Matthew McConaughey is an American actor born in Uvalde, Texas. He broke through in Dazed and Confused in 1993, and A Time to Kill in 1996 made him a leading man, followed by Contact in 1997. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club, played Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's True Detective in 2014, and starred in Interstellar that year. His memoir, Greenlights, came out in 2020.
The Registrar's letter, quoted by Marc Penfield
Astro-Databank's source note reads: "Marc Penfield quotes a letter from the Registrar, copy in hand, signed by Betty Jaeffery - deputy." The entry gives 7:34 p.m. Central Standard Time, in Uvalde, from a birth record in hand.
No other time appears in the record, so the angles stand as calculated. The Moon stays in Virgo all day, and only the ascendant and midheaven depend on the minute.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♊︎ Gemini | 6:47 p.m. to 8:46 p.m. | Taurus before, Cancer after |
| Midheaven | ♒︎ Aquarius | 5:52 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. | Capricorn before, Pisces after |
| Moon | ♍︎ Virgo | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Uvalde, Central Standard Time.
Air on both angles, Aquarius for 16 more minutes
Gemini rose over Uvalde at 6:47 p.m. and holds the eastern horizon until 8:46 p.m., so he was born 47 minutes into the window. The ascendant is 12°33′ Gemini. In the tradition, Gemini rising is a curious, talkative way of meeting people.
The midheaven, the point of public standing, is 25°34′ Aquarius, and Aquarius keeps it until 7:50 p.m. Gemini and Aquarius are both air signs, and air on the angles is taken to mean ease with ideas and conversation.
Our pages: Gemini rising · Midheaven in Aquarius · rising sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Venus and Jupiter at the end of Libra, in the 5th house
Venus, at 22°58′, is just ahead of Jupiter, at 22°02′, and the pair are joined within 0°56′. Classical astrology calls them the two benefics: Venus for affection and pleasure, Jupiter for generosity and plenty. Libra is ruled by Venus, so Venus is in its own sign.
Placidus and Whole Sign houses agree that Venus, Jupiter and Uranus all fall in the 5th house, the house of performance, play and romance. Planets gathered in the 5th house pull toward creative risk, and Uranus at 6°43′ adds the unexpected.
Our pages: Venus in Libra · Jupiter in Libra · Uranus in Libra · 5th house.
Scorpio Sun and Virgo Moon, half a degree from a sextile
The Sun at 12°28′ of Scorpio and the Moon at 13°01′ of Virgo are 0°33′ from an exact sextile, the closest aspect of all. In the tradition a Sun-Moon sextile means will and instinct pulling the same way. The Sun sits in the 6th house under both systems, the house of work and routine; the Moon sits in the 4th.
The Moon entered Virgo at 6:01 p.m. on November 3 and leaves for Libra at 3:59 a.m. on November 6. Pluto shares Virgo at 26°34′, also in the 4th, and sextiles Neptune at 27°51′ of Scorpio, 1°17′ from exact; slow planets like these are shared by a whole year's births.
Our pages: Scorpio · Moon in Virgo · Pluto in Virgo · Neptune in Scorpio · 4th house.
Mercury facing Saturn, Scorpio against Taurus
Mercury, which rules thinking and talk, stands at 5°34′ of Scorpio and faces retrograde Saturn, at 4°54′ of Taurus, 0°39′ from exact. Saturn is the planet of limits and discipline, and an opposition to Mercury gives slow, deliberate speech.
Mercury is in the 6th house under both systems. Saturn is in the 11th by Placidus, the house of friends and audiences, and in the 12th by Whole Sign, the house of what stays private. Taken with the Sun, Neptune and Mars, that makes five of the ten planets in fixed signs, which points to persistence.
Our pages: Mercury in Scorpio · Saturn in Taurus · 11th house · 12th house.
Mars crossed into Aquarius at 12:50 p.m. on November 4
Mars stands at 0°12′ of Aquarius, having entered the sign about 7 hours before his birth. It sextiles Neptune, 2°22′ from exact, and trines Pluto, 3°38′ off. Mars is drive, and Aquarius gives it an independent, unusual outlet.
Placidus and Whole Sign both file Mars under the 9th, the house of travel, study and belief.
Our pages: Mars in Aquarius · 9th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Matthew McConaughey's chart
- Sun sextile Moon orb 0°33′
- Mercury opposition Saturn orb 0°39′
- Venus conjunction Jupiter orb 0°56′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°17′
- Mars sextile Neptune orb 2°22′
- Mars trine Pluto orb 3°38′
- Mars square Saturn orb 4°42′
- Mercury square Mars orb 5°21′
- Mars trine Uranus orb 6°31′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 6°54′
- Venus square Mars orb 7°14′
- Moon sextile Mercury orb 7°27′
- Sun opposition Saturn orb 7°34′
- Moon trine Saturn orb 8°07′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Matthew McConaughey's chart
Is he a Gemini rising?
Yes, at 12°33′ Gemini. Gemini stays on the horizon until 8:46 p.m.
Which sign is his Moon in?
Virgo, at 13°01′. The Moon was in Virgo for all of November 4, 1969.
Which zodiac sign is Matthew McConaughey?
Scorpio, with the Sun at 12°28′ on his birthday in 1969.
When was Matthew McConaughey born?
At 7:34 p.m. Central Standard Time on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas, according to a letter from the Registrar.
Does he have Venus conjunct Jupiter?
Yes, 0°56′ apart in Libra, with Uranus in the same sign and all three in the 5th house.
Which sign holds his midheaven?
Aquarius, at 25°34′ Aquarius, until 7:50 p.m.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Matthew McConaughey's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.