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Benedict Cumberbatch’s birth chart

ActorBorn July 19, 1976, Hammersmith, United Kingdom

Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonAriesor Taurus
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong. His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.

    The Sun sextile Jupiter (close at 1.4°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Aries or Taurus, the Quick Flame

    Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.

    The Sun square the Moon (close at 2.0°) · For a birth after 2:12 p.m., his Moon was in Taurus.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. Serious about love: he gives affection slowly, and once given, it stays given.

    Venus conjunction Saturn (almost exact at 0.3°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller

    Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. His mind runs ahead of the conversation: he says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.

    Mercury square Uranus (close at 1.7°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson

    Works carefully and precisely. Gets results through skill and attention to detail. Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.

    Mars square Neptune (wide at 3.9°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his mind, his heart and his discipline (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first. In his chart, fire signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Benedict Cumberbatch was born eight days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 48% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, twenty-eight days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Benedict Cumberbatch, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2005 and 2006, at 29: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2034. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and Benedict Cumberbatch

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The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Benedict Cumberbatch’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. Benedict Cumberbatch was born on July 19, 1976, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Remembers birthdays, old jokes and who needed help. Loyalty runs deep, and so does the need to belong.

What is Benedict Cumberbatch’s Moon sign?

Aries or Taurus. The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 2:12 p.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.

What is Benedict Cumberbatch’s rising sign?

The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on July 19, 1976. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Benedict Cumberbatch’s Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.

How does your chart compare with Benedict Cumberbatch’s?

Set your chart beside Benedict Cumberbatch’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.

Sources and credits

Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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