Allan Sandage
Born June 18, 1926 at 03:35 • Iowa City, IA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 3 | 3°30′ | neutral |
| Moon | Virgo | 6 | 2°18′ | friendly |
| Mercury | Gemini | 3 | 18°58′ | own |
| Venus | Aries | 1 | 24°56′ | neutral |
| Mars | Pisces | 12 | 9°26′ | friendly |
| Jupiter (R) | Aquarius | 11 | 4°19′ | neutral |
| Saturn (R) | Libra | 7 | 27°35′ | exalted |
| Rahu (R) | Gemini | 3 | 24°33′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Sagittarius | 9 | 24°33′ | friendly |
Allan'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 Air element drives you toward ideas, communication, and social connection.
Your Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who Allan Is
Allan, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Gemini 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, Air energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward ideas, communication, and social connection. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Saturn (a functional malefic for Aries ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Libra (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Aries 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 (Uttara Phalguni, 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.
Allan's Inner World
How Allan Thinks
Allan's Drive & Purpose
How Allan Loves
Allan's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Allan's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Venus in House 1 (neutral)
Venus operating from your 1st house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on self-reinvention. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 1st house governs identity, self-expression, and how you present yourself to the world.
Your love life is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Venus brings from house 1 naturally flows toward love life - 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 identity is a moving target, and that's not a flaw, it's your design. You're the person who contains multitudes. The downside: you sometimes wonder which version of yourself is the 'real' one.
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 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 Gemini identity values ideas and freedom, but your Virgo emotions need grounding and material security. You may feel torn between the life of the mind and the demands of the practical world.
What you want in love (Aries: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Pisces: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
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 Gemini identity values ideas and freedom, but your Virgo emotions need grounding and material security. You may feel torn between the life of the mind and the demands of the practical world.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
What you want in love (Aries: emotional depth, security) and how you pursue it (Pisces: impulsively, intensely) are mismatched. You chase tenderness with fire.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline comes from social awareness (Libra), but your impulse is emotional and irrational (Pisces). You know what you should do; your feelings push you somewhere else entirely.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Gemini (Air) and Jupiter in Aquarius (Air) 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.
Options Weigher, you see multiple sides of every decision and need to think through all possibilities. This makes you fair but sometimes paralyzed. Others may push you to "just decide already."
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.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Venus/Venus period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to grounded energy.
Fortune Channel: Prosperity flow & divine grace
Fortune Channel themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to diplomatic 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
12 Yogas detected · 10 beneficial · 2 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Saturn, Mars, Moon periods.
Sasa Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Sunapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Surya-Budha Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
2Desire distortion and Fortune fluctuation appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Sakata Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Surya-Budha Yoga) conflicts with Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
Your wisdom capacity (Adhi Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Your emotional strength (Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)) and emotional vulnerability (Sakata 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.
Jupiter links Dhana Yoga (Jupiter) 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, Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti 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.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Sasa Yoga and Sunapha Yoga both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
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.
Allan Sandage's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 18 Jun 1926 | 04 Dec 1929 | 3y 5m 17d (balance) | |
| Moon | 04 Dec 1929 | 05 Dec 1939 | 10y | |
| Mars | 05 Dec 1939 | 04 Dec 1946 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 04 Dec 1946 | 04 Dec 1964 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 04 Dec 1964 | 04 Dec 1980 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 04 Dec 1980 | 05 Dec 1999 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 05 Dec 1999 | 04 Dec 2016 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 04 Dec 2016 | 05 Dec 2023 | 7y | |
| Venus | 05 Dec 2023 | 05 Dec 2043 | 20y |
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 12 from Lagna and house 7 from Moon, 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
5/7 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.
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
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Recurring themes your chart reveals
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Venus/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Allan Sandage’s
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Explore Allan Sandage’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 Allan Sandage’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-VenusCurrent December 2023 to April 2027 (from age 97)
- Venus-Sun April 2027 to April 2028 (from age 100)
- Venus-Moon April 2028 to December 2029 (from age 101)
- Venus-Mars December 2029 to February 2031 (from age 103)
- Venus-Rahu February 2031 to February 2034 (from age 104)
- Venus-Jupiter February 2034 to October 2036 (from age 107)
- Venus-Saturn October 2036 to December 2039 (from age 110)
- Venus-Mercury December 2039 to October 2042 (from age 113)
- Venus-Ketu October 2042 to December 2043 (from age 116)
Why Allan Sandage's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Allan Sandage’s public standing with Sasa Yoga through Saturn. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 99 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Capricorn under Saturn frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Allan Sandage's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 99% | moderate |
| 2 | Mars | 78% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 68% | weak |
| 4 | Moon | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 59% | very weak |
| 6 | Sun | 52% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 47% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Rahu | 44% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 99 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Rahu is the least supported at 44 percent, which means worldly appetite is muted, which can read as contentment or as missed reach.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Allan Sandage’s chart falls in Libra under Venus, occupied by Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 1st house at 68 percent strength. The Moon's 61 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Sun, Mercury and Rahu cluster in the 3rd house in Gemini, concentrating courage and self-made effort far beyond the average chart.
Saturn qualifies for Sasa Yoga: exalted in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Allan Sandage'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 0 to 3 (1926 to 1929) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 3 to 13 (1929 to 1939) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 13 to 20 (1939 to 1946) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 20 to 38 (1946 to 1964) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 38 to 54 (1964 to 1980) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 54 to 73 (1980 to 1999) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 73 to 90 (1999 to 2016) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 90 to 97 (2016 to 2023) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus MahadashaCurrent | Age 97 to 117 (2023 to 2043) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
Dominant Yogas In Allan Sandage's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Sasa Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Saturn
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- 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.
- Adhi Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Venus + Jupiter
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus and Jupiter, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)Planets: Mars+Moon
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Moon, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)moderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
How Rare Is Allan Sandage's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 607 share Allan Sandage’s Uttara Phalguni Moon. The tighter pairing of a Gemini Sun with an Uttara Phalguni Moon appears in 62 of them, about 0.36 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Allan Sandage In Public View
The 10th lord Saturn, exalted, placed in the 7th house carries Allan Sandage’s reputation from the terrain of partnership and public dealings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 6th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 52 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 61 percent strength from the 6th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Allan Sandage’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 7th house in Libra (exalted). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 99 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Allan Sandage’s chart, carrying 99 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Allan Sandage’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Taurus, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Aquarius, lord Saturn). Jupiter in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Saturn is the best supported at 99 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
Charts Like Allan Sandage's
Allan Sandage's Moon occupies Uttara Phalguni nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Pietro LombardiMoon in Uttara Phalguni, Virgo
Read the full profile of Uttara Phalguni nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Uttara Phalguni.
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 3rd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Moon in the 6th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 3rd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Venus in the 1st house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mars in the 12th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 11th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
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