Bud Shank
Born May 27, 1926 at 22:30 • Dayton, OH, 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 | 6 | 13°10′ | enemy |
| Moon | Scorpio | 12 | 20°59′ | debilitated |
| Mercury ☄ | Taurus | 6 | 4°04′ | friendly |
| Venus | Aries | 5 | 0°42′ | neutral |
| Mars | Aquarius | 3 | 24°38′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 3 | 3°44′ | neutral |
| Saturn (R) | Libra | 11 | 28°56′ | exalted |
| Rahu (R) | Gemini | 7 | 25°40′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Sagittarius | 1 | 25°40′ | friendly |
Bud'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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who Bud Is
Bud, 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 Scorpio 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 (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward ideas, communication, and social connection. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn (a challenging influence for Sagittarius 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 11), 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 challenging maraka planet for Sagittarius 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 (Jyeshtha, 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.
Bud's Inner World
How Bud Thinks
Bud's Drive & Purpose
How Bud Loves
Bud's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Bud's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Saturn in House 11 (exalted)
Saturn operating from your 11th house in exalted dignity creates a period centered on network and gains. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 11th house governs gains, networks, elder siblings, and fulfillment of desires.
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 everything at maximum intensity and show almost none of it. Your emotional world is volcanic, powerful undercurrents running beneath a controlled surface. Trust is the gatekeeper: only people who've earned it get to see what's really happening inside you.
People see an optimist, an adventurer, someone with big ideas and bigger energy. You inspire. The shadow: restlessness that people mistake for freedom, when sometimes it's just an inability to sit with what's uncomfortable.
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 Taurus (Earth) and Moon in Scorpio (Water) 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 Aquarius (Air) 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 Saturn in Libra (Air) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Taurus, Earth) and your belief system (Jupiter in Aquarius, Air) 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
Absorb-and-Flow, emotions move through you in waves. You feel everything deeply and sometimes you feel what isn't even yours. Processing is intuitive, not logical. The risk: flooding.
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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
Your bold, action-driven nature (Sagittarius) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Capricorn). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Capricorn rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Saturn/Mercury period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Capricorn earning style takes center stage.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to analytical energy.
Financial Blueprint: Wealth accumulation potential from Moon
Financial Blueprint themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to analytical 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
16 Yogas detected · 16 beneficial · 6 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 Sun, Mercury, Jupiter periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Viparita Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
4Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Guru-Mangala Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Anapha Yoga and Dhana Yoga both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Anapha Yoga and Horasara Dhana Yoga both flow through Saturn, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Adhi Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Adhi Yoga and Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Adhi Yoga and Horasara Dhana Yoga both flow through Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Jupiter, 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. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time.
Bud Shank's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 28 May 1926 | 19 Nov 1937 | 11y 5m 23d (balance) | |
| Ketu | 19 Nov 1937 | 19 Nov 1944 | 7y | |
| Venus | 19 Nov 1944 | 19 Nov 1964 | 20y | |
| Sun | 19 Nov 1964 | 19 Nov 1970 | 6y | |
| Moon | 19 Nov 1970 | 19 Nov 1980 | 10y | |
| Mars | 19 Nov 1980 | 19 Nov 1987 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 19 Nov 1987 | 19 Nov 2005 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 19 Nov 2005 | 19 Nov 2021 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 19 Nov 2021 | 19 Nov 2040 | 19y |
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 4 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter conjunct Mars mitigates the 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
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
Currently Active Patterns
Based on your Saturn/Mercury Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Bud Shank’s
Today's Sky Over Bud Shank’s Chart
Explore Bud Shank’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 Bud Shank’s recorded birth data.
- Saturn-Saturn November 2021 to November 2024 (from age 95)
- Saturn-MercuryCurrent November 2024 to August 2027 (from age 98)
- Saturn-Ketu August 2027 to September 2028 (from age 101)
- Saturn-Venus September 2028 to November 2031 (from age 102)
- Saturn-Sun November 2031 to October 2032 (from age 105)
- Saturn-Moon October 2032 to May 2034 (from age 106)
- Saturn-Mars May 2034 to July 2035 (from age 107)
- Saturn-Rahu July 2035 to May 2038 (from age 109)
- Saturn-Jupiter May 2038 to November 2040 (from age 111)
Why Bud Shank's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Bud Shank’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Jupiter+Mars. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 87 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Virgo under Mercury frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Bud Shank's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 87% | moderate |
| 2 | Mars | 68% | weak |
| 3 | Venus | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Rahu | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Sun | 59% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 57% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 55% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 34% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 87 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Mercury is the least supported at 34 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Bud Shank In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury, friendly, placed in the 6th house carries Bud Shank’s reputation from the terrain of service, rivals, and daily obstacles. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 59 percent. Rahu in the 7th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 57 percent strength from the 12th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Bud Shank’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Virgo, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 6th house in Taurus (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 87 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in Bud Shank’s chart, carrying 87 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 Bud Shank’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Capricorn, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Libra, lord Venus). Saturn in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Saturn is the best supported at 87 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Bud Shank’s chart falls in Gemini under Mercury, occupied by Rahu. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 5th house at 67 percent strength. The Moon's 57 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Moon is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Bud Shank'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 0 to 11 (1926 to 1937) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 11 to 18 (1937 to 1944) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 18 to 38 (1944 to 1964) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 38 to 44 (1964 to 1970) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 44 to 54 (1970 to 1980) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 54 to 61 (1980 to 1987) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 61 to 79 (1987 to 2005) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 79 to 95 (2005 to 2021) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn MahadashaCurrent | Age 95 to 114 (2021 to 2040) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
Dominant Yogas In Bud Shank'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Jupiter+Mars | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Mars, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and drive, competition, and decisive action. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mercury+Sun | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Sun, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Dharma-Karmadhipati YogaPower & Status | Sun + Mercury | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Sun and Mercury, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and intellect, commerce, and communication. |
| Anapha YogaMoon Yoga | Saturn | moderate (2/3) | 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 YogaPower & Status | Mercury + Venus | moderate (2/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy. |
How Rare Is Bud Shank's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 626 share Bud Shank’s Jyeshtha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Taurus Sun with a Jyeshtha Moon appears in 44 of them, about 0.25 percent.
Charts Like Bud Shank's
Bud Shank's Moon occupies Jyeshtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Lewis Grassic GibbonMoon in Jyeshtha, Scorpio
Read the full profile of Jyeshtha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Jyeshtha.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for SagittariusAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: SagittariusRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 6th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Moon in the 12th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 6th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Venus in the 5th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 11th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 7th house (Gemini) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 1st house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Sagittarius Ascendant →
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