David Sanborn
Born April 7, 1938 at 18:49 • San Francisco, 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 | Pisces | 7 | 24°37′ | friendly |
| Moon | Cancer | 11 | 0°59′ | own |
| Mercury | Aries | 8 | 11°56′ | neutral |
| Venus | Aries | 8 | 10°08′ | neutral |
| Mars | Aries | 8 | 26°05′ | moolatrikona |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 6 | 1°28′ | neutral |
| Saturn ☄ | Pisces | 7 | 16°11′ | neutral |
| Rahu (R) | Scorpio | 3 | 6°04′ | enemy |
| Ketu (R) | Taurus | 9 | 6°04′ | 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 Water element drives you toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy.
Your Cardinal modality means your natural style is initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
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 Pisces 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 Cancer 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, Water energy dominates your chart (55%), giving you a fundamental orientation toward emotional depth, intuition, and empathy. Your Cardinal modality means initiating - you start things, set direction, and take charge.
Mars (a challenging influence for Virgo 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 Aries (house 8), 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 challenging maraka planet for Virgo 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 (Punarvasu, 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 Mars in House 8 (moolatrikona)
Mars operating from your 8th house in moolatrikona dignity creates a period centered on deep restructuring. This isn't a surface-level phase - the 8th house governs transformation, hidden resources, death/rebirth cycles, and research.
Your spiritual growth is this period's strongest channel, while public image needs the most attention. The energy Mars brings from house 8 naturally flows toward spiritual growth - consciously redirect some of it toward public image.
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.
Your sense of self dissolves at the edges. Where you end and others begin isn't always clear to you. This gives you extraordinary empathy and creative imagination, but it also means you absorb other people's emotions and sometimes lose your own.
Your emotional life is oceanic, deep, cyclical, and capable of overwhelming everything else. You absorb the moods of every room you enter. Your memory for emotional events is photographic. The past isn't behind you; it lives in your body.
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 Pisces (Water) and Moon in Cancer (Water) 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 Aries (Fire) and Mars in Aries (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 discipline (Pisces) operates through emotion and intuition, but your impulses (Aries) are fiery and aggressive. You restrain yourself through guilt rather than logic.
Your analytical mind vs your faith system
Your Mercury in Aries (Fire) and Jupiter in Aquarius (Air) 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.
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.
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.
Practical foundation supports bold ambition. You take calculated risks.
Alignment Alerts
Your core self and public power operate from the same element (Earth). This creates natural coherence, who you are and how you're seen align effortlessly.
Active Lagnas in Current Period
During Mars/Moon 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 nurturing 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
14 Yogas detected · 11 beneficial · 3 shadow · 4 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
4Leadership potential exists structurally. Status rises when timing aligns with your Venus, Mercury, Sun periods.
Dharma-Karmadhipati Yoga
Raja Yoga
Mahabhagya Yoga
Ubhayachari Yoga
Wealth & Resources
1Wealth grows through strategic patience and wisdom and ethical growth. Financial strength is cumulative, not sudden.
Horasara Jupiter Dhana Drishti
Intelligence & Influence
4Your mind is active, strategic, and persuasive. Speech and analytical skills amplify your results.
Surya-Shani Yoga
Kuja-Budha Yoga
Kuja-Shukra Yoga
Budha-Shukra 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
3Emotional isolation and Fortune fluctuation and Ashtama Mangala appear under stress. Awareness is the override, these patterns lose power when you see them coming.
Kemadruma Yoga
Sakata Yoga
Ashtama Mangala
Yoga Interference Analysis
How your yogas interact with each other, reinforcing or creating tension
⚖️ Tension Patterns
Your emotional strength (Mahabhagya 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.
Your drive (Ubhayachari Yoga) can amplify the intensity of Ashtama Mangala. The courage that fuels success can also fuel reactive patterns. Channel Mars energy before it channels you.
Mars links Kuja-Budha Yoga with Ashtama Mangala, 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.
Through Mars, Kuja-Shukra Yoga and Ashtama Mangala are intertwined. Your competitive nature drives achievement but can also create enemies. The resolution: direct your fire at goals, not at people.
Your wisdom capacity (Ubhayachari Yoga) is periodically distorted by Sakata Yoga. Expansion and obstruction alternate. Stay consistent regardless of the cycle.
Mahabhagya Yoga gives you emotional resilience, but Sakata 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.
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 Sanborn's Life Timing
Timing Cycles
| Planet | Start | End | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 08 Apr 1938 | 25 Jan 1941 | 2y 9m 18d (balance) | |
| Saturn | 25 Jan 1941 | 26 Jan 1960 | 19y | |
| Mercury | 26 Jan 1960 | 25 Jan 1977 | 17y | |
| Ketu | 25 Jan 1977 | 26 Jan 1984 | 7y | |
| Venus | 26 Jan 1984 | 26 Jan 2004 | 20y | |
| Sun | 26 Jan 2004 | 25 Jan 2010 | 6y | |
| Moon | 25 Jan 2010 | 26 Jan 2020 | 10y | |
| Mars | 26 Jan 2020 | 25 Jan 2027 | 7y | |
| Rahu | 25 Jan 2027 | 25 Jan 2045 | 18y |
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 8 from Lagna, activating Manglik Dosha.
Cancellation Factors:
- ✓ Mars is moolatrikona — reduces negative effects
- ✓ 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
Present (Severe)Ancestral karma indicators, Sun/Saturn affliction to 9th house or conjunction
Ancestral karma indicators detected — Sun-Saturn conjunction and 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
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 Mars/Moon Dasha
Compare Your Chart With David Sanborn’s
Today's Sky Over David Sanborn’s Chart
Explore David Sanborn’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 Sanborn’s recorded birth data.
- Mars-Mars January 2020 to June 2020 (from age 81)
- Mars-Rahu June 2020 to July 2021 (from age 82)
- Mars-Jupiter July 2021 to June 2022 (from age 83)
- Mars-Saturn June 2022 to July 2023 (from age 84)
- Mars-Mercury July 2023 to July 2024 (from age 85)
- Mars-Ketu July 2024 to December 2024 (from age 86)
- Mars-Venus December 2024 to February 2026 (from age 86)
- Mars-Sun February 2026 to June 2026 (from age 87)
- Mars-MoonCurrent June 2026 to January 2027 (from age 88)
Why David Sanborn's Chart Stands Out
The chart backs David Sanborn’s public standing with Raja Yoga through Mercury+Venus. Mars is the chart’s strongest planet by Shadbala at 76 percent, giving drive, competition, and decisive action unusual weight in how this life expresses itself. The 10th house in Gemini under Mercury frames the public career.
Planetary Dominance In David Sanborn's Chart
| Rank | Planet | Shadbala | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 76% | weak |
| 2 | Venus | 66% | weak |
| 3 | Moon | 64% | weak |
| 4 | Sun | 62% | weak |
| 5 | Saturn | 60% | weak |
| 6 | Rahu | 45% | very weak |
| 7 | Jupiter | 43% | very weak |
| 8 | Ketu | 40% | very weak |
| 9 | Mercury | 37% | very weak |
Mars dominates the planetary hierarchy at 76 percent of full Shadbala, so the chart leads with force and initiative; contests and physical daring reward the native.
Mercury is the least supported at 37 percent, which means detail work and negotiation reward extra preparation.
Relationship Signature
The 7th House, Venus, And The Moon
The 7th house of partnership in David Sanborn’s chart falls in Pisces under Jupiter, occupied by Sun and Saturn. Venus, karaka of partnership, sits in Aries in the 8th house at 66 percent strength. The Moon's 64 percent support sets how much emotional ballast the partnerships can draw on.
Rare Planetary Combinations
Mercury, Venus and Mars cluster in the 8th house in Aries, concentrating upheaval, research, and other people’s resources far beyond the average chart.
David Sanborn'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Mahadasha | Age 0 to 2 (1938 to 1941) | wisdom, expansion, teachers, and fortune |
| Saturn Mahadasha | Age 2 to 21 (1941 to 1960) | discipline, labour, delay, and lasting structures |
| Mercury Mahadasha | Age 21 to 38 (1960 to 1977) | intellect, commerce, and communication |
| Ketu Mahadasha | Age 38 to 45 (1977 to 1984) | detachment, research, and inward turns |
| Venus Mahadasha | Age 45 to 65 (1984 to 2004) | relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy |
| Sun Mahadasha | Age 65 to 71 (2004 to 2010) | authority, visibility, and the father line |
| Moon Mahadasha | Age 71 to 81 (2010 to 2020) | mind, public connection, and emotional life |
| Mars MahadashaCurrent | Age 81 to 88 (2020 to 2027) | drive, competition, and decisive action |
| Rahu Mahadasha | Age 88 to 106 (2027 to 2045) | ambition, foreign influence, and unconventional rises |
Dominant Yogas In David Sanborn'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.
- Ubhayachari Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Mercury + Venus + Mars + Jupiter
Supports name recognition and sway over others. It works through Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter, so it touches intellect, commerce, and communication, and relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
- Mahabhagya Yogamoderate (2/3)Planets: Sun + Moon + Ascendant
A fortune formation: the 9th house current of luck and grace. It works through Sun and Moon, so it touches authority, visibility, and the father line, and mind, public connection, and emotional life.
How Rare Is David Sanborn's Combination?
Across the 17,363 charts in this database, 641 share David Sanborn’s Punarvasu Moon. The tighter pairing of a Pisces Sun with a Punarvasu Moon appears in 63 of them, about 0.36 percent.
Public Recognition Signature
What Put David Sanborn In Public View
The 10th lord Mercury placed in the 8th house carries David Sanborn’s reputation from the terrain of upheaval, research, and other people’s resources. The Sun, karaka of visibility, ranks 4th of 9 planets by Shadbala at 62 percent. Rahu works from the 3rd house, feeding ambition through courage and self-made effort rather than through direct publicity. The Moon, the public face, carries 64 percent strength from the 11th house.
Career Signature
The 10th House Picture
In David Sanborn’s chart the 10th house of career falls in Gemini, ruled by Mercury, which sits in the 8th house in Aries. No planet occupies the 10th house, so its lord carries the career signal alone. Mars, the strongest planet in the chart by Shadbala at 76 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 Sanborn’s chart, carrying 76 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 Sanborn’s chart is read from the 2nd house (Libra, lord Venus) and the 11th house (Cancer, lord Moon). Moon in the 11th gives the money houses direct planetary tenants. Among these, Venus is the best supported at 66 percent of full Shadbala, so gains flow most reliably through relationships, art, comfort, and diplomacy.
Charts Like David Sanborn's
David Sanborn's Moon occupies Punarvasu nakshatra. These public figures share the same lunar mansion, the placement Vedic astrology treats as the seat of the mind.
- Thomas MannMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Thomas McAvoyMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Thomas RenfrewMoon in Punarvasu, Cancer
- Thys MauveMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Tilly LauensteinMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
- Timothy ShriverMoon in Punarvasu, Gemini
Read the full profile of Punarvasu nakshatra or the dedicated study of the Moon in Punarvasu.
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 7th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Moon in the 11th house (Cancer) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mercury in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Venus in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Mars in the 8th house (Aries) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Jupiter in the 6th house (Aquarius) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Saturn in the 7th house (Pisces) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Rahu in the 3rd house (Scorpio) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
- Ketu in the 9th house (Taurus) — read full interpretation for Virgo Ascendant →
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