Donald Martino
Donald Martino (born May 16, 1931, Plainfield, United States; died 2005), was an American composer. Martino's honours include Pulitzer Prize for Music, Fulbright Scholarship and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Donald Martino’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Metal Goat, with 
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Donald Martino’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Scholar
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Donald in the U.S.?
#690
US rank in 2025
~1,420,387
Americans share it since 1880
1934
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Donald’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia
Ivory · Blush · Silver
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What the chart says
Donald, according to the stars
Core essence
Donald is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Donald is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.
The vibe
Underneath, Donald is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Donald needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.
How Donald wants to be loved
Donald wants to be loved boldly. Venus in Aries falls fast, says so, and wants you to chase back. Grand gestures land, so does a fight followed by a proper make-up. What bores them is hesitation. Be direct, be a little brave about them, and keep the spark lit on purpose.
How Donald creates
How Donald makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Donald creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Donald is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Donald is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Donald fights with pride and flair and needs the win to be seen. Generous in victory, dramatic in defeat, and never, ever petty for long. Give them the stage and the fire becomes warmth.
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You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Taurus Sun
Taurus SunStubborn is the polite word.
Donald Martino's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 16, 1931, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Taurus readings associate the sign with steadiness, sensory pleasure and things that last. Astrologers describe it as the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, and read it for loyalty, routine and a slow, deliberate pace. The corresponding tension is resistance to change, described in the tradition as stubbornness that presents itself as principle.
Metal Goat
Metal GoatKind, and quietly tough.
Donald Martino was born on May 16, 1931, which falls in a Metal Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Donald Martino's birth date, May 16, 1931, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Donald’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Donald Martino's date-only chart is Mars trine Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Five of the ten planets are in Earth signs, and none in Air.
- Donald Martino combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Scholar.
Donald’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Donald Martino, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 7° to 19° Taurus depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableMarstrineUranus0.0° to 0.3° orb
Donald’s drive flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableJupitersquareUranus0.1° to 0.2° orb
Donald’s growth grinds against their need for freedom. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableMercurytrineNeptune0.8° to 1.1° orb
Donald’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableVenussquareSaturn0.9° to 2.1° orb
Donald’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSuntrineSaturn1.2° to 2.2° orb
Donald’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableUranussquarePluto1.5° to 1.6° orb
Donald’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupiterconjunctionPluto1.6° to 1.8° orb
Donald’s growth and depths act as one.
stableSaturnoppositionPluto4.0° to 4.1° orb
Donald’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
stableVenussquarePluto5.0° to 6.2° orb
Donald’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSaturnsquareUranus5.6° orb
Donald’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
stableJupiteroppositionSaturn5.7° to 5.9° orb
Donald’s growth pulls against their discipline from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableVenusconjunctionUranus6.6° to 7.7° orb
Donald’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air0 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable1 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.
Donald’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ ChironTaurus 19°08′ (moves 0.07° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Donald building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresLibra 2°14′
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Libra is read as nurture through fairness and company. Donald is read as someone who feeds others by keeping the peace and the balance.
♡ ErosVirgo 24°32′ (moves 0.47° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Virgo is read as desire expressed through attention to detail: noticing, improving, being useful. Donald is read as slow to start and exact once started.
⚕ HygieaGemini 26°17′ (moves 0.32° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Gemini is read as health that lives in the nerves and the mind. The tradition has Donald needing variety and enough sleep in equal measure.
⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 20°49′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces is read as a refusal to be reasonable about longing. Donald is read as someone whose imagination goes where it is not invited.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Chiron sextile Pluto 0.1°
- Eros trine Sun 0.3°
- Eros trine Saturn 1.4°
- Hygiea sextile Venus 1.6°
- Chiron square Mars 1.7°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 1.7°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Saturn 2.3°
Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).
Donald’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ♀ Venus8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn7 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 5 major aspects
3. ♅ Uranus5 pts
5 major aspects
A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Donald is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.
How the score is built
- Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
- Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
- Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
- Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
- Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.
Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.
Configurations in Donald’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
T-square onto Venus · Saturn, Pluto, VenusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Uranus · Saturn, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
- T-square onto Uranus · Jupiter, Saturn, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Mars semi-sextile Jupiter 0.1°
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.2°
- Uranus sesquiquadrate Neptune 0.5°
- Jupiter semi-square Neptune 0.6°
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.1°
- Mercury quintile Jupiter 1.4°
- Mars semi-sextile Pluto 1.6°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Donald Martino, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Donald’s cards
Every card is computed from May 16, 1931, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
巳
Snake
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Donald Martino, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Donald’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q357171, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
The same Donald Martino at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Donald Martino.
Quick answers about Donald Martino’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Donald Martino?
- Donald Martino was a Taurus: born May 16, 1931, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Metal Goat.
- What was Donald Martino's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 16, 1931 birth.
- What time was Donald Martino born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- What was Donald Martino's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the May 16, 1931 birth date.
- What was Donald Martino's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 19°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 16, 1931 birth date.
- Where was Donald Martino's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Donald Martino's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Uranus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
