Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin (born December 24, 1971, San Juan, United States, 17:00), aged 54, is a Puerto Rican singer. Best-known releases include Ricky Martin, Sound Loaded and Life. Martin's honours include hispanoamericano Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album and Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album.
Ricky Martin’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is Metal Pig, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Pig, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Ricky
Ricky Martin’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Visionary
Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Ricky in the U.S.?
#949
US rank in 2025
~225,089
Americans share it since 1925
1958
its peak year
Ricky ranked 121st among boys and 3,906th among girls in 1971, the year of this birth, with 2,659 American boys and 16 girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Ricky’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
6
Expression · taking responsibility
1
Soul Urge · independence
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on R (9) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 9, which numerology reads as empathy.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Ricky’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Magnolia
Frost white · Ivory · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 1, trigram Kan 坎, East group. Best direction Southeast, worst West.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1971, 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 Ricky apart
Ava Gardner (1922) and Louis Tomlinson (1991) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- Spain and United States
- Languages
- English and Spanish
What the chart says
Ricky, according to the stars
Core essence
Ricky is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Ricky 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, Ricky 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 Ricky 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 Ricky wants to be loved
Ricky wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Ricky be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Ricky creates
How Ricky makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Ricky creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.
Instinct
Instinct: Ricky is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 9 is the humanitarian. Ricky is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Ricky slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.
Computed from Ricky's birth date. Working below.
Where Ricky sits
Six lines
Ricky’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Ricky Martin
Three stars chosen from the real sky above San Juan on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above San Juan at 17:00, Ricky Martin’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over San Juan that night
Computed for 18.47°N, at the documented birth time.
At the birth hour the star closest to straight overhead at San Juan was Markab, in Pegasus, 84.7° up.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 83 catalog stars above the horizon.
From 18.5°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The Moon, 48% lit at first quarter, was still up; the Sun sat -11° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- San Juan, United States
- Lives in
- Los Angeles
Wikidata records Los Angeles as Ricky Martin's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Ricky's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Solar Star 太陽, The Elder 天梁 in 卯
Bureau 木三局 · Body Palace in Outer world
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 5/1
Sacral authority · Single definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
61 / 100 · Unusual
Grand trine · T-square onto Sun · 2 planets at a critical degree
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.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunDry wit, dead serious.
Ricky Martin's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
What Capricorn means →Metal Pig
Metal PigAssumes the best. Usually right.
Ricky Martin was born on December 24, 1971, which falls in a Metal Pig year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Pig means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Wide view, open hands.
Ricky Martin's birth date, December 24, 1971, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Ricky’s chart
- Six of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Ricky Martin's timed chart: Moon in the 10th house, Mercury in the 7th house, Mars in the 10th house, Jupiter in the 7th house, Saturn in the 1st house and Neptune in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Ricky Martin's timed chart is Venus trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Ricky Martin combines a Water Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Tidal Visionary.
Ricky’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
VenustrinePlutoapplying · 0.0° orb
Ricky’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SunsquarePlutoseparating · 0.4° orb
Ricky’s core identity grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonsextileSaturnapplying · 0.9° orb
Ricky’s feelings open doors for their discipline. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
MoonconjunctionMarsseparating · 1.1° orb
VenustrineSaturnseparating · 1.1° orb
SaturntrinePlutoseparating · 1.2° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 1.8° orb
VenussextileNeptuneapplying · 1.9° orb
MarssextileSaturnapplying · 2.0° orb
MoonsextileVenusapplying · 2.1° orb
MoonoppositionPlutoapplying · 2.1° orb
SunsquareMoonapplying · 2.5° orb
JupitersextileUranusseparating · 2.8° orb
SaturnoppositionNeptuneseparating · 3.0° orb
VenussextileMarsseparating · 3.2° orb
MarsoppositionPlutoapplying · 3.2° orb
SunsquareMarsseparating · 3.6° orb
MoontrineNeptuneapplying · 3.9° orb
MarstrineNeptuneapplying · 5.1° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire3 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air4 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed1 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Ricky’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironAries 9°22′ · House 11
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Leo 22°40′ · House 3
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosSagittarius 10°51′ · House 7
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLibra 29°23′ · House 5
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithLibra 23°11′ · House 5
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros conjunction Mercury 1.4°
- Ceres trine Jupiter 1.9°
- Ceres sextile Ascendant 2.0°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Jupiter 2.4°
- Black Moon Lilith trine Ascendant 2.5°
- Hygiea square Venus 2.6°
- Chiron trine Mercury 2.9°
Ricky’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects
2. ♆ Neptune11 pts
rules the Moon sign, Pisces; disposes Moon, Mars; angular in the seventh house; 5 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon8 pts
angular in the tenth house; 6 major aspects
Configurations in Ricky’s chart
Kite · Venus, Saturn, Pluto, MoonA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.- Kite · Venus, Saturn, Pluto, MarsA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
- Kite · Venus, Saturn, Pluto, NeptuneA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
T-square onto Sun · Moon, Pluto, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.- T-square onto Sun · Mars, Pluto, SunAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Sun semi-sextile Venus 0.4°
- Uranus semi-square Neptune 0.9°
- Sun semi-sextile Neptune 1.5°
- Sun quincunx Saturn 1.6°
Ricky’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 7 | Saturn | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Cancer | Moon in Pisces, house 10 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 8 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Virgo | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 7 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Libra | Venus in Aquarius, house 9 | Uranus, Pluto | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 5 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Sagittarius, house 7 | Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Capricorn | Saturn in Gemini, house 1 | Sun | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 5 | Venus | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 7 | Moon, Mars | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Aries | Mars in Pisces, house 10 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Taurus | Venus in Aquarius, house 9 | empty | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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From the journal: Polarities: why each sign has an opposite · How the Chinese zodiac differs across Vietnam, Korea and Japan
Ricky’s cards
Computed from December 24, 1971. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The HermitAsterNym identity card
The Tidal VisionaryWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Pig 亥Life Path
9 · Healer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
roots & early life
Month
庚
yang Metal
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Ricky’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q128799 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). 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, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Steve Granitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Ricky Martin at Wikipedia, rickymartinmusic.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Ricky Martin.
Quick answers about Ricky Martin’s chart
- How old is Ricky Martin?
- Ricky Martin is 54 years old, born December 24, 1971 in San Juan, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Ricky Martin?
- Ricky Martin is a Capricorn: born December 24, 1971, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
- What is Ricky Martin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Pig, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 24, 1971 birth.
- What time was Ricky Martin born?
- 17:00 local time in San Juan, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Ricky Martin's rising sign?
- Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 17:00 birth time in San Juan, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is Ricky Martin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What is Ricky Martin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 9°, in the eleventh house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Ricky Martin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Libra at 23°, in the fifth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Ricky Martin's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; disposes Sun; angular in the first house; 5 major aspects). Neptune is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
