Tom Hanks's Birth Moon

Two-time Oscar winner known for Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Philadelphia, and dozens more.

9 July 1956

New Moon

2.8% illuminated

Actor

On 9 July 1956 the moon was 2 days into the lunar cycle, with the light still building, showing 2.8% of its face. That month's full moon — traditionally called the Buck Moon — arrived 13 days later, on 22 July 1956.

The sky on 9 July 1956

Geocentric positions in the tropical zodiac, computed for midday UTC.

☉SunCancer ♋

☽MoonLeo ♌

☿MercuryCancer ♋

♀VenusGemini ♊℞

♂MarsPisces ♓

♃JupiterVirgo ♍

♄SaturnScorpio ♏℞

♅UranusLeo ♌

♆NeptuneLibra ♎℞

Venus, Saturn and Neptune were retrograde that day — appearing, from Earth, to move backwards against the stars. It is an effect of the two planets' relative speeds rather than a change in direction, and astrologers read it as a period of review rather than progress.

Moon in Leo ♌

The moon was passing through Leo on 9 July 1956, while the sun sat in Cancer — which is why Tom Hanks's star sign is Cancer. The two rarely coincide: the sun takes a month to cross a sign and the moon takes about two and a half days.

Where the sun sign is read as the outward character, the moon sign is read as the emotional register underneath it — the part that needs warmth and recognition, and is generous with both once it feels secure.

Aspects that day

Aspects are the angles bodies form with each other. These were within orb on 9 July 1956:

Sun trine MarsVenus square Mars

What a New Moon birth moon means

A time of new beginnings and setting intentions. The slate is clear — this is your moment to plant seeds for what you want to call in.

Traits of the New Moon

People born under a New Moon are often visionary, instinctive, and naturally drawn to beginnings. There is a freshness and spontaneity to their personality — they lead with intuition rather than waiting for all the facts. Tom Hanks embodies this energy: a trailblazer who seems to operate on instinct and moves into new territory before others see it coming.

How to read all this

Every figure on this page is calculated from Tom Hanks's date of birth — the phase, the illumination percentage, the positions and the aspects are astronomy, and they would be the same whoever was born that day. The character readings attached to them are symbolic tradition, not measurement, and are best treated as prompts for reflection rather than claims about a person.

Two things are deliberately missing. Without a birth time we cannot give a rising sign or house placements, since both change through the day — the ascendant shifts roughly every two hours. And without a birthplace there are no moonrise or moonset times, which depend on latitude. Anywhere you see those quoted for a public figure without a documented birth certificate time, treat them with caution.

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