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Stephan Martinière

Stephan Martinière (born May 3, 1962, Paris, France), aged 64, is a French artist. Martinière's honours include Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Hardcover and Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist.

Stephan Martinière’s zodiac sign is Taurus, Chinese zodiac is Water Tiger, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Stephan Martinière’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Scholar

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) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#1850

US rank in 2025

~27,910

Americans share it since 1895

1989

its peak year

Stephan ranked 339th among boys and 6,474th among girls in 1962, the year of this birth, with 525 American boys and 6 girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Stephan’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

6

Expression · taking responsibility

8

Soul Urge · achievement

7

Personality · composed, private

The name opens on S (1) and closes on N (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Stephan’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 1 · 3 · 4

Lucky colours

Blue & Black

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↑ North

Season

winter

Stones

Emerald, Diamond, Aquamarine

Flower constellation

🌿 Lily of the Valley · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🪷 Lotus

Ivory · Blush · Soft pink

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 1962, 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 Stephan apart

Stephan Martinière took the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist in 2008, at 46.

Wikipedia's editors put Stephan Martinière under French art directors, BSFA Award for Best Artwork winner and Game artists.

Golda Meir (1898) and James Brown (1933) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Awards
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist (2008)
Citizenship
France
Languages
French
Wikipedia editions
6

What the chart says

Stephan, according to the stars

Core essence

Stephan 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 Stephan 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.

How Stephan wants to be loved

Stephan wants to be loved in conversation. Venus in Gemini falls for a mind first: the banter, the shared joke, the person who keeps them guessing a little. Attention is the love language and boredom is the enemy. Keep talking to Stephan like it is the first week, and it can feel like it for years.

How Stephan creates

How Stephan makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Stephan 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: Stephan is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Stephan 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 told to wait. Mars in Aries means Stephan gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Stephan's birth date. Working below.

Where Stephan sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Stephan

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Stephan

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

PrivateExpressive
Stephan

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Stephan

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

PracticalVisionary
Stephan

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

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Stephan

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 Stephan Martinière

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

Stephan’s birth-night reference starMerakwhite · Ursa MajorMerak, in Ursa Major. A white star, 82.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Merak →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 35.5° 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 Paris that night

Computed for 48.86°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Overhead at Paris at 9 p.m. that evening: Merak of Ursa Major, within 7.8° of the exact zenith.

Of the 100 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.

Paris sits at 48.9°N, high enough that Capella and Deneb never set there — they circle the pole all night, every night of the year.

Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Paris at all: they sit past the −41.1° declination limit this latitude imposes.

The Moon was at new moon, 0% lit, and already below the horizon, with the Sun 8° down.

How unusual Stephan's chart is

Chart pattern score

31 / 100 · Quietly distinctive

T-square onto Venus · 1 planet 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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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If you only read one paragraph

Taurus Sun

Slow to move, slower to leave.

Stephan Martinière's Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 3, 1962, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Taurus means →

Water Tiger

Brave, bright, burns fast.

Stephan Martinière was born on May 3, 1962, which falls in a Water Tiger year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Tiger means →

Life Path 8

Turns effort into standing.

Stephan Martinière's birth date, May 3, 1962, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Stephan’s chart

Stephan’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 25° to 9° Aries or Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter faces off with Pluto · Opposition, 0.2° orbSun faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 0.4° orbMars opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.5° orbSaturn grinds against Neptune · Square, 1° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.2° orbSun grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.4° orbVenus grinds against Pluto · Square, 1.4° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 3.9° orbSun in Taurus · 12°32′☉12°Moon in Taurus · 2°35′☽2°Mercury in Gemini · 0°21′☿0°Venus in Gemini · 6°11′♀6°Mars in Aries · 10°37′♂10°Jupiter in Pisces · 7°26′♃7°Saturn in Aquarius · 11°07′♄11°Uranus in Leo · 26°24′ · retrograde♅℞26°Neptune in Scorpio · 12°07′ · retrograde♆℞12°Pluto in Virgo · 7°35′ · retrograde♇℞7°

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

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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

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune0.0° to 0.9° orb

    Stephan’s core identity pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • stableMarssextileSaturn0.1° to 0.9° orb

    Stephan’s drive opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableJupiteroppositionPluto0.1° to 0.2° orb

    Stephan’s growth pulls against their depths from across the wheel.

  • stableVenussquareJupiter0.7° to 1.8° orb

  • stableVenussquarePluto0.8° to 2.0° orb

  • stableSunsquareSaturn0.9° to 1.9° orb

  • stableSaturnsquareNeptune1.0° orb

  • stableMercurysquareUranus3.1° to 4.8° orb

  • stableVenussextileMars4.2° to 4.7° orb

  • stableVenustrineSaturn4.3° to 5.5° orb

  • stableSuntrinePluto4.5° to 5.4° orb

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto4.5° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth3 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 10°05′ (moves 0.04° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresGemini 15°14′ (moves 0.40° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosAries 25°37′ (moves 0.72° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 28°14′ (moves 0.26° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 20°46′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros trine Uranus 0.8°
  • Hygiea opposition Uranus 1.8°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.0°
  • Hygiea square Mercury 2.1°
  • Chiron sextile Sun 2.4°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 2.5°
  • Chiron conjunction Jupiter 2.7°

Stephan’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 5 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury6 pts

    in its own sign, Gemini; disposes Venus, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune5 pts

    disposes Jupiter; 4 major aspects

Configurations in Stephan’s chart

  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Saturn · Sun, Neptune, SaturnAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Venus · Jupiter, Pluto, VenusAn 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.

  • Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.8°
  • Mars quincunx Neptune 1.5°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.9°

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Stephan’s cards

Computed from May 3, 1962. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Scholar

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

壬

yang Water

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Stephan’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3498437 (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 Stephan Martinière at Wikipedia and IMDb.

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Quick answers about Stephan Martinière’s chart

How old is Stephan Martinière?
Stephan Martinière is 64 years old, born May 3, 1962 in Paris, France.
What zodiac sign is Stephan Martinière?
Stephan Martinière is a Taurus: born May 3, 1962, which puts the Sun in Taurus for the whole of that day.
What is Stephan Martinière's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the May 3, 1962 birth.
What is Stephan Martinière's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is Stephan Martinière's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 10°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Stephan Martinière's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 20°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Stephan Martinière's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; disposes Sun; 5 major aspects). Mercury is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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