the useful conclusion that they dismis ideas that have not yet proven their worth. It shows up as getting straight to the point in a conversation that other people expected to be casual.
♀Venus in Scorpio
♏ 26° Scorpio 45'
love and values
They love intensely and privately, and they value depth and total honesty over ease. The tension is testing loyalty in ways that can create the very distance Ben is afraid of. It shows up as an all-or-nothing quality to how they commit, with little interest in anything in between.
♂Mars in Gemini
♊ 5° Gemini 29' ℞
drive and anger
They act through words, argument and quick maneuvering rather than force, and their anger tends to come out sharp and verbal. The tension is winning a point without actually resolving the conflict underneath it. It shows up as debating their way through a disagreement long after the other person just wants it to end.
♃Jupiter in Leo
♌ 26° Leo 33' ℞
growth and excess
They grow through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. The overreach is overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. It shows up as a natural showmanship that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
♄Saturn in Gemini
♊ 21° Gemini 53' ℞
discipline and doubt
They build discipline around expressing themselves clearly, often after early doubt about whether their ideas were good enough to say out loud. The doubt shows up as overpreparing before they will speak or write anything. It shows up as becoming, later in life, unusually precise and credible with words, once the early self-consciousness eases.
♅Uranus in Gemini
♊ 5° Gemini 35' ℞
freedom, generational
Shared by an entire generational span, this placement marks people who come of age alongside a communication revolution, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. Personally, it can show up as a restless need for new information.
♆Neptune in Libra
♎ 4° Libra 14'
imagination, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
♇Pluto in Leo
♌ 8° Leo 12' ℞
power, generational
Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects
How the planets in Ben Kingsley's chart talk to each other, tightest first.
Mars conjunction Uranus
0.1° separating
Their drive is sudden and independent, and they act fastest exactly when someone tells they that they cannot. This gives they real courage and originality, and the edge is checking an impulsive decision against their actual goals before they commit to it.
Venus square Jupiter
0.2° separating
Their generosity can run past what is actually sustainable, whether in spending, affection or promises made in a warm moment. The lesson is matching real warmth to a scale they can actually keep up over the months that follow the excitement, not just the first one.
Sun sextile Moon
1.2° applying
Their goals and their instincts get along, offering a gentle opening to build confidence when they choose to use it. A little intentional effort turns this ease into real, lasting self-assurance that holds up even when a day goes sideways.
Mars trine Neptune
1.3° applying
Their drive and their imagination work together with real ease, giving they an inspired, almost effortless way of pursuing creative or compassionate goals. Energy and vision arrive together for they, which makes starting a meaningful project feel far less daunting than it looks to others.
- Uranus trine Neptune1.4°
- Mercury sextile Venus2.0°
- Moon square Uranus2.1°
- Moon square Mars2.2°
- Uranus sextile Pluto2.6°
- Mars sextile Pluto2.7°
- Neptune sextile Pluto4.0°
- Sun square Neptune4.7°
- Jupiter sextile Saturn4.7°
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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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