Alex Haley
Born August 11, 1921 at 04:55 • Ithaca, NY, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 1 | 25°21′ | friendly |
| Moon | Scorpio | 5 | 4°34′ | debilitated |
| Mercury ☄ | Cancer | 1 | 12°50′ | enemy |
| Venus | Gemini | 12 | 13°39′ | friendly |
| Mars ☄ | Cancer | 1 | 12°20′ | debilitated |
| Jupiter | Leo | 2 | 27°38′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Virgo | 3 | 0°19′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 28°27′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 28°27′ | friendly |
Alex'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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who Alex Is
Alex, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Cancer 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 Scorpio 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, Water energy dominates your chart (64%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Sun (a challenging influence for Cancer ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Cancer (house 1), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Sun dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet for Cancer rising - meaning its power needs conscious direction to avoid difficulties.
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 (Anuradha, 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.
Alex's Inner World
How Alex Thinks
Alex's Drive & Purpose
How Alex Loves
Alex's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Alex's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Jupiter in House 2 (friendly)
Jupiter operating from your 2nd house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on resource building. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 2nd house governs accumulated wealth, family resources, speech, and personal values.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Jupiter brings from house 2 naturally flows toward finances - consciously redirect some of it toward travel.
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.
Who you are is inseparable from where you come from. Family, roots, and emotional memory form your identity's foundation. You probably describe yourself through stories about your people before you talk about yourself.
You feel everything at maximum intensity and show almost none of it. Your emotional world is volcanic, powerful undercurrents running beneath a controlled surface. Trust is the gatekeeper: only people who've earned it get to see what's really happening inside you.
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.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Gemini) but pursue through emotional intensity (Cancer). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Cancer (Water) and Moon in Scorpio (Water) 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
You desire mental connection (Gemini) but pursue through emotional intensity (Cancer). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Virgo (Earth) and Mars in Cancer (Water) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Cancer, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Leo, 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
Absorb-and-Flow, emotions move through you in waves. You feel everything deeply and sometimes you feel what isn't even yours. Processing is intuitive, not logical. The risk: flooding.
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.
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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Aquarius power signature is being activated.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to innovative energy.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to expansive energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint 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
16 Yogas detected · 14 beneficial · 2 shadow · 6 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Moon ↔ Mars, Mars, Moon periods.
Maha Parivartana Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Shubha Kartari provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Shubha Kartari Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Emotional isolation and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari 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.
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Kemadruma Yoga 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.
The Moon connects Mahabhagya Yoga and Kemadruma Yoga in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Your drive (Raja Yoga (Single Lord)) can amplify the intensity of Multiple Combustion. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Mars links Dhana Yoga (Fortune) with Multiple Combustion, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Through Mars, Surya-Mangala Yoga and Multiple Combustion are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
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.
Alex Haley's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 11 Aug 1921 | 06 Nov 1938 | 17y 2m 25d (balance) | |
| Mercury | 06 Nov 1938 | 06 Nov 1955 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 06 Nov 1955 | 06 Nov 1962 | 7y | |
| Venus | 06 Nov 1962 | 06 Nov 1982 | 20y | |
| Sun | 06 Nov 1982 | 05 Nov 1988 | 6y | |
| Moon | 05 Nov 1988 | 06 Nov 1998 | 10y | |
| Mars | 06 Nov 1998 | 05 Nov 2005 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 05 Nov 2005 | 06 Nov 2023 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 06 Nov 2023 | 06 Nov 2039 | 16y |
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 (Severe)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 1 from Lagna, activating Manglik 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
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
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
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Moon in kendra from Jupiter cancels Kemdrum
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
AbsentSaturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
No major Saturn affliction to Moon sign detected.
Remedies:
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 Jupiter/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Alex Haley’s
Today's Sky Over Alex Haley’s Chart
Explore Alex Haley’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 Alex Haley’s recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter November 2023 to December 2025 (from age 102)
- Jupiter-SaturnCurrent December 2025 to July 2028 (from age 104)
- Jupiter-Mercury July 2028 to October 2030 (from age 106)
- Jupiter-Ketu October 2030 to September 2031 (from age 109)
- Jupiter-Venus September 2031 to May 2034 (from age 110)
- Jupiter-Sun May 2034 to March 2035 (from age 112)
- Jupiter-Moon March 2035 to July 2036 (from age 113)
- Jupiter-Mars July 2036 to June 2037 (from age 114)
- Jupiter-Rahu June 2037 to November 2039 (from age 115)
Why Alex Haley's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Alex Haley’s public standing with Dhana Yoga (Fortune) through Mars+Sun. Jupiter is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 62 percent, giving wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Aries under Mars frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Alex Haley's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Sun
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mars and Sun, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Maha Parivartana Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon ↔ Mars
Lords of houses 1 and 5 exchange, mutual empowerment of both domains. It works through Moon and Mars, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Kemadruma Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
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.
- 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.
- Raja Yoga (Single Lord)moderate (2/3)Planets: Mars
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action.
Alex Haley'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 0 to 17 (1921 to 1938) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 17 to 34 (1938 to 1955) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 34 to 41 (1955 to 1962) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 41 to 61 (1962 to 1982) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 61 to 67 (1982 to 1988) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 67 to 77 (1988 to 1998) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 77 to 84 (1998 to 2005) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 84 to 102 (2005 to 2023) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter MahadashaCurrent | Age 102 to 118 (2023 to 2039) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
Planetary Dominance In Alex Haley's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | 62% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 60% | weak |
| 3 | Saturn | 58% | very weak |
| 4 | Mars | 56% | very weak |
| 5 | Sun | 55% | very weak |
| 6 | Mercury | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Venus | 54% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 45% | very weak |
Jupiter dominates the planetary hierarchy at 62 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with judgement and breadth; growth comes through teaching, counsel, and faith.
Ketu is the least supported at 45 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
How Rare Is Alex Haley's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 646 share Alex Haley’s Anuradha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Cancer Sun with an Anuradha Moon appears in 53 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Alex Haley In Public View
The 10th lord Mars, debilitated, placed in the 1st house carries Alex Haley’s reputation from the terrain of self and constitution. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 55 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 60 percent strength from the 5th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Alex Haley’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 1st house in Cancer (debilitated). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Jupiter, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 62 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 Alex Haley’s chart, carrying 62 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 Alex Haley’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Jupiter in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Jupiter is the best supported at 62 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Alex Haley’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 3rd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Gemini in the 12th house at 54 percent strength. The Moon's 60 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Moon and Mars are simultaneously debilitated, an uncommon double weight the texts read alongside any cancellation.
Sun, Mercury and Mars cluster in the 1st house in Cancer, concentrating self and constitution far beyond the average chart.
Charts Like Alex Haley's
Alex Haley's Moon occupies Anuradha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Marvin Leonard GoldbergerMoon in Anuradha, Scorpio
- Mary Kay LetourneauMoon in Anuradha, Scorpio
- Mary UreMoon in Anuradha, Scorpio
- Maryan SynakowskiMoon in Anuradha, Scorpio
- Matthew BlackMoon in Anuradha, Scorpio
- Matthijs MarisMoon in Anuradha, Scorpio
Read the full profile of Anuradha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Anuradha.
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 1st house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 5th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 1st house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 2nd house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Virgo) — 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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