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Martha Graham

Martha Graham (born May 11, 1894, Allegheny, United States; died 1991), was an American dancer and choreographer. Graham's honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Women's Hall of Fame and Kennedy Center Honors.

Martha Graham’s zodiac sign was Taurus, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Horse, with Life Path 11 in numerology.

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Martha Graham’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Lightkeeper

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.

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

#713

US rank in 2025

~553,732

Americans share it since 1880

1947

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Martha’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

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

Lucky numbers

11 · 2 · 3 · 7

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Green Orchid

Ivory · Blush · Botanical green

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What the chart says

Martha, according to the stars

Core essence

Martha 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 Martha 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, Martha needs to be adored a little, and there is nothing wrong with that. The Moon in Leo feels things dramatically and generously and wants them noticed. What Martha needs to feel safe is to be chosen out loud: the compliment said in front of people, the text that says you were thinking of them. They repay it tenfold.

How Martha wants to be loved

Martha 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 Martha creates

How Martha makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Martha creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Martha 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 Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. Martha is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Martha slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

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

Where Martha sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Martha

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Martha

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

PrivateExpressive
Martha

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Martha

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

PracticalVisionary
Martha

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Martha

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Martha Graham

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

Martha’s birth-night reference starCor Caroliblue-white · Canes VenaticiCor Caroli, in Canes Venatici. A blue-white star, 79.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Cor Caroli →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 20.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Martha Graham in 15 seconds

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Martha Graham's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 11, 1894, 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.

Wood Horse

Open road, open heart.

Martha Graham was born on May 11, 1894, which falls in a Wood 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 11

Bright signal, thin skin.

Martha Graham's birth date, May 11, 1894, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.

What stands out in Martha’s chart

Martha’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Martha Graham, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 6° to 20° Leo depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.7° orbMoon opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 1.3° orbJupiter fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 1.5° orbMercury faces off with Uranus · Opposition, 2.4° orbNeptune fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.6° orbVenus opens doors for Jupiter · Sextile, 3° orbMoon grinds against Mercury · Square, 3.1° orbMoon opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 3.8° orbSun in Taurus · 20°57′☉20°Moon in Leo · 13°40′☽13°Mercury in Taurus · 10°34′☿10°Venus in Aries · 5°25′♀5°Mars in Pisces · 1°12′♂1°Jupiter in Gemini · 8°22′♃8°Saturn in Libra · 19°42′ · retrograde♄℞19°Uranus in Scorpio · 13°00′ · retrograde♅℞12°Neptune in Gemini · 12°24′♆12°Pluto in Gemini · 9°49′♇9°

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.

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

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.

  • stableJupiterconjunctionPluto1.3° to 1.6° orb

    Martha’s growth and depths act as one.

  • stableMercuryoppositionUranus1.4° to 3.5° orb

    Martha’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.

  • stableVenussextileJupiter2.5° to 3.4° orb

    Martha’s affections open doors for their growth.

  • stableNeptuneconjunctionPluto2.6° orb

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

  • stableVenussextilePluto3.9° to 4.9° orb

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

  • stableJupiterconjunctionNeptune3.9° to 4.1° orb

    Martha’s growth and imagination act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • possibleMoonsextilePlutoorb from 0.0° to 10.9° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.1° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileJupiterorb from 0.1° to 12.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileSaturnorb from 0.1° to 13.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 7.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileNeptuneorb from 0.1° to 8.3° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth2 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

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

Martha’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.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Virgo 14°37′

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

    Chiron in Virgo is read as a wound around never being good enough. The reading has Martha turning that pressure into craft and an eye for what others miss.

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 11°36′ (moves 0.12° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Virgo is read as nurture through usefulness: fixing, sorting, noticing. The reading has Martha caring in practical detail rather than in words.

  • ♡ ErosVirgo 12°08′ (moves 0.62° 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. Martha is read as slow to start and exact once started.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Scorpio 11°44′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Scorpio is read as health through release and honest reckoning. The tradition has Martha carrying stress in the body until it is named.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 14°52′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Martha is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

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.

  • Eros square Neptune 0.3°
  • Ceres square Neptune 0.8°
  • Eros sextile Uranus 0.9°
  • Ceres trine Mercury 1.0°
  • Hygiea opposition Mercury 1.2°
  • Hygiea conjunction Uranus 1.3°
  • Ceres sextile Uranus 1.4°
  • Chiron sextile Uranus 1.6°
  • Eros trine Mercury 1.6°
  • Ceres square Pluto 1.8°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Uranus 1.9°
  • Chiron square Neptune 2.2°
  • Eros square Pluto 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°).

Martha’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. 1. ♀ Venus8 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury4 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto; 1 major aspect

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto4 pts

    disposes Uranus; 3 major aspects

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

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. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.5°
  • Uranus quincunx Neptune 0.6°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Pluto 0.7°
  • Sun quincunx Saturn 1.2°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Neptune 1.8°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Martha Graham, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Martha’s cards

Every card is computed from May 11, 1894, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

Justice

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Lightkeeper

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Western zodiac

Taurus

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Chinese zodiac

Horse 午

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

甲

yang Wood

午

Horse

Fire

roots & early life

Month

己

yin Earth

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Martha Graham, 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

Martha’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q487604, 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.

Portrait by Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Martha Graham 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 Martha Graham.

Quick answers about Martha Graham’s chart

What zodiac sign was Martha Graham?
Martha Graham was a Taurus: born May 11, 1894, 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 Wood Horse.
What was Martha Graham's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Horse, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 11, 1894 birth.
What time was Martha Graham 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 Martha Graham's Life Path number?
Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the May 11, 1894 birth date.
What was Martha Graham's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Virgo at 14°. Position from JPL Horizons for the May 11, 1894 birth date.
Where was Martha Graham's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 14°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Martha Graham's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn; 2 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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