Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, names we all know and love. They married in 1988 and have two sons together. Recently they have been in the news for having contracted COVID-19. Hanks is known for his roles in Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle, Cast Away, Catch Me If You Can, The Post and the voice of Sheriff Woody in Toy Story. Wilson has started in such movies as Sleepless in Seattle, Runaway Bride, It’s Complicated and Larry Crowne. She has also produced several films including My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Mamma Mia! and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
Tom Hanks was born July 9, 1956 at 11:17am in Concord California. He has his ascendant in Leo and his Moon in Cancer. Rita Wilson was born October 26, 1956 at 9:03am in Los Angeles, California. She has her ascendant in Scorpio and her Moon is in Cancer.
Do their charts show their Hollywood careers? What in their charts gives their relationship longevity, when so many others fail? Was the diagnosis of COVID-19 in their charts? Let’s take a look and see.
I’m going to start by looking at both their careers.
When we are looking at charts in terms of career there are multiple houses we look to. We look to the main career house which is the tenth house and we look to see where the ruler of the tenth house goes to in a person’s chart. We can also look at the sixth house of work and then based on the career the person may already be in we would look for the indicators of that profession. While Neptune is not usually used in classic Vedic Astrology I do take it in to account especially given its indications in both Tom and Rita’s chart.
In Tom’s case he has Venus as the ruler of his tenth house Taurus, in its own sign. Having the ruler of the tenth in the tenth house gives him a career on the level of a “king” meaning that he is highly respected and honored and has the capability to become famous for his life’s work. An indication of his acting career comes from Neptune being in his third house of drama and communication. Neptune itself is an indicator of films, glamour, dreams and spirituality. If you have seen a movie that Tom Hanks is in he is able to really portray his characters in a way that they suck you in and you forget everything. The twelfth house is the house of films and movies and Tom has the ruler of his twelfth house, the Moon, in the twelfth, Cancer. The Moon is an indicator of the masses and popularity and as of January 2019 he us currently voted on Ranker’s “The Best Actors in Film History”. In his eleventh house, Gemini, he has Mercury and the Sun. The eleventh house is the house of great gains and gains from profession. Mercury is an indicator of television, computers, communication, speech and sense of humor. Mercury, as the ruler of his eleventh house, showing his use of communication and humor as a way to gain through his profession. Sun will give him the capacity to fulfill his desires.
Rita has different indicators in her chart. Her tenth house, Leo, has Jupiter in it. Jupiter in her tenth house is very expansive for her career. It can also indicate that her husband does well. The ruler of her tenth house the Sun goes to the 12th house of films and movies and it is conjunct tightly with Neptune the indicator of films and movies. While planets are considered conjunct (next to each other) in the same sign, the closer together they are the bigger the impact. She has Mercury and Venus in Virgo, her eleventh house of gains through profession. Mercury is at its absolute strongest in Virgo as it is its sign of exaltation. Venus is at its weakest, debilitated in Virgo, but it is uplifted by exalted Mercury. Both could be considered slightly less impactful because they are within the first degree and last degree of the sign. It does not seem to have been too bad for her. Venus in her eleventh makes her well connected socially. Mercury, as the planet of communication, shows the gains through a career in communication. The ruler of her third house of directing goes to her first house, who she is. As mentioned earlier she has produced a few movies.
Let’s now look at their marriage and relationship.
When we are looking at relationships it is important to see how the charts overlay on each other and what they each bring into the others life. We also look to see if Mars is in the seventh house of relationships and marriage or if it is sending its energy to the seventh house. This is called Kuja Dosha. If someone has this in their chart they will need to marry someone who also has it or wait until they are older and understand themselves better to have a successful relationship.
Tom’s seventh house is Aquarius and Mars is in this house. This can make him very clever, goal oriented, passionate about life and he may prefer a more strong-willed partner. He will have to watch out though because Mars can also lead him to provoke fights. Mars by being in the seventh house creates Kuja Dosha. The ruler of his seventh house is Saturn and it goes to his fourth house. This can bring a happy marriage and family and his partner can bring benefits to his career.
Rita’s seventh house is Taurus and Ketu is in this house. This can allow her to do business in unusual locales and her partner can be more flexible and innovative. The ruler of her seventh house Venus goes to her eleventh house of great gains. This indicates that her partner can contribute to opportunities and the development of good cash flow. She can be a passionate person and can have good business activities with people of influence who can bring more opportunities. Rita has Mars in her fourth house sending its energy to her seventh house creating a Kuja Dosha. This can make marriage hard for her.
The key thing to point out between their charts is that both Tom and Rita have Kuja Dosha which is said to make it a non-issue. With this they both have the ability to stand up to each other in a fight if one should occur. Neither individual will be able to walk all over the other.
Lastly, I want to look at the most recent event in looking at the impact of transits on both Tom and Rita’s chart. Let’s see if the COVID-19 virus diagnoses is there.
When we are looking at a disease such as COVID-19 there are a couple of things that we want to look at. We want to look at what planets are transiting the sixth house of health and are they impacting any natal planets. We will look at the nodes of the Moon, Rahu and Ketu, which rule epidemics/ pandemics. Rahu can be respiratory diseases. Ketu can be an indication of bacteria and viruses. While Neptune is not used in classic Vedic astrology I have found it still to play out and have significance. So, we will look at transiting Neptune, which can rule viruses and bacteria. Mars can be a trigger in the charts for setting off events. Mars itself is an indicator of high fevers, headaches and inflammation.
Tom’s sixth house is Capricorn. At the time of his diagnoses with COVID-19 around March 12,2020 transiting Saturn ruler of his sixth house of health was in his sixth house. The transiting Saturn was also sending its energy to his natal Neptune in his third house, an indicator of life force and our lungs, which also was another hit against his health at this time. Transiting Ketu was in Sagittarius sending its energy to his natal Sun and Mercury. Sun is an indicator of our physical body and Ketu could have weakened that. Mercury is an indicator of our lungs and Rahu, an indicator of respiratory diseases, had just crossed over it. The big thing for him is that he had transiting Neptune sitting exactly on top of his natal Mars at 24 degrees of Aquarius. To make that worse transiting Rahu was sending its energy to this conjunction magnifying the potential for getting what is, as we know so far, a disease that attacks the respiratory system, namely the lungs. This was even more activated by the fact that Tom is currently in his Mars Maha Dasha.
Rita’s chart shows things a little differently. She may not have had as severe symptoms as Tom potentially did. At the time of her diagnoses with COVID-19 around March 12,2020 transiting Ketu, indicator of viruses, was in Sagittarius sending its energy to her sixth house of health. The ruler of her sixth house of health is Mars and it was conjunct within three degrees Neptune, the ruler of epidemics/ pandemics. She had Rahu transiting her eighth house of surrender. Transiting Saturn was in her third house of Capricorn, which indicates the lungs and was sending its energy to her twelfth house Neptune, viruses, and her Sun, our life force. All weakening her lungs through a virus.
The similarities are enough between their charts that we saw how this virus played out with them both getting it.
All in all Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are a fascinating study of what astrology can show us and how we can use the insight gained to better understand our lives and purpose.
