Rita Wilson
Actress, singer and producer; Sleepless in Seattle, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
"A creative force who turns collaborative instincts and commanding stage presence into enduring cultural touchstones."
The life of Rita Wilson
Who is Rita Wilson?
Margarita Wilson Hanks, born Margarita Ibrahimoff, is an American actress, singer and producer. Her film appearances include Volunteers in 1985, Sleepless in Seattle in 1993, Now and Then in 1995, That Thing You Do! and Jingle All the Way in 1996, and The Story of Us in 1999. She also produced the My Big Fat Greek Wedding films.
Defining moments
Rita Wilson's child Truman Hanks is born
Thirty-four days after Truman was born, Pluto trining her twelfth-house Moon marked a quiet phase of emotional transformation and deep maternal bonding.
The Birth in the timeline ↓Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson marry
Ten days before the wedding, Saturn sextile his first-house Sun anchored a powerful window of enduring commitment and mature personal readiness for marriage.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓Rita Wilson's birth chart
☾ Born Oct 26, 1956 · 9:03 AM PDT · Hollywood · Birth data: AA · See sources
3 placements that explain this chart
Anchored by Jupiter and Venus on her Midheaven alongside an 11th-house Scorpio Sun, Rita Wilson balances private intensity with high-visibility producing and performing.
Her 11th-house Scorpio Sun fuels her commitment to collaborative ventures and behind-the-scenes leadership, seen in her role producing ensemble hits like My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Positioned in theatrical Leo within the 8th house, her Moon brings dramatic warmth, creative passion, and steadfast loyalty to her private life and performance work.
Sagittarius Rising is candid and warm on contact. The Scorpio Sun in the eleventh house is far more selective than the openness implies, and the Leo Moon holds out for genuine warmth.
How Rita Wilson's chart holds together
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Elements and modalities
mutable-heavy by a slight margin, with no element standing out.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 🜃 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 🜁 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 🜄 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
No dominant planet is named because two planets score equally.
Chart patterns that stand out
Jupiter conjunct an angle: right at the chart's most visible points
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See celebrities with this pattern →Mercury unaspected: running with no major aspect to anchor it
See celebrities with this pattern →Mercury & Venus in mutual reception: each at home in the other's sign
See celebrities with this pattern →Mercury standing alone in its modality
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Twelve systems read Rita Wilson's chart
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →Natal Chart
placidus houses
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | ♌︎ Leo 2°43' | 8 | - | — | Vitality |
| Uranus | ♌︎ Leo 6°52' | 8 | - | — | Celestial Order |
| Pluto | ♍︎ Virgo 0°07' | 9 | - | — | Idealization |
| Jupiter | ♍︎ Virgo 22°53' | 10 | - | — | Mastery |
| Venus | ♍︎ Virgo 23°55' | 10 | - | — | Innocence |
| Mercury | ♎︎ Libra 22°16' | 11 | - | — | Proclamation |
| Neptune | ♏︎ Scorpio 0°16' | 11 | - | — | Tourism |
| Sun | ♏︎ Scorpio 3°16' | 11 | - | — | Reverence |
| North node | ♏︎ Scorpio 29°17' | 12 | - | — | Mischief |
| Saturn | ♐︎ Sagittarius 1°40' | 12 | - | — | Agitation |
| Lilith | ♒︎ Aquarius 6°14' | 2 | - | — | Emergence |
| Chiron | ♒︎ Aquarius 6°30' | 2 | - | — | Emergence |
| Mars | ♓︎ Pisces 14°51' | 3 | - | — | Training |
| South node | ♉︎ Taurus 29°17' | — | - | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 8°32' | - |
| House 2 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 10°24' | ⚸⚷ |
| House 3 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 16°17' | ♂︎ |
| House 4 | ♓︎ Pisces | 21°48' | - |
| House 5 | ♈︎ Aries | 22°10' | - |
| House 6 | ♉︎ Taurus | 17°00' | - |
| House 7 | ♊︎ Gemini | 8°32' | - |
| House 8 | ♋︎ Cancer | 10°24' | ☽︎♅︎ |
| House 9 | ♌︎ Leo | 16°17' | ♇︎ |
| House 10 | ♍︎ Virgo | 21°48' | ♃︎♀︎ |
| House 11 | ♎︎ Libra | 22°10' | ☿︎♆︎☉︎ |
| House 12 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 17°00' | ☊♄︎ |
Full aspects · 31
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden AA · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson marry
Ketu dasha · Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 9
Rita Wilson's read · timed chart
Editorial note · Saturn sextile Sun
Ten days before the wedding, Saturn sextile his first-house Sun anchored a powerful window of enduring commitment and mature personal readiness for marriage.
Tom Hanks's read
Editorial note · Chiron conjunction Venus
Arriving 62 days before the wedding, this power transit of Chiron conjunct tenth-house Venus marked a deeply healing realignment of public love and commitment.
Tom Hanks's chart on the wedding day, 1988Collapse
Nov 2Apr 30Oct 27Nov 2, 1987 – Oct 27, 1988 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto square Moonslow
- Chiron conjunction Venusslow
- North Node square Venusfast
- Jupiter square Moonfast
- North Node square Midheavenfast
- North Node opposition Ascendantfast
Rita Wilson's child Chet Hanks is born
Ketu dasha · Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 9
6 passages in force · Saturn trine Midheaven · Chiron sextile Midheaven · Saturn square Mercury · Chiron square Mercury · Pluto trine Mars · North Node sextile Ascendant
Rita Wilson's chart on the day of a birth, 1990Collapse
Jun 7Aug 4Oct 1Jun 7 – Oct 1, 1990 · 116 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn trine Midheavenslow
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Saturn square Mercuryslow
- Chiron square Mercuryslow
- Pluto trine Marsslow
- North Node sextile Ascendantfast
- 5 YEARS UNRECORDED
Rita Wilson's child Truman Hanks is born
Venus dasha · Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 11
Editorial note · Pluto trine Moon
Thirty-four days after Truman was born, Pluto trining her twelfth-house Moon marked a quiet phase of emotional transformation and deep maternal bonding.
Rita Wilson's chart on the day of a birth, 1995Collapse
Oct 5Dec 26Mar 17Oct 5, 1995 – Mar 17, 1996 · 164 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Venusslow
- Pluto trine Moonslow
- Saturn opposition Midheavenslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- North Node conjunction Mercuryfast
Human Design
Manifesting Generator with a 2/4 Profile
Her multi-passionate energy thrives when responding to external opportunities, seamlessly moving between acting, producing, and music.
The Right Angle Cross of The Unexpected
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Centers · 5 defined / 4 open
| Centre | State | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Open | — |
| Ajna | Open | — |
| Throat | Defined | — |
| G identity | Defined | — |
| Heart will | Open | — |
| Sacral | Defined | — |
| Solar plexus | Defined | — |
| Spleen | Defined | — |
| Root | Open | — |
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
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Personality activations · 11
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 28.2 |
| · Earth | 27.2 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 31.1 |
| ☊ North node | 14.6 |
| ☋ South node | 8.6 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 32.2 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 6.2 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 63.4 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 34.2 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 50.5 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 29.6 |
Design activations · 12
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 31.4 |
| · Earth | 41.4 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 17.4 |
| ☊ North node | 9.1 |
| ☋ South node | 16.1 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 7.2 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 12.4 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 22.6 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 59.5 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 14.2 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 50.2 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 29.4 |
Defined channels · 4
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Gene Key 28: From Purposelessness to Totality
Her primary Life's Work emphasizes fully embracing life's challenges and finding meaning through total creative commitment.
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Hologenetic Profile
Activation Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Life's Work | Gene Key 28 Conscious Sun | |
| Evolution | Gene Key 27 Conscious Earth | |
| Radiance | Gene Key 31 Unconscious Sun | |
| Purpose | Gene Key 41 Unconscious Earth |
Venus Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Attraction | Gene Key 17 | |
| IQ | Gene Key 6 | |
| EQ | Gene Key 63 | |
| SQ | Gene Key 12 |
Pearl Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Gene Key 22 | |
| Culture | Gene Key 59 | |
| Pearl | Gene Key 6 |
Rings, codons & partners
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Pushya Nakshatra Moon
Pushya bestows a nurturing, protective spirit that supports family stability and long-term mentorship of creative collaborators.
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Nakshatra placements · 14
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| Body | Nakshatra | Pada | Sidereal | Ruler | Deity | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | Pushya | 2 | Cancer 9° | Saturn | Brihaspati | Male Goat |
| Uranus | Pushya | 4 | Cancer 13° | Saturn | Brihaspati | Male Goat |
| Pluto | Magha | 3 | Leo 6° | Ketu | Pitris | Male Rat |
| Jupiter | Uttara phalguni | 1 | Leo 29° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Venus | Uttara phalguni | 2 | Virgo 0° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Mercury | Chitra | 2 | Virgo 29° | Mars | Tvashtar | Female Tiger |
| Neptune | Swati | 1 | Libra 7° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| Sun | Swati | 2 | Libra 10° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| North node | Anuradha | 1 | Scorpio 6° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Saturn | Anuradha | 2 | Scorpio 8° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Ascendant | Anuradha | 4 | Scorpio 15° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Lilith | Shravana | 1 | Capricorn 12° | Moon | Vishnu | Female Monkey |
| Chiron | Shravana | 1 | Capricorn 13° | Moon | Vishnu | Female Monkey |
| Mars | Purva bhadrapada | 1 | Aquarius 21° | Jupiter | Aja Ekapada | Male Lion |
Maha Dasha timeline · 9
| Ruler | Span | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Oct 26, 1956 → Jan 30, 1967 | - |
| Mercury | Jan 30, 1967 → Jan 30, 1984 | - |
| Ketu | Jan 30, 1984 → Jan 30, 1991 | - |
| Venus | Jan 30, 1991 → Jan 30, 2011 | - |
| Sun | Jan 30, 2011 → Jan 30, 2017 | - |
| Moon | Jan 30, 2017 → Jan 30, 2027 | Now |
| Mars | Jan 30, 2027 → Jan 30, 2034 | - |
| Rahu | Jan 30, 2034 → Jan 30, 2052 | - |
| Jupiter | Jan 30, 2052 → Jan 30, 2068 | - |
Antardashas within Moon
Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.
| Ruler | Span |
|---|---|
| Moon | Jan 30, 2017 → Nov 30, 2017 |
| Mars | Nov 30, 2017 → Jul 1, 2018 |
| Rahu | Jul 1, 2018 → Dec 31, 2019 |
| Jupiter | Dec 31, 2019 → May 1, 2021 |
| Saturn | May 1, 2021 → Nov 30, 2022 |
| Mercury | Nov 30, 2022 → Apr 30, 2024 |
| Ketu | Apr 30, 2024 → Nov 29, 2024 |
| Venus | Nov 29, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026 |
| Sun | Jul 31, 2026 → Jan 30, 2027 |
Ayanamsa: 23.254 · Dasha system: Vimshottari
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 210 · Blue Monkey · Lunar
Chuen · Lunar tone
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Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Antipode: not recorded for this kin.
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 3
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
monkey · fire
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 丙 | 申 |
| Month | 戊 | 戌 |
| Day | 丙 | 戌 |
| Hour | 癸 | 巳 |
Day master
丙 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Tarot Birth Cards
The Empress
Associated with creative fertility and abundance, The Empress echoes her producing accomplishments and artistic output.
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The reduction
| Card | Title | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personality & Soul | The Empress | abundance, nurturing, fertility, creativity | Generative, nurturing power — growth that comes from care rather than force. |
Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027
Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild
Arabic Parts
Lots, formulas & sensitive points
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Lots on the wheel
Lots · 8
The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.
The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.
Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.
Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.
Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.
Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.
Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.
Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.
Sabian Symbols
Scorpio 4°: Youth with a Lighted Candle
This symbol highlights a dedicated, ritualistic focus toward creative crafts and cultural heritage.
Sun · Scorpio 3°16'
A youth carries a lighted candle in a devotional ritual
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A middle-aged woman, her long hair flowing over her shoulders in a braless youthful garment
"Vitality"
The constellations of stars shine brilliantly in the night sky
"Celestial Order"
In a portrait the best features of a man's head are idealized
"Idealization"
A lion tamer displays his skill and character
"Mastery"
Mary and her little lamb
"Innocence"
Chanticleer's voice heralds sunrise
"Proclamation"
A crowded sightseeing bus on a city street
"Tourism"
A youth carries a lighted candle in a devotional ritual
"Reverence"
Children in Halloween costumes indulge in various pranks
"Mischief"
The ocean covered with whitecaps
"Agitation"
A mother leads her small child step by step up a steep stairway
"Nurturing"
A child is seen being born out of an egg
"Emergence"
A child is seen being born out of an egg
"Emergence"
An officer instructing his men before a simulated assault under a barrage of live shells
"Training"
Feng Shui
Kua 7
Favorable: Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, West
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
Ask the Sage about Rita Wilson
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Begin your journeyQuestions about Rita Wilson's birth chart
What is Rita Wilson's zodiac sign?
Rita Wilson's Sun sign is Scorpio.
What is Rita Wilson's moon and rising sign?
Rita Wilson has a Leo Moon and a Sagittarius rising.
When was Rita Wilson born?
Rita Wilson was born on Oct 26, 1956.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of AA: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Verified by a birth certificate or official record: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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