Alan Kay
Born May 17, 1940 at 11:56 • Springfield, MA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 11 | 3°33′ | enemy |
| Moon | Virgo | 3 | 10°44′ | friendly |
| Mercury ☄ | Aries | 10 | 28°28′ | neutral |
| Venus | Gemini | 12 | 14°22′ | friendly |
| Mars | Gemini | 12 | 7°00′ | enemy |
| Jupiter | Aries | 10 | 7°16′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Aries | 10 | 14°14′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 25°14′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 25°14′ | friendly |
Alan'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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Jupiter as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I believe in?"
Who Alan Is
Alan, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Taurus 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 Virgo 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 (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Jupiter (a functional benefic for Cancer ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs beliefs, meaning-making, and growth, and in Aries (house 10), 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 (Hasta, Pada 1) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Alan's Inner World
How Alan Thinks
Alan's Drive & Purpose
How Alan Loves
Alan's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Alan's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 10 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 10th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on career ascension. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 10th house governs career, public reputation, authority, and visible achievement.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 10 naturally flows toward career - consciously redirect some of it toward family dynamics.
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.
Your sense of self is anchored in what's solid and real. You know who you are, and that hasn't changed much since childhood. Security, consistency, and tangible results define you. Change doesn't scare you, but pointless change does.
You regulate emotions through analysis and control. When a feeling arrives, you instinctively organize it, categorize it, assess whether it's 'reasonable,' then decide whether to express it. Spontaneous emotional expression feels risky.
People experience you as nurturing and emotionally available. You create safety for others instinctively. What they rarely see is how much emotional energy that costs you, or how rarely you ask for the same care in return.
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 Sun in Taurus (Earth) and Moon in Virgo (Earth) share elemental compatibility. Who you think you are vs how you actually feel, and in your chart, these two functions cooperate rather than compete. Your sense of self and your emotional world speak the same language, which gives you a stable inner foundation that many people lack.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Gemini (Air) and Mars in Gemini (Air) 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 Saturn in Aries (Fire) and Mars in Gemini (Air) share elemental compatibility. Your capacity for discipline and your impulse energy work together rather than fighting. This means you can act decisively AND sustain effort over time, a rare combination that gives you an edge in any long-term endeavor.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Aries (Fire) and Jupiter in Aries (Fire) share elemental compatibility. Your analytical mind and your faith system are aligned, you can think critically without losing your sense of meaning, and believe deeply without abandoning reason. This integration makes you a credible voice on matters of both logic and wisdom.
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.
Instinctive Decider, you make decisions quickly based on gut feeling and move immediately. Deliberation feels like weakness. Best when speed matters; dangerous when nuance does.
You may feel like your thoughts are too complex to communicate, or that people don't truly hear you. The gap between what you think and what comes out of your mouth causes quiet frustration.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mercury function, the area where Expression 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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Virgo earning style takes center stage.
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Capricorn power signature is being activated.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined energy.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined energy.
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
22 Yogas detected · 18 beneficial · 4 shadow · 5 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
9Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Mahabhagya Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Horasara Dharma-Karma Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Shani Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Emotional isolation and Desire distortion and Fortune fluctuation and Dainya Parivartana appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)
Sakata Yoga
Dainya Parivartana Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Kemadruma Yoga) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Mahabhagya Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
Your wisdom capacity (Adhi Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Raja Yoga with Sakata Yoga, creating tension between growth and limitation. Your natural optimism can be undermined during difficult sub-periods. The key: trust the larger arc even when the current chapter is challenging.
Through Jupiter, Amala Yoga and Sakata Yoga interact. Your capacity for meaning-making is real, but it can also lead to over-promising or spiritual bypassing. Stay grounded in practical wisdom.
Your wisdom capacity (Jupiter Protection) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. wealth accumulates through long-term strategy rather than sudden gains. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
Alan Kay's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 17 May 1940 | 24 Oct 1949 | 9y 5m 7d (balance) | |
| Mars | 24 Oct 1949 | 24 Oct 1956 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 24 Oct 1956 | 25 Oct 1974 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 25 Oct 1974 | 25 Oct 1990 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 25 Oct 1990 | 24 Oct 2009 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 24 Oct 2009 | 25 Oct 2026 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 25 Oct 2026 | 24 Oct 2033 | 7y | |
| Venus | 24 Oct 2033 | 24 Oct 2053 | 20y | |
| Sun | 24 Oct 2053 | 25 Oct 2059 | 6y |
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
Present (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 12 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens the dosha
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
All planets are hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis — full Kala Sarpa Dosha. This creates karmic patterns requiring conscious awareness.
Remedies:
- Rahu-Ketu Shanti Puja
- Naag Panchami worship
- Visit Trimbakeshwar temple
Pitru Dosha
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — 9th house affliction
Remedies:
- Pitru Paksha Shradh
- Narayan Bali Puja
- Feed crows on Saturdays
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
Present (Moderate)Moon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
No planets in 2nd or 12th from Moon — Moon lacks planetary support, indicating potential emotional isolation.
Remedies:
- Moon strengthening remedies
- Chandra Namaskar
- Wear pearl (after consultation)
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in 8th from Moon (Ashtama Shani) — period of transformation and delays.
⚠ Ashtama Shani active
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/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Alan Kay’s
Today's Sky Over Alan Kay’s Chart
Explore Alan Kay’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 Alan Kay’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury October 2009 to March 2012 (from age 69)
- Mercury-Ketu March 2012 to March 2013 (from age 71)
- Mercury-Venus March 2013 to January 2016 (from age 72)
- Mercury-Sun January 2016 to November 2016 (from age 75)
- Mercury-Moon November 2016 to April 2018 (from age 76)
- Mercury-Mars April 2018 to April 2019 (from age 77)
- Mercury-Rahu April 2019 to November 2021 (from age 78)
- Mercury-Jupiter November 2021 to February 2024 (from age 81)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent February 2024 to October 2026 (from age 83)
Why Alan Kay's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Alan Kay’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mars+Venus. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 70 percent, giving authority, visibility, and the father line unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career, with Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Alan Kay's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
| Yoga | Planets | Strength | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mars+Venus | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Jupiter+Saturn | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Dhana Yoga (Fortune)Wealth | Mars+Venus | strong (3/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Horasara Shubha YogaPower & Status | Mercury + Jupiter | strong (3/3) | Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Mercury and Jupiter, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune. |
| Kemadruma YogaChallenge | Moon | moderate (2/3) | A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Alan Kay’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 12th house in Gemini (enemy). Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn occupy the 10th house, bringing intellect, commerce, and communication, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune directly into the public record. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 70 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on authority, visibility, and the father line.
The Chart's Voice
Sun is the strongest planet in Alan Kay’s chart, carrying 70 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Alan Kay’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Sun in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 70 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through authority, visibility, and the father line.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Alan Kay’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 10th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Gemini in the 12th house at 58 percent strength. The Moon's 57 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn cluster in the 10th house in Aries, concentrating career and public standing far beyond the average chart.
Alan Kay'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.
- Moon MahadashaAge 0 to 9 (1940 to 1949)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 9 to 16 (1949 to 1956)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 16 to 34 (1956 to 1974)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 34 to 50 (1974 to 1990)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 50 to 69 (1990 to 2009)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 69 to 86 (2009 to 2026)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 86 to 93 (2026 to 2033)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 93 to 113 (2033 to 2053)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 113 to 119 (2053 to 2059)authority, visibility, and the father line
Planetary Dominance In Alan Kay's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 70% | weak |
| 2 | Mars | 61% | weak |
| 3 | Jupiter | 59% | very weak |
| 4 | Venus | 58% | very weak |
| 5 | Moon | 57% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 47% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 46% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 41% | very weak |
| 9 | Rahu | 40% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 70 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Rahu is the least supported at 40 percent, which means worldly appetite is muted, which can read as contentment or as missed reach.
How Rare Is Alan Kay's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 664 share Alan Kay’s Hasta Moon. The tighter pairing of a Taurus Sun with a Hasta Moon appears in 55 of them, about 0.32 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Alan Kay In Public View
Public recognition in Alan Kay’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn stand in Aries. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 70 percent. Rahu works from the 3rd house, feeding ambition through courage and self-made effort rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 57 percent strength from the 3rd house.
Charts Like Alan Kay's
Alan Kay's Moon occupies Hasta nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Amrinder GillMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Amy IrvingMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Andre BarbaultMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Andre BonifaceMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- André ObeyMoon in Hasta, Virgo
- Andree LePecqMoon in Hasta, Virgo
Read the full profile of Hasta nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Hasta.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CancerAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CancerRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 11th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 12th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
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