The life of Matt Damon
Who is Matt Damon?
Matt Damon is an actor and screenwriter who grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, two years above Ben Affleck at school and a friend from childhood. He began Good Will Hunting as a Harvard playwriting assignment and finished it with Affleck; the two shared the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1998, with Damon also nominated for Best Actor. He went on to lead the Bourne series, worked repeatedly with Steven Soderbergh and Christopher Nolan, and earned further nominations for The Martian and Invictus. He co-founded the water charity Water.org and continues to write with Affleck.
Defining moments
Matt Damon and Luciana Bozán Barroso marry
Neptune trine the first-house Sun peaked 75 days before their wedding, fostering an idealistic sense of romantic destiny during this power window of commitment.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓88th Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
Nineteen days before the nomination, Uranus opposed the second-house Sun during a power window, reflecting an electric, disruptive prelude for her career values.
The Award in the timeline ↓Matt Damon's birth chart
☾ Born Oct 8, 1970 · 3:22 PM EDT · Boston · Birth data: AA · See sources
3 placements that explain this chart
Matt Damon pairs an eighth-house Libra Sun with a reserved twelfth-house Capricorn Moon, grounding his screenwriting and acting career in steady collaboration, methodical revision, and emotional restraint.
Located in Libra in the eighth house, his Sun reflects a natural orientation toward co-writing, shared creative ownership, and complex joint ventures.
Placed out-of-bounds in Capricorn in the twelfth house, his Moon indicates an intensely private emotional core, fueling focused work discipline and quiet stamina.
Aquarius Rising is friendly at a fixed distance, with the North Node in the first house making that manner the ongoing work. The Capricorn Moon in the twelfth keeps its own accounting private.
How Matt Damon's chart holds together
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with Matt Damon's.
Elements and modalities
Earth-led, with no modality standing out.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 🜃 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 🜁 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 🜄 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
Chart patterns that stand out
Neptune conjunct an angle: right at the chart's most visible points
See celebrities with this pattern →Kite: Moon, Mars, Saturn & Venus, flowing trine harmony with a driving focal point
See celebrities with this pattern →Jupiter unaspected: running with no major aspect to anchor it
See celebrities with this pattern →A missing element: no planets carrying that element at all
See celebrities with this pattern →Venus out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Twelve systems read Matt Damon's chart
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →Natal Chart
placidus houses
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiron | ♈︎ Aries 7°46' | 2 | ℞ | — | Overcoming |
| Saturn | ♉︎ Taurus 21°37' | 3 | ℞ | — | Hope |
| Lilith | ♍︎ Virgo 3°55' | 7 | - | — | Harmony |
| Mars | ♍︎ Virgo 22°36' | 7 | - | — | Mastery |
| Pluto | ♍︎ Virgo 27°54' | 8 | - | — | Dominion |
| Mercury | ♎︎ Libra 1°46' | 8 | - | — | Alchemy |
| Uranus | ♎︎ Libra 9°34' | 8 | - | — | Arrival |
| Sun | ♎︎ Libra 15°06' | 8 | - | — | Rebuilding |
| Jupiter | ♏︎ Scorpio 9°40' | 9 | - | — | Reunion |
| Venus | ♏︎ Scorpio 22°41' | 9 | - | — | Transfiguration |
| Neptune | ♏︎ Scorpio 29°02' | 10 | - | — | Mischief |
| Moon | ♑︎ Capricorn 22°57' | 12 | - | — | Honor |
| North node | ♓︎ Pisces 1°56' | 1 | - | — | Self-Preservation |
| South node | ♍︎ Virgo 1°56' | — | - | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 6°01' | ☊ |
| House 2 | ♓︎ Pisces | 24°45' | ⚷ |
| House 3 | ♉︎ Taurus | 2°29' | ♄︎ |
| House 4 | ♉︎ Taurus | 28°41' | - |
| House 5 | ♊︎ Gemini | 19°45' | - |
| House 6 | ♋︎ Cancer | 10°20' | - |
| House 7 | ♌︎ Leo | 6°01' | ⚸♂︎ |
| House 8 | ♍︎ Virgo | 24°45' | ♇︎☿︎♅︎☉︎ |
| House 9 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 2°29' | ♃︎♀︎ |
| House 10 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 28°41' | ♆︎ |
| House 11 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 19°45' | - |
| House 12 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 10°20' | ☽︎ |
Full aspects · 29
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden AA · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
Good Will Hunting opens in the United States
The film the two wrote together, begun by Damon as a Harvard playwriting assignment and finished with Affleck. Damon played the lead; Affleck took a supporting role.Source ↗
Rahu dasha · Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 9
Editorial note · Jupiter trine Sun
Good Will Hunting's debut aligned with Jupiter trine Sun in house 1, suggesting a time of expansive public recognition and self-expression.
No dated window is recorded for this transit, so it isn't among the passages drawn here.
Matt Damon's chart on release day, 1997Collapse
Jul 17Dec 5Apr 25Jul 17, 1997 – Apr 25, 1998 · 282 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune sextile Midheavenslow
- Uranus conjunction Ascendantslow
- Pluto sextile Ascendantslow
- Saturn opposition Sunslow
70th Academy Awards
Rahu dasha · Personal year 9 · Pinnacle 9
Editorial note · Saturn square Moon
Arriving 18 days after the ceremony, Saturn square Moon in the second house brought a grounding reality check to the emotional and financial stakes of the win during a heavy transit window.
Matt Damon's chart on award day, 1998Collapse
Feb 21Mar 23Apr 22Feb 21 – Apr 22, 1998 · 60 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Mercuryslow
- Saturn square Moonslow
- 7 QUIET YEARS
Matt Damon and Luciana Bozán Barroso marry
Rahu dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Neptune trine Sun
Neptune trine the first-house Sun peaked 75 days before their wedding, fostering an idealistic sense of romantic destiny during this power window of commitment.
Matt Damon's chart on the wedding day, 2005Collapse
Aug 27Dec 9Mar 23Aug 27, 2005 – Mar 23, 2006 · 208 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Chiron trine Mercuryslow
- Neptune trine Sunslow
- 5 QUIET YEARS
82nd Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
Rahu dasha · Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Saturn trine Ascendant
Nineteen days before the Oscar nomination, Saturn trine the Ascendant in the eighth house marked a power window of institutional validation and hard-earned industry recognition.
Matt Damon's chart on award day, 2010Collapse
Aug 6Feb 2Aug 1Aug 6, 2009 – Aug 1, 2010 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto square Mercuryslow
- Uranus sextile Moonslow
- Saturn conjunction Mercuryslow
- Chiron square Venusslow
- Uranus trine Venusslow
- Uranus opposition Marsslow
- Neptune square Venusslow
- Saturn trine Ascendantslow
- North Node sextile Venusfast
- North Node trine Marsfast
- North Node conjunction Moonfast
- 6 QUIET YEARS
88th Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 9 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Uranus opposition Sun
Nineteen days before the nomination, Uranus opposed the second-house Sun during a power window, reflecting an electric, disruptive prelude for her career values.
Matt Damon's chart on award day, 2016Collapse
Jul 18Jan 14Jul 12Jul 18, 2015 – Jul 12, 2016 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Uranus opposition Sunslow
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
- Jupiter sextile Venusfast
- Jupiter trine Moonfast
- North Node sextile Venusfast
- North Node conjunction Marsfast
- North Node trine Moonfast
89th Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
Jupiter dasha · Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 7
Editorial note · Pluto square Sun
Pluto squared the 12th-house Sun 146 days before the nomination announcement, signaling a grueling behind-the-scenes power struggle that transformed personal visibility ahead of the honors.
Matt Damon's chart on award day, 2017Collapse
Jul 28Jan 24Jul 23Jul 28, 2016 – Jul 23, 2017 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Moonslow
- Chiron trine Venusslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Chiron sextile Moonslow
- Chiron opposition Marsslow
- Uranus square Moonslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Jupiter square Moonfast
Human Design
Emotional Generator on the 6/3 Profile
Operating through the Left Angle Cross of Endeavor, his design navigates mastery through hands-on trial, error, and mature emotional clarity over time.
The Left Angle Cross of Endeavor
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Centers · 5 defined / 4 open
| Centre | State | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Open | — |
| Ajna | Defined | — |
| Throat | Defined | — |
| G identity | Defined | — |
| Heart will | Open | — |
| Sacral | Defined | — |
| Solar plexus | Defined | — |
| Spleen | Open | — |
| Root | Open | — |
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
—
Personality activations · 12
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 48.6 |
| · Earth | 21.6 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 61.3 |
| ☊ North node | 55.3 |
| ☋ South node | 59.3 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 46.4 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 43.5 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 47.6 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 44.3 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 23.3 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 14.5 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 6.6 |
Design activations · 11
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 53.3 |
| · Earth | 54.3 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 6.2 |
| ☊ North node | 55.4 |
| ☋ South node | 59.4 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 29.3 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 62.4 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 50.1 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 23.2 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 18.2 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 14.5 |
Defined channels · 3
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Gene Key 48 as Life's Work
Moving from the Shadow of Inadequacy to the Gift of Resourcefulness, this placement highlights deep technical craft and problem-solving ingenuity.
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Hologenetic Profile
Activation Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Life's Work | Gene Key 48 Conscious Sun | |
| Evolution | Gene Key 21 Conscious Earth | |
| Radiance | Gene Key 53 Unconscious Sun | |
| Purpose | Gene Key 54 Unconscious Earth |
Venus Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Attraction | Gene Key 6 | |
| IQ | Gene Key 43 | |
| EQ | Gene Key 47 | |
| SQ | Gene Key 29 |
Pearl Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Gene Key 62 | |
| Culture | Gene Key 50 | |
| Pearl | Gene Key 44 |
Rings, codons & partners
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Moon in Uttara Ashadha
This nakshatra signifies enduring achievement, quiet patience, and success secured through persistent dedication and teamwork.
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Nakshatra placements · 14
● shown in snapshot · scrolls →
| Body | Nakshatra | Pada | Sidereal | Ruler | Deity | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Krittika | 1 | Aries 28° | Sun | Agni | Female Sheep |
| Lilith | Magha | 4 | Leo 10° | Ketu | Pitris | Male Rat |
| Mars | Uttara phalguni | 1 | Leo 29° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Pluto | Uttara phalguni | 3 | Virgo 4° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Mercury | Uttara phalguni | 4 | Virgo 8° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Uranus | Hasta | 2 | Virgo 16° | Moon | Savitar | Female Buffalo |
| Sun | Hasta | 4 | Virgo 21° | Moon | Savitar | Female Buffalo |
| Jupiter | Swati | 3 | Libra 16° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| Venus | Vishakha | 3 | Libra 29° | Jupiter | Indra-Agni | Male Tiger |
| Neptune | Anuradha | 1 | Scorpio 5° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Moon | Uttara ashadha | 1 | Sagittarius 29° | Sun | Vishvadevas | Female Cow |
| Ascendant | Shravana | 1 | Capricorn 12° | Moon | Vishnu | Female Monkey |
| North node | Shatabhisha | 1 | Aquarius 8° | Rahu | Varuna | Female Horse |
| Chiron | Uttara bhadrapada | 4 | Pisces 14° | Saturn | Ahir Budhnya | Female Cow |
Maha Dasha timeline · 9
| Ruler | Span | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Oct 8, 1970 → Jun 29, 1975 | - |
| Moon | Jun 29, 1975 → Jun 29, 1985 | - |
| Mars | Jun 29, 1985 → Jun 29, 1992 | - |
| Rahu | Jun 29, 1992 → Jun 29, 2010 | - |
| Jupiter | Jun 29, 2010 → Jun 29, 2026 | - |
| Saturn | Jun 29, 2026 → Jun 29, 2045 | Now |
| Mercury | Jun 29, 2045 → Jun 29, 2062 | - |
| Ketu | Jun 29, 2062 → Jun 29, 2069 | - |
| Venus | Jun 29, 2069 → Jun 29, 2089 | - |
Antardashas within Saturn
Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.
| Ruler | Span |
|---|---|
| Saturn | Jun 29, 2026 → Jul 1, 2029 |
| Mercury | Jul 1, 2029 → Mar 11, 2032 |
| Ketu | Mar 11, 2032 → Apr 19, 2033 |
| Venus | Apr 19, 2033 → Jun 19, 2036 |
| Sun | Jun 19, 2036 → Jun 1, 2037 |
| Moon | Jun 1, 2037 → Dec 31, 2038 |
| Mars | Dec 31, 2038 → Feb 9, 2040 |
| Rahu | Feb 9, 2040 → Dec 16, 2042 |
| Jupiter | Dec 16, 2042 → Jun 29, 2045 |
Ayanamsa: 23.4488 · Dasha system: Vimshottari
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 102 · Blue Night · Spectral
Akbal · Spectral tone
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Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 8 Executive Focus
Life Path 8 reflects organizational authority, strategic production power, and long-range material and creative stewardship.
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
Metal Dog Loyalty and Tenacity
Born in the year of the Metal Dog, his character emphasizes fierce loyalty to longtime collaborators and a strong protective ethic.
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 庚 | 戌 |
| Month | 乙 | 酉 |
| Day | 辛 | 巳 |
| Hour | 丙 | 申 |
Day master
辛 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Tarot Birth Cards
Strength
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The reduction
| Card | Title | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personality & Soul | Strength | courage, patience, inner resolve, compassion | Quiet, sustained strength — taming the difficult through patience rather than dominance. |
Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027
Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild
Arabic Parts
Lots, formulas & sensitive points
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Lots on the wheel
Lots · 8
The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.
The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.
Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.
Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.
Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.
Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.
Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.
Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.
Sabian Symbols
Reconstruction After the Storm
His Sun Sabian degree points to rebuilding, structural renewal, and practical resilience in the wake of turbulence.
Sun · Libra 15°06'
After a storm a boat landing stands in need of reconstruction
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A large woman's hat with streamers blown by an east wind
"Overcoming"
White dove flying over troubled waters
"Hope"
Black and white children play together happily
"Harmony"
A lion tamer displays his skill and character
"Mastery"
A bald-headed man who has seized power
"Dominion"
The transmutation of the fruits of past experiences into the seed-realizations of the forever creative spirit
"Alchemy"
Having passed through narrow rapids a canoe reaches calm waters
"Arrival"
After a storm a boat landing stands in need of reconstruction
"Rebuilding"
A fellowship supper reunites old comrades
"Reunion"
A rabbit metamorphoses into a nature spirit
"Transfiguration"
Children in Halloween costumes indulge in various pranks
"Mischief"
A soldier receiving two awards for bravery in combat
"Honor"
A child is seen being born out of an egg
"Emergence"
A squirrel hiding from hunters
"Self-Preservation"
Feng Shui
Kua 3
Favorable: South, North, Southeast, East
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
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Begin your journeyQuestions about Matt Damon's birth chart
What is Matt Damon's zodiac sign?
Matt Damon's Sun sign is Libra.
What is Matt Damon's moon and rising sign?
Matt Damon has a Capricorn Moon and a Aquarius rising.
When was Matt Damon born?
Matt Damon was born on Oct 8, 1970.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of AA: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Verified by a birth certificate or official record: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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