Joël Matip’s birth chart
Born 8 August 1991, in Bochum, Germany. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Cancer Moon
Joël Matip’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
8 August 1991 was a Thursday: the day Joël Matip was born in Bochum, Germany. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Cancer. Joël turns 35 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
By element the count is five earth, two fire, two water and one air. By modality the count is four fixed, three cardinal and three mutable. Mercury, Venus and Mars all fall in Virgo. The tightest aspect is Mars trine Neptune, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were retrograde. Mercury changed direction that day, turning retrograde, so whether it was retrograde at the birth depends on the hour. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 8 August, among them Roger Federer, Dustin Hoffman and Jostein Gaarder.
See the sky the day Joël was born: the stars over Bochum, Germany, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Joël Matip’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 15° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Joël Matip that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Cancer
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Joël that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Bochum, Germany, at each hour of the day.
Joël Matip’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Joël yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 8 August 1991, computed for Bochum, Germany.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:30 | Taurus rising |
| 00:30 to 02:15 | Gemini rising |
| 02:15 to 04:45 | Cancer rising |
| 04:45 to 07:35 | Leo rising |
| 07:35 to 10:25 | Virgo rising |
| 10:25 to 13:15 | Libra rising |
| 13:15 to 16:05 | Scorpio rising |
| 16:05 to 18:35 | Sagittarius rising |
| 18:35 to 20:25 | Capricorn rising |
| 20:25 to 21:30 | Aquarius rising |
| 21:30 to 22:25 | Pisces rising |
| 22:25 to 23:15 | Aries rising |
| 23:15 to 24:00 | Taurus rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 8 August 1991, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 15° Leo 22' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer |
| Mercury | 5° Virgo 54'turned retrograde that day |
| Venus | 6° Virgo 22'℞ |
| Mars | 14° Virgo 50' |
| Jupiter | 22° Leo 25' |
| Saturn | 2° Aquarius 35'℞ |
| Uranus | 10° Capricorn 31'℞ |
| Neptune | 14° Capricorn 34'℞ |
| Pluto | 17° Scorpio 35' |
| North Node | 18° Capricorn 48' |
| South Node | 18° Cancer 48' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Joël Matip’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Joël Matip’s private life.
Purpose for Joël Matip is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
With the Moon in Cancer, Joël's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
For Joël, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
With Venus in Virgo, Joël is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Joël is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Jupiter in Leo
22° Leo 25' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Joël the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
With Saturn in Aquarius, Joël's discipline probably gathers around belonging to a group on their own terms; it is the placement of the one-time outsider. The doubt means holding back the stranger ideas until there is no risk of mockery. The outsider often ends up as a trusted voice in exactly the kind of community that once seemed unlikely to accept them.
Uranus in Capricorn
10° Capricorn 31' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Joël's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Capricorn
14° Capricorn 34' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
Neptune in Capricorn is shared by Joël and about fourteen years of births. The imagination of the generation questions or idealises authority and ambition, often shaped by wide disillusionment with institutions. The personal version may be an uneasy relationship with conventional success.
Pluto in Scorpio
17° Scorpio 35' at midday
power, generational
Pluto is at home in Scorpio, and the generation born with it lives through profound upheavals in power, secrecy and shared taboos. Joël's own share may be an unusually deep comfort with intensity that others would find overwhelming.
Aspects in Joël Matip’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Mars trine Neptune
about 0.3° at midday
An inspired, almost effortless way of pursuing creative or compassionate goals belongs to Mars trine Neptune, which puts Joël Matip's drive and imagination in step. Energy and vision arrive together, so starting a meaningful project is likely to feel far less daunting than it looks from outside.
Mercury conjunction Venus
about 0.5° at midday
Mercury conjunct Venus ties Joël's thinking closely to what they love, so they probably talk about affection and beauty with ease. It lends a diplomatic, pleasant way of putting things, especially when the subject is close to the heart.
Sun square Pluto
about 2.2° at midday
With this aspect, Joël's identity can get entangled in struggles over control, whether inwardly or with people who challenge them. Whenever Joël chooses to change rather than to dominate, the friction turns into hard-won strength they can rely on the next time things get difficult.
Mars sextile Pluto
about 2.8° at midday
This sextile joins drive to depth, so resilience and follow-through are likely to be available to Joël without constant conflict. Joël is likely to handle pressure better than most, and at a lower cost than expected, largely because a fight is rarely needed to prove the point.
Venus trine Uranus
about 4.2° at midday
Closeness does not have to feel confining for Joël, because under this trine affection and independence sit easily together. Excitement and stability manage to coexist, more comfortably than the usual choice between the two would suggest.
Mars trine Uranus
about 4.3° at midday
Joël's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
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.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 3.0°
- Uranus conjunction Neptuneabout 4.1°
- Mercury trine Uranusabout 4.6°
- Jupiter square Plutoabout 4.8°
- Sun conjunction Jupiterabout 7.1°
Leo Sun and Cancer Moon, like Joël Matip
Also born on 8 August
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; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their 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. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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