Actor Matthew McConaughey has followed his memoir Greenlights – a collection of life lessons, bullet-point anecdotes and bumper-sticker musings with a book of poetry called Poems & Prayers. It is a portrait of his faith in the broadest sense and its impact on his everyday life. He advocates a world of relentless positivity that rejects the concepts of hate or “can’t”; a world of conservative discipline and traditional family values. Which in no way reflects his background with his god-fearing parents’ tumultuous and often violent marriage and his subsequent drug habit.
He was born 4 November 1969 7.34 pm Uvalde, Texas, and initially assumed acting would be a fun hobby, believing his real calling was to become a monk. But a Benedictine friend said he needed to communicate and not live as a hermit. He says at the heart of his personal battle is learning to distinguish between himself as the nice guy who is liked by everyone and is conflict-averse and the good man who is values-driven and bound to disagree with some.
His first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996) and in the 2000s, he made a series of romantic comedies, before moving onto more dramatic roles, like The Lincoln Lawyer, Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street and a starring role in the first season of HBO’s crime anthology series True Detective with Woody Harrelson. In 2023, he said they could potentially be brothers since his mother had been close to Harrelson’s convict father at one point.
He has an oddly disjointed chart with a 6th house Scorpio Sun and Neptune (not conjunct). He does have a ‘nice guy’ Venus Jupiter conjunction in Libra in his performing 5th house, along with a maverick Uranus. His Virgo Moon and Pluto (not conjunct) are in his 4th house of home and family making him crave security in his personal life but also being hyper-sensitive about threatening undercurrents, a legacy of his parents’ troublesome marriage. With his Pluto trine Mars in Aquarius, sextile Neptune carrying a good deal of fear. His Mercury in Scorpio opposes Saturn in Taurus squaring onto his Mars which will also carry a fair amount of anger and depression which he clearly fights against.
The Virgo Eclipse is conjunct his Pluto this week with his Progressed Moon conjunct as well so a significant time for him. His next two years will be sunk deep in thought with tr Pluto continuing to move round his Fixed T square of Mercury, Saturn and Mars. Though Jupiter moving through his 2nd and 3rd houses will help to lighten his mood.
An interesting character for Hollywood.
“He says at the heart of his personal battle is learning to distinguish between himself as the nice guy who is liked by everyone and is conflict-averse and the good man who is values-driven and bound to disagree with some.”
This made me think of his Virgo Moon-South Node conjunction and a natural tendency to be reserved and careful not to rock the boat with others. And perhaps the absence of Fire planets emphasizes the importance of developing individual confidence, strength, and courage.
I really like this guy both as an actor and as a human being. I listen to what he has to say. I am sure he will have a lot to say in coming years.
He wrote an article for the NY Times a few years ago that I found very insightful. Many in the comments section said it didn’t make any sense, etc. It made perfect sense to me! He’s made some very interesting choices. Check out Tiptoes, in which plays the normal size brother of dwarf Gary Oldman. Both of them are terrific!
Here is McConnaughey’s natal with descriptive notes on his chart. Use magnifier to enlarge.
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Hi. I feel like he never fully bounced back from the massive weight loss for the film he made with Jennifer Garner. He’s never looked the same to me; less spark. I think his Venus is so paramount to his chart. I’m born a month later and oh how much distress the Venus in Scorpio (in my 7th) has caused! If only I could have materialized on this plane with this placement in Libra instead!
Thanks Marjorie – massive fan of Matthew McConnaughey. So glad he moved on from Rom Coms to more gritty roles. And how good was he with his ‘Brother’ in True Detective and so so good in the cult classic ‘Interstellar’