Matt Damon
Matt Damon (born Matthew Paige Damon; October 8, 1970, Cambridge, United States, 15:22), aged 56, is an American actor. Notable films include Interstellar, Saving Private Ryan and Oppenheimer. Damon's honours include Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture.
Matt Damon’s zodiac sign is Libra, Chinese zodiac is Metal Dog, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Libra, Chinese zodiac is 
Metal Dog, with 
Life Path 8 in numerology.Your match with Matt
Matt Damon’s AsterNym identity
The Gilded Strategist
Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Matt in the U.S.?
#3818
US rank in 2025
~23,892
Americans share it since 1880
1959
its peak year
Matt ranked 285th in 1970, the year of this birth, with 739 American boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Matt’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Matthew Paige Damon, not the name they published under.
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Expression · building at scale
1
Soul Urge · independence
3
Personality · bright, quick
The name opens on M (4) and closes on W (5). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Matt’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
8 · 3 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Friday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Opal, Diamond, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🤍 White Magnolia
Amber · Blush · Moonlight white
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 2, trigram Kun 坤, West group. Best direction Northeast, worst East.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1970, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Matt apart
Matt Damon took the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay in 1998, at 28.
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and Harvard University shaped the training.
The working life starts in 1988, at 18.
The family line: born to Nancy June Carlsson Page and Kent Telfer Damon, married Luciana Bozán Barroso and raised one child.
Wikipedia's editors put Matt Damon under Male actors from Cambridge, Massachusetts, People from Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles and Film producers from Massachusetts.
The same date carries Soon-Yi Previn. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.
- Educated at
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and Harvard University
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1998) and Satellite Award for Best Cast, Motion Picture (2006)
- Nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Academy Award for Best Actor
- Working from
- 1988
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 114
What the chart says
Matt, according to the stars
Core essence
Matt makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Matt is a feel for balance, in people, in colour, in who has not been asked their opinion yet. They are charming because they are genuinely interested, and they can see every side of a thing, which is a gift and, on a bad day, a very slow way to choose dinner.
The vibe
Underneath, Matt is steadier than they let on and more tender than they let on, both at once. The Moon in Capricorn feels deeply and privately, and would rather fix the problem than talk about the feeling. What Matt needs to feel safe is reliability and respect. They soften completely for the people who earn it.
How Matt wants to be loved
Matt wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with Matt even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How Matt creates
How Matt makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Matt creates by polishing, by taste, by knowing exactly which detail makes the whole thing sing. Sensitive to being handled roughly, and worth handling well.
Instinct
Instinct: Matt is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Matt is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Matt channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.
Computed from Matt's birth date. Working below.
Where Matt sits
Six lines
Matt’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Three stars chosen from the real sky above Cambridge on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Cambridge at 15:22, Matt Damon’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Cambridge that night
Computed for 42.38°N, at the documented birth time.
Alphecca stood nearest the zenith over Cambridge at the birth hour, 74.2° above the horizon in Corona Borealis.
The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.
From 42.4°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −47.6° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.
The Moon was at first quarter, 57% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun -28° down.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Matthew Paige Damon
- Known as
- Matt Damon
- Born in
- Cambridge, United States
- Lives in
- Los Angeles
Wikidata records Los Angeles as Matt Damon's home. It is a public record rather than our own research, and it can lag behind a move.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Matt's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Purple Star 紫微, The Treasurer 天府 in 寅
Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Career
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Chart pattern score
65 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Libra · Grand trine · 1 unaspected planet
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Libra Sun
Libra SunMakes the peace, keeps the peace.
Matt Damon's Sun was in Libra at the documented birth time.
What Libra means →Metal Dog
Metal DogFair, direct, dependable.
Matt Damon was born on October 8, 1970, which falls in a Metal Dog year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Dog means →Life Path 8
Life Path 8Ambition with a spreadsheet.
Matt Damon's birth date, October 8, 1970, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 8 means →What stands out in Matt’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Matt Damon's timed chart: Venus in the 10th house, Jupiter in the 10th house, Saturn in the 4th house and Neptune in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Matt Damon's timed chart is Venus sextile Mars, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Uranus, sit together in Libra, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Matt Damon combines a Metal Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Gilded Strategist.
Matt’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
VenussextileMarsapplying · 0.1° orb
Matt’s affections open doors for their drive.
MoonsextileVenusseparating · 0.3° orb
Matt’s feelings open doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoontrineMarsseparating · 0.3° orb
Matt’s feelings flow straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
MarstrineSaturnseparating · 1.0° orb
VenusoppositionSaturnseparating · 1.1° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 1.1° orb
MoontrineSaturnseparating · 1.3° orb
MercurysextileNeptuneseparating · 2.7° orb
MercuryconjunctionPlutoseparating · 3.9° orb
MoontrinePlutoapplying · 4.9° orb
MarsconjunctionPlutoapplying · 5.3° orb
SunconjunctionUranusseparating · 5.5° orb
SaturntrinePlutoseparating · 6.3° orb
VenusconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 6.4° orb
SaturnoppositionNeptuneseparating · 7.4° orb
MercuryconjunctionUranusapplying · 7.8° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire0 of 10
- Earth4 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable2 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Fire signs.
Matt’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 7°46′ · House 3
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Taurus 4°09′ · House 4
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 12°08′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 8°30′ · House 7
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithVirgo 3°56′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Hygiea sextile Uranus 1.1°
- Hygiea square Jupiter 1.2°
- Chiron opposition Uranus 1.8°
- Chiron sextile Ascendant 1.8°
- Ceres square Ascendant 1.8°
- Eros sextile Jupiter 2.5°
- Eros square Uranus 2.6°
- Hygiea opposition Ascendant 2.6°
- Eros square Sun 3.0°
Matt’s dominant planets
1. ♀ Venus13 pts
rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects
2. ♄ Saturn11.5 pts
rules the Moon sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Moon; angular in the fourth house; 5 major aspects
3. ♇ Pluto8 pts
disposes Venus, Jupiter, Neptune; 5 major aspects
Configurations in Matt’s chart
Stellium in Libra · Sun, Mercury, UranusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Kite · Moon, Mars, Saturn, VenusA grand trine with a fourth planet opposing one corner and sextile the other two: the trine's ease with an outlet.
Grand trine · Moon, Saturn, PlutoThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter semi-sextile Uranus 0.1°
- Sun biquintile Saturn 0.5°
- Sun semi-square Neptune 1.1°
- Moon quintile Jupiter 1.3°
- Venus semi-square Uranus 1.9°
Matt’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 9 | empty | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 10 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Virgo, house 8 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 10 | Saturn | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Libra, house 9 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Capricorn, house 12 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Libra, house 9 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Libra, house 9 | Mars, Pluto | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 10 | Sun, Mercury, Uranus | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 8 | Venus, Jupiter, Neptune | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Scorpio, house 10 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Taurus, house 4 | Moon | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12Born the same day as Matt
Soon-Yi Previn was born on October 8, 1970 too, the same date and the same year. The Sun sign, year animal and Life Path are shared exactly. What the chart cannot reach is the birthplace. Cambridge sits at 42.4°N, far enough north that Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman never clear the horizon. Same sky, different lives.
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From the journal: Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection · The twelve Day Officers, and how Chinese date selection works
Matt’s cards
Computed from October 8, 1970. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
StrengthAsterNym identity card
The Gilded StrategistWestern zodiac
LibraChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
8 · Achiever♀ Ruled by Venus
Copper Cu
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Metal.
Year
庚
yang Metal
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丙
yang Fire
戌
Dog
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
辛
yin Metal
酉
Rooster
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
丙
yang Fire
申
Monkey
Metal
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Matt’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q175535 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Matt Damon at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Matt Damon.
Quick answers about Matt Damon’s chart
- How old is Matt Damon?
- Matt Damon is 56 years old, born October 8, 1970 in Cambridge, United States.
- What zodiac sign is Matt Damon?
- Matt Damon is a Libra: born October 8, 1970, which puts the Sun in Libra at the documented birth time.
- What is Matt Damon's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 8, 1970 birth.
- What time was Matt Damon born?
- 15:22 local time in Cambridge, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is Matt Damon's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 15:22 birth time in Cambridge, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall is Matt Damon?
- Matt Damon is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Matt Damon's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
- What is Matt Damon's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 7°, in the third house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where is Matt Damon's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Virgo at 3°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Matt Damon's dominant planet?
- Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (13 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects). Saturn is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
