Bill Maher
Born January 20, 1956 at 22:32 • New York, 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 | Capricorn | 5 | 6°49′ | enemy |
| Moon | Aries | 8 | 9°12′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) | Capricorn | 5 | 19°36′ | neutral |
| Venus | Aquarius | 6 | 11°06′ | friendly |
| Mars | Scorpio | 3 | 11°22′ | own |
| Jupiter (R) | Leo | 12 | 6°27′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 3 | 7°27′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 3 | 21°47′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 9 | 21°47′ | enemy |
Bill'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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Moon as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I need to feel safe?"
Who Bill Is
Bill, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Capricorn 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 Aries 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 (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Moon (a functional malefic for Virgo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs emotional needs and inner world, and in Aries (house 8), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. Interestingly, while Moon dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Virgo 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 (Ashwini, Pada 3) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Bill's Inner World
How Bill Thinks
Bill's Drive & Purpose
How Bill Loves
Bill's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Bill's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Jupiter in House 12 (friendly)
Jupiter operating from your 12th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on surrender and liberation. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 12th house governs losses, foreign lands, spiritual liberation, and hidden expenses.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Jupiter brings from house 12 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 what you've built and endured. Accomplishment is identity. The hard truth: you may not know who you are when you stop achieving. Rest feels like regression.
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
Your Capricorn identity values stability, but your Aries emotions crave action and change. The stable life you've built sometimes feels like a cage, not because it's wrong, but because part of you is wild and resists containment.
You desire mental connection (Aquarius) but pursue through emotional intensity (Scorpio). 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 Capricorn identity values stability, but your Aries emotions crave action and change. The stable life you've built sometimes feels like a cage, not because it's wrong, but because part of you is wild and resists containment.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
You desire mental connection (Aquarius) but pursue through emotional intensity (Scorpio). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Scorpio (Water) and Mars in Scorpio (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 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.
Your deepest vulnerability is around 'who am I?' Questions of self-worth and visibility touch a nerve. You may overperform to compensate or withdraw to avoid the question entirely.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Sun function, the area where Identity 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.
Grounded thinking meets strategic networking. Practical intellect drives your success.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Jupiter/Ketu period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to intuitive 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
9 Yogas detected · 7 beneficial · 2 shadow · 2 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
2Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Veshi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Budhaditya Yoga
Kuja-Shani 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 Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
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.
Bill Maher's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 21 Jan 1956 | 22 Mar 1958 | 2y 2m (balance) | |
| Venus | 22 Mar 1958 | 22 Mar 1978 | 20y | |
| Sun | 22 Mar 1978 | 22 Mar 1984 | 6y | |
| Moon | 22 Mar 1984 | 22 Mar 1994 | 10y | |
| Mars | 22 Mar 1994 | 22 Mar 2001 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 22 Mar 2001 | 23 Mar 2019 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 23 Mar 2019 | 23 Mar 2035 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 23 Mar 2035 | 22 Mar 2054 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 22 Mar 2054 | 23 Mar 2071 | 17y |
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 3 from Lagna and house 8 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is own — reduces negative effects
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
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 Jupiter/Ketu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Bill Maher’s
Today's Sky Over Bill Maher’s Chart
Explore Bill Maher’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 Bill Maher’s recorded birth data.
- Jupiter-Jupiter March 2019 to May 2021 (from age 63)
- Jupiter-Saturn May 2021 to November 2023 (from age 65)
- Jupiter-Mercury November 2023 to February 2026 (from age 67)
- Jupiter-KetuCurrent February 2026 to February 2027 (from age 70)
- Jupiter-Venus February 2027 to October 2029 (from age 71)
- Jupiter-Sun October 2029 to July 2030 (from age 73)
- Jupiter-Moon July 2030 to November 2031 (from age 74)
- Jupiter-Mars November 2031 to October 2032 (from age 75)
- Jupiter-Rahu October 2032 to March 2035 (from age 76)
Why Bill Maher's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Bill Maher’s public standing with Gandanta Yoga through Moon (moon at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing). Moon is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 74 percent, giving mind, public connection, and emotional life unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Bill Maher'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandanta YogaChallenge | Moon | strong (3/3) | Moon at Pisces-Aries junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| 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. |
| Budhaditya YogaIntelligence | Sun + Mercury | moderate (2/3) | Sharpens analysis and problem solving. It works through Sun and Mercury, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)Power & Status | Jupiter+Venus | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Venus, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
| Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)Wealth | Jupiter → Venus | moderate (2/3) | A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. |
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Bill Maher In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury placed in the 5th house carries Bill Maher’s reputation from the terrain of creativity, intelligence, and speculation. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 8th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 45 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 74 percent strength from the 8th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Bill Maher’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 5th house in Capricorn. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Moon, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 74 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on mind, public connection, and emotional life.
The Chart's Voice
Moon is the strongest planet in Bill Maher’s chart, carrying 74 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Bill Maher’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through mind, public connection, and emotional life.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Bill Maher’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 12th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Aquarius in the 6th house at 65 percent strength. The Moon's 74 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars, Saturn and Rahu cluster in the 3rd house in Scorpio, concentrating courage and self-made effort far beyond the average chart.
Bill Maher'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 0 to 2 (1956 to 1958) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 2 to 22 (1958 to 1978) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 22 to 28 (1978 to 1984) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 28 to 38 (1984 to 1994) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 38 to 45 (1994 to 2001) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 45 to 63 (2001 to 2019) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter MahadashaCurrent | Age 63 to 79 (2019 to 2035) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 79 to 98 (2035 to 2054) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 98 to 115 (2054 to 2071) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
Planetary Dominance In Bill Maher's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon | 74% | weak |
| 2 | Jupiter | 71% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Saturn | 66% | weak |
| 5 | Venus | 65% | weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 49% | very weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 46% | very weak |
| 8 | Sun | 45% | very weak |
| 9 | Ketu | 40% | very weak |
Moon dominates the planetary hierarchy at 74 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with feeling and public resonance; the mind is the primary instrument.
Ketu is the least supported at 40 percent, which means detachment is hard won rather than native.
How Rare Is Bill Maher's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 638 share Bill Maher’s Ashwini Moon. The tighter pairing of a Capricorn Sun with an Ashwini Moon appears in 53 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Charts Like Bill Maher's
Bill Maher's Moon occupies Ashwini nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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Read the full profile of Ashwini nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Ashwini.
Key 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 5th house (Capricorn) — 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 6th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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