A. R. Rahman
Born January 6, 1965 at 12:45 • Chennai
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Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 9 | 22°24′ | friendly |
| Moon | Capricorn | 10 | 29°38′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 8 | 29°21′ | neutral |
| Venus | Scorpio | 8 | 29°05′ | neutral |
| Mars | Virgo | 6 | 1°49′ | enemy |
| Jupiter (R) | Aries | 1 | 22°45′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 11 | 8°25′ | moolatrikona |
| Rahu (R) | Taurus | 2 | 28°19′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Scorpio | 8 | 28°19′ | own |
A.'s Psychological Profile
A holistic reading drawn from your complete birth chart, planets, houses, signs, strengths, yogas, and current life period, cross-referenced and synthesized.
Your dominant Earth element drives you toward security, structure, and tangible results.
Your Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Jupiter as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I believe in?"
Who A. Is
A., your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Sagittarius forms the backbone of your identity - it's the conscious self you're building toward, the version of you that emerges when you're most aligned. Your Moon in Capricorn reveals your emotional core - what you need to feel safe, how you process feelings, and the private self only close ones see.
At the elemental level, Earth energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Jupiter (a yoga-forming benefic for Aries ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs beliefs, meaning-making, and growth, and in Aries (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action.
Your dominant Vedic archetype is The Sovereign - Your dominant archetype is The Sovereign (Sun - Surya). Atma - Self/Soul is the strongest force in your chart. Natural authority that inspires without demanding. This is the energy people recognize in you before you say a word.
Your birth star (Dhanishtha, Pada 2) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
A.'s Inner World
How A. Thinks
A.'s Drive & Purpose
How A. Loves
A.'s Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
A.'s Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 8 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 8th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
A psychological assessment based on your planetary placements, not what the planets mean, but what they reveal about how you think, feel, defend, and grow.
Your Psychological Profile
This isn't what your planets mean, it's who you are. These six dimensions combine your planetary placements into a genuine psychological picture.
You're a seeker. Your identity is built on the quest for meaning, not the answers you've found. Routine and small thinking suffocate you. You need a horizon, something to move toward that's bigger than your current life.
Your emotions follow rules. You've internalized a system for what you should and shouldn't feel, and you judge yourself when feelings don't comply. Under that controlled exterior is a person who's been shouldering emotional weight since childhood.
People see a bold, direct, action-oriented person, and that's real, but it's the front layer. The world doesn't get to see your doubts. You've learned that showing uncertainty invites people to take advantage.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Sagittarius identity craves excitement and risk, but your Capricorn emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
How Your Inner Forces Interact
Your planets don't operate in isolation, they negotiate, conflict, and amplify each other. These are the key psychological dynamics running inside you.
Who you think you are vs how you actually feel
Your Sagittarius identity craves excitement and risk, but your Capricorn emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Scorpio (Water) and Mars in Virgo (Earth) share elemental compatibility. What you want and how you go after it are naturally aligned. You don't sabotage your own desires with contradictory behavior, when you want something, your pursuit style matches the goal. This makes you effective in both romance and competition.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your inner critic operates through ideas and ideals (Aquarius), but your energy is practical and stubborn (Virgo). You criticize yourself intellectually while your body just keeps doing what it's always done.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Scorpio, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Aries, Fire) don't naturally agree. You may find yourself knowing something logically but believing something different emotionally. This tension can make you a complex, nuanced thinker, or someone paralyzed between reason and faith.
Your Psychological Summary
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
Intuitive Feeler, your decisions are guided by emotional resonance, not logical analysis. When something "feels right," you follow it. This serves you well when you trust it; poorly when fear disguises itself as intuition.
Standing up for yourself doesn't come naturally. Anger feels dangerous, so you suppress it. But suppressed anger doesn't disappear, it becomes anxiety, resentment, or physical tension.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mars function, the area where Assertiveness Wound lives. This isn't about fixing a flaw; it's about integrating the part of yourself you've been protecting.
How the cosmos shapes every corner of your life
Life Analysis
A holistic view of your chart across six dimensions of life, synthesised from divisional charts, Nadi astrology, BPHS functional classification, your current dasha period, and classical remedial guidance.
Eight lenses that shape how life unfolds
Life Architecture
Your lagnas map different dimensions of existence, identity, wealth, power, timing, and vitality. Together they form your operating system.
Your life operates through passionate action tempered by emotional depth. Visible power meets inner sensitivity.
Udaya Lagna
Identity BaseCore personality & physical self
Bhava Lagna
Physical PersonaHow the world experiences your presence
Hora Lagna
Wealth StrategyFinancial identity & earning approach
Ghati Lagna
Power StrategyFame, authority & public recognition
Vighati Lagna
Micro-TimingSubtle timing & decision sensitivity
Sree Lagna
Fortune ChannelProsperity flow & divine grace
Pranapada Lagna
Vitality EngineLife force, stamina & physical resilience
Indu Lagna
Financial BlueprintWealth accumulation potential from Moon
Your Life Architecture Summary
Yogas are powerful alignments in your birth chart. When planets combine in specific ways, they create amplified effects.
Special planetary configurations that amplify your chart
Yoga Architecture
12 Yogas detected · 10 beneficial · 2 shadow · 2 structural pillarsExtended
Structural Power Summary
Dominant Yogas
Not all yogas matter equally, these define your chart's core architecture
Functional Clusters
Your yogas grouped by what they do, not just what they're called
Power & Elevation
4Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Mercury, Moon, Jupiter periods.
Viparita Raja Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Lagna Arishta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Lagna Arishta
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Gajakesari Yoga and Amala Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Horasara Shubha Yoga both flow through Jupiter and Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Viparita Raja Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Amala Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Amala Yoga and Horasara Shubha Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
A. R. Rahman's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 06 Jan 1965 | 14 Sept 1968 | 3y 8m 8d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 14 Sept 1968 | 15 Sept 1986 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 15 Sept 1986 | 15 Sept 2002 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 15 Sept 2002 | 14 Sept 2021 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 14 Sept 2021 | 15 Sept 2038 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 15 Sept 2038 | 14 Sept 2045 | 7y | |
| Venus | 14 Sept 2045 | 14 Sept 2065 | 20y | |
| Sun | 14 Sept 2065 | 15 Sept 2071 | 6y | |
| Moon | 15 Sept 2071 | 14 Sept 2081 | 10y |
The planetary periods that shape each chapter of your life
Shadbala measures each planet's strength across six dimensions. Strong planets deliver their gifts naturally. Weak planets need conscious effort or remedial support.
How much power each planet carries in your chart
Comparative Strength Overview
Current Period × Planet Strength
Planet Strength Intelligence
Planet Synergy Matrix
Top 5 planet pairs working together in your chart
Red Flag Monitor
Patterns to watch based on your weakest planetary strengths
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that traditional texts flag as challenging. But most have cancellation conditions.
Planetary challenges and how they're resolved
Dosha Analysis
Doshas are specific planetary configurations that indicate challenges. Many have cancellations (exceptions) that reduce or eliminate their effects.
Manglik Dosha
AbsentMars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is not in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12) from Lagna or Moon.
Remedies:
- Mangal Shanti Puja
- Hanuman Chalisa recitation
- Wearing red coral (after consultation)
Kala Sarpa Dosha
PresentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
6/7 planets are between Rahu-Ketu axis — partial Kala Sarpa effects.
Remedies:
- Rahu-Ketu Shanti Puja
- Naag Panchami worship
- Visit Trimbakeshwar temple
Pitru Dosha
AbsentAncestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
No significant Pitru Dosha indicators found.
Remedies:
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the setting phase of Sade Sati (2nd from natal Moon).
Remedies:
- Shani Shanti Puja
- Hanuman worship on Saturdays
- Donate black items
Vedic remedies work by strengthening weak planets and calming overactive ones. Start with one remedy and observe its effects before adding more.
Practical steps to harmonize challenging energies
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Mercury/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With A. R. Rahman’s
Today's Sky Over A. R. Rahman’s Chart
Explore A. R. Rahman’s Dasha Timeline
Each segment is one mahadasha, sized by its real length. Select a period to open its antardasha sub-periods, or replay the whole sequence from birth. The age spans come from A. R. Rahman’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury September 2021 to February 2024 (from age 56)
- Mercury-Ketu February 2024 to February 2025 (from age 59)
- Mercury-VenusCurrent February 2025 to December 2027 (from age 60)
- Mercury-Sun December 2027 to October 2028 (from age 62)
- Mercury-Moon October 2028 to March 2030 (from age 63)
- Mercury-Mars March 2030 to March 2031 (from age 65)
- Mercury-Rahu March 2031 to September 2033 (from age 66)
- Mercury-Jupiter September 2033 to January 2036 (from age 68)
- Mercury-Saturn January 2036 to September 2038 (from age 70)
Why A. R. Rahman's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs A. R. Rahman’s public standing with Horasara Shubha Yoga through Moon + Jupiter (benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success). Jupiter is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 70 percent, giving wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Capricorn under Saturn frames the public career, with Moon placed there.
Dominant Yogas In A. R. Rahman's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Horasara Shubha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon + Jupiter
Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Moon and Jupiter, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Sunapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Saturn
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Gajakesari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter + Moon
Joins material gain with sound judgement. It works through Jupiter and Moon, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Viparita Raja Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication.
How Rare Is A. R. Rahman's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share A. R. Rahman’s Dhanishtha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with a Dhanishtha Moon appears in 40 of them, about 0.23 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put A. R. Rahman In Public View
Public recognition in A. R. Rahman’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Moon stands in Capricorn. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 62 percent. Rahu works from the 2nd house, feeding ambition through wealth, speech, and family holdings rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 53 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In A. R. Rahman’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 11th house in Aquarius (moolatrikona). Moon occupies the 10th house, bringing mind, public connection, and emotional life directly into the public record. Jupiter, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 70 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
The Chart's Voice
Jupiter is the strongest planet in A. R. Rahman’s chart, carrying 70 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in A. R. Rahman’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Taurus, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Aquarius, lord Saturn). Rahu in the 2nd and Saturn in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 59 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in A. R. Rahman’s chart falls in Libra under Venus, whose lord answers from the 8th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 8th house at 59 percent strength. The Moon's 53 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury, Venus and Ketu cluster in the 8th house in Scorpio, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
A. R. Rahman's Life In Planetary Chapters
The Vimshottari dasha sequence divides the life into planetary chapters. Because the birth date is on record, the age spans below are actual, not generic.
| Chapter | Span | Themes |
|---|---|---|
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 0 to 3 (1965 to 1968) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 3 to 21 (1968 to 1986) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 21 to 37 (1986 to 2002) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 37 to 56 (2002 to 2021) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury MahadashaCurrent | Age 56 to 73 (2021 to 2038) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 73 to 80 (2038 to 2045) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 80 to 100 (2045 to 2065) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 100 to 106 (2065 to 2071) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 106 to 116 (2071 to 2081) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
Planetary Dominance In A. R. Rahman's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | 70% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 62% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 59% | very weak |
| 4 | Rahu | 55% | very weak |
| 5 | Saturn | 54% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 53% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 47% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 40% | very weak |
| 9 | Mars | 38% | very weak |
Jupiter dominates the planetary hierarchy at 70 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Mars is the least supported at 38 percent, which means sustained drive and open confrontation demand conscious effort.
Charts Like A. R. Rahman's
A. R. Rahman's Moon occupies Dhanishtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Henri MoulinsMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
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- Henry RothblattMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
Read the full profile of Dhanishtha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Dhanishtha.
A. R. Rahman's Life Pattern
Career strength concentrates in one placement in A. R. Rahman's chart: Saturn in its moolatrikona sign of Aquarius in the 11th house, holding both the 10th and 11th lordships, so profession and gains share a single dignified ruler. Career and vocation leads as a strength on that basis, with Jupiter graded the strongest planet at 67 percent behind the wealth column. Personality and self follows with tension: a Mercury period flagged in the chart's timing data sharpens the mind, while the 1st lord Mars sits weak in an enemy sign in the 6th house, leaving the self ruler burdened by service and friction. Ketu in its own sign of Scorpio in the 8th house marks the growth column. Growth, decision and pressure patterns all score as strengths through the eleventh house Saturn.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for AriesAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: AriesRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Moon in the 10th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Venus in the 8th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mars in the 6th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 1st house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 11th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 2nd house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 8th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
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