Martin Short’s birth chart

Martin Short's full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

1. ☉Sun in Aries

   ♈ 5° Aries 28'

   purpose and vitality

   Their sense of purpose comes alive when there is a clear start line. They feel most like themselves pushing into something new, though their energy can burn hot and fade before the finish. It shows up as the project they launch with excitement and then hand off once the routine sets in.

2. ☽Moon in Cancer

   ♋ 3° Cancer 58'

   needs and habits

   Their needs are tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Martin is steadied by small rituals like a particular meal or a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that they absorb them as their own without noticing.

3. ☿Mercury in Aries

   ♈ 4° Aries 03'

   mind and voice

   They think in quick, decisive strokes and say what they mean without much preamble. The tension is speaking before the thought is fully formed, which can come across sharper than intended. It shows up as finishing other people's sentences and preferring a fast decision to a long meeting.

4. ♀Venus in Aquarius

   ♒ 20° Aquarius 13'

   love and values

   They love as a friend first, and they value independence, shared ideas and a partner who does not crowd they. The tension is keeping just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach even to they. It shows up as valuing a partner's individuality sometimes more than the intimacy between they.

5. ♂Mars in Libra

   ♎ 0° Libra 40' ℞

   drive and anger

   They act diplomatically and prefer negotiation to confrontation, and their anger tends to stay buried until it is too big to ignore. The tension is avoiding conflict so consistently that resentment builds underneath the calm surface. It shows up as agreeing to something they actually minded, then feeling it later.

6. ♃Jupiter in Aquarius

   ♒ 26° Aquarius 06'

   growth and excess

   They grow through community, ideas and causes bigger than their own life. The overreach is so much faith in a theory or a group that they overlook its practical flaws. It shows up as an optimism about the future that makes they a natural organiser of other people's efforts.

7. ♄Saturn in Virgo

   ♍ 14° Virgo 32' ℞

   discipline and doubt

   They build discipline around competence, often driven by a fear that they have not yet done enough to deserve rest. The doubt shows up as feeling like a fraud even when their actual track record says otherwise. It shows up as becoming genuinely, quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.

8. ♅Uranus in Cancer

   ♋ 1° Cancer 03'

   freedom, generational

   Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures their own parents grew up inside. Personally, it can show up as a pull to build family life differently.

9. ♆Neptune in Libra

   ♎ 16° Libra 16' ℞

   imagination, generational

   Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by media images of love that outpace real relationships. Personally, it can show up as a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.

10. ♇Pluto in Leo

    ♌ 16° Leo 00' ℞

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. Personally, it can show up as a charged relationship with authority and who gets to hold the spotlight.

Aspects

How the planets in Martin Short's chart talk to each other, tightest first.

1. Moon square Mercury

   0.1° separating

   Their instincts and their logic sometimes pull in different directions, which can show up as overthinking a feeling or dismissing a good instinct because it is not fully rational. Learning to let both weigh in improves their judgment.

2. Neptune sextile Pluto

   0.3° applying

   Shared by this generation, the placement marks collective imagination and transformation cooperating gently, with relatively little friction. Personally, it can show up as cultural belief shifting alongside deeper change with real ease.

3. Mars square Uranus

   0.4° separating

   Their drive can turn abrupt, leading to sudden decisions or breaks that surprise the people around they a much as they surprise they. The lesson is a brief pause before the impulsive move, which keeps the courage while losing the recklessness.

4. Sun conjunction Mercury

   1.4° applying

   Their sense of self and the way they think are fused, so their opinions feel like statements of who Martin is. They speak their mind readily, and separating a passing thought from their identity takes practice worth doing.

• Sun square Moon1.5°
• Moon conjunction Uranus2.9°
• Mercury square Uranus3.0°
• Moon square Mars3.3°
• Mercury opposition Mars3.4°
• Venus trine Neptune3.9°
• Venus opposition Pluto4.2°
• Sun square Uranus4.4°
• Sun opposition Mars4.8°
• Jupiter trine Uranus5.0°
• Venus conjunction Jupiter5.9°
• Moon trine Jupiter7.9°