Oscars 2020: Joaquin Phoenix Talent Analysis

I’ve been thinking of writing a post about Joaquin Phoenix for a long time, but now that he won the Oscar, I have no excuse 🙂

Joaquin is a fascinating person with depth of character and an incredible ability to convey a range of emotions on camera. He also has a somewhat troubled personality, often suffering from emotional instability, which forced him several times to take a break from his acting career.

He was born as a Yang Water Master Element with a rather excessive amount of Wood Element, which represents the Output Component, mainly in the form of the Artist Talent. We have analyzed hundreds of actors to date, and he has one of the strongest Artist Talents of all.

Such setup tells us that his main driving force and natural talent is creativity and performance. The problem with such charts, where the main driving force is so dominant, is that it brings instability, either physical or emotional. People with strong Artist Talent often have restless minds, which can drive them crazy and give people around them a tough time. Excessive Artist Talent can present itself as a constant need to create, perform, and materialize ideas. At the same time, they are perfectionists, so if things are not going well, they might throw a tantrum and torture everybody around to get things right.

He is known for being difficult on set, but it seems he has become more aware of that issue lately; he even addressed it in his Oscar acceptance speech.

What is also problematic in his case is the general weakness of his Yang Water Master Element. The Wood Element is taking a lot of power, which can make the creative process rather exhausting for him; therefore, he needs to take a break from time to time. It’s an interesting fact that his most significant success, the Oscar which he got for his Joker role, came during the Water years (2019 Pig and 2020 Rat). His creativity depends on his ability to maintain power to feed the demanding Wood Element, which is why Water is quite essential for him.

So, as we can see, with great talent comes also significant issues. This is often the case with competent and talented people; they usually pay the price in terms of their health and mental stability, and if they don’t take care of it, they can burn out rather quickly. Joaquin Phoenix was on the verge of burnout several times, but he came back stronger and better, so we look forward to his future work.