David McLetchie
Born August 6, 1952 at 12:00 • Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Rodden Rating: AA (birth certificate verified)
Birth Chart
Your celestial fingerprint at the moment of birth
| Planet | Sign | House | Degree | Dignity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 11 | 20°42′ | friendly |
| Moon | Capricorn | 5 | 29°48′ | neutral |
| Mercury (R) ☄ | Leo | 12 | 1°31′ | friendly |
| Venus | Leo | 12 | 2°26′ | enemy |
| Mars | Libra | 2 | 24°57′ | neutral |
| Jupiter | Aries | 8 | 25°55′ | friendly |
| Saturn | Virgo | 1 | 17°32′ | friendly |
| Rahu (R) | Capricorn | 5 | 28°41′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Cancer | 11 | 28°41′ | 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 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 David Is
David, your chart tells a specific story. Your Sun in Cancer 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, 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 (a neutral influence for Virgo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs core identity and life purpose, and in Cancer (house 11), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing.
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 (Dhanishtha, Pada 2) 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 Ketu in House 11 (neutral)
Ketu operating from your 11th house in neutral 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 mental health needs the most attention. The energy Ketu brings from house 11 naturally flows toward finances - 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.
Who you are is inseparable from where you come from. Family, roots, and emotional memory form your identity's foundation. You probably describe yourself through stories about your people before you talk about yourself.
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.
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 Cancer (Water) and Moon in Capricorn (Earth) 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 Leo (Fire) and Mars in Libra (Air) 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 and discipline are grounded in material concerns (Virgo), but your drive is mental and scattered (Libra). You worry about practical matters while your energy goes in twelve intellectual directions.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Leo (Fire) and Jupiter in Aries (Fire) 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.
Instinctive Decider, you make decisions quickly based on gut feeling and move immediately. Deliberation feels like weakness. Best when speed matters; dangerous when nuance does.
The absence of purpose or meaning hits you harder than most. Without a 'why,' you struggle to find motivation. You may swing between grand visions and existential doubt.
Your primary growth edge is developing your Jupiter function, the area where Meaning 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
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 Ketu/Venus period, these lagnas are amplified because their lords are running:
Physical Persona: How the world experiences your presence
Physical Persona themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to diplomatic energy.
Micro-Timing: Subtle timing & decision sensitivity
Micro-Timing themes become prominent in daily life. Pay attention to grounded 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
13 Yogas detected · 10 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 Venus, Mercury, Sun periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Adhi Yoga
Veshi Yoga
Wealth & Resources
3Wealth grows through strategic patience and long-term discipline and alliances. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter aspect)
Shankha Yoga
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
2Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Wisdom and teaching ability amplify your results.
Gajakesari Yoga
Dama Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
3Emotional isolation and Desire distortion and Shani Lagna appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)
Shani Lagna Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Gajakesari Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Kemadruma Yoga) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Mahabhagya Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Kemadruma Yoga creates undercurrents of instability through the same Moon. Your feelings are both your compass and your fog. The practice: observe your moods without being ruled by them.
The Moon connects Gajakesari Yoga and Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu) in your chart, creating a push-pull between emotional security and emotional exposure. When Moon periods intensify, both the gift and the challenge amplify. Grounding rituals help you stay centered.
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya Yoga) and emotional vulnerability (Grahan Yoga (Moon-Rahu)) coexist through Moon. Under stress, you may withdraw even though you possess deep wisdom. The override: recognize withdrawal as a pattern, not a truth.
Your discipline (Shankha Yoga) intensifies challenges from Shani Lagna Yoga. The same planet that gives you endurance also extends difficult periods. Patience is structural, not optional.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Adhi Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Mercury and Venus, 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. internal tension between power and sensitivity creates depth, not weakness.
David McLetchie's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 06 Aug 1952 | 13 Mar 1956 | 3y 7m 5d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 13 Mar 1956 | 13 Mar 1974 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 13 Mar 1974 | 13 Mar 1990 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 13 Mar 1990 | 13 Mar 2009 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 13 Mar 2009 | 13 Mar 2026 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 13 Mar 2026 | 13 Mar 2033 | 7y | |
| Venus | 13 Mar 2033 | 13 Mar 2053 | 20y | |
| Sun | 13 Mar 2053 | 13 Mar 2059 | 6y | |
| Moon | 13 Mar 2059 | 13 Mar 2069 | 10y |
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 2 from Lagna, 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
AbsentAll planets hemmed between Rahu-Ketu axis, creates karmic patterns and sudden life changes
Planets are distributed on both sides of the Rahu-Ketu axis — no Kala Sarpa Dosha.
Remedies:
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 Ketu/Venus Dasha
Compare Your Chart With David McLetchie’s
Today's Sky Over David McLetchie’s Chart
Explore David McLetchie’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 McLetchie’s recorded birth data.
- Ketu-Ketu March 2026 to August 2026 (from age 73)
- Ketu-VenusCurrent August 2026 to October 2027 (from age 74)
- Ketu-Sun October 2027 to February 2028 (from age 75)
- Ketu-Moon February 2028 to September 2028 (from age 75)
- Ketu-Mars September 2028 to February 2029 (from age 76)
- Ketu-Rahu February 2029 to March 2030 (from age 76)
- Ketu-Jupiter March 2030 to February 2031 (from age 77)
- Ketu-Saturn February 2031 to March 2032 (from age 78)
- Ketu-Mercury March 2032 to March 2033 (from age 79)
Why David McLetchie's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs David McLetchie’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. Sun is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 69 percent, giving authority, visibility, and the father line unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In David McLetchie's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Raja Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury+Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Dharma-Karmadhipati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Venus + Mercury
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Venus and Mercury, so it touches relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy, and intellect, commerce, and communication.
- Kemadruma Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Moon
A friction point the texts flag, usually with stated conditions and remedies. It works through Moon, so it touches mind, public connection, and emotional life.
- Adhi Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury + Venus
A status formation that favours authority, rank, and public position. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Gajakesari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Jupiter + Moon
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.
Planetary Dominance In David McLetchie's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 69% | weak |
| 2 | Mercury | 64% | weak |
| 3 | Mars | 62% | weak |
| 4 | Venus | 58% | very weak |
| 5 | Moon | 55% | very weak |
| 6 | Saturn | 54% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 53% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 53% | very weak |
| 9 | Rahu | 39% | very weak |
Sun dominates the planetary hierarchy at 69 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Rahu is the least supported at 39 percent, which means worldly appetite is muted, which can read as contentment or as missed reach.
How Rare Is David McLetchie's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 653 share David McLetchie’s Dhanishtha Moon. The tighter pairing of a Cancer Sun with a Dhanishtha Moon appears in 53 of them, about 0.31 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put David McLetchie In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury, friendly, placed in the 12th house carries David McLetchie’s reputation from the terrain of expenditure, distance, and retreat. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 1st of 9 planets by Shadbala at 69 percent. Rahu works from the 5th house, feeding ambition through creativity, intelligence, and speculation rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 55 percent strength from the 5th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In David McLetchie’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 12th house in Leo (friendly). No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Sun, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 69 percent, sets the tone from elsewhere in the chart, and the career runs on authority, visibility, and the father line.
The Chart's Voice
Sun is the strongest planet in David McLetchie’s chart, carrying 69 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with identity and command; recognition tends to arrive through positions of authority.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in David McLetchie’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Mars in the 2nd and Sun and Ketu in the 11th give the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Sun is the best supported at 69 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through authority, visibility, and the father line.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in David McLetchie’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, whose lord answers from the 8th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, is enemy in Leo in the 12th house at 58 percent strength. The Moon's 55 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
David McLetchie'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.
| Chapter | Span | Themes |
|---|---|---|
| Mars Mahadasha | Age 0 to 3 (1952 to 1956) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 3 to 21 (1956 to 1974) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 21 to 37 (1974 to 1990) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 37 to 56 (1990 to 2009) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 56 to 73 (2009 to 2026) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu MahadashaCurrent | Age 73 to 80 (2026 to 2033) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 80 to 100 (2033 to 2053) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 100 to 106 (2053 to 2059) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 106 to 116 (2059 to 2069) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
Charts Like David McLetchie's
David McLetchie's Moon occupies Dhanishtha nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
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- Diane McBainMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Didier GeslainMoon in Dhanishtha, Aquarius
- Dieter HildebrandtMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
- Diljit DosanjhMoon in Dhanishtha, Capricorn
Read the full profile of Dhanishtha nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Dhanishtha.
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 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 12th house (Leo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 2nd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 1st house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 5th house (Capricorn) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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