Tom Cruise as Seen in His Third Wife's Chart
AI translated from the original Chinese.
This time let's discuss Tom Cruise's third wife, Katie Holmes, and the affinity between them.
Case Summary
Name:
Major events:
Age 1: born 21:32, December 18, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio, USA
Age 21: 1998, entered show business, acting in a TV series
Age 28: 2005, began dating Tom Cruise; pregnant in October
Age 29: 2006, daughter born; married Tom Cruise on November 18
Age 35: 2012, divorced Tom Cruise
(Ages are counted in the East Asian way.)
Although Tom Cruise has 3 children in name, he has only one biological child, the one he had with Katie Holmes. So let's see how their relationship fared!
Since we're discussing romance, we use the romantic variant chart.
紅鸞 (Hong Luan) and 天喜 (Tian Xi) in 酉 and 卯
- 卯 Palace: 天機 (Tian Ji) and 巨門 (Ju Men), strong
- The three sides and four directions of 卯 see the four romance stars 鸞, 喜, 咸, 姚, governing talent and beauty
- The 卯 Palace sees 昌曲 (Chang Qu) and 天鉞 (Tian Yue): the partner must be intelligent
- The 卯 Palace has only 1 化祿, but since we're discussing love, this Lu has its force too
Conclusion: for the partner she likes, the most important thing is naturally looks, then talent; if all goes well, she'll naturally be drawn to such a partner. In hindsight, Tom Cruise was naturally this subject's ideal partner.
The subject's main star 太陰 (Tai Yin)
- 太陰 in 丑, neutral
- 太陰 in 丑 sees 魁鉞 (Kui Yue) and 祿存 (Lu Cun): she has high requirements for a spouse
- 太陰 in 丑 sees 3 化忌. Although no malefics disturb the 丑 Palace, the 3 化忌 make mischief, so emotional instability arises easily.
Tom Cruise's main star 太陽 (Tai Yang)
- 太陽 in 丑, neutral
- The 3 化忌 happen to be in the 丑 Palace too, acting on Tom Cruise, so the emotional instability is very likely to come from him
- Shifting Tom Cruise's stems into the 丑 Palace, the stems of its three sides and four directions are 乙, 丁, 己 and 癸.
- 乙: 天機 Lu, auspiciously transforming Katie Holmes's 天喜; 太陰 Ji, damaging Katie Holmes's main star. And this 乙 is brought by 天梁 (Tian Liang), so it is more destructive; even though 天喜 is transformed auspiciously, the negative effect on 太陰 is greater.
- 丁: 太陰 Lu, auspiciously transforming Katie Holmes's main star.
- 己: 天梁 Ke in 巳, auspiciously transforming 丑, though unfortunately not a Lu star, which would be more stable than a Ke star; 文曲 (Wen Qu) Ji in 卯 also damages Katie's 天喜.
- 癸: 太陽 Ke in 丑; Ke stars are good, but weaker than Lu stars.
Taken together, the stems of Tom Cruise's three sides and four directions bring both good and ill to Katie Holmes's 天喜 palace and main star. In particular, the stem 己, besides damaging 天喜, also damages 文曲; 文曲 governs the marriage certificate, and when it's damaged, the chance of divorce is quite high.
Overall Judgment
We know these two have divorced, but for research's sake, we still want to see the signs of divorce.
Both main stars are in 丑, where 3 化忌 appear directly. Although there's no clash of malefics, an affinity like this can very easily break off at once. But because there's no clash of malefics, it can also be called an amicable parting.
Compared with the previous two articles, "The Dangerous Lover: On the O. J. Simpson Case" and "Who Is Your Ideal Partner? Johnny Depp as an Example," those ill-matched couples all showed malefic stars, so besides their ill-fated bond, there were also lawsuits and disputes.
If this subject asked me whether a man born in 1962 was suitable to marry, I'd say: "I can't say he's unsuitable, but over time together you'll drift apart; it'll be an amicable parting."
Love really covers too much ground. Two people get together for countless reasons and part in countless ways, so how do we find a suitable partner? The simplest way: first look at how good the 紅鸞 and 天喜 palaces are, then at how good both people's main stars are. If good, the chance of a happy match is high; if bad, they may well become an unhappy pair.
But for all that, I personally think that sometimes, when we're fixated, even knowing the other person isn't good, we still can't resist the urge to fly into the flame like a moth. Isn't that what affinity is? I often feel the power of a chart depends on whom you meet; circumstances must come together to trigger the conditions for things in the chart to happen. If Katie Holmes had never met Tom Cruise, would this have happened? Of course not. But destiny moves with time; it can't be redone, and we can't test whether another road would have been better. So in the end I can only sigh and say: cherish every moment; good or bad, it's all affinity. If we can't change whether destiny flows smoothly or not, at least we can learn to adjust our state of mind in the moment. For me, Dou Shu isn't just a tool for prediction; it's also the wisdom to be grateful in good times and to endure in hard times.
Next time, perhaps let's talk about 謝忻 (Xie Xin)!