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Matt Araiza

Matt Araiza (born May 16, 2000, San Diego, United States), aged 26, is an American football player (born 2000). Araiza has played for San Diego State Aztecs football.

Matt Araiza’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dragon, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Matt Araiza’s AsterNym identity

The Evergreen Architect

Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Wood Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

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

#3818

US rank in 2025

~23,892

Americans share it since 1880

1959

its peak year

The SSA recorded 48 American boys named Matt in 2000: 2,116th for the year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Matt’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

2

Expression · connecting people

4

Soul Urge · solid ground

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on M (4) and closes on T (2). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.

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

Matt’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

5 · 1 · 6 · 7

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Camellia

Ivory · Blush · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 2000, 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 Matt apart

Matt Araiza was taught at San Diego State University.

Wikipedia files Matt Araiza under Rancho Bernardo High School alumni, San Diego State Aztecs football players and Players of American football from San Diego.

Pierce Brosnan (1953) and Janet Jackson (1966) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Educated at
San Diego State University
Sport
American football
Citizenship
United States
Wikipedia editions
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What the chart says

Matt, according to the stars

Core essence

Matt 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 Matt 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, Matt feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Matt needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Matt wants to be loved

Matt wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Matt is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Matt creates

How Matt makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Matt builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.

Instinct

Instinct: Matt 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Matt is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

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

Computed from Matt's birth date. Working below.

Where Matt sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Matt

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Matt

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

PrivateExpressive
Matt

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Matt

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

PracticalVisionary
Matt

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Matt

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Matt Araiza

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

Matt’s birth-night reference starCor Caroliblue-white · Canes VenaticiCor Caroli, in Canes Venatici. A blue-white star, 75.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Cor Caroli →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 17.5° 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 San Diego that night

Computed for 32.72°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Cor Caroli stood nearest the zenith over San Diego at 9 p.m. that evening, 75.8° above the horizon in Canes Venatici.

Sirius was the brightest thing up that night, one of 94 catalog stars above the horizon.

San Diego sits at 32.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −57.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from San Diego on any night.

The Moon, 99% lit at full moon, was still up; the Sun sat 15° below the horizon.

How unusual Matt's chart is

Chart pattern score

60 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Taurus · A bowl chart · 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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The quick version

Taurus Sun

Try rushing a Taurus. Go on.

Matt Araiza's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 16, 2000, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Metal Dragon

Big energy, bigger plans.

Matt Araiza was born on May 16, 2000, which falls in a Metal Dragon year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Dragon means →

Life Path 5

Can't sit still. Won't try.

Matt Araiza's birth date, May 16, 2000, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 5 means →

What stands out in Matt’s chart

Matt’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Scorpio depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Saturn grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.4° orbVenus fuses with Jupiter · Conjunction, 0.6° orbJupiter grinds against Uranus · Square, 0.9° orbMercury flows with Neptune · Trine, 1.2° orbJupiter fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1.3° orbVenus grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.5° orbVenus fuses with Saturn · Conjunction, 1.9° orbMoon grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.2° orbSun in Taurus · 26°12′☉26°Moon in Scorpio · 8°47′☽8°Mercury in Gemini · 5°19′☿5°Venus in Taurus · 19°17′♀19°Mars in Gemini · 9°03′♂9°Jupiter in Taurus · 19°56′♃19°Saturn in Taurus · 21°13′♄21°Uranus in Aquarius · 20°47′♅20°Neptune in Aquarius · 6°33′ · retrograde♆℞6°Pluto in Sagittarius · 11°58′ · retrograde♇℞11°

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

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableVenusconjunctionJupiter0.1° to 1.1° orb

    Matt’s affections and growth act as one.

  • stableMercurytrineNeptune0.2° to 2.3° orb

    Matt’s mind flows straight into their imagination.

  • stableSaturnsquareUranus0.4° to 0.5° orb

    Matt’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.

  • stableJupitersquareUranus0.8° to 1.0° orb

  • stableVenussquareUranus0.9° to 2.1° orb

  • stableJupiterconjunctionSaturn1.2° to 1.3° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionSaturn1.4° to 2.5° orb

  • stableMarstrineNeptune2.2° to 2.8° orb

  • stableMarsoppositionPluto2.6° to 3.3° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars3.0° to 4.5° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionSaturn4.6° to 5.4° orb

  • stableSunsquareUranus4.9° to 5.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal0 of 10
  • Fixed7 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Sagittarius 15°25′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 25°41′ (moves 0.06° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAquarius 6°41′ (moves 0.17° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Sagittarius 5°59′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 8°32′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros conjunction Neptune 0.1°
  • Ceres trine Sun 0.5°
  • Hygiea sextile Neptune 0.6°
  • Hygiea opposition Mercury 0.7°
  • Eros trine Mercury 1.4°
  • Eros trine Mars 2.4°

Matt’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Saturn; 4 major aspects

  2. 2. ♅ Uranus7 pts

    in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Neptune; 4 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Mars; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Matt’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Venus, Jupiter, SaturnThree 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.

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  • Kenan ThompsonAmerican comedian and actor (born 1978)
All about Taurus →

Born in Dragon years

Year of the Dragon →

Also born on May 16

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From the journal: 2027, Year of the Goat: what it means for every sign · Chinese zodiac hours and your birth hour animal

Matt’s cards

Computed from May 16, 2000. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

AsterNym identity card

The Evergreen Architect

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Dragon 辰

Life Path

5 · Explorer

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Wood.

Year

庚

yang Metal

辰

Dragon

Earth

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

work & drive

Day

day master

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Matt’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q109317158 (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.

The same Matt Araiza at Wikipedia.

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

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Matt Araiza.

Quick answers about Matt Araiza’s chart

How old is Matt Araiza?
Matt Araiza is 26 years old, born May 16, 2000 in San Diego, United States.
What zodiac sign is Matt Araiza?
Matt Araiza is a Taurus: born May 16, 2000, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Matt Araiza's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Dragon, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 16, 2000 birth.
How tall is Matt Araiza?
Matt Araiza is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
What is Matt Araiza's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology.
What is Matt Araiza's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Sagittarius at 15°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Matt Araiza's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 8°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Matt Araiza's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Jupiter, Saturn; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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