August Derleth
Born February 24, 1909 at 21:00 • Sauk City, WI, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 6 | 13°18′ | enemy |
| Moon | Aries | 8 | 18°14′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 5 | 20°44′ | neutral |
| Venus | Capricorn | 5 | 27°29′ | friendly |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 4 | 8°06′ | friendly |
| Jupiter (R) | Leo | 12 | 17°28′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Pisces | 7 | 15°56′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Taurus | 9 | 29°35′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Scorpio | 3 | 29°35′ | own |
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've always felt slightly different from the people around you — and you're right. Your identity doesn't fit conventional molds. You think in systems, futures, and collective patterns while most people think in personal timelines.
You feel fast. Emotions hit like a match striking — sudden, bright, and gone. You don't linger in feelings because processing feels like stagnation. The downside: you sometimes act on emotions before you understand them.
You appear precise, capable, and slightly reserved. People trust your competence. What's hidden: the anxiety underneath, the constant self-monitoring, the fear that one mistake will undo everything you've built.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire earth-steady loyalty but chase love with fiery urgency. The patience love requires and the speed you bring to it create friction.
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 Aquarius (Air) and Moon in Aries (Fire) 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 earth-steady loyalty but chase love with fiery urgency. The patience love requires and the speed you bring to it create friction.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your discipline (Pisces) operates through emotion and intuition, but your impulses (Sagittarius) are fiery and aggressive. You restrain yourself through guilt rather than logic.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Capricorn, Earth) 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
Express-and-Release — you process emotions through action, expression, and physical discharge. Feelings don't sit with you long, which makes recovery fast but understanding slow.
Practical Evaluator — you decide based on tangible outcomes, track records, and material evidence. Slow but reliable. You rarely regret decisions because you rarely make impulsive ones.
Standing up for yourself doesn't come naturally. Anger feels dangerous, so you suppress it. But suppressed anger doesn't disappear — it becomes anxiety, resentment, or physical tension.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Mars function — the area where Assertiveness Wound lives. This isn't about fixing a flaw; it's about integrating the part of yourself you've been protecting.
How the cosmos shapes every corner of your life
Life Analysis
A holistic view of your chart across six dimensions of life, synthesised from divisional charts, Nadi astrology, BPHS functional classification, your current dasha period, and classical remedial guidance.
Eight lenses that shape how life unfolds
Life Architecture
Your lagnas map different dimensions of existence — identity, wealth, power, timing, and vitality. Together they form your operating system.
Strategic thinking meets practical execution. Your ideas always have a plan.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Earth). This creates natural coherence — who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
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
8 Yogas detected · 7 beneficial · 1 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 Venus, Mercury, Sun periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
3Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Anapha Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
1Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override — these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other — reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Anapha Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Saturn — when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga both flow through Mercury and Venus — when one activates, the other strengthens.
Raja Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mercury and Venus — when one activates, the other strengthens.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Venus and Mercury — when one activates, the other strengthens.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict — cumulative power grows over time.
August Derleth's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 24 Feb 1909 | 19 Oct 1921 | 12y 7m 23d (balance) | |
| Sun | 19 Oct 1921 | 19 Oct 1927 | 6y | |
| Moon | 19 Oct 1927 | 19 Oct 1937 | 10y | |
| Mars | 19 Oct 1937 | 19 Oct 1944 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 19 Oct 1944 | 19 Oct 1962 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 19 Oct 1962 | 19 Oct 1978 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 19 Oct 1978 | 19 Oct 1997 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 19 Oct 1997 | 19 Oct 2014 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 19 Oct 2014 | 19 Oct 2021 | 7y |
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
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 4 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
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
AbsentAncestral karma indicators — Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
No significant Pitru Dosha indicators found.
Remedies:
Guru Chandal Dosha
AbsentJupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu — wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter is free from Rahu/Ketu conjunction.
Remedies:
Kemdrum Dosha
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon) — emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
Present (Moderate)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon — period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the rising phase of Sade Sati (12th from natal Moon).
Remedies:
- Shani Shanti Puja
- Hanuman worship on Saturdays
- Donate black items
Vedic remedies work by strengthening weak planets and calming overactive ones. Start with one remedy and observe its effects before adding more.
Practical steps to harmonize challenging energies
Calculate your birth chart first to see your remedial intelligence strategy.
Recurring themes your chart reveals
Hidden Partnership Layer
Soul BondCreative Expression - Karmic Axis
KarmicCreative Visionary
CreativityAbundance Flow
MoneyEmotional Reactor
EmotionalSilent Escalator
ConflictWanderer Pattern
GrowthKarmic Axis - Soul's Direction
KarmicControl–Resist Pattern
AttachmentCurated Image
PerceptionShape-Shifting Identity
IdentityAuthority Resistance
PowerNatural Authority
CareerAdaptive Communicator
CommunicationKey Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for VirgoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: VirgoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 6th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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