The phenomenon that is Tom Cruise has launched “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”, the 8th in the successful series that has run since 1996.
As Ethan Hunt he races to save the world from an evil AI Entity, an evil AI that has taken control of every nuclear missile on the planet. So much, so familiar with standard blockbuster content. What is different is that Cruise, a good actor despite his odd beliefs and fractured family life, even at 63 still does all his own stunts.
His stunt coordinator says: ‘He has no fear’ as he jumps out of planes, motorbikes off the edge of cliffs and hangs onto helicopter struts. The training for this movie involved a year’s motocross and skydiving, with more than 500 skydives and 13,000 motocross jumps.
Born 3 July 1962 at 3.06pm (unverified) Syracuse, New York, he has a Cancer Sun and Leo Moon. But what stands out from his chart is his super-confident Jupiter Chiron opposition Pluto which is the driving rod of his chart channeling the creative energy of his Water Grand Trine of Sun, Jupiter, Neptune. Plus a risk-taking Mars in Taurus square Uranus which will draw him towards reckless and dangerous pursuits. He thrives on excitement, thrills and danger and will be drawn towards extreme sports.
Jupiter Chiron also has induces super-optimism and has a protective capacity as well as a tendency towards messianic beliefs.
His emphasized Neptune will also probably help – trine Sun, sextile Pluto, square Saturn and trine Jupiter Chiron – since it will give him self-belief, however self-deluded, though it has clearly worked so far, barring a few minor accidents.
He also has a yod onto a 4th house Saturn inconjunct Pluto sextile Sun which does require maturity and self-control to work well – which could, birth time being accurate, be connected to him not having seen his daughter Suri Cruise reputedly for many years.
This year he does look rattled with tr Uranus square his Uranus and conjunct his Mars and that runs on and off into early 2026. And maybe tr Pluto opposing his Moon this year. 2026 could be accident prone or stressful with his Mars/Saturn midpoint catching the tr Neptune Saturn square.
Curious about Saturn conjunct South Node. Starmer has it as well. Others include Lewis Hamilton, Jordan Peterson, Sartre, Robbie Williams. I wonder about a struggle to overcome an inherent sort of depression, then becoming fanatically driven towards something. Not a Cruise fan at all, partly because of how outspoken he was on anti-depressants some years back, but appreciate the article all the same!