David Nyhan
Born December 23, 1940 at 20:45 • Boston, MA, 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 | 5 | 9°04′ | friendly |
| Moon | Libra | 3 | 5°19′ | neutral |
| Mercury ☄ | Scorpio | 4 | 28°43′ | neutral |
| Venus | Scorpio | 4 | 11°00′ | neutral |
| Mars | Libra | 3 | 29°05′ | neutral |
| Jupiter (R) | Aries | 9 | 12°43′ | friendly |
| Saturn (R) | Aries | 9 | 15°06′ | debilitated |
| Rahu (R) | Virgo | 2 | 13°33′ | friendly |
| Ketu (R) | Pisces | 8 | 13°33′ | friendly |
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 Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus as your dominant planet centers your life around the question: "What do I love and how do I love?"
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 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, Fire energy dominates your chart (36%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward action and self-expression. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Venus (a functional malefic for Leo ascendant) is the strongest force in your chart - the planet that colors everything. It governs love language, aesthetics, and values, and in Scorpio (house 4), this influence manifests as a deep pull toward emotional depth and intuitive knowing. Interestingly, while Venus dominates your chart by strength, it functions as a functional malefic for Leo 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 (Chitra, 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.
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 Venus in House 4 (neutral)
Venus operating from your 4th house in neutral dignity creates a period centered on inner foundation work. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 4th house governs emotional foundation, home, mother, inner peace, and property.
Your mental health is this period's strongest channel, while travel needs the most attention. The energy Venus brings from house 4 naturally flows toward mental health - consciously redirect some of it toward travel.
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 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 radiate confidence and warmth. People are drawn to your energy. The gap: the internal pressure to always be 'on', to perform even when you're running on empty.
Internal Conflicts Detected
You desire mental connection (Scorpio) but pursue through emotional intensity (Libra). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
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 Sagittarius (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
You desire mental connection (Scorpio) but pursue through emotional intensity (Libra). You want a thoughtful conversation but lead with overwhelming feeling.
What holds you back vs what pushes you forward
Your Saturn in Aries (Fire) and Mars in Libra (Air) 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 analytical mind (Mercury in Scorpio, Water) and your belief system (Jupiter in Aries, 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
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.
Intuitive Feeler, your decisions are guided by emotional resonance, not logical analysis. When something "feels right," you follow it. This serves you well when you trust it; poorly when fear disguises itself as intuition.
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.
Bold vision combined with practical execution. You dream big and build methodically.
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
16 Yogas detected · 15 beneficial · 1 shadow · 8 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
6Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Jupiter, Saturn, Mars periods.
Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect)
Raja Yoga (Single Lord)
Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Wealth & Resources
2Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Chandra-Mangala Yoga
Dhana Yoga (Jupiter)
Intelligence & Influence
5Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Saraswati Yoga
Gajakesari Yoga
Sunapha Yoga
Voshi Yoga
Guru-Shani Yoga
Protection & Fortune
1Natural shields exist in your chart. Khala Parivartana provide a safety net during challenging periods.
Khala Parivartana Yoga
Structural Patterns
1Your chart has a distinctive structural signature. Kedara (Nabhash) shape how energy distributes across life areas.
Kedara Yoga (Nabhash)
Emotional Sensitivity
1Gandanta appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Gandanta Yoga
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your authority (Mahabhagya Yoga) conflicts with Gandanta Yoga. Identity strength and identity suppression alternate. The key: consistent self-expression regardless of external validation.
🔗 Reinforcing Patterns
Sunapha Yoga and Saraswati Yoga both flow through Mercury and Venus, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Chandra-Mangala Yoga both flow through Moon, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Raja Yoga (Mutual Aspect) both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Raja Yoga both flow through Jupiter, when one activates, the other strengthens.
Gajakesari Yoga and Dhana Yoga (Jupiter) 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. natural protection mechanisms cushion the challenging periods.
David Nyhan's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 24 Dec 1940 | 05 Sept 1941 | 8m 12d (balance) | |
| Rahu | 05 Sept 1941 | 06 Sept 1959 | 18y | |
| Jupiter | 06 Sept 1959 | 06 Sept 1975 | 16y | |
| Saturn | 06 Sept 1975 | 06 Sept 1994 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 06 Sept 1994 | 06 Sept 2011 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 06 Sept 2011 | 06 Sept 2018 | 7y | |
| Venus | 06 Sept 2018 | 06 Sept 2038 | 20y | |
| Sun | 06 Sept 2038 | 05 Sept 2044 | 6y | |
| Moon | 05 Sept 2044 | 06 Sept 2054 | 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 3 from Lagna and house 1 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
5/7 planets are between Rahu-Ketu axis — partial Kala Sarpa effects.
Remedies:
- Rahu-Ketu Shanti Puja
- Naag Panchami worship
- Visit Trimbakeshwar temple
Pitru Dosha
Present (Moderate)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — 9th house affliction
Remedies:
- Pitru Paksha Shradh
- Narayan Bali Puja
- Feed crows on Saturdays
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 Venus/Rahu Dasha
Compare Your Chart With David Nyhan’s
Today's Sky Over David Nyhan’s Chart
Explore David Nyhan’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 Nyhan’s recorded birth data.
- Venus-Venus September 2018 to January 2022 (from age 77)
- Venus-Sun January 2022 to January 2023 (from age 81)
- Venus-Moon January 2023 to September 2024 (from age 82)
- Venus-Mars September 2024 to November 2025 (from age 83)
- Venus-RahuCurrent November 2025 to November 2028 (from age 84)
- Venus-Jupiter November 2028 to July 2031 (from age 87)
- Venus-Saturn July 2031 to September 2034 (from age 90)
- Venus-Mercury September 2034 to July 2037 (from age 93)
- Venus-Ketu July 2037 to September 2038 (from age 96)
Why David Nyhan's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs David Nyhan’s public standing with Sunapha Yoga through Mercury + Venus. Venus is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 63 percent, giving relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Taurus under Venus frames the public career.
Dominant Yogas In David Nyhan's Chart
Ranked by computed classical strength. Each is a specific planetary configuration in this birth chart, not a generic trait.
- Sunapha Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Mercury + Venus
A lunar-support formation: planets flanking or joining the Moon steady the mind and its public expression. It works through Mercury and Venus, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- 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.
- Saraswati Yogastrong (3/3)Planets: Jupiter + Venus + Mercury
Supports formal study and retained knowledge. It works through Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, so it touches wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune, 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.
- 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 Nyhan's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | 63% | weak |
| 2 | Saturn | 63% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 61% | weak |
| 4 | Mars | 61% | weak |
| 5 | Jupiter | 53% | very weak |
| 6 | Ketu | 52% | very weak |
| 7 | Sun | 51% | very weak |
| 8 | Rahu | 49% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 40% | very weak |
Venus dominates the planetary hierarchy at 63 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Mercury is the least supported at 40 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
How Rare Is David Nyhan's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 651 share David Nyhan’s Chitra Moon. The tighter pairing of a Sagittarius Sun with a Chitra Moon appears in 46 of them, about 0.26 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put David Nyhan In Public View
The 10th lord Venus placed in the 4th house carries David Nyhan’s reputation from the terrain of home, roots, and inner ground. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 7th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 51 percent. Rahu works from the 2nd house, feeding ambition through wealth, speech, and family holdings rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 61 percent strength from the 3rd house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In David Nyhan’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Taurus, ruled by Venus, which sits in the 4th house in Scorpio. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Venus, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 63 percent, is itself the career lord, an unusually direct alignment between capacity and vocation.
The Chart's Voice
Venus is the strongest planet in David Nyhan’s chart, carrying 63 percent of full Shadbala strength. In practice the chart leads with taste and relationship; charm and aesthetics open the important doors.
Wealth Signature
The 2nd And 11th Houses
Wealth in David Nyhan’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Virgo, lord Mercury) and the 11th house (Gemini, lord Mercury). Rahu in the 2nd gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Rahu is the best supported at 49 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in David Nyhan’s chart falls in Aquarius under Saturn, whose lord answers from the 9th house. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Scorpio in the 4th house at 63 percent strength. The Moon's 61 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Saturn is debilitated, a placement whose outcome depends on cancellation factors elsewhere in the chart.
David Nyhan'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.
- Mars MahadashaAge 0 to 0 (1940 to 1941)drive, competition, and decisive action
- Rahu MahadashaAge 0 to 18 (1941 to 1959)ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises
- Jupiter MahadashaAge 18 to 34 (1959 to 1975)wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune
- Saturn MahadashaAge 34 to 53 (1975 to 1994)discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures
- Mercury MahadashaAge 53 to 70 (1994 to 2011)intellect, commerce, and communication
- Ketu MahadashaAge 70 to 77 (2011 to 2018)detachment, research, and inward turns
- Venus MahadashaCurrentAge 77 to 97 (2018 to 2038)relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy
- Sun MahadashaAge 97 to 103 (2038 to 2044)authority, visibility, and the father line
- Moon MahadashaAge 103 to 113 (2044 to 2054)mind, public connection, and emotional life
Charts Like David Nyhan's
David Nyhan's Moon occupies Chitra nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Fred VargasMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Frédérick LemaîtreMoon in Chitra, Libra
- Fredric MarchMoon in Chitra, Libra
- Friedrich HundMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Fritz SauckelMoon in Chitra, Virgo
- Gabriele GallasiMoon in Chitra, Libra
Read the full profile of Chitra nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Chitra.
Key Placements Explained
Each placement below links to a full interpretation for LeoAscendant. This is how the chart's configuration reads for anyone born under the same rising sign.
Ascendant: LeoRising — personality profile
- Sun in the 5th house (Sagittarius) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 3rd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 4th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 4th house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 3rd house (Libra) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 9th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 2nd house (Virgo) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 8th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Leo Ascendant →
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