Benedict Cumberbatch (July 19, 1976)

I knew I’d get around to him, eventually. Benedict Cumberbatch has a fine ear for imitation, or so I’ve been led to believe. But lots of actors have that ability, such as Jim Carey, for example. I wonder why?

This timing is considered ‘good’. It comes as no surprise that Pluto would be conjunct his Libra Ascendant. Even Venus and Saturn being conjunct makes sense in Leo with Mercury within 4°. But the most important aspect is the inconjunct linking Neptune with his Midheaven.

Neptune Inconjunct Midheaven

You are very impressionable, in that you pick up the energies around you very quickly. Therefore it is very important that you are surrounded by wholesome influences in your early years, because negative influences will weaken your self-esteem and make it much more difficult to accomplish anything when you are older. On the other hand, your impressionableness may give rise to some psychic ability, or at least a very sharp intuition when you are older.

Planets in Youth (page 342) by Robert Hand (1977)

A-ha.

Well, now we know why.