Chris Nilan
Born February 9, 1958 at 20:31 • Boston, MA, 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 | 27°32′ | enemy |
| Moon | Libra | 2 | 15°47′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 5 | 11°59′ | neutral |
| Venus (R) | Capricorn | 5 | 8°47′ | friendly |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 4 | 11°12′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Libra | 2 | 8°20′ | enemy |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 4 | 0°08′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Libra | 2 | 11°59′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Aries | 8 | 11°59′ | friendly |
Chris'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 Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
Who Chris Is
Chris, 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 Libra 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 Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus (a yoga-forming benefic for Virgo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Capricorn (house 5), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement.
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 (Swati, 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.
Chris's Inner World
How Chris Thinks
Chris's Drive & Purpose
How Chris Loves
Chris's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Chris's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Venus in House 5 (friendly)
Venus operating from your 5th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on creative awakening. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 5th house governs creativity, intelligence, children, past-life merit, and romance.
Your love life is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Venus brings from house 5 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.
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.
Your emotional equilibrium depends on the people around you. When relationships are harmonious, you feel balanced. When they're not, everything tilts. You've spent your life learning to keep the peace, sometimes at the cost of your own honest feelings.
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 is built on tangible results, but your Libra emotions live in the realm of ideas and social connection. You feel guilty when you're thinking instead of producing, and restless when you're producing instead of exploring.
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 Capricorn identity is built on tangible results, but your Libra emotions live in the realm of ideas and social connection. You feel guilty when you're thinking instead of producing, and restless when you're producing instead of exploring.
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 Saturn in Sagittarius (Fire) and Mars in Sagittarius (Fire) 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 Libra, 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
Analyze-and-Rationalize, you process emotions through thinking and talking. Understanding a feeling helps you manage it. The risk: intellectualizing emotions instead of actually feeling them.
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.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Venus/Sun 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 diplomatic energy.
Power Strategy: Fame, authority & public recognition
Public authority and recognition themes increase. Your Libra power signature is being activated.
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
13 Yogas detected · 11 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
2Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Venus, Mercury periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga
Horasara Dhana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
6Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Budhaditya Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Chandra-Guru Yoga
Budha-Shukra Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
2Desire distortion and Guru Chandala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)
Guru Chandala Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Dhana Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) 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.
The Moon connects Chandra-Guru Yoga and Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) 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.
Your emotional strength (Horasara Dhana Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)) 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 wisdom capacity (Gajakesari Yoga) is periodically distorted by Guru Chandala Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Chandra-Guru Yoga with Guru Chandala 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.
Chris Nilan's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 10 Feb 1958 | 17 Oct 1963 | 5y 8m 5d (balance) | |
| Jupiter | 17 Oct 1963 | 17 Oct 1979 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 17 Oct 1979 | 17 Oct 1998 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 17 Oct 1998 | 17 Oct 2015 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 17 Oct 2015 | 17 Oct 2022 | 7y | |
| Venus | 17 Oct 2022 | 17 Oct 2042 | 20y | |
| Sun | 17 Oct 2042 | 16 Oct 2048 | 6y | |
| Moon | 16 Oct 2048 | 17 Oct 2058 | 10y | |
| Mars | 17 Oct 2058 | 17 Oct 2065 | 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
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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Rahu in house 2 — wisdom may be clouded by unconventional or materialistic pursuits.
Remedies:
- Guru Graha Shanti
- Recite Guru Beej Mantra
- Serve teachers and gurus
Kemdrum Dosha
AbsentMoon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
Moon has planetary support in adjacent signs.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Moon in kendra from Jupiter cancels Kemdrum
Remedies:
Shani Dosha (Sade Sati)
AbsentSaturn's 7.5 year transit over natal Moon, period of testing, discipline and transformation
No major Saturn affliction to Moon sign detected.
Remedies:
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 Venus/Sun Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Chris Nilan’s
Today's Sky Over Chris Nilan’s Chart
Explore Chris Nilan’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 Chris Nilan’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-Venus October 2022 to February 2026 (from age 64)
- Venus-SunCurrent February 2026 to February 2027 (from age 68)
- Venus-Moon February 2027 to October 2028 (from age 69)
- Venus-Mars October 2028 to December 2029 (from age 70)
- Venus-Rahu December 2029 to December 2032 (from age 71)
- Venus-Jupiter December 2032 to August 2035 (from age 74)
- Venus-Saturn August 2035 to October 2038 (from age 77)
- Venus-Mercury October 2038 to August 2041 (from age 80)
- Venus-Ketu August 2041 to October 2042 (from age 83)
Why Chris Nilan's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Chris Nilan’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 80 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In Chris Nilan's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 80% | moderate |
| 2 | Mars | 68% | weak |
| 3 | Saturn | 67% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 62% | weak |
| 5 | Sun | 59% | very weak |
| 6 | Moon | 56% | very weak |
| 7 | Rahu | 52% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 41% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Mercury is the least supported at 41 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Chris Nilan’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 2nd house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is friendly in Capricorn in the 5th house at 80 percent strength. The Moon's 56 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Moon, Jupiter and Rahu cluster in the 2nd house in Libra, concentrating wealth, speech, and family holdings far beyond the average chart.
Sun, Mercury and Venus cluster in the 5th house in Capricorn, concentrating creativity, intelligence, and speculation far beyond the average chart.
Chris Nilan'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.
- Rahu MahadashaAge 0 to 5 (1958 to 1963)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 5 to 21 (1963 to 1979)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 21 to 40 (1979 to 1998)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 40 to 57 (1998 to 2015)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 57 to 64 (2015 to 2022)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaCurrentAge 64 to 84 (2022 to 2042)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 84 to 90 (2042 to 2048)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 90 to 100 (2048 to 2058)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 100 to 107 (2058 to 2065)drive, competition, and decisive action
Dominant Yogas In Chris Nilan's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury+Venus
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.
- Dharma-Karmadhipati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Venus + Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus and Mercury, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Budhaditya Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Sun + Mercury
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.
- Dhana Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)moderate (2/3)Planets: Moon + Rahu
Emotional confusion and anxiety. The mind is pulled toward obsessive patterns. Requires conscious grounding. It works through Moon and Rahu, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises.
How Rare Is Chris Nilan's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 702 share Chris Nilan’s Swati Moon. The tighter pairing of a Capricorn Sun with a Swati Moon appears in 47 of them, about 0.27 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Chris Nilan In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury placed in the 5th house carries Chris Nilan’s reputation from the terrain of creativity, intelligence, and speculation. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 5th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 59 percent. Rahu works from the 2nd house, feeding ambition through wealth, speech, and family holdings rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 56 percent strength from the 2nd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Chris Nilan’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. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 80 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in Chris Nilan’s chart, carrying 80 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in Chris Nilan’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Moon, Jupiter and Rahu in the 2nd give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 80 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Charts Like Chris Nilan's
Chris Nilan's Moon occupies Swati nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Alison Lesley SheppardMoon in Swati, Libra
- Allen MillerMoon in Swati, Libra
- Alphonse GuépinMoon in Swati, Libra
- Altidoro PolidoriMoon in Swati, Libra
- Aly BainMoon in Swati, Libra
- Amália RodriguesMoon in Swati, Libra
Read the full profile of Swati nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Swati.
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 2nd house (Libra) — 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 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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