Thomas Markle
American lighting director and father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Born July 18, 1944 · Newport, United States
Thomas Markle’s zodiac sign is Cancer — and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Monkey, with Life Path 7 in numerology.
Cancer
Wood Monkey
Life Path 7How compatible are you with Thomas Markle?
Cancer Wood Monkey Life Path 7
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Thomas Markle’s AsterNym identity
The Tidal Seeker
Water gives Thomas depth. Life Path 7 gives insight. The Tidal Seeker is where the two meet — the seeker’s direction carried with water’s texture.
The name Thomas in the world
#34
US rank in 2025
~2,367,087
Americans share it since 1880
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its peak year
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Thomas’s luck
Lucky numbers
7 · 4 · 9
Lucky colours
Green & Teal
Lucky day
Monday
Direction
→ East
Season
spring
Stones
Ruby, Pearl, Green Aventurine
Flower constellation
💠 Larkspur · 🤍 Jasmine · 🌸 Green Orchid
Sky blue · Pearl · Botanical green
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print — one tradition, read for everyone
Who is Thomas Markle?
Born in Newport, United States, Thomas Markle (born 1944) is an American lighting director and father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
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Thomas Markle in 15 seconds
Cancer Sun
Cancer SunHard shell. Marshmallow inside.
Intuition · loyalty · fierce protection
The 1944 sky over Newport, United States put Thomas Markle's Sun in Cancer. Cancer energy is read as protective and intuitive — you may sense a room's mood before anyone speaks. You tend to be the safe harbor for your people; the growth edge is letting others care for you too.
Wood Monkey
Wood MonkeySolves it with a joke.
Inventive · playful · endlessly curious
In the Chinese cycle, Thomas Markle's 1944 birth falls in a year of the Wood Monkey. Monkey years are linked to wit and invention — you may solve with play what others grind through. The tradition's caution is cleverness used to dodge rather than build.
Life Path 7
Life Path 7Thinks deeper than it talks.
Inquiry · depth · the well-asked question
For the American lighting director and father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, numerology reads 1944-07-18 as Life Path 7. A 7 path suggests a life theme of understanding — you may need solitude and depth the way others need company. The practice is coming back from the depths to share what you found. Markle's birth facts trace to public records — see how your own number compares.
Thomas’s full placements
No documented birth time exists for Thomas Markle, so these are the planets in their signs at local noon — the Moon can be off by up to 7°, and houses and the Ascendant need a time.
Tightest aspects: Venus sextile Neptune (0°) · Mars sextile Saturn (0.4°) · Saturn square Neptune (1.8°).
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Thomas’s cards
Every one is calculated from the birth date, not chosen: the tarot card by reducing the digits of July 18, 1944, the identity card by combining the BaZi day-master element with the Life Path number, and the two zodiac cards from the sun’s position and the Chinese year branch, and the metal from the planet that traditionally rules that sign.
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Water.
Year
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
癸
yin Water
未
Goat
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Thomas Markle, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Thomas’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q43918214, released under CC0. No documented birth time is available. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart.
These are traditional interpretations — not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Thomas Markle.
Quick answers about Thomas Markle’s chart
- What zodiac sign is Thomas Markle?
- Thomas Markle is a Cancer — born July 18, 1944, which puts the Sun in Cancer. That is the Western star sign; in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Monkey.
- What is Thomas Markle's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Monkey, carrying the Wood element — from the Chinese lunar year of the July 18, 1944 birth.
- What time was Thomas Markle born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public. This chart uses date-only positions, so houses and the Ascendant are left uncomputed rather than guessed from an unverified time.
- What is Thomas Markle's Life Path number?
- Life Path 7, calculated in numerology from the July 18, 1944 birth date.
