Joaquin Phoenix Horoscope

Actor, Joaquin Phoenix, has always been such a fascinating man to watch. The actor is not your standard, carbon cut out of what society defines as handsome, but there is something compelling about him. Most people tend to remember him in the movie, Space Camp. Usually, he is typecast or drawn to characters that are dark, brooding and conflicted. It might not come as a surprise that he has Sun, Venus and Mars all in the intensive and emotional sign of Scorpio.

Joaquin was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. And he is known for his work as a social activist and advocates for animal rights. Phoenix’s mother and father joined the cult of God and travelled with the family throughout South America, but after becoming disillusioned with the cult, the family left and renamed themselves ‘Phoenix’, representing their re-birth and new beginning.

Joaquin’s brother, River Phoenix, suffered an overdose on the 31st October 1993. The call that he made to the police was aired all over television, which resulted in unwanted press intrusion into his private life, and led to the star's retreat from the spotlight. During this time, transiting Jupiter was conjunct natal Uranus. I have known several cases where this contact has been indicative of lucky breaks and greater freedom in one’s career, and personal life. However, sometimes the individual acts out rebelliously, carelessly or recklessly. Jupiter also triggers his natal Mars square Saturn, which is a difficult and frustrating aspect. Transiting Saturn at 23 Aquarius was in orb to begin a series of trines to Mercury and Uranus in Libra, and squares (challenging) to Sun, Venus and Mars in Scorpio. Scorpio planets are full of self-destruction, stillness‘, death and these types are like a deep simmering volcano, there is a quiet power to this sign. They are filled with self-determination and pride and they are remarkably tough. I believe these heavy transits may possibly reflect the shocking (Uranus) event involving his brother (Mercury) and his sudden death. A year after his brother’s death he reluctantly returned to acting.

Phoenix has an exact Mercury-Uranus conjunction in Libra. The actor is well known for his social activism (Uranus) and particularly for his interest and campaigns for the United States Department of Peace (Libra). The star has battled addiction problems and checked into a rehab centre in 2005. In 2006, while driving down a winding road, he crashed due to brake problems. The star had transiting Uranus conjunct Jupiter, reflecting a time of recklessness and carelessness. However, I feel ‘accidents’ can also act like ‘wake up calls‘, especially when Uranus is involved, and they sometimes force psychological breakthroughs. Transiting Saturn had been making a series of squares to his Scorpio stellium over the last couple of years before the accident. It wouldn’t be hard to predict that this was the time that his spate of deep depression was triggered, right before the road accident. At the time of the accident a man appeared and saved him form lighting a cigarette while gas was leaking in the car. In some respects he was 'fortunate' under the contact between Jupiter and Uranus.

A few months ago, I watched him in the movie Two Lovers and I thought he was outstanding in this role. The film begins with him ready to jump off the pier in an attempted suicide. We find out that this isn’t the first time he has tried to kill himself. The film evolves into a tragic love story; it also has a depressive and melancholic feeling. It was slow paced and needed a good jump-start now and again. Yet, I only continued with the film, because I was so convinced by Joaquin’s role in the movie.