“In 1996, Damon was just another struggling beefcake actor with a few good supporting roles to his credit. But his unknown status changed overnight when director Francis Ford Coppola handpicked Damon to headline his adaptation of John Grisham's best-selling legal potboiler The Rainmaker. The unprepossessing Damon soon found himself engulfed by a flood of A-list scripts, directors and stars. Steven Spielberg snapped him up to star alongside Tom Hanks in World War II actioner [sic] Saving Private Ryan, and Miramax pounced on a script for a film titled Good Will Hunting that Damon and his actor pal Ben Affleck had been shopping around; Damon was cast in the lead role, and the project was propelled onto the fast track when Miramax put critical darling Gus Van Sant in the director's chair and signed box-office heavyweight Robin Williams as Damon's co-star. Damon later parlayed his indie cred [sic] into several franchises, starring in both The Bourne Identity and its sequel, The Bourne Supremacy, as well as Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve. By 1998 he had a stream of film commitments and a salary that escalated to $5 million a picture.”
For Matt Damon real success and its accompanying financial rewards started a year earlier than Affleck in 1996. Rahu - Guru started March 12, 1995 and Rahu - Sani on August 4th 1997. Rahu is placed in Kumbha his anandasthana where he is aspected by both Guru and Mars. We should note that while Guru is lord of 3rd and 12th from lagna he is lord of 2nd and 11th from Rahu and with his aspect he also gives the effect of Venus the yoga karaka whom he is conjoined with. Both Venus and Guru also fully aspect Sani the lagna lord which alleviates to a great extent his debilitation in Mesha.
