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Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen (born October 17, 1974, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom), aged 51, is an English actor. Macfadyen's honours include Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Matthew Macfadyen’s zodiac sign is Libra, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Tiger, with Life Path 3 in numerology.

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Matthew Macfadyen’s AsterNym identity

The Gilded Diplomat

Metal represents precision. Metal-led charts are associated with standards, boundaries, discernment and the ability to remove what is unnecessary. Life Path 3 represents expression: words, art, humour and making inner experience visible.

Metal Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 3, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Matthew in the U.S.?

#32

US rank in 2025

~1,659,655

Americans share it since 1880

1983

its peak year

US Social Security Administration public records

Matthew’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

3 · 1 · 4

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Opal, Diamond, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

🧡 Marigold · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌿 Fern

Amber · Blush · Forest

The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone

What the chart says

Matthew, according to the stars

Core essence

Matthew makes the room fairer just by being in it. The core of Matthew 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, Matthew feels more than they will ever show, and shows it to about three people. The Moon in Scorpio is deep water: loyal, private, slow to trust and impossible to fool. What Matthew needs to feel safe is total honesty and the sense that a secret told stays told. Betray that once and it is a long way back.

How Matthew wants to be loved

Matthew wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Matthew gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.

How Matthew creates

How Matthew makes things happen: they refine it until it shines. A Yin Metal day master is jewellery, precise, aesthetic, particular about the finish. Matthew 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: Matthew is bold, a Tiger year, and their gut reaction is to leap. Brave, generous, a bit dramatic, magnetic to be around, and never boring for a second. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 3 is the creative. Matthew is here to express, to make, to say the thing in a way nobody has said it before. Joy is the work: the writing, the performing, the making people laugh. The lesson is finishing what the spark started.

Triggers

Triggers: unfairness, and being forced to pick a side. Mars in Libra hates open conflict and will negotiate for hours to avoid it, then dig in absolutely when a principle is at stake. Matthew fights for balance. The lesson is that sometimes the fair thing is to just say no.

Computed from Matthew's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Matthew sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Matthew

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Matthew

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Matthew

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Matthew

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Matthew

You may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Matthew

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Matthew Macfadyen

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Great Yarmouth on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Matthew’s birth-night reference starAlderaminwhite · CepheusAlderamin, in Cepheus. A white star, 79.2° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Alderamin →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 24.9° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

No public birth time is available, so this is a 9:00 p.m. reference evening sky for that date and place. It is connected to the night of birth; it is not the sky at the birth minute, and no other reading on this page uses that time. Dedications are commemorative AsterNym records and do not rename or confer ownership of stars.

Libra Sun

Makes the peace, keeps the peace.

Matthew Macfadyen's Sun was in Libra for the whole of October 17, 1974, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Libra readings associate the sign with balance, fairness and partnership: an instinct for the other side of an argument and for making a room feel at ease. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal air sign, ruled by Venus. The corresponding tension is indecision, with the classical caution that weighing every side can become a way of never choosing one.

Wood Tiger

Leads by moving.

Matthew Macfadyen was born on October 17, 1974, which falls in a Wood Tiger year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Tiger readings emphasise courage, presence and the willingness to go first. The Chinese almanacs describe the Tiger as the sign others follow, bright and impulsive, at its best when the stakes are high. The corresponding caution in the tradition is burnout: a sign that burns brightly and, without pacing, burns out, with little left in reserve for the long middle of things.

Life Path 3

Charm with a deadline problem.

Matthew Macfadyen's birth date, October 17, 1974, reduces to Life Path 3 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 3 readings associate the number with expression: words, humour, performance and making things. Numerologists describe it as the path of the communicator, sociable and quick. The corresponding tension is dispersal, with the caution that many things begun and few finished is the classical pattern the tradition warns this number about.

What stands out in Matthew’s chart

Matthew’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

No documented birth time exists for Matthew Macfadyen, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 11° to 25° Scorpio depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Saturn · Trine, 0° orbVenus grinds against Saturn · Square, 0.2° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 0.4° orbJupiter grinds against Neptune · Square, 0.7° orbSun fuses with Mars · Conjunction, 1° orbMercury flows with Jupiter · Trine, 1.3° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 4° orbSun fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 4.2° orbSun in Libra · 23°42′☉23°Moon in Scorpio · 18°44′☽18°Mercury in Scorpio · 9°45′ · retrograde☿℞9°Venus in Libra · 18°34′♀18°Mars in Libra · 22°45′♂22°Jupiter in Pisces · 8°29′ · retrograde♃℞8°Saturn in Cancer · 18°43′♄18°Uranus in Libra · 27°51′♅27°Neptune in Sagittarius · 7°45′♆7°Pluto in Libra · 7°21′♇7°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.

  • stableMoontrineSaturn0.0° to 6.8° orb

    Matthew’s feelings flow straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableVenussquareSaturn0.0° to 0.8° orb

    Matthew’s affections grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto0.4° orb

    Matthew’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableJupitersquareNeptune0.7° to 0.8° orb

    Matthew’s growth grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableSunconjunctionMars0.8° to 1.1° orb

    Matthew’s core identity and drive act as one.

  • stableMercurytrineJupiter1.0° to 1.5° orb

    Matthew’s mind flows straight into their growth. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableSunconjunctionUranus3.7° to 4.6° orb

    Matthew’s core identity and need for freedom act as one.

  • stableMarssquareSaturn3.7° to 4.3° orb

    Matthew’s drive grinds against their discipline.

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars3.9° to 4.5° orb

    Matthew’s affections and drive act as one.

  • stableSunsquareSaturn4.5° to 5.5° orb

    Matthew’s core identity grinds against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

  • stableMarsconjunctionUranus4.8° to 5.4° orb

    Matthew’s drive and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus5.0° to 5.3° orb

    Matthew’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire1 of 10
  • Earth0 of 10
  • Air5 of 10
  • Water4 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal6 of 10
  • Fixed2 of 10
  • Mutable2 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.

Matthew’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 22°08′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Aries is read as a sore spot around asserting oneself: Matthew may have learnt early that going first costs something, and built a way of leading that does not need permission.

  • ⚳ Ceres ℞Pisces 1°12′ (moves 0.03° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Pisces is read as nurture without a boundary: Matthew is read as someone who feels what others need before they say it, and can give past the point of sense.

  • ♡ ErosGemini 24°48′ (moves 0.55° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Gemini is read as desire that starts in conversation. Matthew is read as someone for whom a quick mind is the first attraction.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Taurus 3°42′ (moves 0.19° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Taurus is read as health through routine, food and rest. Matthew is read as someone whose wellbeing tracks their habits closely.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithAquarius 17°39′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius is read as the outsider who chose it. The modern reading has Matthew at odds with the group on principle and rarely lonely about it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.

  • Chiron opposition Mars 0.6°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Venus 0.9°
  • Eros trine Sun 1.1°
  • Chiron opposition Sun 1.6°
  • Eros trine Mars 2.1°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Matthew’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.

  1. 1. ♀ Venus12 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    4 major aspects

  3. 3. ♂ Mars4 pts

    4 major aspects

A Venus-led chart is read as taste and relationship setting the terms: Matthew is read as choosing by what is beautiful and who is in the room.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Matthew’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Libra · Sun, Venus, Mars, Uranus, PlutoThree 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.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.

  • Mars semi-square Neptune 0.0°
  • Sun sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.2°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Jupiter 0.7°
  • Sun semi-square Neptune 0.9°
  • Jupiter quincunx Pluto 1.1°

Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Matthew Macfadyen, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.

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Matthew’s cards

Every card is computed from October 17, 1974, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.

Birth tarot card

The Empress

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AsterNym identity card

The Gilded Diplomat

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Western zodiac

Libra

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Chinese zodiac

Tiger 寅

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♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Metal.

Year

甲

yang Wood

寅

Tiger

Wood

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

戌

Dog

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

辛

yin Metal

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

No birth time is on public record for Matthew Macfadyen, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.

Where this data comes from

Matthew’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q314954, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Portrait by Tomaholic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Matthew Macfadyen at Wikipedia, IMDb and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

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Quick answers about Matthew Macfadyen’s chart

How old is Matthew Macfadyen?
Matthew Macfadyen is 51 years old, born October 17, 1974 in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Matthew Macfadyen?
Matthew Macfadyen is a Libra: born October 17, 1974, which puts the Sun in Libra for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Tiger.
What is Matthew Macfadyen's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Tiger, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the October 17, 1974 birth.
What time was Matthew Macfadyen born?
No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
What is Matthew Macfadyen's Life Path number?
Life Path 3, calculated in numerology from the October 17, 1974 birth date.
What is Matthew Macfadyen's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aries at 22°. Position from JPL Horizons for the October 17, 1974 birth date.
Where is Matthew Macfadyen's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius at 17°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Matthew Macfadyen's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Libra; in its own sign, Libra; disposes Sun, Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mars third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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