Martin Flavin
Martin Flavin (born November 2, 1883, San Francisco, United States; died 1967), was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter. Flavin's honours include Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.
Martin Flavin’s zodiac sign was Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Goat, with Life Path 6 in numerology.
Scorpio, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Water Goat, with 
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Martin Flavin’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Guardian
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 6 represents care: home, responsibility, beauty and the instinct to support the people nearby.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 6, on the emotional plane.
How common is the name Martin in the U.S.?
#335
US rank in 2025
~317,037
Americans share it since 1880
1963
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Martin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
6 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Red Coral, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Crimson · Soft pink
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Martin, according to the stars
Core essence
Martin does not do surface. The core of Martin is intensity, the kind that wants the real story and can tell when it is not getting it. They love completely or not at all, keep their own counsel, and have a private loyalty that runs deeper than anyone outside it will ever know. Trust from Martin is earned slowly and never given lightly.
The vibe
Underneath, Martin is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What Martin needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
How Martin wants to be loved
Martin wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Martin even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Martin creates
How Martin makes things happen: they cut to it. A Yang Metal day master is the sword, decisive, principled, allergic to nonsense. Martin creates by clarifying, by deciding, by being the one who says what the thing actually is. Sharp with themselves first. The work is remembering that not every problem needs a blade.
Instinct
Instinct: Martin 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 Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 6 is the nurturer. Martin is here to care, to make a home wherever they are, to be the person others come to. Responsible, warm, a little too willing to carry everyone, and learning to let themselves be looked after.
Triggers
Triggers: being ignored, or being made small. Mars in Leo means Martin 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 Martin's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Martin sits
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You may run on a few close bonds rather than a crowd. Depth is your default.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may need space before addressing conflict. Cooling off comes first.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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The quick version
Scorpio Sun
Scorpio SunReads the room. Says nothing.
Martin Flavin's Sun was in Scorpio for the whole of November 2, 1883, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Scorpio readings associate the sign with intensity, depth and strong loyalties: few bonds, held completely. Astrologers describe it as the fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern practice by Pluto, and read it for privacy and resolve. The corresponding tension is the tendency to guard trust closely and to remember what was done with it.
Water Goat
Water GoatKind, and quietly tough.
Martin Flavin was born on November 2, 1883, which falls in a Water 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 6
Life Path 6Home is the project.
Martin Flavin's birth date, November 2, 1883, reduces to Life Path 6 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 6 readings associate the number with care, responsibility and beauty: home, family and the instinct to support the people nearby. Numerologists describe it as the path of the nurturer. The corresponding tension is over-responsibility, with the caution that carrying other people's burdens can become a way of avoiding one's own.
What stands out in Martin’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Martin Flavin's date-only chart is Mars sextile Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- This chart has an even Fire/Air emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Martin Flavin combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Guardian.
Martin’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Martin Flavin, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 4° to 16° Sagittarius 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.
stableMarssextileSaturn0.3° to 0.8° orb
Martin’s drive opens doors for their discipline.
stableSunsquareMars0.6° to 1.2° orb
Martin’s core identity grinds against their drive.
stableVenusoppositionNeptune0.6° to 1.8° orb
Martin’s affections pull against their imagination from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
stableJupitersextilePluto3.4° orb
Martin’s growth opens doors for their depths.
stableUranustrinePluto4.1° orb
Martin’s need for freedom flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableJupitersextileSaturn4.6° to 4.7° orb
Martin’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMarsconjunctionJupiter5.0° to 5.4° orb
Martin’s drive and growth act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableSunsquareJupiter5.6° to 6.5° orb
Martin’s core identity grinds against their growth.
stableUranustrineNeptune6.5° to 6.6° orb
Martin’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
possibleMoontrineMarsorb from 0.1° to 7.3° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionSaturnorb from 0.1° to 8.1° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineJupiterorb from 0.8° to 12.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal1 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Martin’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 ℞Gemini 2°06′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Gemini is read as a tender spot around being heard or believed. The tradition has Martin turning that into a careful, exact way with words.
⚳ Ceres ℞Gemini 21°17′ (moves 0.09° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Gemini is read as nurture through talk and attention. The tradition has Martin feeding people with information and feeling fed by conversation.
♡ ErosScorpio 7°49′ (moves 0.76° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Scorpio sits in the sign the tradition links to it most closely: desire as depth and total exposure. Martin is read as uninterested in anything half-felt.
⚕ HygieaSagittarius 19°49′ (moves 0.39° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Sagittarius is read as health through movement, space and a reason. Martin is read as someone who is well when going somewhere.
⚸ Black Moon LilithScorpio 6°45′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio is read as power the person has stopped apologising for. Martin is read as someone others project onto, and who has learnt to let them.
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 Mars 1.4°
- Chiron conjunction Pluto 1.5°
- Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.9°
- Eros conjunction Sun 2.3°
- Black Moon Lilith square Mars 2.5°
- Black Moon Lilith square Jupiter 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°).
Martin’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. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects
2. ♂ Mars4.5 pts
traditionally rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; 3 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
A Pluto-led chart is read as intensity and transformation leading: Martin is read as someone who does not do things by half and rebuilds after every ending.
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 Martin’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.
- Mercury semi-sextile Uranus 0.3°
- Sun quincunx Saturn 1.4°
- Sun semi-square Uranus 1.4°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Martin Flavin, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: The modern vs traditional rulers debate · 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign
Martin’s cards
Every card is computed from November 2, 1883, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Metal.
Year
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Martin Flavin, 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
Martin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q503483, 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 Daily News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Martin Flavin at Wikipedia and IMDb.
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 Martin Flavin’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Martin Flavin?
- Martin Flavin was a Scorpio: born November 2, 1883, which puts the Sun in Scorpio for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Water Goat.
- What was Martin Flavin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 2, 1883 birth.
- What time was Martin Flavin 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 Martin Flavin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 6, calculated in numerology from the November 2, 1883 birth date.
- What was Martin Flavin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Gemini at 2°. Position from JPL Horizons for the November 2, 1883 birth date.
- Where was Martin Flavin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Martin Flavin's dominant planet?
- Pluto, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Scorpio; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Mars is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
