Matt Groening’s birth chart
Born 15 February 1954, in Portland, Oregon. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Aquarius Sun · Moon in Cancer or Leo
Matt Groening’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Matt Groening was born in Portland, Oregon, on 15 February 1954, a Monday. That makes Matt an Aquarius. The Moon changed sign at about 04:35, from Cancer to Leo; which of the two is the Moon sign depends on the hour of birth. Matt turns 72 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for Matt; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Water carries the most weight: four of the nine planets whose sign does not depend on the birth time, against air three, fire two and earth none. By modality the count is four mutable, three fixed and two cardinal. Closest of the aspects is the trine between Sun and Neptune, about 0.7° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Three planets were retrograde: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds eight other people born on 15 February, among them Doda, Adama Barrow and Cesar Romero.
See the sky the day Matt was born: the stars over Portland, Oregon, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Matt Groening’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
about 26° Aquarius at midday
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Matt Groening's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 04:35, then Leo (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 04:35: Moon in Cancer
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Matt 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.
Born after about 04:35: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon feels with its whole heart and needs that to be noticed. Warm attention tends to fill Matt up, and being overlooked can empty them faster than anything. Play, creativity and loyal friends usually bring them back to themselves.
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 Portland, Oregon, at each hour of the day.
Matt Groening’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Matt 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 15 February 1954, computed for Portland, Oregon.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 01:50 to 04:15 | Sagittarius rising |
| 04:15 to 06:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 06:10 to 07:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 07:25 to 08:30 | Pisces rising |
| 08:30 to 09:35 | Aries rising |
| 09:35 to 10:55 | Taurus rising |
| 10:55 to 12:45 | Gemini rising |
| 12:45 to 15:10 | Cancer rising |
| 15:10 to 17:50 | Leo rising |
| 17:50 to 20:30 | Virgo rising |
| 20:30 to 23:10 | Libra rising |
| 23:10 to 24:00 | Scorpio 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 15 February 1954, 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 | 26° Aquarius 36' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer until about 04:35, then Leo |
| Mercury | 14° Pisces 27' |
| Venus | 0° Pisces 40' |
| Mars | 3° Sagittarius 19' |
| Jupiter | 16° Gemini 27' |
| Saturn | 9° Scorpio 21' |
| Uranus | 19° Cancer 40'℞ |
| Neptune | 25° Libra 57'℞ |
| Pluto | 23° Leo 43'℞ |
| North Node | 23° Capricorn 47' |
| South Node | 23° Cancer 47' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Matt Groening’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Matt Groening’s private life.
Matt Groening's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
Moon in Cancer or Leo
Cancer until about 04:35, then Leo
needs and habits
Born before about 04:35: Moon in Cancer
With the Moon in Cancer, Matt'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.
Born after about 04:35: Moon in Leo
A Leo Moon needs warmth and acknowledgement worked into everyday life, not just on big occasions. A day with no one noticing can drain Matt faster than a hard day with an audience. The mood tends to lift visibly the moment someone compliments something small Matt did.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Matt is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Matt probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
Mars in Sagittarius acts boldly and wants room to move while doing it, and its anger flares fast over anything that feels like a limit on freedom. Matt may speak bluntly in the heat of the moment and smooth it over later. Given the choice, this placement walks away from a fight rather than staying to work it out.
Jupiter in Gemini
16° Gemini 27' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Matt may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Matt letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
Uranus in Cancer
19° Cancer 40' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Matt 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.
Neptune in Libra
25° Libra 57' at midday ℞
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Matt 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.
Pluto in Leo
23° Leo 43' at midday ℞
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 Matt, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Matt Groening’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.
Sun trine Neptune
about 0.7° at midday
Matt Groening's identity and imagination flow together easily, giving them an intuitive, artistic quality that feels natural rather than performed. With the Sun trine Neptune, compassion comes without much effort, and other people often sense it before a word has been said.
Mercury square Jupiter
about 2.0° at midday
Thinking can run ahead of the evidence when Mercury is square Jupiter, leading to overconfident claims or promises made faster than Matt can check them. Matching enthusiasm to what has been verified makes their confidence more durable, not less.
Venus square Mars
about 2.7° at midday
Desire and the need for harmony can clash where Venus squares Mars, and Matt 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 opposition Pluto
about 2.9° at midday
The Sun opposite Pluto sets plain self-assertion against the draw of power struggles with people who seem to threaten Matt's sense of control. Working through it leaves Matt with a strength that has no need to prove itself.
Sun conjunction Venus
about 4.1° at midday
Who Matt is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
Venus trine Neptune
about 4.7° at midday
Matt is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
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 2.2°
- Mercury trine Saturnabout 5.1°
- Mercury trine Uranusabout 5.2°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 6.3°
- Sun square Marsabout 6.7°
- Venus opposition Plutoabout 6.9°
Aquarius Suns born within 2 years of Matt Groening
Also born on 15 February
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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