Dwayne Johnson

In 1995, after being cut by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, Dwayne Johnson went home with seven dollars in his pocket. His football career, the one he had planned his life around, was over. Years later he named his production company Seven Bucks Productions, a reminder of the lowest point in a career that went on to include the top of professional wrestling and the top of Hollywood.

He was born at 6:02 p.m. on May 2, 1972, in the San Francisco Bay Area, a time from his birth certificate, into a wrestling family. His father, Rocky Johnson, was a professional wrestler, and his maternal grandfather, Peter Maivia, was a celebrated Samoan wrestler too. His Sun is in Taurus in the seventh house. Taurus is the sign of physical strength, endurance and steady accumulation; the seventh house governs partners, audiences and opponents. A Taurus Sun in the seventh is a fitting placement for a performer whose whole career has been built in relation to someone across the ring or across the screen, and to the crowd.

Before wrestling there was football. He played defensive tackle for the University of Miami and was part of its 1991 national championship team, though injuries kept him from becoming a star. After Calgary, he turned to the family business. He debuted in what was then the WWF in 1996, struggled as a smiling, earnest good guy, and found his voice when he turned into a brash heel who called himself The Rock and spoke about himself in the third person.

His Ascendant is in Libra, and the charm, grace and social ease astrologers associate with it are all over his public persona. Libra Ascendants tend to win people over, and the raised eyebrow, the grin and the effortless rapport with audiences became his trademarks in the ring and then in films. The move to Hollywood began with The Mummy Returns in 2001 and grew into a run of blockbusters including the Fast & Furious films, Jumanji and Moana, in which he voiced the demigod Maui.

His Moon is at the start of Capricorn in the third house, with Jupiter, also in Capricorn, there too. Capricorn Moons find security in discipline and achievement, and the third house governs daily habits and communication. It suits a man known for early-morning workouts that he shares with millions of followers, and for a work ethic that has become part of his brand.

Venus and Mars sit together in Gemini in the ninth house, the house of broader horizons and big ventures. Gemini is versatile and quick, and the ninth reaches outward. It describes someone who keeps expanding into new territory: tequila, sportswear, a stake in a football league, and, in 2025, a dramatic turn as the MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine.

The seven dollars stayed in his story for a reason. The Capricorn Moon never forgot the floor, and the Libra rising made sure everyone wanted to watch the climb.