Ben Affleck Birth Chart
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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Ben Affleck’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.
- Ascendant
- Cancer 8°33′
- Midheaven
- Pisces 18°59′
- Descendant
- Capricorn 8°33′
- Imum Coeli
- Virgo 18°59′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo 22°39′ | 3 |
| Moon | Scorpio 4°45′ | 5 |
| Mercury | Leo 10°50′Retrograde | 2 |
| Venus | Cancer 7°27′ | 12 |
| Mars | Virgo 0°14′ | 3 |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius 28°38′Retrograde | 6 |
| Saturn | Gemini 18°34′ | 12 |
| Uranus | Libra 15°27′ | 4 |
| Neptune | Sagittarius 2°29′ | 5 |
| Pluto | Libra 0°27′ | 4 |
| North Node | Capricorn 24°35′Retrograde | 7 |
| South Node | Cancer 24°35′Retrograde | 1 |
| Lilith | Scorpio 19°23′ | 5 |
| Chiron | Aries 17°04′Retrograde | 10 |
Ben Affleck · local time · Berkeley, California
Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden AA; Academy Awards: Good Will Hunting writing award; Academy: Argo editing discussion; Academy — 70th Academy Awards, Good Will Hunting screenplay; Academy — 85th Academy Awards, Argo producers; Motion Picture Editors Guild — William Goldenberg on Argo
Ben Affleck's Sun, Moon and Rising
A Leo Sun is commonly associated with expression and a visible creative centre. Affleck's screen presence gives one example, but his credits go further. The Academy's 1998 record names him and Matt Damon as Good Will Hunting's winning screenwriters. Its 2013 record names him among Argo's winning producers. Writing, acting and producing give the chart different kinds of creative work to consider.
Moon in Scorpio is often linked with concentration and attention beneath the obvious surface. A film sometimes gives the viewer information slowly. A pause or a delayed answer adds weight to a scene. Argo's editing gives that Scorpio comparison a concrete place to start. The Motion Picture Editors Guild's Goldenberg interview describes the work behind its pacing.
Cancer rising is commonly associated with familiar surroundings and a protective first impression. A story needs somewhere for its characters and exchanges to live. The room, the situation and the people around a scene shape its entrance. Cancer gives us a plain way to consider those surroundings. The chart's AA-rated source supplies the rising sign.
Leo, Scorpio and Cancer bring expression, depth and an enclosing setting into view. The public credits let us explore each through actual work. A screenplay gives people words and situations. An edited film chooses when you meet those situations. A production supports the larger undertaking around them. Affleck's different jobs make those changes particularly easy to notice.
Good Will Hunting: words before they become a scene
Mercury is associated with wording and how an idea gets across. Writing a screenplay gives that meaning a practical example. Good Will Hunting's Academy record names Affleck and Damon together. The collaboration belongs in the account from the beginning. A recognisable public person is one member of the writing partnership.
A page arranges the situation and the exchange. Performance then gives its sentences breath, pace and emphasis. The viewer hears words that actors make live within a scene. Leo's interest in a clear expression fits that journey. Scorpio's interest in depth asks you to notice what a line reveals slowly.
The screenplay and its performance are related works. They contribute to the same film through different tasks. Reading Affleck's chart beside a writing credit brings another part of the career forward. It also makes the Leo comparison more specific. A creative centre appears through written decisions as well as a familiar face.
Argo: editing changes when you learn something
Mars in Virgo is commonly associated with careful effort and precise adjustments. Affleck's Mars trines Jupiter in Sagittarius at 1.59°. Jupiter in Sagittarius is linked with a larger view and room to explore. A trine is usually read as styles helping each other. Detailed action meets a broader undertaking.
Goldenberg's Editors Guild interview supplies a specific filmmaking example. It describes Affleck's study of late-1970s films as visual references. Goldenberg also talks about cutting for story and performance. The scene's timing comes through practical choices made within a larger idea. Virgo's precise effort and Sagittarius's broader view give us a way to picture that meeting.
The same Mars squares Neptune in Sagittarius at 2.25°. Neptune is commonly linked with imagination and the feeling around an image. Here the square places practical action beside an imagined result. The practical cut has to serve the intended mood. Compare when information arrives and how long a viewer waits. Argo gives that chart meaning something concrete to explore.
The film is larger than its familiar face
Cancer is often associated with the surroundings that help something feel held together. A shared production credit gives that idea a useful public comparison. Argo's Best Picture record names Grant Heslov, Affleck and George Clooney. The film's wider undertaking is credited to several people.
The chart also has Moon trine Venus at 2.70°. Venus is associated with taste and the shape you prefer. The Moon adds a familiar emotional response. Their trine is usually read as an easier exchange. A scene's feeling and its chosen presentation make an approachable example.
The writing award and production award recognise different jobs. Good Will Hunting names writers, while Argo names producers. Both sit beside the Leo Sun's interest in expression. The Scorpio Moon adds depth, and Cancer rising adds the initial surroundings. The names in the credits keep the actual collaborations visible. Start with those jobs, then look at the choices each film presents.
Good Will Hunting lets you listen for an exchange on the page. Argo lets you watch when a cut gives you new information. The two public credits therefore invite different kinds of attention. Leo's expression and Scorpio's depth stay useful through both. The actual words and edits make the comparison particular to Affleck's work.
Reading this chart respectfully
Affleck's public film credits guide this reading; they leave his personal relationships and private motives outside it.
Birth record
Rodden rating AA.
Historical local-time rules determine the chart; ten-planet totals weight Sun/Moon 3 and other planets 1. Sign scores add rising +2; planet scores add +2 in houses 1, 4, 7 or 10 and each major planet-to-planet aspect +max(0, 1 − orb/10). Ties follow zodiac, planet and house order. Compare with your own chart for reflection, never prediction.
Major aspects
The orb measures distance from the exact angle: a smaller number means a tighter aspect.
| Bodies and aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Lilith trine Midheaven | 0.40° |
| Saturn square Midheaven | 0.43° |
| Venus conjunction Ascendant | 1.10° |
| Chiron sextile Saturn | 1.49° |
| Mars trine Jupiter | 1.59° |
| Chiron opposition Uranus | 1.62° |
| Jupiter square Pluto | 1.82° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 2.03° |
| Mars square Neptune | 2.25° |
| Moon trine Venus | 2.70° |
| Saturn trine Uranus | 3.12° |
| Sun square Lilith | 3.26° |
| Moon trine Ascendant | 3.80° |
| Sun sextile Saturn | 4.09° |
| Moon sextile Mars | 4.53° |
| Mercury sextile Uranus | 4.62° |
| North Node sextile Lilith | 5.19° |
| South Node trine Lilith | 5.19° |
| Chiron trine Sun | 5.58° |
| North Node sextile Midheaven | 5.59° |
| South Node trine Midheaven | 5.59° |
| Pluto trine North Node | 5.87° |
| Pluto sextile South Node | 5.87° |
| Sun trine Jupiter | 5.99° |
| Moon square Mercury | 6.07° |
| Chiron trine Mercury | 6.24° |
| Uranus square Ascendant | 6.89° |
| Sun conjunction Mars | 7.58° |
| Neptune trine South Node | 7.90° |
Chart dominants
These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.
- Top signs
- Leo (4) · Cancer (3) · Scorpio (3).
- Leo: expressing a distinct voice and making it visible; Cancer: protecting what feels familiar and meaningful; Scorpio: looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Top planets
- Moon (4.67) · Pluto (4.62) · Sun (4.23).
- Moon: emotional habits; Pluto: intensity and transformation; Sun: identity and purpose.
- Top houses
- House 3 (4) · House 5 (4) · House 4 (2).
- House 3: communication and learning; House 5: creativity and play; House 4: home and foundations.
- Dominant element
- Fire (6 points).
- Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
- Dominant modality
- Fixed (7 points).
- Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.
Placements at a glance
- Sun in Leo: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- Moon in Scorpio: in astrology, emotional habits is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Mercury in Leo: in astrology, communication and learning is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- Venus in Cancer: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Mars in Virgo: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through improving details through practical work.
- Jupiter in Sagittarius: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
- Saturn in Gemini: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
- Uranus in Libra: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through balancing different perspectives and noticing presentation.
- Neptune in Sagittarius: in astrology, imagination and ideals is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
- Pluto in Libra: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through balancing different perspectives and noticing presentation.
- North Node in Capricorn: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- South Node in Cancer: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- Lilith in Scorpio: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Chiron in Aries: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
- Cancer rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.
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