Maria Menounos
Maria Menounos (born June 8, 1978, Medford, United States, 01:26), aged 48, is an American actress, journalist and television presenter (born 1978). Menounos is best known for Entertainment Tonight.
Maria Menounos’s zodiac sign is Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Horse, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Gemini, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
Earth Horse, with 
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Maria Menounos’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Healer
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Maria in the U.S.?
#87
US rank in 2025
~570,389
Americans share it since 1880
1964
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Maria’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
3 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Pearl, Emerald, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌹 Rose · 💜 Lavender · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Rose pink · Lilac · Gold
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets Maria apart
Tim Berners-Lee (1955) and Kanye West (1977) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
Maria, according to the stars
Core essence
Maria is two conversations at once and somehow following both. Curiosity is the core of it: the quick question, the sideways joke, the friend who texts you an article at midnight because it reminded them of you. Maria needs newness the way other people need sleep, and gives the people around them the gift of never being bored.
The vibe
Underneath, Maria is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Maria needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Maria wants to be loved
Maria wants to be loved like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Maria gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Maria creates
How Maria makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Maria 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: Maria is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Maria is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Maria 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.
Computed from Maria's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Maria sits
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You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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 be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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Gemini Sun
Gemini SunNever finishes a book. Reads everything.
Maria Menounos's Sun was in Gemini at the documented birth time. Traditional Gemini readings associate the sign with curiosity, conversation and range: several interests held at once and a talent for connecting people and ideas. Astrologers describe it as the mutable air sign, ruled by Mercury. The corresponding tension is restlessness, with the classical caution that the next subject is always more interesting than finishing the current one.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseCan't stand still. Won't.
Maria Menounos was born on June 8, 1978, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 3
Life Path 3Charm with a deadline problem.
Maria Menounos's birth date, June 8, 1978, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.
What stands out in Maria’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Maria Menounos' timed chart: Sun in the 4th house, Mercury in the 4th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Maria Menounos' timed chart is Sun opposition Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Moon, Venus and Jupiter, sit together in Cancer, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Maria Menounos combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Healer.
Maria’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.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SunoppositionNeptuneseparating · 0.1° orb
Maria’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
MoonsquarePlutoseparating · 0.1° orb
Maria’s feelings grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoontrineUranusseparating · 0.8° orb
Maria’s feelings flow straight into their need for freedom.
MarsconjunctionSaturnseparating · 1.5° orb
Maria’s drive and discipline act as one.
JupitertrineUranusapplying · 2.4° orb
Maria’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 3.0° orb
Maria’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SuntrinePlutoseparating · 3.1° orb
Maria’s core identity flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MoonconjunctionJupiterseparating · 3.2° orb
Maria’s feelings and growth act as one.
JupitersquarePlutoapplying · 3.3° orb
Maria’s growth grinds against their depths.
MercurytrinePlutoapplying · 4.5° orb
Maria’s mind flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
VenussquarePlutoseparating · 6.5° orb
Maria’s affections grind against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
MoonconjunctionVenusapplying · 6.6° orb
Maria’s feelings and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
MercuryoppositionNeptuneapplying · 7.5° orb
Maria’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 7.6° orb
Maria’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Maria’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.
⚷ ChironTaurus 7°54′ · House 3
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 Maria building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ Ceres ℞Capricorn 22°43′ · House 11
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Capricorn is read as nurture through structure and provision. The reading has Maria caring by building something that lasts for others.
♡ ErosGemini 15°59′ · House 4
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Maria is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 28°07′ · House 10
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Maria is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 15°48′ · House 5
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer is read as the refusal to be tamed by the role of carer. The reading has Maria guarding a private self that family did not get to name.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Eros opposition Neptune 1.0°
- Eros conjunction Sun 1.1°
- Ceres sextile Ascendant 1.2°
- Hygiea trine Mars 1.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.8°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Moon 1.9°
- Eros trine Pluto 2.0°
- Ceres opposition Venus 2.2°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 2.7°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 2.8°
- Hygiea trine Saturn 2.8°
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°).
Maria’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ☽ Moon11 pts
rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Venus, Jupiter; 4 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury10 pts
rules the Sun sign, Gemini; in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Sun; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Pisces; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects
A Moon-led chart is read as feeling first: Maria is read as steered by mood, memory and what feels safe.
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 Maria’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Cancer · Moon, Venus, JupiterThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
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.
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 0.4°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.9°
- Mars semi-square Jupiter 1.1°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 1.2°
Maria’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.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 10 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Aries | Mars in Leo, house 6 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Taurus | Venus in Cancer, house 5 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Gemini | Mercury in Gemini, house 4 | Sun, Mercury | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Cancer | Moon in Cancer, house 5 | Moon, Venus, Jupiter | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Leo | Sun in Gemini, house 4 | Mars, Saturn | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Virgo | Mercury in Gemini, house 4 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Libra | Venus in Cancer, house 5 | Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 8 | Uranus | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Cancer, house 5 | Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Capricorn | Saturn in Leo, house 6 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 9 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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Maria’s cards
Every card is computed from June 8, 1978, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
Quicksilver Hg
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
丑
Ox
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
Maria’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q233618, 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 Dustin Senger, Area Support Group Qatar Public Affairs Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Maria Menounos’s chart
- How old is Maria Menounos?
- Maria Menounos is 48 years old, born June 8, 1978 in Medford, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Maria Menounos?
- Maria Menounos is a Gemini: born June 8, 1978, which puts the Sun in Gemini at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Horse.
- What is Maria Menounos's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the June 8, 1978 birth.
- What time was Maria Menounos born?
- 01:26 local time in Medford, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Maria Menounos's rising sign?
- Pisces rising, calculated from the documented 01:26 birth time in Medford, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Maria Menounos?
- Maria Menounos is 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Maria Menounos's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the June 8, 1978 birth date.
- What is Maria Menounos's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 7°, in the third house. Position from JPL Horizons for the June 8, 1978 birth time.
- Where is Maria Menounos's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 15°, in the fifth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Maria Menounos's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Venus, Jupiter; 4 major aspects). Mercury is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
