Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry (born August 19, 1969, Williamstown, United States, 04:47; died 2023), was an American-Canadian actor. Notable films include Beverly Hills, 90210, 17 Again and Ally McBeal. Perry's honours include TV Guide Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Huading Awards.
Matthew Perry’s zodiac sign was Leo, Chinese zodiac was Earth Rooster, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Leo, Chinese zodiac was 
Earth Rooster, with 
Life Path 7 in numerology.Your match with Matthew
Matthew Perry’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Lightkeeper
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 7 represents inquiry: study, solitude and the need to understand what others may simply accept.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 7, on the intuitive 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
The SSA recorded 17,462 American boys and 70 girls named Matthew in 1969: 24th among boys and 1,380th among girls for the year.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Matthew’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
1
Expression · starting things
11
Soul Urge · insight
8
Personality · capable, in charge
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
Matthew’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
7 · 5 · 8
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Sunday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Peridot, Ruby, Citrine
Flower constellation
🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Coral · Gold
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1969, 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 Matthew apart
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series came in 1996, when Matthew Perry was 27.
Study took Matthew Perry to The Buckley School and Ashbury College.
Matthew Perry was 10 when the work began in 1979.
The record gives drowning as the cause, and Forest Lawn Memorial Park as the resting place.
On the family side, Matthew Perry was born to Suzanne Langford and John Bennett Perry.
Wikipedia files Matthew Perry under Comedians from Ottawa, Ashbury College alumni and American deists.
Bill Clinton (1946) and Coco Chanel (1883) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- The Buckley School, Ashbury College and Lisgar Collegiate Institute
- Awards
- TV Guide Award (2000), Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1996) and Huading Awards (2013)
- Working from
- 1979
- Cause of death
- drowning
- Buried at
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Sport
- tennis
- Citizenship
- Canada and United States
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 92
What the chart says
Matthew, according to the stars
Core essence
Matthew is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Matthew is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.
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 like home. Venus in Cancer needs to feel safe before it feels anything else, and then it feels everything. Remember the small things, meet the family, make the tea. Matthew gives care in a hundred quiet ways and needs to know it is noticed. Consistency is the romance.
How Matthew creates
How Matthew makes things happen: they light the room. A Yang Fire day master is the sun, warm, visible, impossible to ignore, generous with energy and expecting the same back. Matthew creates in front of people and is at their best with an audience and a cause. The work is learning to rest before the fire does it for them.
Instinct
Instinct: Matthew is sharp and confident, a Rooster year, and their gut reaction is to say the true thing out loud. Observant, hardworking, honest, and proud of looking the part. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 7 is the seeker. Matthew is here to understand, to go deep rather than wide, to keep a private inner world that most people never see. Thoughtful, intuitive, happiest with time alone, and learning to let the right people in.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Matthew has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Matthew's birth date. Working below.
Where Matthew sits
Six lines
Matthew’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
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 may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Matthew Perry
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Williamstown on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Williamstown at 04:47, Matthew Perry’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Williamstown that night
Computed for 42.71°N, at the documented birth time.
Overhead at Williamstown at the birth hour: Almach of Andromeda, within 3.3° of the exact zenith.
Vega was the brightest thing up that night, one of 104 catalog stars above the horizon.
Williamstown sits at 42.7°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.
Nothing below −47.3° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Williamstown on any night.
The Moon, 34% lit at first quarter, had already set; the Sun sat 13° below the horizon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Williamstown, United States
The death is recorded at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County in 2023.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Matthew's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Charmer 貪狼 in 午
Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Career
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 2/4
Emotional authority · Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
22 / 100 · Reassuringly normal
1 unaspected planet · No retrogrades at all
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 →Matthew Perry at a glance
Leo Sun
Leo SunGenerous with the spotlight, mostly.
Matthew Perry's Sun was in Leo at the documented birth time.
What Leo means →Earth Rooster
Earth RoosterPrepared for everything, twice.
Matthew Perry was born on August 19, 1969, which falls in a Earth Rooster year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Rooster means →Life Path 7
Life Path 7Needs the quiet to work.
Matthew Perry's birth date, August 19, 1969, reduces to Life Path 7 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 7 means →What stands out in Matthew’s chart
- Four of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Matthew Perry's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Moon in the 4th house, Saturn in the 10th house and Neptune in the 4th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Matthew Perry's timed chart is Sun square Neptune, with an orb of under 1°.
- This chart has an even Earth/Water emphasis, with three planets in each.
- Matthew Perry combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a fixed Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Lightkeeper.
Matthew’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
SunsquareNeptuneseparating · 0.2° orb
Matthew’s core identity grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MercurysextileVenusseparating · 0.9° orb
Matthew’s mind opens doors for their affections. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonoppositionSaturnapplying · 1.3° orb
Matthew’s feelings pull against their discipline from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 2.1° orb
JupiterconjunctionUranusseparating · 3.7° orb
MercuryconjunctionPlutoapplying · 4.4° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air2 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed4 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign.
Matthew’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Aries 6°12′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ Ceres ℞Aquarius 0°03′ · House 7
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCancer 17°24′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaGemini 8°45′ · House 11
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 17°39′ · House 12
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Chiron opposition Jupiter 0.5°
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Venus 0.9°
- Eros conjunction Venus 1.2°
- Black Moon Lilith sextile Mercury 1.8°
- Hygiea sextile Ascendant 1.9°
- Ceres trine Uranus 2.0°
- Eros sextile Mercury 2.1°
Matthew’s dominant planets
1. ☉ Sun11 pts
rules the Sun sign, Leo; rules the Ascendant, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; angular in the first house; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
rules the Moon sign, Scorpio; disposes Moon, Neptune; 2 major aspects
3. ☿ Mercury5 pts
in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Pluto; 2 major aspects
Configurations in Matthew’s chart
No stellium, grand trine, T-square, grand cross, yod or kite — the common case.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Saturn sesquiquadrate Pluto 0.1°
- Venus biquintile Mars 0.3°
- Sun quintile Moon 0.5°
- Saturn biquintile Uranus 0.9°
- Moon semi-square Pluto 1.2°
- Venus quintile Uranus 1.5°
- Moon semi-sextile Jupiter 1.9°
Matthew’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Sun in Leo, house 1 | Sun | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Virgo | Mercury in Virgo, house 2 | Mercury, Pluto | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Libra | Venus in Cancer, house 12 | Jupiter, Uranus | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Scorpio | Pluto in Virgo, house 2 | Moon, Neptune | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Libra, house 3 | Mars | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Capricorn | Saturn in Taurus, house 10 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Aquarius | Uranus in Libra, house 3 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Pisces | Neptune in Scorpio, house 4 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 5 | empty | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Taurus | Venus in Cancer, house 12 | Saturn | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Gemini | Mercury in Virgo, house 2 | empty | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Cancer | Moon in Scorpio, house 4 | Venus | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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More charts like Matthew’s
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- John StamosAmerican actor
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Born in Rooster years
- Danielle MarshSouth Korean-Australian singer, member of NewJeans (born 2005)
- Martin MargielaBelgian fashion designer
- Ni-KiJapanese singer and rapper
Also born on August 19
- Bill Clinton1946
- Coco Chanel1883
- Satya Nadella1967
- Salem Al-Dawsari1991
- Melissa Fumero1982
- Manny Jacinto1987
Fellow Yang Fire day masters
- Victoria FullerAmerican television personality
- Alyssa Farah GriffinAmerican political strategist (born 1989)
- Tom GreenCanadian actor and comedian
Other Leo Rooster charts
- Elliott SmithAmerican musician
- Masayoshi SonJapanese businessman
- Azim PremjiIndian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist
- Ginni RomettyAmerican business executive
Other Radiant Lightkeepers
- Tidjane SalaünFrench basketball player (born 2005)
- Cedric CowardAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Karim LópezMexican basketball player (born 2007)
- Austin ReavesAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
Other Leo risings with documented times
- Zohran MamdaniAmerican politician and Mayor of New York City since 2026
- Jake GyllenhaalAmerican actor
- Richard BransonBritish business magnate
- Alanis MorissetteCanadian-American singer
Famous people with Life Path 7
- Roberto CarlosBrazilian footballer
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From the journal: Every sign's ruling planet and what it governs · Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection
Matthew’s cards
Computed from August 19, 1969. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The ChariotAsterNym identity card
The Radiant LightkeeperWestern zodiac
LeoChinese zodiac
Rooster 酉Life Path
7 · Seeker☉ Ruled by Sun
Gold Au
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Fire.
Year
己
yin Earth
酉
Rooster
Metal
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
申
Monkey
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
丙
yang Fire
寅
Tiger
Wood
you & partnership
Hour
庚
yang Metal
寅
Tiger
Wood
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Matthew’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q171758 (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 Valerie Jarrett / @vj44 via X (Twitter), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Matthew Perry at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram and X.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Matthew Perry.
Quick answers about Matthew Perry’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Matthew Perry?
- Matthew Perry was a Leo: born August 19, 1969, which puts the Sun in Leo at the documented birth time.
- What was Matthew Perry's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Rooster, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 19, 1969 birth.
- What time was Matthew Perry born?
- 04:47 local time in Williamstown, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Matthew Perry's rising sign?
- Leo rising, calculated from the documented 04:47 birth time in Williamstown, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall was Matthew Perry?
- Matthew Perry was 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Matthew Perry's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology.
- What was Matthew Perry's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Aries at 6°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Matthew Perry's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 17°, in the twelfth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Matthew Perry's dominant planet?
- Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; rules the Ascendant, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; angular in the first house; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
