Alistair MacLean
Born April 21, 1922 at 12:00 • Glasgow, United Kingdom
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 10 | 7°46′ | exalted |
| Moon | Aquarius | 8 | 4°24′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Aries | 10 | 4°03′ | neutral |
| Venus | Aries | 10 | 25°27′ | neutral |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 6 | 0°52′ | friendly |
| Jupiter (R) | Virgo | 3 | 19°07′ | enemy |
| Saturn (R) | Virgo | 3 | 9°31′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 3 | 15°03′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 9 | 15°03′ | friendly |
Alistair'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 Fire element drives you toward action and self-expression.
Your Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who Alistair Is
Alistair, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Aries 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 Aquarius 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, Fire energy dominates your chart (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
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 Aries (house 10), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. 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 (Dhanishtha, Pada 4) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Alistair's Inner World
How Alistair Thinks
Alistair's Drive & Purpose
How Alistair Loves
Alistair's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Alistair's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Moon in House 8 (neutral)
Moon 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 Moon 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 define yourself through action. When asked 'who are you?', you instinctively think of what you've done, not what you feel. Sitting still feels like falling behind. Your identity was built on being first, being brave, and never looking weak.
You observe your emotions from a slight distance, like a scientist studying data. This gives you remarkable emotional objectivity, but others may experience you as detached or hard to reach. You care about humanity; individual emotional intimacy is harder.
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 Aries (Fire) and Moon in Aquarius (Air) 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 Aries (Fire) and Mars in Sagittarius (Fire) 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 fear-based discipline demands caution (Virgo), but your Mars says 'act now, think later' (Sagittarius). This is the classic brake-and-accelerator conflict, both engaged at the same time.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Aries, Fire) and your belief system (Jupiter in Virgo, Earth) 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
Analyze-and-Rationalize, you process emotions through thinking and talking. Understanding a feeling helps you manage it. The risk: intellectualizing emotions instead of actually feeling them.
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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel nurturing internally but are pushed toward bold, commanding public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Cancer) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Leo) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Moon/Moon period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Identity Base: Core personality & physical self
Core personality expression is strongly activated. You feel most like yourself during this period.
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to nurturing energy.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Cancer earning style takes center stage.
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
14 Yogas detected · 10 beneficial · 4 shadow · 3 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 Jupiter, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Amala Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Surya-Budha Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
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 Gandanta and Fortune fluctuation and Guru Chandala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Guru Chandala Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Raja Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Guru-Shani 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.
Your authority (Dhana Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Surya-Budha Yoga and Gandanta Yoga, creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
Through Jupiter, Raja Yoga and Guru Chandala 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 (Guru-Shani Yoga) is periodically distorted by Guru Chandala 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.
Alistair MacLean's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 21 Apr 1922 | 28 Jun 1923 | 1y 2m 6d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 28 Jun 1923 | 27 Jun 1941 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 27 Jun 1941 | 27 Jun 1957 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 27 Jun 1957 | 27 Jun 1976 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 27 Jun 1976 | 27 Jun 1993 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 27 Jun 1993 | 27 Jun 2000 | 7y | |
| Venus | 27 Jun 2000 | 27 Jun 2020 | 20y | |
| Sun | 27 Jun 2020 | 27 Jun 2026 | 6y | |
| Moon | 27 Jun 2026 | 27 Jun 2036 | 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
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Rahu in house 3 — wisdom may be clouded by unconventional or materialistic pursuits.
Remedies:
- Guru Graha Shanti
- Recite Guru Beej Mantra
- Serve teachers and gurus
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
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Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Moon/Moon Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Alistair MacLean’s
Today's Sky Over Alistair MacLean’s Chart
Explore Alistair MacLean’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 Alistair MacLean’s recorded birth data.
- Moon-MoonCurrent June 2026 to April 2027 (from age 104)
- Moon-Mars April 2027 to November 2027 (from age 105)
- Moon-Rahu November 2027 to May 2029 (from age 105)
- Moon-Jupiter May 2029 to September 2030 (from age 107)
- Moon-Saturn September 2030 to April 2032 (from age 108)
- Moon-Mercury April 2032 to September 2033 (from age 110)
- Moon-Ketu September 2033 to April 2034 (from age 111)
- Moon-Venus April 2034 to December 2035 (from age 112)
- Moon-Sun December 2035 to June 2036 (from age 113)
Why Alistair MacLean's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Alistair MacLean’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Jupiter+Saturn. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 82 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 Sun, Mercury and Venus placed there.
Planetary Dominance In Alistair MacLean's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 82% | moderate |
| 2 | Saturn | 66% | weak |
| 3 | Jupiter | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 62% | weak |
| 5 | Mars | 57% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 52% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 48% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 43% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 35% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 82 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Mercury is the least supported at 35 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Alistair MacLean’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Leo, lord Sun) and the 11th house (Taurus, lord Venus). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 82 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 Alistair MacLean’s chart falls in Capricorn under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 3rd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 10th house at 62 percent strength. The Moon's 52 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Sun stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Jupiter, Saturn and Rahu cluster in the 3rd house in Virgo, concentrating courage and self-made effort far beyond the average chart.
Sun, Mercury and Venus cluster in the 10th house in Aries, concentrating career and public standing far beyond the average chart.
Alistair MacLean'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.
- Mars MahadashaAge 0 to 1 (1922 to 1923)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 1 to 19 (1923 to 1941)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 19 to 35 (1941 to 1957)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 35 to 54 (1957 to 1976)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 54 to 71 (1976 to 1993)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 71 to 78 (1993 to 2000)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 78 to 98 (2000 to 2020)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 98 to 104 (2020 to 2026)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaCurrentAge 104 to 114 (2026 to 2036)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Dominant Yogas In Alistair MacLean's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Saturn
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 Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun + Venus
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Sun and Venus, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Horasara Shubha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Venus
Benefics guard Kendras while malefics fight from Upachayas: strong protection and success. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- 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.
How Rare Is Alistair MacLean's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share Alistair MacLean’s Dhanishtha Moon. The tighter pairing of an Aries Sun with a Dhanishtha Moon appears in 63 of them, about 0.36 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Alistair MacLean In Public View
Public recognition in Alistair MacLean’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Sun, Mercury and Venus stand in Aries. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 82 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 52 percent strength from the 8th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Alistair MacLean’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Aries, ruled by Mars, which sits in the 6th house in Sagittarius (friendly). Sun, Mercury and Venus occupy the 10th house, bringing authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication directly into the public record. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 82 percent, stands in the 10th itself, putting the chart’s best resource on public display.
The Chart's Voice
Sun is the strongest planet in Alistair MacLean’s chart, carrying 82 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Charts Like Alistair MacLean's
Alistair MacLean's Moon occupies Dhanishtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- James AlensonMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- James F. KirkendallMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- James GowanMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- James McAvoyMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- James P. RivaMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- James Wilmer McSwineyMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
Read the full profile of Dhanishtha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Dhanishtha.
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 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Moon in the 8th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Venus in the 10th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Mars in the 6th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Cancer Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Virgo) — 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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