Christopher Durang
Born January 2, 1949 at 00:17 • Montclair, NJ, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 4 | 18°21′ | friendly |
| Moon | Capricorn | 5 | 20°51′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Capricorn | 5 | 0°11′ | neutral |
| Venus | Scorpio | 3 | 22°55′ | neutral |
| Mars ☄ | Capricorn | 5 | 4°52′ | exalted |
| Jupiter ☄ | Sagittarius | 4 | 17°30′ | moolatrikona |
| Saturn (R) | Leo | 12 | 12°49′ | enemy |
| Rahu (R) | Aries | 8 | 8°13′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Libra | 2 | 8°13′ | enemy |
Christopher'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 Fire element drives you toward action and self-expression.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who Christopher Is
Christopher, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Sagittarius 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 Capricorn 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, Fire energy dominates your chart (45%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars (a challenging influence for Virgo 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 Capricorn (house 5), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward practical mastery and tangible achievement. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a challenging maraka planet 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 (Shravana, Pada 4) is the most personal marker in Vedic astrology - more specific than your Sun or Moon sign. It defines the particular frequency of your soul.
Christopher's Inner World
How Christopher Thinks
Christopher's Drive & Purpose
How Christopher Loves
Christopher's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Christopher's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 5 (neutral)
Mercury operating from your 5th house in neutral 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 finances is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 5 naturally flows toward finances - 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're a seeker. Your identity is built on the quest for meaning, not the answers you've found. Routine and small thinking suffocate you. You need a horizon, something to move toward that's bigger than your current life.
Your emotions follow rules. You've internalized a system for what you should and shouldn't feel, and you judge yourself when feelings don't comply. Under that controlled exterior is a person who's been shouldering emotional weight since childhood.
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 Sagittarius identity craves excitement and risk, but your Capricorn emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
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 Sagittarius identity craves excitement and risk, but your Capricorn emotional core needs predictability. You initiate boldly, then retreat to recharge. Partners and friends might see you as inconsistent; really, you're managing two genuine needs.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Scorpio (Water) and Mars in Capricorn (Earth) 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 discipline is slow and structural (Leo), but your impulses are fast and impatient (Capricorn). The part of you that builds long-term and the part that wants immediate results are in constant negotiation.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your analytical mind (Mercury in Capricorn, Earth) and your belief system (Jupiter in Sagittarius, 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
Contain-and-Process, you hold emotions inside and process them through practical action. Feelings integrate slowly but thoroughly. The risk: suppression disguised as composure.
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.
Intellectual vision sparks dynamic action. Ideas become movements.
Alignment Alerts
You may feel analytical internally but are pushed toward bold, assertive public roles. This creates creative tension, your quiet depth fuels your visible authority.
Lean into your private processing style (Virgo) for strategy, then channel it through your public presence (Aries) for impact.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Identity Base: Core personality & physical self
Core personality expression is strongly activated. You feel most like yourself during this period.
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Gemini earning style takes center stage.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing 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 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
14 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 3 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 Saturn, Moon, Mercury periods.
Viparita Raja Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Horasara Sukha Sthana Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Hamsa Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Surya-Guru Yoga
Chandra-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Gandanta and Papa Kartari and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Papa Kartari Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your wisdom capacity (Hamsa Yoga) is periodically distorted by Multiple Combustion. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Jupiter links Anapha Yoga with Multiple Combustion, 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.
Your drive (Chandra-Mangala Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Multiple Combustion. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Through Jupiter, Jupiter Protection and Multiple Combustion interact. Your capacity for meaning-making is real, but it can also lead to over-promising or spiritual bypassing. Stay grounded in practical wisdom.
Your intellect (Ubhayachari Yoga) can overthink the patterns from Multiple Combustion. The mind that solves problems can also create them through excessive analysis.
Your wisdom capacity (Surya-Guru Yoga) is periodically distorted by Multiple Combustion. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
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.
Christopher Durang's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 02 Jan 1949 | 10 Nov 1950 | 1y 10m 8d (balance) | |
| Mars | 10 Nov 1950 | 10 Nov 1957 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 10 Nov 1957 | 11 Nov 1975 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 11 Nov 1975 | 11 Nov 1991 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 11 Nov 1991 | 10 Nov 2010 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 10 Nov 2010 | 11 Nov 2027 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 11 Nov 2027 | 10 Nov 2034 | 7y | |
| Venus | 10 Nov 2034 | 10 Nov 2054 | 20y | |
| Sun | 10 Nov 2054 | 10 Nov 2060 | 6y |
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 5 from Lagna and house 1 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is exalted — reduces negative effects
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 (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 Mercury/Saturn Dasha
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Explore Christopher Durang’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 Christopher Durang’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury November 2010 to April 2013 (from age 61)
- Mercury-Ketu April 2013 to April 2014 (from age 64)
- Mercury-Venus April 2014 to February 2017 (from age 65)
- Mercury-Sun February 2017 to December 2017 (from age 68)
- Mercury-Moon December 2017 to May 2019 (from age 68)
- Mercury-Mars May 2019 to May 2020 (from age 70)
- Mercury-Rahu May 2020 to November 2022 (from age 71)
- Mercury-Jupiter November 2022 to March 2025 (from age 73)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent March 2025 to November 2027 (from age 76)
Why Christopher Durang's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Christopher Durang’s public standing with Jupiter Protection through Jupiter (jupiter in Kendra mitigates malefic effects in the chart). Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 72 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In Christopher Durang's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Jupiter Protectionstrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter
Jupiter in Kendra mitigates malefic effects in the chart. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Hamsa Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Anapha Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
- Chandra-Mangala Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon + Mars
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Moon and Mars, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mars stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Moon, Mercury and Mars cluster in the 5th house in Capricorn, concentrating creativity, intelligence, and speculation far beyond the average chart.
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: in moolatrikona in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Christopher Durang'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.
- Moon MahadashaAge 0 to 1 (1949 to 1950)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 1 to 8 (1950 to 1957)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 8 to 26 (1957 to 1975)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 26 to 42 (1975 to 1991)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 42 to 61 (1991 to 2010)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 61 to 78 (2010 to 2027)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 78 to 85 (2027 to 2034)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 85 to 105 (2034 to 2054)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 105 to 111 (2054 to 2060)authority, visibility, and the father line
Planetary Dominance In Christopher Durang's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 72% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 68% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 65% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 58% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 51% | very weak |
| 7 | Sun | 45% | very weak |
| 8 | Jupiter | 42% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 35% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 72 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Mercury is the least supported at 35 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is Christopher Durang's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 638 share Christopher Durang’s Shravana Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with a Shravana Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Christopher Durang In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury placed in the 5th house carries Christopher Durang’s reputation from the terrain of creativity, intelligence, and speculation. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 7th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 45 percent. Rahu works from the 8th house, feeding ambition through upheaval, research, and other people’s resources rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 68 percent strength from the 5th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Christopher Durang’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. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 72 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 Christopher Durang’s chart, carrying 72 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 Christopher Durang’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Ketu in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Moon is the best supported at 68 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 Christopher Durang’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 4th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 3rd house at 61 percent strength. The Moon's 68 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Charts Like Christopher Durang's
Christopher Durang's Moon occupies Shravana nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Carol LynleyMoon in Shravana, Capricorn
- Caroline KennedyMoon in Shravana, Capricorn
- Caroline Kennedy SchlossbergMoon in Shravana, Capricorn
- Carolyn FranklinMoon in Shravana, Capricorn
- Caryl ChessmanMoon in Shravana, Capricorn
- Cecil D. AndrusMoon in Shravana, Capricorn
Read the full profile of Shravana nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Shravana.
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 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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