Dave Mustaine
Born September 13, 1961 at 12:23 • La Mesa, CA, United States
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 10 | 27°25′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon | Libra | 12 | 8°45′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Virgo | 11 | 19°52′ | exalted |
| Venus | Cancer | 9 | 24°47′ | enemy |
| Mars | Virgo | 11 | 24°38′ | enemy |
| Jupiter (R) | Capricorn | 3 | 4°09′ | debilitated |
| Saturn (R) | Capricorn | 3 | 0°04′ | own |
| Rahu (R) | Leo | 10 | 2°28′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Aquarius | 4 | 2°28′ | neutral |
Dave'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.
Sun as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "Who am I?"
Who Dave Is
Dave, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Leo 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.
Sun (your most supportive planet for Scorpio ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Leo (house 10), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. This is especially potent because Sun is your yogakaraka - according to BPHS, the single most beneficial planet for your Scorpio ascendant.
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 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.
Dave's Inner World
How Dave Thinks
Dave's Drive & Purpose
How Dave Loves
Dave's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
Dave's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Mercury in House 11 (exalted)
Mercury 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.
Your finances is this period's strongest channel, while family dynamics needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 11 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 were born knowing you're supposed to be seen. Not out of vanity, out of a deep sense that your life has a creative purpose. When you're invisible, something feels fundamentally wrong. Recognition isn't ego; it's oxygen.
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 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.
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 Leo (Fire) and Moon in Libra (Air) 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 Cancer (Water) and Mars in Virgo (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 Saturn in Capricorn (Earth) and Mars in Virgo (Earth) 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 Virgo (Earth) and Jupiter in Capricorn (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
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.
Your deepest vulnerability is emotional, feeling safe, being nurtured, trusting that your feelings are valid. You may have learned early that emotions were inconvenient, and you've been managing them ever since.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Moon function, the area where Emotional Safety 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 core self and public power operate from the same element (Water). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Your emotional, intuitive nature (Scorpio) contrasts with an aggressive, visibility-driven wealth strategy (Aries). You earn best when you push past your comfort zone.
Use your emotional intelligence to read opportunities, then deploy Aries's boldness to act on them.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Saturn period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to disciplined energy.
Vitality Engine: Life force, stamina & physical resilience
Vitality Engine 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
15 Yogas detected · 12 beneficial · 3 shadow · 5 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
5Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Saturn, Venus periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Horasara Sasa Upachaya Yoga
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Anapha Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Gandanta and Desire distortion and Dainya Parivartana appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu)
Dainya Parivartana Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)) conflicts with Grahan Yoga (Sun-Rahu). Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
The Sun connects Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) and Gandanta Yoga, creating a dynamic between visibility and self-doubt. Your leadership potential is real, but imposter syndrome or ego inflation can distort it.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Anapha Yoga and Ubhayachari Yoga both flow through Mercury and Mars, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Anapha Yoga and Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong) both flow through Mercury, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) 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. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. your yogas reinforce each other more than they conflict, cumulative power grows over time.
Dave Mustaine's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 13 Sept 1961 | 15 Nov 1976 | 15y 2m 2d (balance) | |
| Jupiter | 15 Nov 1976 | 15 Nov 1992 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 15 Nov 1992 | 16 Nov 2011 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 16 Nov 2011 | 15 Nov 2028 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 15 Nov 2028 | 16 Nov 2035 | 7y | |
| Venus | 16 Nov 2035 | 16 Nov 2055 | 20y | |
| Sun | 16 Nov 2055 | 16 Nov 2061 | 6y | |
| Moon | 16 Nov 2061 | 16 Nov 2071 | 10y | |
| Mars | 16 Nov 2071 | 16 Nov 2078 | 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 (Moderate)Mars placement in sensitive houses (1/2/4/7/8/12), affects marriage and partnerships
Mars is placed in house 11 from Lagna and house 12 from Moon, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Jupiter aspects Mars, mitigating 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
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)
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 Mercury/Saturn Dasha
Compare Your Chart With Dave Mustaine’s
Today's Sky Over Dave Mustaine’s Chart
Explore Dave Mustaine’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 Dave Mustaine’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury November 2011 to April 2014 (from age 50)
- Mercury-Ketu April 2014 to April 2015 (from age 52)
- Mercury-Venus April 2015 to February 2018 (from age 53)
- Mercury-Sun February 2018 to December 2018 (from age 56)
- Mercury-Moon December 2018 to May 2020 (from age 57)
- Mercury-Mars May 2020 to May 2021 (from age 58)
- Mercury-Rahu May 2021 to December 2023 (from age 59)
- Mercury-Jupiter December 2023 to March 2026 (from age 62)
- Mercury-SaturnCurrent March 2026 to November 2028 (from age 64)
Why Dave Mustaine's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs Dave Mustaine’s public standing with Anapha Yoga through Mercury + Mars. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 71 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Leo under Sun frames the public career, with Sun and Rahu placed there.
Dominant Yogas In Dave Mustaine's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Anapha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Mars
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury and Mars, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and drive, competition, and decisive action.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Jupiter and Saturn, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Gandanta Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Sun
Sun at Cancer-Leo junction, karmic knot requiring conscious processing. It works through Sun, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line.
- Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)moderate (2/3)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.
- Neecha Bhanga Raja Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter
In Kendra from Moon. It works through Jupiter, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune.
Planetary Dominance In Dave Mustaine's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 71% | weak |
| 2 | Sun | 68% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 65% | weak |
| 4 | Ketu | 64% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 63% | weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 62% | weak |
| 7 | Mercury | 60% | weak |
| 8 | Venus | 58% | very weak |
| 9 | Moon | 46% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 71 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Moon is the least supported at 46 percent, which means emotional steadiness and public ease are the practiced skills rather than the givens.
How Rare Is Dave Mustaine's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 702 share Dave Mustaine’s Swati Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Swati Moon appears in 59 of them, about 0.34 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put Dave Mustaine In Public View
Public recognition in Dave Mustaine’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Sun and Rahu stand in Leo. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 2nd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 68 percent. Rahu in the 10th house adds the amplification the texts associate with mass reach and appetite for scale. The Moon, the public face, carries 46 percent strength from the 12th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In Dave Mustaine’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Leo, ruled by Sun, which sits in the 10th house in Leo (moolatrikona). Sun and Rahu occupy the 10th house, bringing authority, visibility, and the father line, and ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises directly into the public record. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 71 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 Dave Mustaine’s chart, carrying 71 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 Dave Mustaine’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Sagittarius, lord Jupiter) and the 11th house (Virgo, lord Mercury). Mercury and Mars in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 65 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through drive, competition, and decisive action.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in Dave Mustaine’s chart falls in Taurus under Venus, whose lord answers from the 9th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Cancer in the 9th house at 58 percent strength. The Moon's 46 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury stands exalted, operating at full classical strength.
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Dave Mustaine'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 15 (1961 to 1976)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 15 to 31 (1976 to 1992)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 31 to 50 (1992 to 2011)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 50 to 67 (2011 to 2028)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 67 to 74 (2028 to 2035)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 74 to 94 (2035 to 2055)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 94 to 100 (2055 to 2061)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 100 to 110 (2061 to 2071)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 110 to 117 (2071 to 2078)drive, competition, and decisive action
Charts Like Dave Mustaine's
Dave Mustaine's Moon occupies Swati nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Typhaine TatonMoon in Swati, Libra
- Umberto BarbaroMoon in Swati, Libra
- Victor Felix KinonMoon in Swati, Libra
- Vincent PerrotMoon in Swati, Libra
- Vincent VittozMoon in Swati, Libra
- Virginia WeidlerMoon 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 ScorpioAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: ScorpioRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 10th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Moon in the 12th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 11th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Venus in the 9th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Mars in the 11th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 3rd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 3rd house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 10th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 4th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Scorpio Ascendant →
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