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Martin Garrix

Martin Garrix (born May 14, 1996, Amstelveen, Netherlands), aged 30, is a Dutch DJ and record producer. Best-known releases include Gold Skies, Bylaw and Seven. Garrix's honours include International Dance Music Awards, Popprijs and MTV Europe Music Award for Best World Stage Performance.

Martin Garrix’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Fire Rat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Martin Garrix’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 Martin in the U.S.?

#335

US rank in 2025

~317,037

Americans share it since 1880

1963

its peak year

In 1996, 2,282 American boys and 8 girls were registered Martin — 152nd among boys and 10,179th among girls on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Martin’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

8

Expression · direction and scale

2

Soul Urge · closeness

6

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on M (4) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Martin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 3

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌸 Hibiscus

Ivory · Blush · Scarlet

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1996, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Martin apart

The MTV Europe Music Award for Best World Stage Performance came in 2016, when Martin Garrix was 20.

Study took Martin Garrix to Herman Brood Academy.

Martin Garrix was 16 when the work began in 2012.

On Wikipedia the categories read Dutch record producers, Stmpd Rcrds artists and Musicians from Amsterdam.

Pokimane and Cole Bennett shares the birth date exactly, so the chart below is nearly the same document for all of them. What follows the chart is where they part.

Educated at
Herman Brood Academy
Instruments
piano, guitar, FL Studio and electronic keyboard
Awards
MTV Europe Music Award for Best World Stage Performance (2016), Popprijs (2016) and International Dance Music Awards (2019)
Working from
2012
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Languages
English and Dutch
Wikipedia editions
62

What the chart says

Martin, according to the stars

Core essence

Martin 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 Martin 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, Martin 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 Martin needs to feel safe is honesty in real time and room to react. Say it straight, and they will always meet you there.

How Martin wants to be loved

Martin wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Martin like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Martin creates

How Martin makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Martin 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: Martin 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Martin 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 rushed, and being pushed. Mars in Taurus means Martin is slow to anger and very hard to move once they are. Patience is the superpower, stubbornness its shadow. Let them set the pace and they are unstoppable in their own time.

Computed from Martin's birth date. Working below.

Where Martin sits

Six lines

Martin’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Martin

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Martin

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

PrivateExpressive
Martin

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Martin

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

PracticalVisionary
Martin

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Martin

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

✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Martin Garrix

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

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Amstelveen that night

Computed for 52.30°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Amstelveen at 9 p.m. that evening: Merak of Ursa Major, within 4.4° of the exact zenith.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 103 catalog stars above the horizon.

Amstelveen sits at 52.3°N, high enough that Vega, Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −37.7° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon, 8% lit at waning crescent, had already set; the Sun sat -3° below the horizon.

How unusual Martin's chart is

Chart pattern score

57 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Taurus · Five planets retrograde · No Water planets

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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Martin Garrix at a glance

Taurus Sun

Built for the long haul.

Martin Garrix's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 14, 1996, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Fire Rat

Charming, and counting the exits.

Martin Garrix was born on May 14, 1996, which falls in a Fire Rat year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Rat means →

Life Path 8

Power, and the bill for it.

Martin Garrix's birth date, May 14, 1996, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Martin’s chart

Martin’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 10° to 23° Aries depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon grinds against Jupiter · Square, 0.3° orbSaturn opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.5° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 1° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 2.1° orbUranus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.6° orbMercury flows with Neptune · Trine, 2.8° orbSun flows with Neptune · Trine, 3.8° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 4.1° orbSun in Taurus · 23°53′☉23°Moon in Aries · 17°13′☽17°Mercury in Taurus · 24°52′ · retrograde☿℞24°Venus in Gemini · 27°39′♀27°Mars in Taurus · 8°43′♂8°Jupiter in Capricorn · 17°30′ · retrograde♃℞17°Saturn in Aries · 4°03′♄4°Uranus in Aquarius · 4°34′ · retrograde♅℞4°Neptune in Capricorn · 27°42′ · retrograde♆℞27°Pluto in Sagittarius · 1°58′ · retrograde♇℞1°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
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

  • stableMoonsquareJupiter0.0° to 6.9° orb

    Martin’s feelings grind against their growth.

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury0.2° to 1.8° orb

    Martin’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSaturnsextileUranus0.5° to 0.6° orb

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

  • stableSaturntrinePluto2.0° to 2.1° orb

  • stableMercurytrineNeptune2.5° to 3.1° orb

  • stableUranussextilePluto2.6° orb

  • stableSuntrineNeptune3.3° to 4.3° orb

  • stableMarssquareUranus3.8° to 4.5° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto4.3° orb

  • stableSuntrineJupiter5.9° to 6.9° orb

  • stableVenussquareSaturn6.3° to 6.5° orb

  • stableMercuryoppositionPluto6.8° to 7.4° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth5 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water0 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal4 of 10
  • Fixed4 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Water signs.

Martin’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Libra 8°20′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Sagittarius 12°12′ (moves 0.20° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosLeo 4°14′ (moves 0.92° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaAries 7°32′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 25°31′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros trine Saturn 0.2°
  • Eros opposition Uranus 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith sextile Sun 1.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith opposition Neptune 2.2°
  • Eros trine Pluto 2.3°
  • Hygiea sextile Uranus 3.0°

Martin’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 1 major aspect

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus6 pts

    in its own sign, Aquarius; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Martin’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, MarsThree 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Venus quincunx Neptune 0.0°
  • Jupiter semi-square Pluto 0.5°
  • Venus biquintile Uranus 0.9°

Born the same day as Martin

2 other people here were born on May 14, 1996, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: from Amstelveen, at 52.3°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never set at all. Same sky, different lives.

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Martin’s cards

Computed from May 14, 1996. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Strength

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Scholar

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Rat 子

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

丙

yang Fire

子

Rat

Water

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

亥

Pig

Water

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Martin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q14544318 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Moiyeah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Martin Garrix at Wikipedia, martingarrix.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Martin Garrix.

Quick answers about Martin Garrix’s chart

How old is Martin Garrix?
Martin Garrix is 30 years old, born May 14, 1996 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
What zodiac sign is Martin Garrix?
Martin Garrix is a Taurus: born May 14, 1996, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Martin Garrix's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Rat, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 14, 1996 birth.
What is Martin Garrix's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is Martin Garrix's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Libra at 8°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Martin Garrix's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 25°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Martin Garrix's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Mars; 1 major aspect). Uranus is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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