Bob Dylan
Born May 24, 1941 at 21:05 • Duluth, MN, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 7 | 10°26′ | enemy |
| Moon | Aries | 6 | 27°58′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Taurus | 7 | 29°56′ | friendly |
| Venus ☄ | Taurus | 7 | 19°53′ | own |
| Mars | Aquarius | 4 | 12°54′ | neutral |
| Jupiter ☄ | Taurus | 7 | 6°37′ | enemy |
| Saturn ☄ | Aries | 6 | 27°02′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 11 | 5°30′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 5 | 5°30′ | friendly |
Bob'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.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Bob Is
Bob, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Taurus 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 (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward security, structure, and tangible results. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Mars (a neutral influence for Scorpio ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs drive, anger, and how you fight for what matters, and in Aquarius (house 4), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection.
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 (Krittika, 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.
Bob's Inner World
How Bob Thinks
Bob's Drive & Purpose
How Bob Loves
Bob's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Bob's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 7 (friendly)
Mercury operating from your 7th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on partnership transformation. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 7th house governs partnerships, marriage, business alliances, and open enemies.
Your marriage is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 7 naturally flows toward marriage - 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 sense of self is anchored in what's solid and real. You know who you are, and that hasn't changed much since childhood. Security, consistency, and tangible results define you. Change doesn't scare you, but pointless change does.
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 come across as intense, private, and hard to read. People sense depth but can't access it without permission. This creates mystique, but also isolation when you want connection but can't drop the guard.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Taurus 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 are practical and grounded (Taurus) but your pursuit style is intellectual and detached (Aquarius). You think about love more than you let yourself feel it in the moment.
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 Taurus 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
Your romantic desires are practical and grounded (Taurus) but your pursuit style is intellectual and detached (Aquarius). You think about love more than you let yourself feel it in the moment.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Aries (Fire) and Mars in Aquarius (Air) 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 Mercury in Taurus (Earth) and Jupiter in Taurus (Earth) 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
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.
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.
Social intelligence enhanced by emotional depth. You understand people on every level.
Alignment Alerts
Your emotional, intuitive nature (Scorpio) contrasts with an aggressive, visibility-driven wealth strategy (Sagittarius). You earn best when you push past your comfort zone.
Use your emotional intelligence to read opportunities, then deploy Sagittarius's boldness to act on them.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Rahu period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Gemini power signature is being activated.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to communicative 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
30 Yogas detected · 26 beneficial · 4 shadow · 8 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
7Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Multiple planets in Kendra, Jupiter, Venus periods.
Maha Raja Yoga (Garga)
Raja Yoga (Garga)
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Horasara Shubha Yoga
Wealth & Resources
6Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Malavya Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Sukha Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
9Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Saraswati Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Budhaditya Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Guru Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Guru Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Horasara Kalatra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Khala Parivartana provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Khala Parivartana Yoga
Spiritual & Inner Growth
1Spiritual depth is built into your chart. Pravrajya indicate a strong pull toward inner development.
Pravrajya Yoga
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash), Vajra shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Vajra Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
4Gandanta and Emotional restriction and Fortune fluctuation and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)
Sakata Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Raja Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Your discipline (Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga) intensifies challenges from Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn). The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Voshi Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Vish Yoga (Moon-Saturn) 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.
Your wisdom capacity (Sunapha Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
The Moon connects Raja Yoga and Sakata 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.
Jupiter links Raja 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.
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.
Bob Dylan's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 25 May 1941 | 21 Oct 1946 | 5y 4m 27d (balance) | |
| Moon | 21 Oct 1946 | 21 Oct 1956 | 10y | |
| Mars | 21 Oct 1956 | 22 Oct 1963 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 22 Oct 1963 | 21 Oct 1981 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 21 Oct 1981 | 21 Oct 1997 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 21 Oct 1997 | 21 Oct 2016 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 21 Oct 2016 | 21 Oct 2033 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 21 Oct 2033 | 21 Oct 2040 | 7y | |
| Venus | 21 Oct 2040 | 21 Oct 2060 | 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 4 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
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 (Severe)Saturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
Saturn is in the peak phase of Sade Sati (1st 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
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Mercury/Rahu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Bob Dylan’s
Today's Sky Over Bob Dylan’s Chart
Explore Bob Dylan’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 Bob Dylan’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury October 2016 to March 2019 (from age 75)
- Mercury-Ketu March 2019 to March 2020 (from age 77)
- Mercury-Venus March 2020 to January 2023 (from age 78)
- Mercury-Sun January 2023 to November 2023 (from age 81)
- Mercury-Moon November 2023 to April 2025 (from age 82)
- Mercury-Mars April 2025 to April 2026 (from age 83)
- Mercury-RahuCurrent April 2026 to November 2028 (from age 84)
- Mercury-Jupiter November 2028 to February 2031 (from age 87)
- Mercury-Saturn February 2031 to October 2033 (from age 89)
Why Bob Dylan's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Bob Dylan’s public standing with Sunapha Yoga through Mercury + Venus + Jupiter. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 73 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Leo under Sun frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Bob Dylan's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Sunapha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Venus + Jupiter
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Moon+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Moon and Saturn, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Venus
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.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Sun
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Sun, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Dhana Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Mercury
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Jupiter and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Bob Dylan’s chart falls in Taurus under Venus, occupied by Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Venus, karaka of partnership, is own in Taurus in the 7th house at 55 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 69 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter cluster in the 7th house in Taurus, concentrating partnership and public dealings far beyond the average chart.
Venus qualifies for Malavya Yoga: in its own sign in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Bob Dylan'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.
- Sun MahadashaAge 0 to 5 (1941 to 1946)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 5 to 15 (1946 to 1956)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 15 to 22 (1956 to 1963)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 22 to 40 (1963 to 1981)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 40 to 56 (1981 to 1997)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 56 to 75 (1997 to 2016)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 75 to 92 (2016 to 2033)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 92 to 99 (2033 to 2040)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 99 to 119 (2040 to 2060)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
Planetary Dominance In Bob Dylan's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 73% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 69% | weak |
| 3 | Rahu | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 59% | very weak |
| 5 | Sun | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Venus | 55% | very weak |
| 7 | Saturn | 50% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 37% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 33% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 73 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 33 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is Bob Dylan's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share Bob Dylan’s Krittika Moon. The tighter pairing of a Taurus Sun with a Krittika Moon appears in 53 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Bob Dylan In Public View
The 10th lord Sun, enemy, placed in the 7th house carries Bob Dylan’s reputation from the terrain of partnership and public dealings. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 58 percent. Rahu in the 11th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 69 percent strength from the 6th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Bob Dylan’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Leo, ruled by Sun, which sits in the 7th house in Taurus (enemy). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 73 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on drive, competition, and decisive action.
The Chart's Voice
Mars is the strongest planet in Bob Dylan’s chart, carrying 73 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Bob Dylan’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Sagittarius, lord Jupiter) and the 11th house (Virgo, lord Mercury). Rahu in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Rahu is the best supported at 64 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises.
Charts Like Bob Dylan's
Bob Dylan's Moon occupies Krittika nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Carlo SilipoMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Carol BurnettMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Carole BouquetMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Carole MerleMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Carrie FisherMoon in Krittika, Taurus
- Catherine CarswellMoon in Krittika, Taurus
Read the full profile of Krittika nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Krittika.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for ScorpioAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: ScorpioRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 7th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Moon in the 6th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 7th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Venus in the 7th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mars in the 4th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 7th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 6th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 11th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 5th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
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