David Hefner
Born August 30, 1955 at 22:06 • Chicago, IL, 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 | 5 | 13°42′ | moolatrikona |
| Moon | Capricorn | 10 | 17°24′ | neutral |
| Mercury | Virgo | 6 | 4°43′ | exalted |
| Venus ☄ | Leo | 5 | 13°23′ | enemy |
| Mars ☄ | Leo | 5 | 9°07′ | friendly |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 4 | 23°42′ | exalted |
| Saturn | Libra | 7 | 22°42′ | exalted |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 8 | 29°21′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 2 | 29°21′ | enemy |
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 Fixed modality means your natural style is sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I fear, and what must I master?"
Who David Is
David, 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 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 (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Fixed modality means sustaining - you build, persist, and deepen what exists.
Saturn (a functional malefic for Aries ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs fears, discipline, and hard-won mastery, and in Libra (house 7), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward intellectual exploration and social connection. Interestingly, while Saturn dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Aries 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 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.
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 Mercury in House 6 (exalted)
Mercury operating from your 6th house in exalted dignity creates a period centered on service and refinement. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 6th house governs daily work, health challenges, enemies, and service to others.
Your career is this period's strongest channel, while mental health needs the most attention. The energy Mercury brings from house 6 naturally flows toward career - consciously redirect some of it toward mental health.
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 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.
People see a bold, direct, action-oriented person, and that's real, but it's the front layer. The world doesn't get to see your doubts. You've learned that showing uncertainty invites people to take advantage.
Internal Conflicts Detected
Your Leo 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 Leo 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 Leo (Fire) and Mars in Leo (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 Saturn in Libra (Air) and Mars in Leo (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 Mercury in Virgo (Earth) and Jupiter in Cancer (Water) 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
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.
Emotional intuition fuels visible action. Your feelings drive your achievements.
Alignment Alerts
Your bold, action-driven nature (Aries) needs to adapt to a steady, disciplined wealth strategy (Virgo). Quick wins satisfy less than long-term building.
Channel your fire into consistent effort. Virgo rewards persistence, not sprints.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mercury/Sun period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Wealth Strategy: Financial identity & earning approach
Financial identity is amplified. Your Virgo earning style takes center stage.
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
22 Yogas detected · 20 beneficial · 2 shadow · 9 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
11Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Sun, Mercury, Jupiter periods.
Raja Yoga (Multiple Strong)
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga
Sasa Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Yoga Karaka Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Amala Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Exalted Planet Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and strategic positioning and partnerships. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Fortune)
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Hamsa Yoga
Surya-Mangala Yoga
Surya-Shukra Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Jupiter Protection provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Jupiter Protection
Structural Patterns
2Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Pasha (Nabhash), Yava shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Pasha Yoga (Nabhash)
Yava Yoga
Emotional Sensitivity
2Gandanta and Multiple Combustion appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Multiple Combustion
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your relational gifts (Adhi Yoga) are complicated by Multiple Combustion. The same sensitivity that creates beauty can attract emotional turbulence.
Your drive (Raja 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.
Venus links Raja Yoga with Multiple Combustion, creating tension between love and attachment. Your capacity for deep connection is genuine, but it can make you vulnerable to codependence or idealization.
Through Venus, Raja Yoga and Multiple Combustion interact. Your aesthetic sense and desire for harmony are real strengths, but they can lead you to avoid necessary conflict. Sometimes beauty requires disruption first.
Your relational gifts (Dhana Yoga (Fortune)) are complicated by Multiple Combustion. The same sensitivity that creates beauty can attract emotional turbulence.
Mars links Surya-Mangala Yoga with Multiple Combustion, creating a volatile mix of ambition and aggression. Your assertiveness is an asset, but unchecked it becomes the source of conflict. Physical activity before major decisions is your best tool.
Combined Pattern Insight
Strong elevation potential supported by multiple structural pillars. intellectual firepower amplifies all other patterns. emotional depth is both strength and vulnerability. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
David Hefner's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | 31 Aug 1955 | 08 Feb 1960 | 4y 5m 8d (balance) | |
| Mars | 08 Feb 1960 | 07 Feb 1967 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 07 Feb 1967 | 07 Feb 1985 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 07 Feb 1985 | 07 Feb 2001 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 07 Feb 2001 | 08 Feb 2020 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 08 Feb 2020 | 07 Feb 2037 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 07 Feb 2037 | 08 Feb 2044 | 7y | |
| Venus | 08 Feb 2044 | 08 Feb 2064 | 20y | |
| Sun | 08 Feb 2064 | 07 Feb 2070 | 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 8 from Moon, 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
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.
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 Mercury/Sun Dasha
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Explore David Hefner’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 Hefner’s recorded birth data.
- Mercury-Mercury February 2020 to July 2022 (from age 64)
- Mercury-Ketu July 2022 to July 2023 (from age 66)
- Mercury-Venus July 2023 to May 2026 (from age 67)
- Mercury-SunCurrent May 2026 to March 2027 (from age 70)
- Mercury-Moon March 2027 to August 2028 (from age 71)
- Mercury-Mars August 2028 to August 2029 (from age 72)
- Mercury-Rahu August 2029 to February 2032 (from age 73)
- Mercury-Jupiter February 2032 to May 2034 (from age 76)
- Mercury-Saturn May 2034 to February 2037 (from age 78)
Why David Hefner's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs David Hefner’s public standing with Hamsa Yoga through Jupiter. Saturn is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 88 percent, giving discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Capricorn under Saturn frames the public career, with Moon placed there.
Planetary Dominance In David Hefner's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturn | 88% | moderate |
| 2 | Jupiter | 60% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 59% | very weak |
| 4 | Venus | 56% | very weak |
| 5 | Rahu | 56% | very weak |
| 6 | Mars | 55% | very weak |
| 7 | Ketu | 54% | very weak |
| 8 | Sun | 50% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 49% | very weak |
Saturn dominates the planetary hierarchy at 88 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with endurance; gains are slow, structural, and unusually durable.
Mercury is the least supported at 49 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put David Hefner In Public View
Public recognition in David Hefner’s chart concentrates in the 10th house, where Moon stands in Capricorn. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 8th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 50 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 59 percent strength from an angular house, which keeps the personality in open view.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In David Hefner’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, which sits in the 7th house in Libra (exalted). Moon occupies the 10th house, bringing mind, public connection, and emotional life directly into the public record. Saturn, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 88 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Saturn is the strongest planet in David Hefner’s chart, carrying 88 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 David Hefner’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Taurus, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Aquarius, lord Saturn). Ketu in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Saturn is the best supported at 88 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in David Hefner’s chart falls in Libra under Venus, occupied by Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Leo in the 5th house at 56 percent strength, though combustion by the Sun asks the relationship life to fight for its own space. The Moon's 59 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn stand exalted at the same time; most charts carry at most one exalted planet.
Sun, Venus and Mars cluster in the 5th house in Leo, concentrating creativity, intelligence, and speculation far beyond the average chart.
Jupiter qualifies for Hamsa Yoga: exalted in the 4th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
Saturn qualifies for Sasa Yoga: exalted in the 7th house, one of the five Mahapurusha marks of an exceptional nativity.
David Hefner'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 4 (1955 to 1960)mind, public connection, and emotional life
- Mars MahadashaAge 4 to 11 (1960 to 1967)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 11 to 29 (1967 to 1985)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 29 to 45 (1985 to 2001)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 45 to 64 (2001 to 2020)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaCurrentAge 64 to 81 (2020 to 2037)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 81 to 88 (2037 to 2044)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaAge 88 to 108 (2044 to 2064)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 108 to 114 (2064 to 2070)authority, visibility, and the father line
Dominant Yogas In David Hefner's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
| Yoga | Planets | Strength | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamsa YogaPancha Mahapurusha | Jupiter | strong (3/3) | 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. |
| Sasa YogaPancha Mahapurusha | Saturn | strong (3/3) | One of the five great-person yogas: a strong planet in an angle stamps its character on the whole personality. It works through Saturn, so it touches discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures. |
| Gajakesari YogaWealth & Wisdom | Jupiter + Moon | strong (3/3) | Joins material gain with sound judgement. It works through Jupiter and Moon, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, and mind, public connection, and emotional life. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mars+Sun | strong (3/3) | A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mars and Sun, so it touches drive, competition, and decisive action, and authority, visibility, and the father line. |
| Raja YogaPower & Status | Mars+Venus | strong (3/3) | 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. |
How Rare Is David Hefner's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 638 share David Hefner’s Shravana Moon. The tighter pairing of a Leo Sun with a Shravana Moon appears in 47 of them, about 0.27 percent.
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David Hefner's Moon occupies Shravana nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for AriesAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: AriesRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 5th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Moon in the 10th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 6th house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Venus in the 5th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Mars in the 5th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 4th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 8th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 2nd house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Aries Ascendant →
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