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Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929, Atlanta, United States; died 1968), was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader. King's honours include Time Person of the Year, Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Dragon, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Strategist

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, 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

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

1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🌻 Zinnia

Crimson · Ivory · Terracotta

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 is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Martin is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.

The vibe

Underneath, Martin is porous: other people's moods get in, and so does beauty, and so does the sad song. The Moon in Pisces feels everything and forgives most of it. What Martin needs to feel safe is gentleness and someone who does not make them explain the tears. They will love you back with their whole imagination.

How Martin wants to be loved

Martin wants to be loved tenderly. Venus in Pisces is the romantic of the zodiac: soft, giving, a little dreamy, and easily bruised. They love without keeping score and need a partner who will not take advantage of that. Be gentle with Martin, be honest, and they will make the ordinary feel enchanted.

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 larger than life, a Dragon year, and their gut reaction is to go big. Confident, lucky, a natural at the centre of things, and warm-hearted underneath the spectacle. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Martin is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Martin leads without needing to do it alone.

Triggers

Triggers: being bored, and being talked over. Mars in Gemini fights with words and wins, then forgets it happened. Martin scatters energy across three projects at once and somehow finishes two. The trick is choosing the argument worth having.

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

Where Martin sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Martin

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Martin

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Martin

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Martin

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

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.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Martin’s birth-night reference starMenkibblue · PerseusMenkib, in Perseus. A blue star, 87.5° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Menkib →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 72.1° 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.

Martin Luther King Jr. in 15 seconds

Capricorn Sun

Dry wit, dead serious.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sun was in Capricorn for the whole of January 15, 1929, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.

Earth Dragon

Confident before the proof.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, which falls in a Earth Dragon year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dragon readings emphasise confidence, luck and scale: the only mythical animal in the cycle, associated with ambition and with attention that arrives whether or not it was sought. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dragon as the sign of large gestures. The corresponding caution in the tradition is arrogance, and a difficulty with tasks too small to be seen.

Life Path 1

Independent to the core.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth date, January 15, 1929, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 1 readings associate the number with initiative, independence and the role of going first: deciding, beginning and leading before agreement has formed. Numerologists describe it as the path of the pioneer. The corresponding tension is isolation, with the caution that the front of the line can be a lonely place to stand.

What stands out in Martin’s chart

Martin’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Martin Luther King Jr., so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 12° to 25° Pisces depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.3° orbMoon flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.9° orbMoon grinds against Mars · Square, 2.9° orbMars faces off with Saturn · Opposition, 3.4° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 5.6° orbJupiter flows with Saturn · Trine, 5.8° orbSun grinds against Jupiter · Square, 6.1° orbMoon grinds against Saturn · Square, 6.3° orbSun in Capricorn · 25°06′☉25°Moon in Pisces · 19°03′☽19°Mercury in Aquarius · 11°42′☿11°Venus in Pisces · 10°30′♀10°Mars in Gemini · 21°54′ · retrograde♂℞21°Jupiter in Taurus · 1°10′♃1°Saturn in Sagittarius · 25°21′♄25°Uranus in Aries · 3°57′♅3°Neptune in Virgo · 0°54′ · retrograde♆℞0°Pluto in Cancer · 17°08′ · retrograde♇℞17°

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.

  • stableJupitertrineNeptune0.2° to 0.3° orb

    Martin’s growth flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarsoppositionSaturn3.3° to 3.6° orb

    Martin’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune5.5° to 5.6° orb

    Martin’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunsquareJupiter5.6° to 6.6° orb

    Martin’s core identity grinds against their growth.

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn5.8° orb

    Martin’s growth flows straight into their discipline. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • possibleSunsextileMoonorb from 0.0° to 12.0° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoontrinePlutoorb from 0.0° to 8.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareMarsorb from 0.1° to 9.4° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.1° to 12.7° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonconjunctionVenusorb from 2.6° to 14.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleVenustrinePlutoorb from 6.1° to 7.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleSunoppositionPlutoorb from 7.4° to 8.5° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable5 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.

  • ⚷ ChironTaurus 5°25′

    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 Martin building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 20°01′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

    Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Martin is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.

  • ♡ ErosAries 3°48′ (moves 0.69° over the day)

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

    Eros in Aries is read as desire that moves first and asks later. Martin is read as drawn to the chase more than the catch.

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 19°20′ (moves 0.37° over the day)

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

    Hygiea in Aquarius is read as health through the unconventional: odd hours, own methods. Martin is read as someone who ignores the standard advice and sometimes proves it wrong.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 16°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius is read as a refusal to be told what to believe. The reading has Martin leaving any room where the truth is decided in advance.

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 conjunction Uranus 0.2°
  • Ceres square Mars 1.9°
  • Hygiea trine Mars 2.6°
  • Ceres trine Pluto 2.9°

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. 1. ♄ Saturn7 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts

    disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune3 pts

    disposes Venus; 2 major aspects

A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: Martin is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.

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.

  • grand trine, the shape it makesGrand trine · Jupiter, Saturn, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.

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 biquintile Neptune 0.2°
  • Sun semi-sextile Saturn 0.3°
  • Sun semi-square Venus 0.4°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.2°
  • Neptune semi-square Pluto 1.2°
  • Mercury semi-square Saturn 1.3°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Martin Luther King Jr., so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Martin’s cards

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The Gilded Strategist

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Western zodiac

Capricorn

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Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

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♄ Ruled by Saturn

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Metal.

Year

戊

yang Earth

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

乙

yin Wood

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Martin Luther King Jr., 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 Q8027, 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 Yoichi Okamoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Martin Luther King Jr. at Wikipedia, thekingcenter.org, 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.

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Quick answers about Martin Luther King Jr.’s chart

What zodiac sign was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Capricorn: born January 15, 1929, which puts the Sun in Capricorn for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were an Earth Dragon.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 15, 1929 birth.
What time was Martin Luther King Jr. 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.
How tall was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. was 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life Path number?
Life Path 1, calculated in numerology from the January 15, 1929 birth date.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chiron sign?
Chiron in Taurus at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons for the January 15, 1929 birth date.
Where was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius at 16°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s dominant planet?
Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects). Jupiter is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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