Musician
Ben Folds
Ben Folds Five, and Brick.
Benjamin Scott Folds is an American singer-songwriter. After playing in several small independent bands from the late 1980s through the early '90s, Folds came to prominence as the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five from 1993 to 2000, and again during their reunion from 2011 to 2013. Folds has recorded a number of solo albums, most recently Sleigher (2024). He has also collaborated with musicians such as Regina Spektor, "Weird Al" Yankovic and yMusic, and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with actor William Shatner and authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. Folds was the artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. from 2017 until 2025.
- Born
- 1966-09-12, Winston-Salem, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1966-09-12, Winston-Salem, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 19°26′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 19°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 21°32′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 4°32′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 11°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 27°33′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 26°48′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 19°59′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 19°52′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 18°17′ | Direct |
Ben Folds is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ben Folds was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.