Martin Margiela
Martin Margiela (born April 9, 1957, Genk, Belgium), aged 69, is a Belgian fashion designer.
Martin Margiela’s zodiac sign is Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Aries, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Fire Rooster, with 
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Martin Margiela’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 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal 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
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
8 · 5 · 7
Lucky colours
Red & Orange
Lucky day
Tuesday
Direction
↓ South
Season
summer
Stones
Diamond, Red Coral, Carnelian
Flower constellation
🌼 Daisy · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌺 Poppy
White · Crimson · Flame orange
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What the chart says
Martin, according to the stars
Core essence
Martin leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Martin is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.
The vibe
Underneath, Martin 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 Martin 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 Martin wants to be loved
Martin 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 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 sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. 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 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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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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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.
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Aries Sun
Aries SunFires first. Thinks later.
Martin Margiela's Sun was in Aries for the whole of April 9, 1957, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Aries readings associate the sign with initiative, directness and a preference for acting before the plan is finished. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal fire sign: the one that starts things. The corresponding tension is impatience, with the classical caution that what Aries begins quickly it may leave for someone else to complete.
Fire Rooster
Fire RoosterSays what everyone was thinking.
Martin Margiela was born on April 9, 1957, which falls in a Fire Rooster year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Rooster readings emphasise precision, candour and pride in appearance and in work done properly. The Chinese almanacs describe the Rooster as observant and punctual, the sign that notices and says so. The corresponding caution in the tradition is vanity, and a frankness that arrives before anyone asked for it.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Wants it all. Gets most.
Martin Margiela's birth date, April 9, 1957, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Martin’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Martin Margiela's date-only chart is Mars opposition Saturn, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Fixed signs, making Fixed the strongest modality in this chart.
- Six of the ten planets are in Fire signs.
- Martin Margiela 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
No documented birth time exists for Martin Margiela, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 3° to 17° 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.
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.
stableMarsoppositionSaturn0.0° to 0.4° orb
Martin’s drive pulls against their discipline from across the wheel.
stableSunconjunctionVenus1.2° to 1.4° orb
Martin’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableUranussquareNeptune1.3° orb
Martin’s need for freedom grinds against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenustrineSaturn3.3° to 4.6° orb
Martin’s affections flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableNeptunesextilePluto3.4° orb
Martin’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextileMars3.5° to 4.1° orb
Martin’s affections open doors for their drive.
stableMercurysquareUranus3.8° to 5.2° orb
Martin’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableSuntrineSaturn4.7° to 5.7° orb
Martin’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryoppositionNeptune5.0° to 6.6° orb
Martin’s mind pulls against their imagination from across the wheel.
possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.0° to 10.5° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineSaturnorb from 0.0° to 10.8° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareMercuryorb from 0.1° to 9.6° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire6 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water1 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed5 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
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.
⚷ ChironAquarius 16°27′ (moves 0.04° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aquarius is read as a wound around fitting in. The tradition has Martin making a place among outsiders and keeping the door open for the next one.
⚳ CeresTaurus 12°37′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Taurus is read as nurture through the physical: food, comfort, a steady presence. Martin is read as someone who shows care by providing.
♡ ErosTaurus 14°37′ (moves 0.83° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Taurus is read as desire through the senses and through time. The reading has Martin wanting what can be touched, kept and returned to.
⚕ HygieaPisces 22°15′ (moves 0.35° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Pisces is read as health that rises and falls with what is absorbed from others. The reading has Martin needing solitude to reset.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 24°40′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Martin at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about 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.
- Chiron sextile Venus 1.6°
- Hygiea opposition Jupiter 1.9°
- Chiron trine Mars 2.3°
- Chiron sextile Saturn 2.4°
- Chiron sextile Sun 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. ♂ Mars7 pts
rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects
2. ☉ Sun4 pts
disposes Uranus, Pluto; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury4 pts
disposes Mars, Jupiter; 2 major aspects
A Mars-led chart is read as drive setting the pace: Martin is read as acting first and reflecting after.
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.
T-square onto Uranus · Mercury, Neptune, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
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 biquintile Saturn 0.7°
- Mercury sesquiquadrate Jupiter 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Martin Margiela, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Martin’s cards
Every card is computed from April 9, 1957, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♂ Ruled by Mars
Iron Fe
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
辰
Dragon
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Martin Margiela, 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 Q978265, 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.
The same Martin Margiela at Wikipedia, IMDb and X.
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 Martin Margiela.
Quick answers about Martin Margiela’s chart
- How old is Martin Margiela?
- Martin Margiela is 69 years old, born April 9, 1957 in Genk, Belgium.
- What zodiac sign is Martin Margiela?
- Martin Margiela is an Aries: born April 9, 1957, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Fire Rooster.
- What is Martin Margiela's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 9, 1957 birth.
- What time was Martin Margiela 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 is Martin Margiela's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the April 9, 1957 birth date.
- What is Martin Margiela's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aquarius at 16°. Position from JPL Horizons for the April 9, 1957 birth date.
- Where is Martin Margiela's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 24°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Martin Margiela's dominant planet?
- Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (7 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun, Venus; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
