The inestimable Cillian Murphy is back in the fourth series of BBC TV’s Peaky Blinders, playing the gypsy gangster, Tommy Shelby, head of a Birmingham mafioso family with menacing charisma. The production has created its own sumptuously dark and corrupt world with dynastic anti-heroes at the heart of it. Murphy carries the series with a quiet, brooding and murderous presence.
He’s had a sterling, award-strewn career since giving up his first love of music, appearing in all three of the Dark Night movies, most recently in Dunkirk and continued working on stage.
Born 25 May 1976 in Cork (no birth time sadly) he is a Sun Gemini opposition filmic Neptune; and his Sun is trine Pluto, sextiling onto Mars in Leo conjunct Saturn in late Cancer; and his Mars is in a high-adrenaline square to Uranus – definitely creative from Neptune but with enough sharp-edged aggravation from Pluto Mars Saturn Uranus to pack a punch on screen. Plus he has Jupiter, Mercury, Venus in Taurus adding heft and charm to his airy Gemini Sun. Taurus also helps to give him a compelling voice and liking for music.
His actor’s 15th Harmonic is very marked with a Grand Trine tying together Pluto Neptune and Mars, focussing through a Kite onto Mercury – more than usual success from Pluto Neptune, showbizzy from Mars Neptune, danger from Pluto Mars – and all channelled through his voice.
Peaky Blinders launched on 13 September 2013 when Mars was in Leo square Saturn Venus in Scorpio, inconjunct Pluto and trine Uranus – so carrying the themes of his chart. There was also a successful Cardinal Grand Cross of Pluto opposition Jupiter square Uranus opposition Mercury.
Cillian Murphy has executive produced this fourth but not final series so is widening his repertoire further. Across 2020 and the years following, he’ll be due another run of successes, though with a few bumps before then as tr Uranus hits on his Saturn Mars and Uranus.