Compatibility
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Kevin Smith (8/2/1970, Leo Dog), Ben Affleck (8/15/1972, Leo Rat) : The director and actor were frequent collaborators in the 1990s, working together on movies including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma. After a period of estrangement, they reunited for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot in 2019. Smith has recounted: "I was scared to be rejected, but I texted [Affleck], 'To paraphrase the sad old King Osric in Conan the Barbarian? There comes a time when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a director’s love for the people he used to make pretend with.' And after a long beat of wondering how he’d receive this, my estranged friend wrote back as only he could: 'Of course you still liken yourself to a king,' he joked. And then ‘Would be a pleasure to see you again, Old Man.'"

Jennifer Lawrence (8/15/1990, Leo Horse), David O. Russell (8/20/1958, Leo Dog) : The actor and director have collaborated multiple times to great acclaim, including the movies, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and Joy. In a joint interview/conversation, Lawrence said to O'Russell: "I was so young and inexperienced. By the time I got to you, you shaped me. Watching our movies, everything I’ve learned, I’ve taken through my entire career. I was so amazed by you, and just open. You wrote it and I’d do it and you’d tell me how to do it better." O'Russell replied: "You showed up as a raw talent with no neurosis and no self-consciousness. She was completely fearless...She has a certain energy that hasn’t been in movies in a while. Young and old and loose and powerful and focused. You walk in 20 minutes into the movie and you take over the movie."

Laurence Fishburne (7/30/1961, Leo Ox), Angela Bassett (8/16/1958, Leo Dog) : The two actors have been widely praised for their collaborations, which include the films, Boyz n the Hood (1991), What's Love Got To Do With It (1993), and Akeelah and the Bee (2006), as well as a stage production of Fences. Fishburne has described: "I don’t know how to explain it. The word that people use is ‘chemistry,’ that Angela and I just have a chemistry that is undeniable and innate. But I think it is really born out of the fact that we both love what we do. And when we come together, we make room for each other to really, really use all of our abilities and all of our talents. We complement each other."

Natasha Henstridge (8/15/1974, Leo Tiger), Darius Campbell Danesh (8/19/1980, Leo Monkey) : The actor and singer were involved in an on-off relationship for around 12 years in total from 2004 to 2016, and for a time co-parented Henstridge's two children from a previous relationship. Danesh, who died tragically at 41 in August 2022, described after their break-up: "It was a long distance relationship for half of it. That in itself was an amazing experience, but a painful one. When you love someone you want to be with them...So I have nothing but gratitude for this relationship. And we'll be there for one another if the chips are down."

Antonio Banderas (8/10/1960, Leo Rat), Melanie Griffith (8/9/1957, Leo Rooster) : The two actors were married from 1996 to 2015. They had a daughter together and helped to raise Griffiths' two children from previous marriages. Speaking after their divorce, Banderas said: "Melanie is not my wife anymore, but I think she is my best friend. I love her and will love her until the day I die. She’s my family."

Sean Penn (8/17/1960, Leo Rat), Madonna (8/16/1958, Leo Dog) : The singer-songwriter and actor were famously married for four years during the 1980s. In recent times they have both spoken fondly of one another. In 2016, Madonna attended Penn's Help Haiti Home Gala, saying, "I want to say [to] Sean that I loved you from the moment that I laid eyes on you. And I still love you just the same." Interviewed in 2018, Penn said simply, "I love my first wife very much."

Alison Krauss (7/23/1971, Leo Pig), Robert Plant (8/20/1948, Leo Rat) : The two singers—Plant a founding member of rock band Led Zeppelin and Krauss a celebrated bluegrass singer—teamed up for the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning album Raising Sand in 2007. They reunited for the album Raise the Roof in 2021. Speaking of their original collaboration, Plant described: "We've got our own individual strengths, and it's a miracle that they can ever meld. But they do. In the beginning it was difficult, because I wasn't used to being tutored and, 'Why don't you do it like this?' And I just thought, 'Oh, baby!' Still, I like it. I like the idea of learning new stuff… I felt so much more accomplished when it started to work good."

Bill Murray (9/21/1950, Virgo Tiger), Harold Ramis (11/21/1944, Scorpio Monkey) : The actor and actor/director collaborated on six classic films that have been called "extreme comedy", including Stripes, Ghostbusters, and Groundhog Day. After an altercation on the set of Groundhog Day, Landis and Murray did not speak for 21 years, until shortly before Landis' death Murray visited him in 2014. Landis described in 2004: "It’s a huge hole in my life, but there are so many pride issues about reaching out. [Murray] would give you his kidney if you needed it, but he wouldn’t necessarily return your phone calls."

Alec Guinness (4/2/1914, Aries Tiger), George Lucas (5/14/1944, Taurus Monkey) : The actor and director collaborated on the original Star Wars trilogy, with Guinness' Obi-Wan Kenobi becoming one of the most iconic characters in movie history. Guinness, however, was repeatedly critical of the project. While working on the first film, he described, "[N]ew rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper—and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable." In his memoir, A Positively Final Appearance, Guinness wrote: "A refurbished Star Wars is on somewhere or everywhere. I have no intention of revisiting any galaxy. I shrivel inside each time it is mentioned...[A] sweet-faced boy of twelve told me proudly that he had seen Star Wars over a hundred times...Looking into the boy’s eyes I thought I detected little star-shells of madness beginning to form and I guessed that one day they would explode."

John Derek (8/12/1926, Leo Tiger), Bo Derek (11/20/1956, Scorpio Monkey) : The actor and actor/writer/director were married from 1976 to 1998. Their relationship began when John Derek was married to actor Linda Evans, and Bo Derek was 17 years old—they lived in Germany to avoid prosecution in the US. They collaborated on films including Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981), Bolero (1984) and Ghosts Can't Do It (1989), which received negative reviews—Bo Derek received a Golden Raspberry award for Worst Actress for each of these films. Bo Derek has described: "That still breaks my heart, being part of breaking up a marriage is a horrible thing and I still can’t believe I was a part of it. I’ve said it before, but I’ll never forgive myself...I look back at that time in my life as a terrible mistake...Now, when I look back at the photos of me, I was young — 17 is young...There was no Me Too-ing with John. But yeah, I’m very conflicted about it when I look back on being 17 with a 46-year-old man. As I said, I thought I knew everything. It felt right at the time. I was so in love with him and we ended up together for 25 years. I’m just so grateful he was a good person."

Oliver Lynn (8/27/1926, Virgo Tiger), Loretta Lynn (4/14/1932, Aries Monkey) : The talent agent and country singer were married for 48 years and had six children together—three before she was 17. Their marriage was famously turbulent, inspiring songs by Lynn including "Fist City" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)". Lynn's 2002 memoir, Still Woman Enough—referring to her husband by the nickname "Doolittle"—described: "Lots of women have asked me how in the world I stayed with a womanizin’ alcoholic who could get violent like he sometimes did...I got taught that there wasn't no such thing as divorce among decent folks...[but] there’s something else made me stick to Doo. He thought I was something special, more special than anybody else in the world, and never let me forget it."

Julius Erving (2/22/1950, Pisces Tiger), Larry Bird (12/7/1956, Sagittarius Monkey) : The two basketball legends shared a famous rivalry, including an on-court fight in 1984 that resulted in both players being ejected. They also appeared together in the iconic 1980s video game, One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird. Erving was quoted in 2021: "We have some great wars over the years. We'll match up in the playoffs four times between 1980 and 1986, with the winner going on to the finals every season...[W]hen Larry says, as he has, that Michael Jordan was the best player he ever faced, I find it a little disrespectful. We beat them up pretty bad in some playoffs, and they got the better of us in others, but those are the toughest matchups for both of us. I don't think it's fair for Larry to say Michael is the best based on one great playoff game, the 63-point performance in Boston Garden. But then, Larry is always playing mind games, so he's probably still trying to psych out Magic [Johnson] and me."