George R. R. Martin’s birth chart
Born 20 September 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey, at 21:25 (Rodden AA).
Virgo Sun · Aries Moon · Taurus rising
George R. R. Martin’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
George R. R. Martin was born on Monday, 20 September 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. The Sun was in Virgo, so Virgo is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Aries and Taurus rising. They turn 78 in 2026. The birth time, 21:25, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Fire carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against earth two, air two and water two. Cardinal signs hold four, fixed signs three and mutable signs three. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Saturn and Uranus: a sextile, 0.3° from exact. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds ten other people born on 20 September, among them Sophia Loren, Tarō Asō and Julian Draxler. Mahesh Bhatt was born on the very same day.
George R. R. Martin’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Virgo
27° Virgo 57'
A Virgo Sun refines. George R. R. Martin is likely to notice what could be better and quietly make it so, keeping the highest standards for themselves. The art of this placement is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.
Moon sign
Aries
27° Aries 17'
With the Moon in Aries, George R. R. Martin is likely to feel fast and forgive fast. Anger comes up quickly and passes just as quickly, and feeling needs a physical outlet. This is a Moon soothed by action, not by talking it over.
Rising sign
Taurus
26° Taurus 57'
With Taurus rising, the first impression of George R. R. Martin is calm, grounded and unhurried. People tend to relax around them and to assume that someone so settled is not going anywhere.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 21:25 on 20 September 1948, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 27° Virgo 57' | House 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 27° Aries 17' | House 12 |
| Mercury | 23° Libra 38' | House 6 |
| Venus | 12° Leo 57' | House 4 |
| Mars | 11° Scorpio 42' | House 6 |
| Jupiter | 21° Sagittarius 02' | House 7 |
| Saturn | 0° Virgo 13' | House 4 |
| Uranus | 0° Cancer 28' | House 2 |
| Neptune | 12° Libra 10' | House 6 |
| Pluto | 15° Leo 49' | House 4 |
| North Node | 5° Taurus 16' | House 12 |
| South Node | 5° Scorpio 16' | House 6 |
George R. R. Martin’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about George R. R. Martin’s private life.
Sun in Virgo
27° Virgo 57' · fifth house
purpose and vitality
A Virgo Sun finds purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and George R. R. Martin's energy tends to stay steady as long as there is a task worth doing well. Rest is the hard part, because it can feel undeserved until everything is fixed. Typically a piece of work is still being adjusted long after everyone else would call it finished.
With the Sun in the fifth house, self-expression, romance and creative play are probably where George R. R. Martin feels most alive, and holding that side back tends to leave them flat. The placement asks for a stage of some kind, even a small and informal one, or that natural warmth has nowhere to go.
Moon in Aries
27° Aries 17' · twelfth house
needs and habits
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For George R. R. Martin, comfort probably comes from action rather than discussion. The instinct of this Moon is to pace the room or go for a walk rather than sit with a feeling until it passes on its own.
In the twelfth house, the Moon describes an emotional life that runs deeper than what shows on the surface, and George R. R. Martin may need uninterrupted solitude to work out what they are feeling underneath. Quiet time alone can be a need for them, not a treat, whatever other people assume.
Mercury in Libra
23° Libra 38' · sixth house
mind and voice
Mercury in Libra thinks by weighing both sides, and George R. R. Martin tends to communicate diplomatically, often finding the version of an idea that will land well with whoever is listening. Settling on an opinion can take so long that the moment for it passes. They may change their mind in the middle of a conversation because the other point had merit.
George R. R. Martin thinks in systems and checklists, and in how to make an everyday process work a little better than it did before. With Mercury in the sixth house, analysing the small details of a routine is satisfying in itself, not a chore they merely put up with.
Venus in Leo
12° Leo 57' · fourth house
love and values
Venus in Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For George R. R. Martin, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
Venus in the fourth house wants a home that feels beautiful and welcoming, and George R. R. Martin probably puts steady care into making it that way for themselves and for guests. The placement puts a high value on harmony at home, so discord there is apt to be felt quickly.
Mars in Scorpio
11° Scorpio 42' · sixth house
drive and anger
In George R. R. Martin's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
Mars in the sixth house works with drive and stamina, and a repetitive task frustrates George R. R. Martin unless there is a way to get through it fast. They like to be on the move, and physical effort is where tension from other parts of life gets used up.
Jupiter in Sagittarius
21° Sagittarius 02' · seventh house
growth and excess
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, George R. R. Martin is likely to grow through travel, study and direct experience of things bigger than ordinary life. The excess may be promising more than circumstances can deliver, out of optimism rather than dishonesty. This Jupiter carries a conviction that things will work out, and other people borrow it when theirs runs low.
With Jupiter in the seventh house, George R. R. Martin is apt to find that their relationships broaden their world, often through new people, places or ideas that a trusted partner brings. Generosity can flow easily in both directions with the people close to them, rarely forced or measured out.
Saturn in Virgo
0° Virgo 13' · fourth house
discipline and doubt
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. George R. R. Martin may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Saturn sits in the fourth house of George R. R. Martin's chart, a placement linked with the weight of home and family responsibility on a person's shoulders, often from early on. With this placement, a stable home is apt to be built by sustained effort, and the security created there tends to mean more because of the work it takes.
Uranus in Cancer
0° Cancer 28' · second house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to George R. R. Martin alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
George R. R. Martin is unlikely to be satisfied for long by conventional measures of worth, and with Uranus in the second house, the idea of what is worth having changes over time. They place value on things that are usually overlooked, and would rather travel light than be tied down by what they own.
Neptune in Libra
12° Libra 10' · sixth house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, George R. R. Martin among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
With Neptune in the sixth house, a daily routine works best when it includes something restful or quietly meaningful, and rigid, uninspired work wearies George R. R. Martin in a way that is hard to explain. Being of service to someone often feeds George R. R. Martin more than the task itself does.
Pluto in Leo
15° Leo 49' · fourth house
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for George R. R. Martin, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
George R. R. Martin tends to protect what they build at home fiercely and without much compromise, once it is theirs. Pluto in the fourth house is a placement of intensity around home, where inherited family patterns can take deliberate work to understand and reshape.
Aspects in George R. R. Martin’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Saturn sextile Uranus
0.3° applying
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give George R. R. Martin a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
Venus sextile Neptune
0.8° separating
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for George R. R. Martin, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
Venus square Mars
1.3° separating
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and George R. R. Martin may be caught between wanting something and wanting to keep the peace. What the aspect asks for is a want voiced directly, before it leaks out sideways.
Sun square Uranus
2.5° applying
When the Sun is square Uranus, George R. R. Martin's identity keeps bumping against a need to break from convention, which can look like sudden changes of direction that surprise the people nearby. The skill is choosing those disruptions rather than letting restlessness choose them.
Mercury sextile Jupiter
2.6° separating
George R. R. Martin's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.
Venus conjunction Pluto
2.9° applying
Love tends to run deep and complete under Venus conjunct Pluto, and George R. R. Martin is likely to lean towards intensity over casual affection. Relationships gain depth from it. What takes practice is trusting a connection without needing to test it to prove it is real.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Moon trine Saturn2.9°
- Moon sextile Uranus3.2°
- Moon opposition Mercury3.6°
- Neptune sextile Pluto3.7°
- Mars square Pluto4.1°
- Jupiter trine Pluto5.2°
- Moon trine Jupiter6.2°
- Mercury trine Uranus6.8°
- Sun square Jupiter6.9°
Virgo Sun and Aries Moon, like George R. R. Martin
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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