Benny Hill’s birth chart
Born 21 January 1924, in Southampton, England. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Sun in Capricorn or Aquarius · Moon in Cancer or Leo
Benny Hill’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
21 January 1924 was a Monday: the day Benny Hill was born in Southampton, England. The Sun moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at about 07:30 local time that day, so the zodiac sign depends on the birth time: Capricorn for a birth before then, Aquarius after. The Moon was in Cancer until about 23:35 and in Leo afterwards, so the Moon sign turns on the birth time. Benny died on 18 April 1992, aged 68. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Water carries the most weight: four of the eight planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against fire three, earth one and air none. Mutable signs hold four, cardinal signs two and fixed signs two. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Venus and Saturn: a trine, about 0.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing gibbous to full.
StarMap's dataset holds 19 other people born on 21 January, among them IShowSpeed, Paul Allen and Christian Dior.
See the sky the day Benny was born: the stars over Southampton, England, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Benny Hill’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn or Aquarius
Capricorn until about 07:30, then Aquarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 07:30: Sun in Capricorn
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Benny Hill up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Born after about 07:30: Sun in Aquarius
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Benny's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 23:35, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 23:35: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Benny that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Born after about 23:35: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Benny up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Southampton, England, at each hour of the day.
Benny Hill’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Benny 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 21 January 1924, computed for Southampton, England.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:00 | Libra rising |
| 01:00 to 03:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:50 to 06:20 | Sagittarius rising |
| 06:20 to 08:05 | Capricorn rising |
| 08:05 to 09:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:15 to 10:10 | Pisces rising |
| 10:10 to 11:00 | Aries rising |
| 11:00 to 12:10 | Taurus rising |
| 12:10 to 14:00 | Gemini rising |
| 14:00 to 16:30 | Cancer rising |
| 16:30 to 19:15 | Leo rising |
| 19:15 to 22:05 | Virgo rising |
| 22:05 to 24:00 | Libra 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 21 January 1924, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. The Sun is drawn at its midday place; it moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at about 07:30, so its sign depends on the birth time. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | Capricorn until about 07:30, then Aquarius |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 23:35, then Leo |
| Mercury | 13° Capricorn 26'℞ |
| Venus | 2° Pisces 22' |
| Mars | 1° Sagittarius 05' |
| Jupiter | 12° Sagittarius 06' |
| Saturn | 1° Scorpio 57' |
| Uranus | 15° Pisces 01' |
| Neptune | 19° Leo 31'℞ |
| Pluto | 10° Cancer 56'℞ |
| North Node | 2° Virgo 25' |
| South Node | 2° Pisces 25' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Benny Hill’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Benny Hill’s private life.
Sun in Capricorn or Aquarius
Capricorn until about 07:30, then Aquarius
purpose and vitality
Born before about 07:30: Sun in Capricorn
With the Sun in Capricorn, Benny Hill is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
Born after about 07:30: Sun in Aquarius
Benny's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 23:35, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 23:35: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Benny's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
Born after about 23:35: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Benny faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Benny did.
Mercury in Capricorn thinks methodically, and Benny tends to communicate in a measured, practical way that people trust. The focus on a useful conclusion can be so strong that ideas which have not yet proven their worth are dismissed. Benny will often get straight to the point in a conversation other people expected to be casual.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Benny probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Benny may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
12° Sagittarius 06' at midday
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, Benny is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Benny letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
Uranus in Pisces
15° Pisces 01' at midday
freedom, generational
Benny has Uranus in Pisces in common with a generation. That generation transforms spirituality, art and collective imagination, often blurring boundaries that earlier ones kept firm. In one person it may be noticed as an openness to ideas that resist neat categories.
Neptune in Leo
19° Leo 31' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Leo is the imagination of an age group, not of Benny alone. It dreams in terms of fame, spectacle and larger-than-life self-expression. The trace of it in one person is a pull towards performance as a way of feeling real.
Pluto in Cancer
10° Cancer 56' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Cancer dates Benny to an era rather than describing one person. Those born in it live through deep transformation of family, home and nationhood. What an individual may carry is intensity around belonging and who counts as family.
Aspects in Benny Hill’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 trine Saturn
about 0.4° at midday
A steady, dependable way of loving, one that people trust, is what this trine gives Benny Hill, since affection and commitment hold each other up. Relationships built on it tend to last, often well past the point where less committed people would have moved on.
Sun sextile Mars
about 0.9° at midday
Benny's identity and energy work together, giving them an easy confidence that is there when they decide to use it. With this aspect, taking the initiative comes more naturally than might be expected, especially when the stakes are theirs to own.
Venus square Mars
about 1.3° at midday
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Benny may be caught between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. What the aspect asks for is a want voiced directly, before it leaks out sideways.
Mercury sextile Uranus
about 1.6° at midday
Fresh angles on ordinary problems come easily to Benny, because thinking and originality are friends here. Inventiveness takes little effort with this aspect, and it makes routine problems more interesting than they first appear.
Sun square Saturn
about 1.8° at midday
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Benny pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Mercury opposition Pluto
about 2.5° at midday
With Mercury opposite Pluto, other people's attempts to control the story can collide with Benny's own conclusions and turn a disagreement into a deeper power struggle. Staying with the argument itself, rather than the fight for control, resolves more.
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.
- Jupiter square Uranusabout 2.9°
- Uranus trine Plutoabout 4.1°
Also born on 21 January
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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