Martin Rodbell
Martin Rodbell (born December 1, 1925, Baltimore, United States; died 1998), was an American biochemist. Rodbell's honours include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Canada Gairdner International Award and Richard Lounsbery Award.
Martin Rodbell’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox, with Life Path 3 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they were a 
Wood Ox, with 
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Martin Rodbell’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Healer
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 3, 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
3 · 1 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 🌿 Fern
Frost white · Rose-gold · Forest
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 the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Martin is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
How Martin wants to be loved
Martin wants to be loved seriously. Venus in Capricorn is slow to open and then loyal for life, and it shows love by building: the plan, the future, the thing that lasts. Respect is the romance. Show Martin you are in it for real and the reserve melts into a warmth almost nobody else gets to see.
How Martin creates
How Martin makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Martin creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Martin is steady under pressure, an Ox year, and their gut reaction is to keep going. Patient, stubborn in the useful way, the one still working when the others have gone home, and quietly very proud of it. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Martin is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Martin runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
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 may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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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Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunNeeds a horizon, any horizon.
Martin Rodbell's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 1, 1925, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.
Wood Ox
Wood OxSays little. Finishes everything.
Martin Rodbell was born on December 1, 1925, which falls in a Wood Ox year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Ox readings emphasise endurance, reliability and the capacity to finish what was started, slowly and without complaint. The Chinese almanacs describe the Ox as the worker of the cycle, whose word holds. The corresponding caution in the tradition is stubbornness that presents itself as principle, and a difficulty changing course once a furrow has been cut.
Life Path 3
Life Path 3Charm with a deadline problem.
Martin Rodbell's birth date, December 1, 1925, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.
What stands out in Martin’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Martin Rodbell's date-only chart is Jupiter sextile Uranus, with an orb of under 1°.
- Martin Rodbell combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the emotional plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Healer.
Martin’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Martin Rodbell, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 18° to 0° Gemini or Cancer 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.
stableJupitersextileUranus0.6° to 0.8° orb
Martin’s growth opens doors for their need for freedom. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableMarstrinePluto1.9° to 2.6° orb
Martin’s drive flows straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
stableSaturntrineUranus1.9° to 2.0° orb
Martin’s discipline flows straight into their need for freedom.
stableMercurytrineNeptune2.4° orb
Martin’s mind flows straight into their imagination.
stableJupitersextileSaturn2.6° to 2.7° orb
Martin’s growth opens doors for their discipline. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenusconjunctionJupiter3.5° to 4.3° orb
Martin’s affections and growth act as one.
stableSaturnsquareNeptune5.1° to 5.3° orb
Martin’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableSaturntrinePluto5.2° to 5.3° orb
Martin’s discipline flows straight into their depths. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercurysquareUranus5.6° to 5.7° orb
Martin’s mind grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableMarsconjunctionSaturn7.2° to 7.7° orb
Martin’s drive and discipline act as one.
possibleMoonoppositionMercuryorb from 0.1° to 8.7° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 9.3° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water4 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Water 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.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 24°17′ (moves 0.03° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Martin may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.
⚳ CeresLeo 24°14′ (moves 0.16° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Leo is read as nurture through encouragement and applause. Martin is read as someone who grows people by making them feel seen.
♡ ErosLibra 25°14′ (moves 0.84° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Libra is read as desire for the beautiful and the mutual. Martin is read as someone who wants the pairing itself as much as the person.
⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 23°05′ (moves 0.08° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Martin is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 8°54′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. Martin is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
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.
- Black Moon Lilith trine Sun 0.1°
- Eros sextile Neptune 0.4°
- Chiron trine Neptune 0.5°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 0.6°
- Hygiea opposition Jupiter 0.8°
- Eros square Venus 1.0°
- Hygiea trine Uranus 1.5°
- Chiron square Venus 1.9°
- Chiron square Jupiter 2.0°
- Eros sextile Mercury 2.0°
- Chiron trine Mercury 2.9°
- Ceres trine Mercury 3.0°
- Eros square Jupiter 3.0°
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. ♃ Jupiter8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn7 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter; 5 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto4 pts
disposes Mars, Saturn; 2 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Martin is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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-square Mars 0.1°
- Sun biquintile Pluto 0.7°
- Mercury semi-sextile Venus 1.0°
- Venus quincunx Neptune 1.4°
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.7°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Martin Rodbell, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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From the journal: Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else · How accurate is Western astrology?
Martin’s cards
Every card is computed from December 1, 1925, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Martin Rodbell, 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 Q60031, 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 Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Martin Rodbell at Wikipedia.
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 Rodbell.
Quick answers about Martin Rodbell’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Martin Rodbell?
- Martin Rodbell was a Sagittarius: born December 1, 1925, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they were a Wood Ox.
- What was Martin Rodbell's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Ox, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 1, 1925 birth.
- What time was Martin Rodbell 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 Rodbell's Life Path number?
- Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the December 1, 1925 birth date.
- What was Martin Rodbell's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 1, 1925 birth date.
- Where was Martin Rodbell's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Martin Rodbell's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury; 3 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
