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George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948, Bayonne, United States, 21:25), aged 78, is an American writer and television producer. Martin is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, The Armageddon Rag and A Song for Lya and Other Stories. Martin's honours include Locus Award for Best Anthology, Locus Award for Best Short Story and Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story.

George R. R. Martin’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat, with Life Path 33 in numerology.

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George R. R. Martin’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Healer

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 33 is traditionally called a master path. It represents teaching through care, service and example.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 33, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name George in the U.S.?

#126

US rank in 2025

~1,497,260

Americans share it since 1880

1921

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

George’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

33 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Wednesday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Sapphire, Emerald, Citrine

Flower constellation

⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🌻 Zinnia

Lavender · Lilac · Terracotta

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What the chart says

George, according to the stars

Core essence

George notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of George is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.

The vibe

Underneath, George runs hot. The Moon in Aries means feelings arrive fast and loud and burn out just as fast, so the flare you saw an hour ago is already forgiven. What George needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How George wants to be loved

George wants to be loved out loud. Venus in Leo is warm, generous and a little theatrical, and it wants a partner who is proud to be seen with them. Praise is oxygen, loyalty is the deal. Adore George openly and they will make you feel like the only person in every room.

How George creates

How George makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. George creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: George is quick, clever and alert, a Rat year, and their gut reaction to a problem is to find the angle nobody has tried. Charming, resourceful, a little bit of a hoarder of good things and good people. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 33 is the master teacher. George is here to lift people, to care at a scale that becomes a calling, to make compassion practical. Devoted, wise, sometimes exhausted by how much they feel for everyone, and learning to keep a little for themselves.

Triggers

Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means George runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.

Computed from George's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where George sits

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Intimate circleWide network
George

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
George

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
George

You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
George

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
George

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
George

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth sky

Dedicate a star to George R. R. Martin

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Bayonne on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

George’s birth-sky starSadryellow-white · CygnusSadr, in Cygnus. A yellow-white star, 88.5° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Sadr →The warmest lightMirfakyellow-white · PerseusMirfak, in Perseus. A yellow-white star, 22.7° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Mirfak →

Read from the sky above Bayonne at 21:25, the birth time on George R. R. Martin’s AA-rated record. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

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Virgo Sun

Order first. Then rest, in theory.

George R. R. Martin's Sun was in Virgo at the documented birth time. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.

Earth Rat

Charming, and counting the exits.

George R. R. Martin was born on September 20, 1948, which falls in a Earth Rat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rat readings emphasise quickness, resourcefulness and an eye for the opening nobody else has noticed. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rat as the strategist of the cycle, first in the order because it saw the shortcut. The corresponding caution in the tradition is scatter: too many angles worked at once, and charm spent where patience was needed.

Life Path 33

Love as a job description.

George R. R. Martin's birth date, September 20, 1948, reduces to Life Path 33 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 33 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with teaching through care, service and example. Numerologists read it as an intensified 6, the nurturer's instinct turned toward a community rather than a household. The corresponding tension is self-sacrifice, with the caution that giving at that scale needs a source that is also being filled.

What stands out in George’s chart

George’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.3° orbVenus opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.8° orbVenus grinds against Mars · Square, 1.3° orbSun grinds against Uranus · Square, 2.5° orbMercury opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 2.6° orbMoon flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.9° orbVenus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.9° orbMoon opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 3.2° orbSun in Virgo · 27°58′ · house 5☉27°Moon in Aries · 27°17′ · house 12☽27°Mercury in Libra · 23°39′ · house 6☿23°Venus in Leo · 12°58′ · house 4♀12°Mars in Scorpio · 11°43′ · house 7♂11°Jupiter in Sagittarius · 21°03′ · house 8♃21°Saturn in Virgo · 0°13′ · house 5♄0°Uranus in Cancer · 0°29′ · house 3♅0°Neptune in Libra · 12°11′ · house 6♆12°Pluto in Leo · 15°50′ · house 4♇15°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCTau 26°58′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCSco 26°58′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCAqr 4°38′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICLeo 4°38′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantTaurus
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • SaturnsextileUranusapplying · 0.3° orb

    George’s discipline opens doors for their need for freedom.

  • VenussextileNeptuneseparating · 0.8° orb

    George’s affections open doors for their imagination. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • VenussquareMarsseparating · 1.3° orb

    George’s affections grind against their drive.

  • SunsquareUranusapplying · 2.5° orb

    George’s core identity grinds against their need for freedom.

  • MercurysextileJupiterseparating · 2.6° orb

    George’s mind opens doors for their growth. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • MoontrineSaturnapplying · 2.9° orb

    George’s feelings flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • VenusconjunctionPlutoapplying · 2.9° orb

    George’s affections and depths act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • MoonsextileUranusapplying · 3.2° orb

    George’s feelings open doors for their need for freedom.

  • MoonoppositionMercuryseparating · 3.6° orb

    George’s feelings pull against their mind from across the wheel.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 3.7° orb

    George’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • MarssquarePlutoapplying · 4.1° orb

    George’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • JupitertrinePlutoseparating · 5.2° orb

    George’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • MoontrineJupiterseparating · 6.2° orb

    George’s feelings flow straight into their growth.

  • MercurytrineUranusapplying · 6.8° orb

    George’s mind flows straight into their need for freedom. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • SunsquareJupiterseparating · 6.9° orb

    George’s core identity grinds against their growth.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire4 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed3 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.

George’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.

  • ⚷ ChironScorpio 21°46′ · House 7

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Scorpio is read as a wound around trust and loss. The tradition has George carrying an unusual tolerance for what other people cannot look at.

  • ⚳ CeresLeo 2°28′ · House 4

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. George is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 10°22′ · House 5

    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. George is read as slow to start and exact once started.

  • ⚕ HygieaLeo 21°59′ · House 4

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has George at their best with something to be proud of.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 6°49′ · House 11

    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. George 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.

  • Hygiea trine Jupiter 0.9°
  • Eros sextile Mars 1.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Mercury 1.7°

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°).

George’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

  1. 1. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Neptune; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Saturn; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars7 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Aries; disposes Moon; angular in the seventh house; 2 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: George 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 George’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite closes among the planets that can be placed. That is the common case, not a gap.

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.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.0°
  • Uranus semi-square Pluto 0.4°
  • Mars quintile Saturn 0.5°
  • Mars semi-sextile Neptune 0.5°
  • Sun quincunx Moon 0.7°
  • Sun semi-square Mars 1.3°
  • Mercury quintile Venus 1.3°

George’s houses

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1TaurusVenus in Leo, house 4emptyself, body, how you arrive
2GeminiMercury in Libra, house 6emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3CancerMoon in Aries, house 12Uranusmind, siblings, the local world
4LeoSun in Virgo, house 5Venus, Plutohome, family, roots
5VirgoMercury in Libra, house 6Sun, Saturncreativity, romance, play
6LibraVenus in Leo, house 4Mercury, Neptunework, habits, health
7ScorpioPluto in Leo, house 4Marspartnership, marriage, open rivals
8SagittariusJupiter in Sagittarius, house 8Jupitershared resources, intimacy, transformation
9CapricornSaturn in Virgo, house 5emptybelief, travel, higher learning
10AquariusUranus in Cancer, house 3emptycareer, reputation, public life
11PiscesNeptune in Libra, house 6emptyfriends, community, the future
12AriesMars in Scorpio, house 7Moonthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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George’s cards

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The Lovers

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Western zodiac

Virgo

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Rat 子

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

戊

yang Earth

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

酉

Rooster

Metal

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

癸

yin Water

亥

Pig

Water

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

George’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q181677, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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.

Portrait by Henry Söderlund, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same George R. R. Martin at Wikipedia, georgerrmartin.com, IMDb, X 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.

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Quick answers about George R. R. Martin’s chart

How old is George R. R. Martin?
George R. R. Martin is 78 years old, born September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, United States.
What zodiac sign is George R. R. Martin?
George R. R. Martin is a Virgo: born September 20, 1948, which puts the Sun in Virgo at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Rat.
What is George R. R. Martin's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 20, 1948 birth.
What time was George R. R. Martin born?
21:25 local time in Bayonne, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is George R. R. Martin's rising sign?
Taurus rising, calculated from the documented 21:25 birth time in Bayonne, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is George R. R. Martin's Life Path number?
Life Path 33, calculated in numerology from the September 20, 1948 birth date.
What is George R. R. Martin's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 21°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 20, 1948 birth time.
Where is George R. R. Martin's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 6°, in the eleventh house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is George R. R. Martin's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Ascendant, Taurus; disposes Mercury, Neptune; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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