David Benson
Born January 11, 1962 at 09:05 • Oxford, United Kingdom
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 12 | 27°20′ | friendly |
| Moon | Pisces | 3 | 3°24′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 1 | 12°39′ | neutral |
| Venus ☄ | Sagittarius | 12 | 23°30′ | neutral |
| Mars ☄ | Sagittarius | 12 | 20°02′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 1 | 19°28′ | debilitated |
| Saturn ☄ | Capricorn | 1 | 7°33′ | own |
| Rahu (R) | Cancer | 7 | 26°08′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Capricorn | 1 | 26°08′ | neutral |
David'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 Mutable modality means your natural style is adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Mars as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What am I willing to fight for?"
Who David Is
David, 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 Pisces 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 (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Mutable modality means adapting - you flex, adjust, and see all perspectives.
Mars (a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 Sagittarius (house 12), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward bold self-expression and direct action. Interestingly, while Mars dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Capricorn 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 (Uttara Bhadrapada, 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.
David's Inner World
How David Thinks
David's Drive & Purpose
How David Loves
David's Core Patterns
Strengths & Shadows
David's Current Chapter
Your Current Period
Based on Sun in House 12 (friendly)
Sun operating from your 12th house in friendly dignity creates a period centered on surrender and liberation. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 12th house governs losses, foreign lands, spiritual liberation, and hidden expenses.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while finances needs the most attention. The energy Sun brings from house 12 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward finances.
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 emotional boundaries barely exist. You feel what everyone around you feels, and sorting out 'my feelings' from 'their feelings' is a lifelong project. Your empathy is a superpower and a vulnerability, and you've probably been told you're 'too sensitive' your whole life.
You project authority and seriousness. People respect you before they warm to you. The internal experience is different: you feel the weight of every responsibility, and sometimes wish someone would take care of you for once.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Sagittarius identity wants to charge forward boldly, but your Pisces emotions need safety before they can move. You've probably noticed that your ambitions and your feelings often pull in opposite directions, you start something with confidence, then a wave of anxiety or doubt pulls you back.
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 wants to charge forward boldly, but your Pisces emotions need safety before they can move. You've probably noticed that your ambitions and your feelings often pull in opposite directions, you start something with confidence, then a wave of anxiety or doubt pulls you back.
Your romantic desires vs your pursuit style
Your Venus in Sagittarius (Fire) and Mars in Sagittarius (Fire) 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 fear-based discipline demands caution (Capricorn), but your Mars says 'act now, think later' (Sagittarius). This is the classic brake-and-accelerator conflict, both engaged at the same time.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Capricorn (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
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 carry a chronic sense of not-enough, not enough time, not enough security, not enough proof that things will be okay. This drives your discipline, but it also drives your anxiety.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Saturn function, the area where Control & Fear 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.
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
21 Yogas detected · 17 beneficial · 4 shadow · 7 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 Mars, Venus, Mercury periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Sasa Yoga
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Viparita Raja Yoga
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Intelligence & Influence
6Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Guru Yoga
Budha-Shani Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Shoola (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Shoola Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
4Emotional isolation and Gandanta and Shani Lagna and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Gandanta Yoga
Shani Lagna Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your discipline (Sasa Yoga) intensifies challenges from Shani Lagna Yoga. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Saturn connects Raja Yoga and Shani Lagna Yoga, making you both persistent and prone to heaviness. Your greatest strength, endurance, can become your trap when applied to situations that require release rather than effort.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune) and Shani Lagna Yoga share Saturn's influence. You build slowly and permanently, but the same rigidity that creates success can resist necessary change. Learn when to hold firm and when to let go.
Your discipline (Veshi Yoga) intensifies challenges from Shani Lagna Yoga. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
Saturn connects Budha-Shani Yoga and Shani Lagna Yoga, making you both persistent and prone to heaviness. Your greatest strength, endurance, can become your trap when applied to situations that require release rather than effort.
Guru-Shani Yoga and Shani Lagna Yoga share Saturn's influence. You build slowly and permanently, but the same rigidity that creates success can resist necessary change. Learn when to hold firm and when to let go.
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.
David Benson's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 11 Jan 1962 | 02 Dec 1980 | 18y 10m 21d (balance) | |
| Mercury | 02 Dec 1980 | 02 Dec 1997 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 02 Dec 1997 | 02 Dec 2004 | 7y | |
| Venus | 02 Dec 2004 | 02 Dec 2024 | 20y | |
| Sun | 02 Dec 2024 | 03 Dec 2030 | 6y | |
| Moon | 03 Dec 2030 | 02 Dec 2040 | 10y | |
| Mars | 02 Dec 2040 | 03 Dec 2047 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 03 Dec 2047 | 02 Dec 2065 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 02 Dec 2065 | 02 Dec 2081 | 16y |
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 12 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars conjunct Venus softens 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
Present (Moderate)Jupiter conjunct Rahu/Ketu, wisdom clouded by illusion, unconventional beliefs
Jupiter conjunct Ketu in house 1 — wisdom may be clouded by unconventional or materialistic pursuits.
Remedies:
- Guru Graha Shanti
- Recite Guru Beej Mantra
- Serve teachers and gurus
Kemdrum Dosha
Present (Moderate)Moon without planetary support (no planets in 2nd/12th from Moon), emotional isolation
No planets in 2nd or 12th from Moon — Moon lacks planetary support, indicating potential emotional isolation.
Remedies:
- Moon strengthening remedies
- Chandra Namaskar
- Wear pearl (after consultation)
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 Sun/Rahu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With David Benson’s
Today's Sky Over David Benson’s Chart
Explore David Benson’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 David Benson’s recorded birth data.
- Sun-Sun December 2024 to March 2025 (from age 62)
- Sun-Moon March 2025 to September 2025 (from age 63)
- Sun-Mars September 2025 to January 2026 (from age 63)
- Sun-RahuCurrent January 2026 to December 2026 (from age 64)
- Sun-Jupiter December 2026 to October 2027 (from age 64)
- Sun-Saturn October 2027 to September 2028 (from age 65)
- Sun-Mercury September 2028 to July 2029 (from age 66)
- Sun-Ketu July 2029 to December 2029 (from age 67)
- Sun-Venus December 2029 to December 2030 (from age 67)
Why David Benson's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs David Benson’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Saturn. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 69 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Libra under Venus frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In David Benson'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+Saturn
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Saturn, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Mercury+Saturn
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mercury and Saturn, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
- Dhana Yoga (Fortune)strong (3/3)Planets: Mars+Venus
A wealth formation linking the money houses or their lords. It works through Mars and Venus, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- 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.
David Benson'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.
- Saturn MahadashaAge 0 to 18 (1962 to 1980)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 18 to 35 (1980 to 1997)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 35 to 42 (1997 to 2004)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 42 to 62 (2004 to 2024)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaCurrentAge 62 to 68 (2024 to 2030)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 68 to 78 (2030 to 2040)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 78 to 85 (2040 to 2047)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 85 to 103 (2047 to 2065)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 103 to 119 (2065 to 2081)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
Planetary Dominance In David Benson's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 69% | weak |
| 2 | Moon | 62% | weak |
| 3 | Sun | 60% | weak |
| 4 | Rahu | 58% | very weak |
| 5 | Venus | 56% | very weak |
| 6 | Jupiter | 56% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 51% | very weak |
| 8 | Mercury | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Saturn | 39% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 69 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Saturn is the least supported at 39 percent, which means long grinds test the native more than most, and shortcuts tempt.
How Rare Is David Benson's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 644 share David Benson’s Uttara Bhadrapada Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with an Uttara Bhadrapada Moon appears in 55 of them, about 0.32 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put David Benson In Public View
The 10th lord Venus placed in the 12th house carries David Benson’s reputation from the terrain of expenditure, distance, and retreat. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 3rd of 9 planets by Shadbala at 60 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 62 percent strength from the 3rd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In David Benson’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Libra, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 12th house in Sagittarius. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 69 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 David Benson’s chart, carrying 69 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 David Benson’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Aquarius, lord Saturn) and the 11th house (Scorpio, lord Mars). Both money houses are unoccupied, so income follows the condition of their lords rather than resident planets. Among these, Mars is the best supported at 69 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 David Benson’s chart falls in Cancer under Moon, occupied by Rahu. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Sagittarius in the 12th house at 56 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 62 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Jupiter is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Ketu cluster in the 1st house in Capricorn, concentrating self and constitution far beyond the average chart.
Sun, Venus and Mars cluster in the 12th house in Sagittarius, concentrating expenditure, distance, and retreat far beyond the average chart.
Saturn qualifies for Sasa Yoga: in its own sign in the 1st house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Charts Like David Benson's
David Benson's Moon occupies Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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Read the full profile of Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for CapricornAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: CapricornRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Moon in the 3rd house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Mars in the 12th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 7th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 1st house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Capricorn Ascendant →
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