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.

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.

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.

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chiron sign?

Chiron in Taurus at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons.

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.

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, Chinese zodiac was Earth Dragon, with Life Path 1 in numerology.

Your match with Martin

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

The SSA recorded 2,308 American boys and 25 girls named Martin in 1929: 83rd among boys and 1,584th among girls for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Martin’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Michael King Jr., not the name they published under.

Expression · expression and voice

Soul Urge · being needed

Personality · caring, responsible

The name opens on M (4) and closes on L (3). 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

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

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1928, 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 Spingarn Medal came in 1957, when Martin Luther King Jr. was 28.

Martin Luther King Jr. was taught at David T. Howard High School and Washington High School.

The record gives gunshot wound as the cause, and Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park as the resting place.

The family line: born to Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King Sr., married Coretta Scott King and raised 4 children.

Edward Teller (1908) and Aristotle Onassis (1906) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at: David T. Howard High School, Washington High School and Candler School of Theology
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize (1964), United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (1978) and Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Nominated for: Nobel Peace Prize
Cause of death: gunshot wound
Buried at: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Citizenship: United States
Languages: English
Wikipedia editions: 248

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. 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 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 →

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

The sky over Atlanta that night

Computed for 33.75°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Menkib stood nearest the zenith over Atlanta at 9 p.m. that evening, 87.5° above the horizon in Perseus.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 105 catalog stars were up in all.

Atlanta sits at 33.8°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −56.2° declination ever rises from here, which puts Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 24% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 38° down.

The name and the places

Born as: Michael King Jr.
Known as: Martin Luther King Jr.
Born in: Atlanta, United States

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Martin Luther King Jr.: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Martin's chart is

Chart pattern score

57 / 100 · Unusual

Grand trine · 2 unaspected planets · Mars retrograde

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 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.

What Capricorn means →

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.

What the Dragon means →

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.

What Life Path 1 means →

What stands out in Martin’s chart

The tightest major aspect in Martin Luther King Jr.'s date-only chart is Jupiter trine Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
Five of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
Martin Luther King Jr. combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Strategist.

Martin’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 12° to 25° Pisces depending on the hour.

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.

Lines drawn

Conjunction 0°

Sextile 60°

Square 90°

Trine 120°

Opposition 180°

Placements

Tap one to light it on the wheel.

The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

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
stableJupitertrineSaturn5.8° orb
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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

⚷ ChironTaurus 5°25′
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresPisces 20°01′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAries 3°48′ (moves 0.69° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaAquarius 19°20′ (moves 0.37° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithSagittarius 16°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

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

Martin’s dominant planets

1. ♄ Saturn7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; 3 major aspects
2. ♃ Jupiter4 pts
disposes Saturn; 3 major aspects
3. ♆ Neptune3 pts
disposes Venus; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Martin’s chart

Grand 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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

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°

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Martin’s cards

Computed from January 15, 1929. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Sun

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Strategist

Western zodiac

Capricorn

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

1 · Pioneer

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

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

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

庚

yang Metal

申

Monkey

Metal

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Martin’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q8027 (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 Yoichi Okamoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

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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.
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.
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.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chiron sign?: Chiron in Taurus at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons.
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.

Your match with Martin

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

What Martin’s name adds up to

Martin’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

What sets Martin apart

Martin, according to the stars

Core essence

The vibe

How Martin wants to be loved

How Martin creates

Instinct

Purpose

Triggers

Six lines

Dedicate a star to Martin Luther King Jr.

The sky over Atlanta that night

The name and the places

How unusual Martin's chart is

Martin Luther King Jr. in 15 seconds

Capricorn Sun

Earth Dragon

Life Path 1

What stands out in Martin’s chart

Martin’s birth chart

Aspects across every possible birth time

Chart signature

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

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Martin’s dominant planets

Configurations in Martin’s chart

Minor aspects

More people like Martin

Other writers

Born in United States

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Fellow Capricorn suns

Born in Dragon years

Also born on January 15

Fellow Yang Metal day masters

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Other Gilded Strategists

Famous people with Life Path 1

Martin’s cards

BaZi pillars

Quick answers about Martin Luther King Jr.’s chart

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