Tom Cruise is nearly a sure bet when it comes to creating blockbusters. The winner of multiple Golden Globe awards has starred in such popular films as Top Gun, Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire and Mission Impossible. His personal life, however, has been rockier than his film career.
Cruise has had many well-publicized relationships with celebrities, including a three-year marriage to Mimi Rogers and a sizzling romance with Penelope Cruz. However, his two main leading ladies are Nicole Kidman, to whom he was married for 11 years (they have two adopted children), and his current wife, Katie Holmes. Cruise and Holmes were married last year, seven months after she gave birth to their daughter. So does this couple have what it takes to make their marriage a success? Let's compare their charts to see.
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Megastar: Tom Cruise
Cruise is a Cancer, born on July 3, 1962. Being a water sign, his emotions run deep and his home life and children are very important to him. And like many Cancers, his enormous popularity stems from appealing to people from many walks of life.
But it's his Leo placements that undoubtedly make him a superstar. Leo, after all, is the sign of celebrity. Cruise has Venus (love) conjunct Uranus in Leo, and depending on his time of birth, Moon (emotions) in Leo as well. Uranus rules electricity, so the Venus-Uranus hookup amplifies his magnetism. It also makes him prone to love at first sight. Moon in Leo says he has loads of pride and a warm, generous emotional nature. And with Mars (sexuality) in Taurus, he has an earthy, practical side as well.
Australian beauty: Nicole Kidman
A Gemini born on June 20, 1967, Kidman met Cruise on the set of their film Days of Thunder in 1990. They were married shortly thereafter. True to her versatile Gemini Sun, the award-winning actor has taken on such diverse roles as Virginia Woolf in The Hours and a singer/dancer in Moulin Rouge.
True love
A passionate Venus connection was responsible for the attraction between Cruise and Kidman. Like her ex, Kidman has Venus in Leo, indicating their love styles were very similar. They both need passion, creativity and openness in their relationships. Kidman has optimistic Jupiter in Leo as well, which had an uplifting influence on Cruise. Additionally, Kidman has Moon in fire-sign Sagittarius, which inspired Cruise's romantic Leo placements and indicated a lively emotional tie between them.
Additionally, Kidman has Mercury (communications) in Cancer (Cruise's Sun sign), and he has Mercury in Gemini (Kidman's Sun sign). They understood each other very well. But all of these positive astrological connections weren't able to overcome the heavy karma between them.
Saturn, the planet of karma, responsibility and limitation, was the influence that tore them apart. Saturn connections can either indicate longevity in a union, or weigh so heavily upon a relationship that the couple needs to go their separate ways in order to grow individually. The latter was the case with this couple. Cruise's Saturn in Aquarius directly opposed Kidman's Venus and Jupiter, and her Saturn in Aries squared his Sun. Those aspects are tremendously restrictive and very hard on a relationship. Their marriage couldn't take the stress.
Fiery femme: Katie Holmes
Born on December 18, 1978, Holmes is a Sagittarius, the same sign as Kidman's Moon. Cruise must like adventurous, spiritual energy in his women (he and Holmes are both Scientologists, so they have similar spiritual values). Cruise also likes the glamour of Leo in his women, because Holmes has Moon and Jupiter in the sign of the lion. Her Moon and Jupiter on Cruise's Moon, Venus and Uranus is a compelling connection of love and emotional compatibility. And her earth-sign Mars in Capricorn is sexually compatible with Cruise's Mars in Taurus.
However, this couple has one particular challenge that could derail their relationship - a difference in love styles. Holmes's has Venus and Uranus conjunct in demanding, mysterious Scorpio. She has a willful side! Although Scorpio is a water sign that bends nicely with Cruise's Sun in watery Cancer, it collides with his Leo placements, especially his Venus. This indicates a gargantuan clash of wills. Cruise is open and gregarious, while Holmes is much more private and secretive. He'll have to respect her need for intimacy mixed with alone time, and she'll have to learn to share him with his friends, family and public. For their love to grow, they'll need to eliminate the need for control. Plus, they have similar Saturn connections like the ones that smothered the Cruise-Kidman marriage. If Cruise and Holmes can lighten up and focus on the loving, spiritual and creative aspects of their relationship, then their marriage may last.
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